Chapter 129 [Bonus ] 129 - Family Surprise

    ??Since Ethan wanted to have some fun on the way to my grandparents'' house, we let my parents buy the meat and things to take to my grandparents while we walked down the street.

    After driving around the neighborhood a few times on the way to my grandparents'' house, we finally arrived.

    Since my parents were going to the market to buy meat and drinks, Ethan and I arrived at my grandparents'' house first.

    From a distance, I saw my Uncle Carlos'' blue Mustang and my Uncle John''s black Audi RS3 parked on the street in front of my grandparents'' house, which made me smile.

    But that smile soon disappeared when I saw Karen''s husband David''s white Porsche Macan, which meant that Karen and Jerry were there, too, which made me roll my eyes.

    Even though they were there, I didn''t leave and just kept driving until I stopped in front of my grandparents'' house.

    Over the roar of the motorcycle''s engine, a curious head came over the back fence and saw Ethan and me getting off the bike.

    Both of us were wearing black shirts, gray pants and black helmets, and most importantly, since Ethan had been working out with me, his little body had gained some muscle, giving the little boy a slightly defined body, making him look like he was literally a mini version of me, which confused the curious eyes.

    But just in case, the owner of the eyes came to see who it was that had arrived.

    When I saw the man coming towards us, I smiled.

    It was my Uncle John, my father''s older brother.

    Although he was a more reserved man, he was always very quiet.

    Even though he didn''t go to college, my Uncle John started working as a mechanic and now had his own shop where he worked on more sporty vehicles.

    Having his own shop, Uncle John made good money, so much so that he even asked my father to work with him, but my father wasn''t sure about learning a new trade at that age and didn''t want to bother John with it.

    But Uncle John was always a very honest and kind man.

    Perhaps because he recognized the rumble of the motorcycle, he was the first to notice it and come over to see what was going on.

    When I saw him cautiously approaching, I smiled as I kept my helmet on my head, not taking it off to see what his reaction would be.

    Ethan, who loved wearing his new helmet and saw that I was wearing it on my head as well, kept his helmet on as he looked at Uncle John with a hidden smile.

    "Can I help you?" Uncle John asked intrigued as he looked at us.

    "Don''t you recognize your nephew?" I asked, not even trying to disguise my voice in case he didn''t recognize me.

    That made him look at me a little embarrassed, then he looked at Ethan, trying to figure out who it was.UppTodated from

    "Take off your helmet, Ethan." I said amused.

    "What car?" He asked interested.

    Being a garage owner and a car guy, he was interested in what car I wanted to get.

    "I was thinking of a Honda NSX 95." I said, which made his eyes light up.

    "I see you know what you''re doing..." He replied excitedly. "What model?"

    "Type R, obviously." I laughed, making him nod even more excitedly.

    "Well done, well done, looks like you''ve grown up champ." He laughed as he patted me on the back proudly.

    Laughing at his reaction, I was ready to go out to the backyard to say hello to my other uncles, but another pair of eyes saw us talking and looked over curiously.

    "Hey John, I need your help over here at the barbecue." My Uncle Carlos came over to call my Uncle John, but when he saw me standing next to Uncle John, he was confused. "Is he your friend, John?"

    Laughing, my John replied. "This is Noah, he just arrived with Ethan."

    Upon hearing that I was Noah, my Uncle Carlos'' reaction was exactly the same as my Uncle John''s, which made me realize that instead of explaining who I was and how I got that way, maybe it would be easier to explain it to everyone at once?

    Looking at the motorcycle behind me, Uncle Carlos'' eyes widened as he began to stare at it, just like Uncle John''s, but instead of a technical stare like Uncle John''s, Uncle Carlos'' was more like someone appreciating a beauty.

    His shock alternated between my appearance and my riding such a cool bike.

    As the three of us chatted, a pair of not-so-well-meaning eyes were pointed in our direction from inside the house where the women were.

    I didn''t know it at the time, but when Karen heard that the family was having a barbecue tonight, she didn''t realize that the reason for the barbecue was so my father could pay off everyone''s debts.

    She thought it was just an ordinary family dinner that my grandmother had invited her to.

    So she wanted to use it to further burnish my father''s image and mine in front of the rest of the family because he hadn''t paid anyone but her yet.

    Especially since she was sure we wouldn''t show up, as had been the case with the last few family dinners.

    But when she saw Ethan in the living room playing with James and Sophia, she was confused.

    And when she saw me standing next to a new motorcycle talking to my Uncle Carlos and Uncle John, she thought of something she could use to burnish our image even more.

    After all, what courage would I have to buy such an expensive-

    looking motorcycle when I still owed money to the whole family?

    So while I was chatting and having a good time with my aunt and uncle in the driveway, Karen took advantage of the fact that I wasn''t there and no one but my two uncles had seen me, and started talking bad about me, trying to paint me in a bad light with the family, as dishonest for possibly using the money they had lent my family to buy a motorcycle.

    Too bad they didn''t realize that the reason for today''s family meeting was to pay back the money to everyone.