Chapter 571 - Car lessons - day 1 (1/2)

Early morning, private jet landed on a long strip in New Mexico. The strip is actually a straight stretch of a racetrack which was used as a landing for the jet.

Sarah and Aiden reached with 'their kids' to the property which Edward created to feed his infatuation with cars. This is where Sarah learned to drive, and this is the only place where she can drive without worry as fast as the engine allows it.

The property has housing, machine shop for cars, and a racetrack which is similar to Daytona Speedway. It also has stables and horses. Staff here maintains property, house, and takes care of horses. There is one full time mechanic, Skipper, who takes care of the cars. When there is a need, Skipper will hire additional part time mechanics to help him out. That is how King got onto property last time, as a car mechanic. They would not know about this if Eve didn't go through security footage of Hill properties and matched him with ran facial recognition software.

Besides getting kids to learn about cars and trying out their new ones which they won in Las Vegas, Sarah is wants to talk to Skipper and hopes that he can recollect the mechanic 'Ray' from few years ago. If he can remember any detail about that man, it can help them locate him. Maybe.

Main house on the ranch is adobe home with luxury interior and wrap-around porch. There are three guest houses. The staff welcomed them and took them to the bedrooms they prepared for them.

”Take half an hour to freshen up and let's have breakfast together. After that we will go to the car shop.”, Sarah reminded them.

Kids followed a maid into one of the guests houses and were pleasantly surprised to see that each of them got their own bedroom with a bathroom. Guest house also has a kitchen and a large living area.

Sarah and Aiden were led to the main house, into one of four master suites.

During breakfast, in an outdoor dining room, Sarah told kids about her plans: ”Every day, we will be going to the car shop. Skipper will teach you about cars and engines. Besides Aiden and I, there are two more driving instructors who will be giving you lessons. Nala, you will be sixteen in two weeks. Oni, your sixteenth birthday is just over two months away. You can get your driver's license at that time. I'm counting that everyone will learn how to drive a car, and as soon as you are sixteen you get your licenses. We also have few trucks, get familiar with them. If you are not with Skipper, or with driving instructors, learn about traffic rules. We have one week, but if you learn everything faster, we can cut it short. Any questions?”

Jamari raised his hand and spoke when everyone looked at him. ”How about horses?”

Sarah thought for a second before realizing what he wanted to say: ”You want to learn how to ride horses?”

All kids nodded.

Sarah smiled. ”OK. We can do that as well. I will arrange for riding instructors.”

Aiden thought while they talked. ”How many of you knows how to swim?”

Kids looked at each other and shook their heads. No one knows how to swim. They didn't have an opportunity to learn.

Aiden glanced at Sarah and saw that she gave him an approving smile.

”We will arrange for that when we go back.”, Aiden confirmed and was pleased to see that kids are excited.

After breakfast, they headed to the car shop. Skipper was there, busying himself under the hood of 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR. Aiden glanced through the car shop and his eyes landed on a car on his right, it was 2018 Chevrolet Corvette, he could tell that it is heavily customized.

Skipper greeted Sarah with a warm hug, unsure why Aiden is staring daggers at him. He realized Aiden's attitude when Sarah introduced Aiden as her fiancé.

”Hey, I'm keeping my hands to myself. She is like a daughter to me.”, Skipper immediately clarified.

Sarah laughed and turned to Aiden. ”True. I'm coming here since I was a kid and Skipper is here for as long as I can remember.”