Derrick Chievous needed a couch.
The former star University of Missouri basketball player was living in a rental home in Columbia, having returned after his professional basketball career ended. A mutual friend put out a call for used furniture.
I had a couch.
After moving the couch into the house, I noticed an old Mercedes in the driveway. It had seen better days, but in its heyday, the convertible would turn eyes driving down the streets of College Town USA.
It once belonged to an attorney in town, Chievous told me. The same one who was now renting him this house.