Love, Lies & Blood Ties - Whitby Shadows Series Book 2

Chapter Twenty

An hour later, we were heading towards McDonalds. The best bit was old Jessie had been left behind. Result. As we turned onto the main road, I couldn't help but grin at what had just happened.

When it came to paying, Luke called his bank and instructed them on the amount, which nearly made me choke, and to send it as a faster payment so we could take the cars with us there and then.

Ryan had not been sheepish at all when he told Luke the amount—one hundred and seventy-nine thousand, two hundred and five pounds. Luke casually nodded and called the bank. I felt like fainting.

However, when Luke instructed the bank to send over two hundred thousand pounds flat, I actually sat down on the nearest chair I could find. Ryan's jaw dropped and Owen looked like he'd just been tasered with the shock on his face.

After Luke ended the call, he looked Owen straight in the eye and said, "The extra is a tip for this young man. If I find out he's not got every single penny, I'll be coming to pay you a visit."

Owen just nodded, he looked too shell shocked to say anything.

Ryan had tears in his eyes. "I can't thank you enough. My wife and I are saving up for a deposit on a house."

Luke smiled and patted him on the shoulder. "Well you use that as you see fit. You deserve it. Thank you for your attention today."

As Owen sat in the office, checking the bank every five minutes, Ryan took all the sale stickers off the cars, put the correct documents in them, did a final wipe over with a soft cloth and some sort of spray, and shook both our hands. The delight in his eyes was hard to miss. Luke had literally just made his day, or probably his year.

Going round the McDonalds drive-through in a prestige car felt awfully strange. After Luke got his food, he drove into a car parking space. I pulled up next to him, desperate to eat my quarter pounder with cheese.

I dropped the passenger side window and said, "What's wrong?"

He got out of the BMW, with his food, and jumped into the passenger seat of the Audi. "I don't mind one car stinking of fast food but not both."

I laughed. "Funny that it's the Audi you chose for that."

"I can't have the smell of fast food distracting me from such an awesome car. It goes without saying it was going to be the Audi."

"I still can't believe you bought both of these. Are you insane?"

"No," he said, biting into his Big Mac. "Just enjoying the spare money I have."

I started munching on some chips. Spare money to me was having ten quid leftover, not two hundred grand. I couldn't help but wonder if there was a 'get rich quick' spell. I'd have to ask Joanna.

We ate in comfortable silence and headed for home, but not after Luke told me to drive his new car carefully.

"No speeding, no overtaking, don't go anywhere near a curb either."

I rolled my eyes. "I got it."

As we pulled back onto the main road, the first thing he did was overtake four cars and a tractor. Remembering his rule of 'no overtaking', I sat behind the tractor, even after the other cars had gone around it. About ten minutes later, my phone rang.

I pressed 'Answer' on the touch screen dash and in the sweetest voice I could muster, I said, "Hello."

"What the hell are you doing?" Luke said.

"You told me no overtaking."

Silence. Then I heard a long breath being let out. "Cat, get your arse around that tractor, now."