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Nigel smiled on the outside. Inside, he was seething. Who the f**k did they think they were? It wasn’t Callum and Sarah’s place to buy his daughter her first car. And why? Why would they do it? What was in it for them? “Congratulations, love, your first car.” It was all he could think of to say. People were listening and the music was still off.
“You mean I can keep it?” Hannah was puzzled.
“Of course you can keep it. I’ll be insulted if you give it back, and we don’t want that, do we, Jobsworth?” Callum smiled, but beneath it, Nigel felt the venom. “Why don’t you go on out and take a look at it, darling!”
If his neighbour ordered Hannah about once more, Nigel felt he might lash out, especially after this afternoon. Hannah flounced off with Naomi in tow and the music came back on. “
