He Cried For An Hour
I sold my Nighthawk tonight. We’d talked about it. Ethan sat on what’s going to be the new bike. We talked about how it sold on eBay. Several times over the last week Ethan has said, “Dad, I do NOT want you to sell your bike.” Several times he’s heard us talk about delaying the purchase of the Vulcan and has said, “Good, now you don’t have to sell your blue bike.” Tonight before the guy showed up to buy it I took Ethan out for a final ride. The guy pulled in as we were pulling out so I made it a quick two minute ride. Ethan was getting down quietly when the guy said he needed to modify his trailer wiring and we could go out for a few more minutes until he was ready. Ethan was so happy to be riding “big” on the back. When we returned I helped him get his helmet off and I turned to engage in a formal introduction with my buyer. I thought Ethan had fallen when I heard him start crying. I excused myself to see what the fuss was, only to find out that he was crying because the buyer was going for his test ride. While the buyers wife waited, we could hear Ethan inside sobbing. When the buyer returned, Ethan was still crying and the guy sincerely offered to leave the bike if it was going to be that big of a deal. Ethan cried while the bike was loaded and cried for another half hour after he left. We thought he was crying because of how much he was going to miss the “blue motorcycle.” After Angie got him calmed down we found out it had more to do with how loud the “red motorcycle” is. I guess it scared him when we fired it up at my friend’s house. Angie asked if we could make it quieter…NOPE! He’ll get used to it! Look for pics this summer of the family on the new bike! If for some reason it doesn’t come, I’ll be crying like Ethan did today!!!
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