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    Toll Booth
    Toll Booth
    Toll Booth
    Ebook15 pages13 minutes

    Toll Booth

    By Phil Wohl

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    Wally Owens graduates high school and then embarks on the career of a lifetime as a toll booth operator. (I will add pages as i write them)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhil Wohl
    Release dateFeb 12, 2023
    ISBN9798215817919
    Toll Booth
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    Phil Wohl

    Phil Wohl is a professional writer by day and fiction novelist by night. Wohl has written more than 50 books and eight screenplays as an independent author. The author gains pleasure from people feeling anything and everything through his words.

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      Toll Booth - Phil Wohl

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      What are you gonna’ do now? Martin Simmons asked Wally Owens as they sat in the bleachers following their high school graduation.

      I don’t know. What are you doing?

      My dad wants me to go to college. He never went to college, so he wants me to do it, Marty replied.

      Where are you gonna’ go? Wally asked.

      I’ll probably just go to the community college. Why don’t you go with me?" Marty inquired with a tinge of hope that their lifelong friendship could continue.

      The two boys met in kindergarten and had remained best friends throughout their lives.

      Wally smirked, Yeah, I don’t think college is for me. My parents keep harping on me to get a job.

      The guys sat in silence for a few moments, partly stunned for getting through high school but mostly concerned about the way forward.

      "My dad works at the toll booths near exit 44 on the parkway. I heard him talking the other night about having to replace

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