CHAPTER II

13th June 2014, UK, 23 miles away from Outside London

Seth Rathbone was accelerating his Ferrari 458 Spyder onto the driveway on his house. He saw his wife`s orange Dodge Challenger parked in the four car garage and came to a full stop in the place nearest to the door.

Their house wasn´t too shabby. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a pretty big living room with a passage to a well equipped kitchen. Overall, the house was modern and looked expensive, but of course, its owner was "Rat", as you may prefer to call him from the old CHERUB days.

-Did you really need to take so much time to go to the grocery store? It`s 10 minutes away!-complained Lauren

-Yes, I did. The police cut almost all of the roads around London, and having some people ask me stuff about my car at the parking lot wasn`t helpful. At all.

-OK, but did you get the ingredients for dinner? - Asked Lauren, a bit angry

-Of course I fucking did, why would I go do to the shop?! To talk to the cashier? - Answered Seth, quite irritated.

Rat wasn`t on a good mood that day. He spent triple the cash he normally would on petrol, just because of some protest going through a main road and he was tired of doing the same roundabout what looked like a million times. Traffic was boldly annoying him and the Ferrari wasn`t quite the most silent car, so it called out some attention on the streets. He did think to himself "Why didn`t I just buy an M3?" in the middle of the journey.

-Look, I know that you are on a very bad mood, but let's just try to have a calm and peaceful evening, all right?

-Of course, Lauren- Answered Seth more relaxed.

-We still have the gala event with that billionaire investor. What was his name?

-Alistair Tenpenny. But don't think the gala isn't exclusive enough, because some famous faces are going to be there, like Stephen Fry, James May, Paul McCartney and many more.

-I better start on the dinner, or else were not eatin`.

IN THE NEXT MORNING…

-Seth! Where are my high heels?

-Hum… try the lower part of the wardrobe. – Answered Rat, trying to find his aviators inside the bedside table.

-Found em`! –Said Lauren

As the couple was getting dressed, a knock was heard on the door.

-Who is it? – Asked Seth, going down the stairs

-Its James, Lauren`s brother.

Rat opened the door and saw James, dressed in a tux.

-Hey, I spoke to Lauren last evening and looks like you`re going to the gala Tenpenny`s organizing. Well I happen to know his son, Darius, who owns the Ford dealer in Surrey. He invited me to the gala, so I'm going with Kerry. I remembered you guys and stopped by, to see if you want to go there in a kind of convoy way.

-Yeah, all right, we`ll be down here In ten minutes max.

-I`ll be waiting.