Hardest love 2

11.

"Box Lando box" I hit my steering wheel as I heard my engineer over the radio. It was the third time that I had to box this race.
I was driving dead last already. This couldn't get any worse. I drove into the pits again. This wasn't a race for us, this was honestly another testing for us.

After a lot of pitstops later, the race finally came to an end. I drove into the pitlane and just sat in my car for a while. "We are so sorry Lando, that was a difficult race" I knew they felt bad but I just made a horrible mistake. I could be in the fastest car but instead I was sitting in a giant carrot.
I jumped out of my car and walked straight to the garage. I didn't want to see or talk to anyone, I just couldn't.

I took my helmet off and walked to my drivers room. I just wanted to be alone for a second but even that wasn't possible. Charlotte walked in not long after and looked at me.
"I bet it isn't going to be an easy season?" she said as she closed the door. I shook my head in response. "Now I feel bad I asked you to be my PR manager. You're stuck on this sinking ship" I sat down on the couch and put my head in my hands. She quickly walked to me and put her hand on my back. "That's exactly why I am here Lando, we are not gonna let this ship sink" I honestly admired her positivity, I looked at her. "How?" It was probably a question she didn't really expect. "We put our trust in them and you work your ass off. With Jon and with your mechanics" I nodded my head. She was right, I should not give up after one race.
I should work with them to get a better car.
I got up and looked at Charlotte. "You're right. I will work my ass off and I will stay positive." I put my hand in front of her, she quickly grabbed my hand and got up.
We immediately pulled each other in a hug, I guess it was a hug we both needed.

I wanted a team meeting after I did the interviews. I wanted to know what was wrong with the car and how we could fix it. Oscar joined us as well, he couldn't even finish the race so he definitely wanted to know what was wrong.
They promised us that they would work on it but they couldn't bring in an update for a couple of races. So we still have to drive this car for a few weeks. I wasn't looking forward to that at all.

It was late already when I walked out of the hospitality. Scott and Lori were also just done with work because they were leaving as well. "It's obvious that we are the hardest workers" Scott jokingly said as he saw me.
I nodded as I laughed. "How was the girlsnight?" I looked at Lori, who looked at me confused.
"What girlsnight?" she asked, now I was the one who was confused. "Didn't you have a girlsnight with Avery and Alexis?" She shook her head. Now I was really confused. Where was she all night if she didn't meet up with those girls? "Maybe they had a girlsnight without me though" she tried to saved to situation, she tried to save Avery but I knew it was Avery who was lying to me, but why?

Avery was already laying in bed when I arrived back at our hotelroom. I took my clothes off and crawled into bed next to her.
She put her head on my chest and smiled at me. "How are you feeling?" I shrugged my shoulders. "How was your girlsnight by the way?" She still had the opportunity to be honest but as expected she didn't. "Great, it was so much fun" she said with a smile on her face. "Was it with Lori and Alexis?" she nodded. Why was she lying and most importantly where was she really?

I was hoping I was wrong about his but I swear I could hear her moan Charles' name during our sex and if she went to see him then we were in deep shit.