A teenager, Richard, is grounded by his dad for spending $100,000 on Fortnite V-bucks. While his dad is at a massage appointment, Richard sneaks out and takes his dad's new BMW for a joyride, crashing into a tree. Panicked, he enlists the help of his friend Junior to assess the damage and comes up with a ridiculous story to tell his dad, involving a drunk butler, Chives, and a tree that "ran off." When the dad returns, Richard and Junior try to stick to the story, but eventually, Junior reveals the truth, and Richard gets in trouble.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Richard's dad has a brand new car, a BMW.
2. Richard wrecked the car by hitting a tree while joyriding.
3. Richard's dad had previously grounded Richard.
4. Richard had run up a $100,000 bill on his dad's credit card buying V-Bucks for Fortnite.
5. Richard's friend Junior helps him try to come up with a plan to avoid getting in trouble.
6. Richard's dad has lasik eye surgery twice.
7. Richard's mom was ugly, according to his dad.
8. Richard's dad got lasik eye surgery because he thought his eyes were bad, but it didn't change his opinion of his wife's appearance.
9. Richard's dad is a cop.
10. Richard's dad has a butler named Chives.
11. Chives is blamed by Richard for wrecking the car.
12. Richard's dad has a dash cam in the car that records everything.
13. The dash cam reveals the truth about the car wreck.
14. Richard's dad uses a lucky tennis racket to spank Richard.