Getaway Car

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Lando POV

I woke up it was still dark. Katherine wasn't beside me. I sit up and see her sitting in the chair looking outside. I didn't say anything. I got up, making my way towards her and kneel beside her.

"Baby," she looks at me. I've never seen her like this before she was always so full of life and bright, but now it was like the life from her had dulled out.

"Are you not tired?" She shrugs.

"I couldn't sleep." I nod, standing up and picking her up, sitting down and placing her on my lap.

"What are you doing?"

"If you can't sleep, then I can't sleep," I place her legs back over the side of the chair and make her cuddle into me.

"You need to sleep,"

"So do you," she smiles softly, putting her face in my neck.

~~~~~

My back was killing, and we fell asleep in that position. Katherine was in bed as I went out to get breakfast.

"Lando," I turn, seeing Max and the others walking over to me.

"Hey,"

"How is she?"

"She's a wreck. I've never seen her like this it'd break my heart. "

"I've messaged her. I told her I'll come round later on," Max says.

"Yeah, that's fine she's in bed. I don't know what to do,"

"Just be there for her," Charles says. "That's all she needs."

"I just hope I'm doing enough,"

"You're doing more than enough," Charles says. I nod.

~~~~~~

"I'm back, and I brought food." she gives me a soft smile as I climb into bed next to her.

"You feel like eating?" I ask.

"I could eat." I smile.

"Okay, eat up, pretty girl." I give her the food and grab the remote, turning on a film.

"Thank you," I smile as she eats.

"I have to go back home," she let's out.

"I know it's okay. We don't have to talk about it if you don't want to,"

"Will you come with me?"

"I'll go anywhere with you," I take her hand in mine. "I'll be there, okay? I'm not letting you do it alone,"

"Thank you,"

"No need to thank me,"

Katherine POV

I felt numb.

It was like my world had come crashing down, but at least I bad him.

He had no idea how much he was helping me by just being here he was holding me together without him. I think I'd fall apart.

I didn't know how to plan a funeral. I didn't know what to do or what she would want. I couldn't even think about it.

Lando had come back to London with me. We were in the car on the way to the care home.

"I can go in if you want me to?"

"I should come." he nods, taking my hand as we walk up to her room. I take a deep breath as I look at her things. Lando moved to the wardrobe, taking her clothes out carefully.

"I'll fold these away, okay?" I nod. I move to her drawer and take out her book, a photo falling from it as I do so.
I didn't realise I was crying till Lando hugged me from behind. It was a photo of me and her we looked so happy.

"I found these." he hands me a photobook. We sit down on the bed, my head resting on his shoulder as he takes back the album and opens it. It was full of photos of me throughout the years. The last few pages were dedicated to me last year. We reached the last page, and it was full of pictures of me and Lando that I didn't even know she had or where she got them from.

"She really loved you, Kat,"

"I know." He wiped my tears

"She was proud of you." I nod he places the book in my hand and gets up, folding her clothes.

He let me stay there as he put her stuff into boxes. Once he was finished, he took me in his arms.

"Ready when you are."

"I think I'm ready." My shaky breath let's out.

"You're not ready just yet." We stayed for a few more minutes until my crying died down.

"Okay, I'm ready." he grabs the boxes, and I hold the album tight to me.

"Let's go home, baby. You need to rest."

"Okay,

~~~~~

Lando had been helping me plan the funeral. Max kept checking on me.

I decided to take a walk around Monaco before we go back home for the funeral.

"Hey Kat," Charles says, sitting next to me.

"Hi," he pulls me in for a hug.

"It gets better,"

"Does it? It doesn't feel like it can,"

"It takes some time, but it gets easier to manage," he holds my hand. "How are you holding up? Truthfully, I don't want the excuses it won't work on me."

"I feel like I'm going to fall apart any second," I say. "I'm trying to put on a brave face, but it just hurts so much I have to even heard from my dad,"

"It's okay to not be okay, Kate," I nod. "Does Lando know how you've been doing?"

"I haven't said, but I think he does he's been helping me so much I can't even explain,"

"He said he was trying he wasn't sure if he was doing a good job."

"When I'm with him, the pain is easier to handle," I shrug. "I don't know, he literally picked me up from the ground,"

"If you need someone to talk to, you know where I am?"

"Thank you," he nods.

I know that no matter how hard it is, everything will be okay because it has to be. I just wasn't sure when I was going to feel like that.