PARTNERS || MAX VERSTAPPEN

XXIX

Authors note: I love all of you so goddamn much. Have fun reading.

Max POV: 

JULY - AUGUST 

Every night I wake up from the same nightmare. Ever since that day, I haven't been able to sleep through the night. 

All I see is her lifeless body in my arms, while everything around us is burning to the ground. The pictures are always the same. I never get to save her. 

I even started going earlier to bed, in hope I'll fall asleep on time, so I would save her in my dream. But that never happened. 

All of this was my fault. I should have never laid my eyes on her. Because of me, this happened. 

I tried to keep her safe. But all I did, was to hurt her. And in the end, I lost her. 

My performance got worse as well. I barely finished in the top 10 last race. The team is sick of it. Christian and I had several fights. Since she left, I was not the same. 

Because of the guilt I felt, I never dared to step a foot in the hospital she was in. Her friends and family didn't let me near her as well. Sure, no one can stop me. But the guilt was too strong. 

The only thing I managed to accomplish was to get enough evidence to sue my dad and Lydia. Today was the final day. The judge would finally decide what will happen. 

All of it, I did alone. 

Almost. 

Someone did help me out. 

Yuki Tsunoda. 

He helped me gather all the evidence against the two. The fact that Lydia and him were secretly together. The fact that he paid her to "date" me. The fact that he sabotaged Scarlett's car. The fact, that he exchanged her medicine with drugs. 

That she crashed, was his doing. Not only did he manage to get people to sabotage her car. He also exchanged her medicine, she was taking because she was sick, with drugs. 

I'll always be thankful that he helped me to get this information. But not only did he help me with that, he also updated me on her wellbeing. 

She is in a coma. Several bones were broken and caused internal bleeding. The worst thing about it was, that she had high fever, so they couldn't operate her instantly when she got to the hospital. And as if that wasn't bad enough, she was declared dead for three minutes before they brought her back. 

In a minute, I'll be walking into this courtroom and choose my side. 

I will do anything to put them into prison. Forever. 

September

Max POV: 

Press conference, Austria Grand Prix: 

Max Verstappen, Mick Schumacher, Lando Norris

Q: "Hello Max, congratulations on your win after several races now. How are you feeling?"