Chapter 571 - Car lessons - day 1

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."

Skipper greeted kids and told Sarah. "Instructors will be here in about one hour. I can start with some car introductions. You two can go down and check your cars. They are on second level."

Sarah held Aiden's hand and pulled him to the side.

Skipper eagerly started his first lesson. "Gather around, gather around… this here is the engine… it makes these wheels turn…"

Sarah stifled a laugh and said in a quiet voice. "He really started from scratch. But it can't hurt."

Two of them took the elevator downstairs.

Sarah felt that Aiden is still uneasy. She hugged him. "Skipper is like a father to me."

"I will be cautious of any man who dares to approach you.", Aiden honestly responded.

Sarah sighed. "OK. Then I can't do much except to tell you to enjoy the view…", she flashed a wide smile as elevator door opened.

Lights on the ceiling flickered few times before turning on, revealing expansive underground parking filled up with various cars.

Sarah saw Aiden's stunned expression as he took in the view and she smiled while pulling him out of the elevator. "Most of these are tweaked. Skipper likes to customize them. You are welcome to drive any car you want."

Sarah stopped talking and gave him a minute while she walked to the side and accessed a touch screen which was on the pillar few steps to the left. Screen showed cars on this parking and their location. Sarah located two cars she was looking for: Bugatti Divo and Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster.

She turned to Aiden and giggled. "You look like kid in a candy shop."

"That is how I feel." His eyes sparkled and he had a silly grin.

Sarah was entertained seeing him excited like that. "Do you want to drive some of these, or should we get ours first for a spin?"

Few minutes later, Bugatti Divo and SLR McLaren roared out of the underground garage onto the racetrack.

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Later in the evening, Sarah and Aiden enjoyed dinner with their kids. Everyone was excited and in good spirits.

"Instructors told us you are natural. At this rate, in two days there will be nothing to teach you. Once they give us the word that you are ready, we will organize city drive for you.", Sarah informed them.

Kids were happy to be praised.

First day each of them learned about cars, they got a chance to drive one circle around racetrack and they got to pet the horses.