Belonging to the Iceman

A Weekend Away

Shantelle looked out of the chopper, sitting beside Kimi who was behind the joystick.

"Is there anything you can't do Icey? You can ride, rope a calf, heifer, or cow...take on the most dangerous bull! You can break in untrained horses, you can fly a chopper, and you can make me feel like I am the luckiest woman alive!" She said happily as her favourite pair of sunnies shielded her eyes.

He smiled  "I'm only what I am Kulta...."

"Bullshit!" She cut him off "You are more the man than any other I know Kimi-Matias Räikkönen!"

He smiled and asked, "I was thinking of trying to get to a Grand Prix this year Kulta to see Seb, would you come with me?"

She was surprised by his idea "what one were you thinking of making it to?" She asked

"Probably the German Grand Prix, his home track, Kulta," Kimi said, turning gracefully left, heading straight for Darwin.

"I'll come with you; you know that but you know if you show your face, people will want The Iceman back..." She told him.

"Well fuck them! I'm the Head Stockman of Emu Creek Station!" He said coldly.

She knew that wasn't directed at her, but she could see him thinking about what she said.

"You don't have to give up being Head Stockman Kimi..." Shantelle said.

"And what if I miss racing Shantelle Alissa?" He asked suddenly.

"Then you need to follow your heart my Kimi," She said wisely.

*

Delphine welcomed Nicolas into her home.

"Well isn't this a surprise?" She asked as she held a growing eight-month-old Angeline in her arms.

"Please, don't judge me Dedeline," he said painfully he wasn't used to losing, he didn't think Shantelle would turn him down and he didn't think Kimi would come back from the Muster.

He honestly thought Shantelle would come back to Paris with him.

"You know I wouldn't chase her anymore Nico, she's not going to leave Räikkönen!" Delphine told her ex-husband "come into the kitchen, and I'll make you a cup of tea"

She put Angeline down on her play mat in the living room, her little girl was the spitting image of her and was very beautiful, she had her mother's black hair and her mother's smile.

Her hazel eyes peered up at Nicolas as he stood smiling down at her.

"Angeline been a good baby?" He asked, sitting beside the baby girl.

"She's amazing Nico, such an easy-going, quiet little girl!" Delphine said getting two mugs out of her cupboard and switching on the jug.

"May I have a nurse of her?" He asked.

"Of course!" She answered, leaning over the kitchen counter to watch him.

Delphine smiled as Nicolas gently lifted Angeline up into his arms, cooing softly at the bright-eyed baby girl.

She had her iPhone on the counter next to her so she quickly took a photo as her ex-husband bonded immediately with the baby.

"I know you're not her Daddy, Nicolas but she needs one in her life! I need her to have a Daddy!" Delphine said, bringing the mugs into the living room.

He had given her a considerable amount to get herself her own home and raise Angeline.

"Angeline Louisa Prost?" He said out loud.