Title: Car Repair Crisis. Sentence 1: Mel lived paycheck to paycheck and money was always tight. Sentence 2: He paid his monthly bills on time but had very little cash left over. Sentence 3: One fateful month, he was forced to take his car to the mechanic's. Sentence 4: Mel panicked when he learned the car needed a new transmission.
The cops took his statement, and James was free to leave.