"Permanent Lent," by Peter Spiegelman, in Brutal and Strange: Stories Inspired by the Songs of Elvis Costello, edited by Jim Fusilli, Down and Out Books, 2023.
The narrator is the driver and mechanic for a wealthy couple he refers to sardonically as His Lordship and Her Ladyship. The (new trophy) wife is a particular pain in the posterior. The teenage kids hate her, with good reason. The narrator hates her with even more reason.
His efforts to help the daughter only make things worse. Can he save the situation?
A lot of unexpected twists in this one.
