You saved me

Part 3

It's a few weeks later and today is the first day I'm at the track, it's Saturday so it's already quite busy. And I'm on this only Josh had to do something or something I don't care. I'm walking towards McLaren and I see all kinds of people standing in front of their garage, fan girls and so on, I think. But I walk into the garage and some girls look at me strangely.

"Hey where is Josh?" Zack asks when I meet him in the garage

"He still needs to arrange something" I say and zak laughs

"Sit here, you can see the qualification, would you like something to drink?" He asks and I nod

"Just have a bottle of water" I say and he gives me a bottle of water

I thank him and watch Oscar and Lando get ready. But after a few seconds Lando smiles at me and comes over and sits next to me

"Grace, I just wanted to make sure you're okay." He asks and I nod softly and laugh

"Grace, come on, be honest, you wasn't really happy at the club or anything," he says and I look at him

"I can't, Lando, I can't tell you." I say, Lando puts a warm hand on my shoulder

"I'm here for you, here's my number if you don't want to use it, that's fine, but you can always message me," he says
I nod he gives me a quick hug and walks away

When the first qualifying is finished, Josh is also there, standing next to me and looking at me

"Stand up" He says and I nod and stand and he sits down

"Really let yourself be treated like this," Lando asks as he stands next to me

I walk away and don't want to talk about it, yes I allow myself to be treated this way, but there is reason to do so. I sit in hospitality and get a plate of food. But I'm not alone for a long time because I see Lando walking towards me

"Can I sit there?" He asks and I nod briefly

"Grace, I understand that you don't want to talk about it" Lando says and I smile at him

"Thx Lando" I say, he gets lunch too

"Friends" he asks and I nod

"Sure" I say and we have a nice chat

POV Lando

I arrive at the garage and Oscar stops me.

"What do you have with Grace?" Oscar says and I shrug

"I don't trust her boyfriend" I say and Oscar sighs

"Lando stop it, yes, I think he's a chill guy." He says and I roll my eyes

I walk towards the drivers room and sigh briefly, I really don't trust that guy, but hey, it's not my problem.

Pov Grace

When the last qualifying starts I walk towards the garage again and I see Josh calling and I laugh and he sees me

"Grace, I'm going back to London, you have to stay here," he says and I look at him questioningly

"Why?" I ask and he sighs and grabs my arm tightly and squeezes really hard

"Josh stop" I say and then I make him even angrier and I get a slap in the face

"Don't ask questions, how many times do you have to say that?" He says and I nod and when he's gone I feel my nose running.

I run my hand along it and see that my nose is bleeding. I walk to the toilet and look at my face, you see an imprint of his hand in your face. I put make up on my face so you can't see that print anymore. And when the nosebleed has stopped, walk to the garage.

"Is everything okay?" Someone asks and I turn around and it's okay

"Yes, I'm a bit tired" I say and Zak nods

"Okay," he says and walks away

When qualifying is completed, Lando can start 4th and Oscar 10th. I wait until the boys are back in the garage and shake their hands and tell them that they have achieved good results.

"Grace, everything is okay, your blood," Lando says, clutching my nose

"Yes," I say and I want to walk away, but Lando gently grabs my arm

"I'm done, just tell me" Lando says and takes me to his drivers room

"Come on, tell me" Lando says and I take a deep sigh and tell the whole story

~ the story

I was nineteen years old and worked day and night in a club in the middle of London. And Josh often came there too, and that's how we met and I knew that he wasn't really into the business. But I didn't care when we started dating he was the nicest guy. And he got my mother out of debt. Everything seemed perfect but after a year everything changed, he just worked and started hitting and I wasn't allowed to say anything anymore. And well, nothing has changed since then and I don't dare say anything about it

~

"That's not nice," Lando says and puts his hand on my upper leg

"No, that's right" I want to say, but Lando stops me

"No, but you shouldn't be treated like that." Lando says and puts his hand on my shoulder

"Lando you don't understand, I have to go" I say and leave his drivers room