Charlie was amazed by Kylie's ability. Suddenly, he heard some loud honking noises in the yard.
Charlie then heard Elaine screaming profanity from her room on the third floor. "Who the heck is honking nonstop? Are you crazy?!”
The honking noises downstairs finally stopped. Then, Jacob's loud voice followed. He shouted, "Elaine, Charlie, come out and see my new car!"
Charlie could hear Elaine's footsteps from upstairs right after that. Elaine limped and hurried to the balcony.
Charlie was in his bedroom on the second floor during the commotion. He was distracted by the commotion, and glanced down from the window.
Jacob was standing in front of a Rolls-Royce Cullinan i n the villa’s courtyard, his face full of excitement and pride.
Elaine stood on the third-floor balcony as she looked down. When she saw Jacob with an unfamiliarlooking car that looked like an SUV or a four-wheel drive, she was shocked. "Jacob, is that your new car?"
Jacob grinned smugly. "That’s right! Why don't you come down and take a look?"
Elaine pouted and complained, "It's just another Jeep.
What's there to see? How can it be better than your BMW? Wait, did you sell your BMW to buy this junk?"
Every SUV and four-wheel drive looked like a Jeep to Elaine. The vast majority of elderly people who were not knowledgeable about cars would collectively refer to any brand of SUV and four-wheel drive as Jeep cars.
Jacob was outraged to hear Elaine’s claims. He refuted hotly, "Elaine, oh, Elaine! You’re so shortsighted! How can this be any Jeep?! This is a Rolls-Royce Cullinan! Not only that, but it’s a Black Badge model! Have you heard of Rolls-Royce?!"
Elaine was stunned and widened her eyes in surprise. She blurted out, "Wait, what? My god! What did you say? A Rolls-Royce?!"
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