4 Max met a girl who is differen (2/2)

”I was driving, and the car came at me from behind the curve. In order to avoid a head-on collision, I ended up off road.”, Max explained shortly. Well, he didn't lie.

Nathaniel shook his head in disapproval. ”These things happen only to you.”

”Don't be like that, Nate…”, Max's mother, Madeline, patted Nathaniel's hand gently. ”It can happen to anyone. It was an accident…”

Nathaniel's snort interrupted whatever Madeline wanted to say next. ”Accident? Why is our son so prone to accidents? That was the third car this year! And it's only May!”

”Dad…”, Hunter interjected while trying to help his brother. ”For the Mercedes, it was not an accident… the car was burglarized. And the Lexus thing happened in a parking lot. Both times Max was not behind the wheel.”

Nathaniel gritted his teeth. ”Burglarized… would it be burglarized if your brother didn't go to that party in a shady neighborhood!? And Lexus would not be destroyed in a parking lot if your brother was not wasted so much that he forgot how to park a car on a hill!”

Max lowered his head. He knows that no matter what he says, the argument will escalate. It's better to stay quiet. Eventually, his father will get tired of shouting.

For the Mercedes, Max went to the party, and it was fun, but when he came out of the house, he found his new car without tires, windows broken, and they tore out the steering wheel and the GPS. Only wires were sticking out. He has no idea how they did it. And for the Lexus, it was a crazy night, and he was wasted… and he left the car in neutral. The car went downhill while hitting and scratching numerous cars on the way until it stopped by hitting a utility pole.

”When will you learn?!”, Nathaniel raged at Max. ”How long do I need to talk to you like you are a teenager?!!”

”Calm down, Nate.”, Madeline urged him.

Seeing that Nathaniel is taking deep breaths, Madeline turned to Max.

”Max, dear… you know that we mean well. You need to think about your future. Questions like 'what do you want to do when you grow up?' are overdue. Because you are a grown up man, but you are not behaving like that.”

Madeline saw that Max is not responding so she continued: ”We all know that you are smart. At school, most of the professors called you a genius. Is it so difficult to show more effort at work? Don't you want to succeed? And no one is saying that you should not attend parties, but can you be pickier about them? We all know that you have many girls eager to be by your side… can you decide on one and give her a chance? You will not know if a girl is compatible with you if you keep pushing them away before anything starts. Don't you have anyone special? Different than the others?”

”Different?”, Hunter perked up. ”I saw him with a girl, and Max said that she is different from others.”

Max frowned while thinking, what is Hunter talking about?

”Who is she?”, Sabrina eagerly asked Max.

Hunter responded instead of Max: ”I saw her only for a bit, but I can tell you that she is good looking, classy, not noisy and polite.” He also wanted to say that she has great legs, but he kept that bit for himself. His parents are listening.

”What is her name?”, Madeline asked excitedly.

”I don't know.”, Hunter responded honestly. ”She left before I could ask.”

”Ah, she is shy…”, Sabrina dramatically sighed while teasingly looking at Max. ”Considering that she is a girl close to Max, that is a rare quality.”

Max glared at Hunter. ”I told you that it's not like that!”

Madeline inhaled sharply. ”Oh, you are protective of her! Max, dear… when can we meet her?”

Max took a deep breath while thinking, how can he get out of this situation? Should he just say that he does not know her name, and that she wanted to help him, but he was rude to her? It's probably a good idea to skip that part.

How did they conclude that she is classy and polite and shy? That woman is anything other than shy! She claimed to be his girlfriend just to get a free ride! Max glanced at everyone at the table and he noticed that they are all expecting him to say something. Even his father is not frowning, but he is… curious. Hopeful, approving maybe.

A thought came to Max: if that woman can claim to be his girlfriend to get what she wants, why would he be any better?

Max cleared his throat before he spoke in an unusually low voice: ”It's too early for you to meet her. We only started dating recently.”

The silence in the dining room was intense.

Max did his best not to smirk while looking at the stunned faces of his parents and siblings. Yup, this girlfriend will be useful. Why didn't he think of this earlier?

He lowered his head and finished the food in the plate, happy that no one spoke to him about anything unpleasant for the rest of the evening.

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