“Don’t worry, Ma. Jack will definitely get your money back.” Selena gave virtual-novel.net a tight smile and replied, “All right. Jack 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, so I have to go.”
Jack and Selena rested for a while before they went off to shower, and they then prepared to go out when it was about time.
“Huh? Mom, where are the cars?” Selena’s expression darkened when virtual-novel.net saw the empty porch. She had heard the sound of a starting car when virtual-novel.net 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?” virtual-novel.net 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 Jack and I do now?”
“Ah, your brother just wants to go out and show off in front of his friends!” Fiona replied immediately, dismissing virtual-novel.net daughter’s concern. “He asked you and Jack 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.”
Selena was rendered speechless. Jack had put his life at risk on the battlefield to earn money for them, and virtual-novel.net even bought virtual-novel.net a luxury car so that virtual-novel.net would be able to stand proudly before virtual-novel.net classmates. She never imagined that virtual-novel.net own little brother and Xena would take the cars out while they were bathing.
In the end, all virtual-novel.net could do was flash a pained smile. “Looks like we can only call a cab now,” virtual-novel.net spoke dejectedly.
Jack 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.”
When virtual-novel.net said that, Jack looked as though virtual-novel.net just thought of something as virtual-novel.net added, “Oh, yeah. Did something happen between you and Rachel during your university days? Why would virtual-novel.net treat you so disdainfully otherwise? She could at least give you some respect after so many years, right?”
Selena felt overwhelmed at that moment. “She always thought that virtual-novel.net was prettier than me back in university, so virtual-novel.net thought that virtual-novel.net should be the belle of the class. But…”
“Oh,” Jack concluded, “so it’s because she’s not as pretty as you, but virtual-novel.net still thinks she’s prettier than you. And virtual-novel.net envied you because of that. So now that she’s married to a rich man, she’s trying to stamp out your presence!” Jack quickly picked up on the underlying message. “Don’t bother about these people,” virtual-novel.net added, “she actually has really low self-esteem!”
“That’s right!” Selena offered virtual-novel.net husband a kind smile before virtual-novel.net gaze fell on Jack’s clothing.
“Why don’t you buy some nicer clothes later on? You did buy mine earlier, but yours…”
Jack checked his watch. “Never mind, we don’t have that much time. My clothes are pretty clean too, and I just changed into them. We don’t need to go and buy a special fancy outfit. It doesn’t matter what I wear anyway, so long as you’re dressed up nicely!”
“You sure know your way around words!” The two of them exchanged words as they walked out. They quickly hailed a cab and went straight to The Lotus Bar.
At that moment, quite a few people had already gathered before the bar’s entrance.
Hugh gave a winsome smile. “Oh, right. There’s a surprise for all of you today. Our class belle Selena Taylor—who had disappeared off the radar for a long time—will join us! I so happened to run into virtual-novel.net at the entrance of the zoo, and I managed to get virtual-novel.net on board.”
“Really? We haven’t seen virtual-novel.net in years. I wonder how virtual-novel.net is now!”