Puzzling

We have the great electric puzzle on our hands! I short circuited an outlet in the garage. It wasn't really a problem since I wanted to get rid of the whole outlet, Romex, all the way to the breakers as far as I was concerned. This little incident caused the overhead light in garage, as well as the light outside the garage to stop fuctioning. Power to the washer and dryer is out also. The electrician spent five hours trying to solve the wire puzzle without luck. ( He's only done this kind of work for forty years, after all, what does he know? ) He did not charge me for his time.
Tomorrow at the crack of dawn, another guy, from a well known company in town, is coming out to look at this problem.
Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope this will be solved soon.