Broken arrows

31.

I never felt so alive after that ice bath. I was standing in the Red Bull garage, looking at the broadcast. The race started 15 minutes ago and Lando was doing great.

I was happy about that, he deserved it.

He definitely pulled me back in his web and I never wanted to get out of it.
I wanted to be wrapped in his arms during cold winter nights, I wanted to feel his kisses the first thing I woke up.

I wanted him, fuck I wanted him so much.

"Aimée" someone yelled which scared me a little. I looked behind me and saw an angry Lara storming up to me.

"You literally should back off girly" she said as she looked at me in disgust. "We are about to be married and you're still running after him like a lost puppy?" She chuckled a little. "It's pathetic"

And maybe it was pathetic, maybe she was right. Maybe I should just let him go.
It's been months and he still wanted to marry her.

"You know what's pathetic?" I said as I looked straight in her eyes. "Pretending you're pregnant to lock a guy in your trap"

Her face dropped, her head was titled and not much later she let out a little chuckle.

"He knows" she stopped laughing. "I had a miscarriage"

She probably expected me to feel bad for accusing her of lying.
She probably expected me to say how sorry I was.

But I saw enough liars in my life to recognize one.

"But does he know you were never pregnant to begin with?" It was a gamble, because I didn't know if she was lying about that, I just had a suspicion.

I studied her face as she looked at me. "What did you just say?"

"I looked at the papers you gave me again, you forged them pretty good" I raised my eyebrow. "Not good enough though"

Please Ryder, be right about this.

"Fuck off Aimée and stay away from him, from us or I'll make you regret it" she said as she walked away. She almost ran out of the garage.

I was right. Ryder was right. She lied about it and pretended she had a miscarriage.
That's why he stayed with her, he couldn't run away after she suffered something like that.
She would also make him look bad in the media.

If he only knew she didn't suffer anything.

I missed the biggest part of the race because of her but the last few laps of the race were incredible tense.
Lando fortunately ended in P2 and I knew he would be happy about that.

I saw that when I looked at him from under the podium. His smile could light up the sky.

I don't know what I was doing here, I was literally standing between Mclaren and Ferrari mechanics.
I had no reason to be here, to smile at this podium but for some reason no one really questioned it.

"Didn't expect you to be here" Kara nudged me as she was standing next to me. "Well, I didn't expect you to be here either" I said. Charles wasn't on the podium but I suspected her to be here for Carlos, they also became very close.

"Gotta support my Ferrari boy" she chuckled as she looked up at Carlos.
I loved their relationship. "Guess you're not here for the Ferrari boy though" she said as she looked at me again.

I shook my head. "I am here for the British boy" I smiled as I looked at his handsome face.
"Hamilton is gonna like that" someone said. Zak looked behind him and laughed.

He obviously knew I wasn't here for Lewis. I didn't know what to say, I just smiled but my smile disappeared when I saw Lara.

"I think I have to go, Max probably wants to do his interviews" I mumbled as I made my way through the crowd. Kara followed me in silence until we reached the Red Bull hospitality.

She probably noticed the look on my face.

"Don't get sad, get even" Kara said as she smirked. "But I'm so tired of running after him, I am tired Kara"

"I never saw you as a quitter" Ryder said as she was leaning against the wall.