"Don’t worry, Ma. Fane will definitely get your money back."
Selena gave her a tight smile and replied, "All right. Fane and I are going to a class reunion later. A few of my old classmates invited us to go and drink and sing our hearts out in a bar! I haven't seen them in forever, s o I have to go."
Fane and Selena rested for a while before they went off to shower, and they then prepared to go out when i t was about time.
"Huh? Mom, where are the cars?"
Selena's expression darkened when she saw the empty porch. She had heard the sound of a starting car when she was showering but assumed that it came from the road. She never expected that the Porsches would have been driven off.
"Oh. Xena and your brother took the cars out for a spin," Fiona said simply.
The corners of Selena's mouth twitched. "Ma, can't they just drive one car if they wanted to drive that badly?" she said to Fiona. “Why did they drive both off? They knew that I had to go for an appointment. Why couldn't they have left one car for me? What should Fane and I do now?” "Ah, your brother just wants to go out and show off in
front of his friends!" Fiona replied immediately, dismissing her daughter's concern. "He asked you and Fane to call a cab to wherever you're supposed to go first and let them drive the cars, and you can call them when you're about to leave. He and Xena will take you." 1
Selena was rendered speechless. Fane had put his life at risk on the battlefield to earn money for them, and h e even bought her a luxury car so that she would be able to stand proudly before her classmates. 2
She never imagined that her own little brother and Xena would take the cars out while they were bathing.
In the end, all she could do was flash a pained smile. " Looks like we can only call a cab now," she spoke dejectedly.
Fane shrugged his shoulders, an equally tight smile on his face as well. "No way around it. Who knew that you had such an inconsiderate little brother?" He mused. "By the way, your old university mates are cultured, right? I hope they're not as snobbish as Rachel.” 1
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