LEGACY/// FORMULA ONE (3)

THIRTY SEVEN

THIRTY SEVEN

"LEWIS HAMILTON TO RETIRE FROM FORMULA ONE AT THE END OF THE 2018 SEASON!"

"You have got to be kidding me."

Larissa Cohen stared at the news article that was open on a news app on her phone, in disbelief as she sat in the gym, with her trainer, Lucy, sitting behind her, braiding her hair.

Lewis Hamilton was retiring?

Why hadn't he told her?

She knew that Lewis knew about her being enlisted to drive for Mercedes, but she wasn't supposed to become an actual driver there yet.

That wasn't the deal that she had accepted.

She didn't want to take her brothers place, since all she had wanted to do was to race alongside the Hamilton man, not to take his place.

She knew that he had wanted to beat the record held by her Uncle Michael of having seven World titles, but now that he was retiring, he would not be able to achieve it.

Why would he retire when he still had so many years left in Formula One?

Would people hate her for basically forcing Lewis Hamilton out of Formula One?

Would he hate her?

"Lis, try not to think about it too much." Lucy Appleton attempted the soothe the young girl as she noticed that the Cohen girl was reading the news article repeatedly.

"But he's retiring! He can't retire, not yet!" Larissa's voice became louder, since she didn't want to believe it. She refused to believe it.

As soon as her trainer had finished braiding her hair, she abruptly left the Toro Rosso garage, and made her way to the Mercedes garage.

She needed to hear it from him.

"This better be a lie!"

Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff stared up from the ground as they heard the Brazilian's booming voice approaching them.

The two men from Mercedes stared at each other for a moment before they both released a sigh of defeat, knowing that she would find out the truth soon enough.

"I'm already losing Uncle Nando this season, I'm not losing you too!"

Lewis Hamilton stumbled back as the girl pushed his chest hard with her hands, a scowl on her face which reminded him of her father.

"Lis, let me explain." Lewis tried to explain to her, but he noticed how worked up she was, and knew that she was not calming down anytime soon.

"You lied to me! You said that you would always be by my side! You said that you would be there for me and help me but you're leaving!"

She repeatedly pushed him backwards in her rage and anger, betrayal filling her body knowing that once again someone who was her family had lied to her.

Toto closed his eyes for a second before he reached his hands out to grab a hold of her wrists, stopping her from hitting the Hamilton man any more.

"Larissa-"

"NO! You lied to me too! You said that Lewis would be staying! You said that I wouldn't be taking his seat! You both lied to me, for months!"

Larissa Cohen was full of rage.

She felt betrayed by the both of them, since they had both promised her that Lewis was not retiring and that she was not going to be taking his seat.

She never wanted to push somebody out of Formula One.