Fane and Selena quickly called a cab and left, with little Kylie in tow.
However, Fane looked as though a thought occurred to him just as they drove through a street lined with 4S Audi retail outlets. "Sir, let us down here," he told the driver.
"Here?"
Selena was stunned, her gaze flickered with suspicion.
It was only after they got down from the cab did Fane explain everything.
"Honey, I think we should get a car. It seems as though the former classmates who'll be showing up at the gathering are the classy sort. That woman just now was practically showing off, too. They might gossip terribly about you if you don't drive a car there!" he insisted. "I'm fine with that, but I can't let you suffer!"
"But do you still have money? Why don't we wait until my pay comes?" Selena frowned. "I'm not afraid of suffering. If they look down on me, so be it.
Everything's fine as long as I’m happy. Let me live my own life; it's not like I'd bother about theirs."
"I still have money! We haven't finished the bonus I was awarded for being in the military for five years." i
Fane scratched his head and looked at Kylie before he
turned to look at Selena. "Besides, it's going to be hard taking Kylie to school during rainy days if we don't have a car," he added. "So this won't do. And I don't think one car is enough. We need at least one for ourselves, and another for Jenny to take Kylie to school!"
"You still have money? You spent 3.2 million already though, yet you still have money?"
Selena was slightly taken aback. "How much did they give you, exactly? 5 million? 10 million? If you did get 1 0 million, you weren't some regular grunt in the forces, were you? You must've at least been in special ops!"
Fane did not know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this. "Something like that," he concluded. "Just don't look down on your husband. Let's go. We still have enough to buy a car!"
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