Today I passed the second part of the driving test.

"Congratulations," said Giovanni.

"Thank you. I assume I can't drive this car?"

Evidently, Giovanni didn't know the answer to this question. "I'd have to ask my boss for permission," he said finally

"Okay, you don't have to. Don't call him. "I waved my hand. I already knew that Rafael shouldn't be bothered with crap, especially when he's working." We're not coming home yet, we're going shopping to celebrate. "

As part of the celebration, I decided to buy my first car.

I asked Giovanni to drive me to the address where the car dealership is located. I couldn't afford a new car now so I will buy a used one.

Giovanni nodded in understanding but he didn't really know what my celebration entails. He politely opened the door for me.

Soon we arrived at some old gray square-shaped building behind which there is a large parking lot with used cars.

Giovanni followed me but watched with consternation at the choice of my location.

"Why do you look surprised? I got a driving license so I'm buying a car "

"Here?" He asked weakly.

"Yes?"

The black, new, and shiny Mercedes looked a bit comical against the background of the old, dusty cars. The salesman was busy encouraging the purchase of a red Audi to a couple with two kids. I decided to go out and look around. At one point I saw a flash in my eye when I saw a beautiful car in olive color.

"Are you going to buy this?" Asked Giovanni, very disgusted. He did not attempt to hide his displeasure.

"What's the price?" I asked the salesman who just finished dealing with his previous clients.

The price was, the salesman argued, a bargain. However, seeing Giovanni's attitude, he wanted to leave this place as soon as possible. Without the car. Of course.

"Before you buy it, you must take it to a mechanic to check if it is okay"

"I'll call a friend, he is an experienced mechanic"

"That won't be necessary," Giovanni said before I could respond "We will go to someone else. You offer test drives, right?

"Of course," said the salesman politely.

To Giovanni's dissatisfaction and my satisfaction, the mechanic did not find any damage in the car. I had the feeling he would use any excuse to dissuade me from buying it.

Well, so guess what? I bought my first car.

"I'm not sure if it's a good idea. Boss won't be happy about it" Giovanni said as I was already sitting behind the wheel"

I rolled my eyes.

"Rafael is not my mother, I understand that I cannot drive the company car, I would be afraid that it would crash it, but I think I can break it, there will be no loss whatnot"

I was sure Giovanni considered for a moment whether to force me out of the wheel of my brand new Honda.

"As long as you are in the car, the car has no right to crash, so drive carefully," he finally said in a strict voice. I think I annoyed him.

But he went back to his car and we drove away.

I felt so free behind the wheel.

When I tried to drive through the gate, the security guards got a little puffed up seeing a strange car, but their mood quickly changed when they saw who was driving. They looked questioningly at each other, but without a word, I was allowed onto the property.

Unfortunately, fate was not in my favor today.

The weather today was very pleasant so everyone was hanging out in the garden. Casey and Milo were swimming in the pool. Remi was lying on a hammock and sunbathing his head covered with a magazine with a woman in a bikini, and Rafael sat at the table traditionally with his nose covered in papers, does this man stop working sometimes?

As I entered the property, four pairs of eyes fell on me.

"Where did that come from"

"You mean my new car?"

"You call this thing new?"

"Sorry, what's the trash? I was with her for review and it's in great shape "

"In great shape for what? A museum exposition?," Remi said chuckling

"Did you decide to drive this garbage?" Raphael hissed, and I was alarmed by his eyes darkened with anger.

"This car is perfectly okay," I said defensively.

"Perfectly okay for scrap processing?" Asked Milo, who managed to get out of the water, and now he approached the car and tapped the hood as if checking something and pretending to be surprised. Remi was laughing somewhere in the background.

I watched in horror as Raphael stood up and slowly walked towards me.

"Give me back the keys"

"What for?" I asked and took a step back.

"Hey!" I shouted as he just grabbed them from my hand and tossed them to Remi

"Give it back, make sure they return the money, and be careful while driving"

"He won't be returning anything this is my car damn it," I shouted angrily and wanted to stomp my foot, but at the last moment, I stopped myself. Relax. We'll handle it like adults.

"If you're polite, I'll buy you a car that you can drive," said Rafael, but there was a clear warning in his voice.

"Excuse me, this car is staying," I said firmly. This is the way I chose to ride it. Rafael, however, did not share my opinion.

"Remi"

That single word with hidden command underneath it was enough. Remi left with my Honda as I was in a staring contest with a certain asshole.

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