dangerous curves -Lando Norris (English Version)

Part 31: escalation

'I promise, love,' he whispers.

Our eyes deepen one last time before he lets go of me and returns to the party.

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''Please don't...''

'Mom...' I cry out.

Sweaty and trembling, I sat up straight. I didn't know what time it was.

'Dear...' his awakened voice sounds after a few minutes.

My anxious eyes take in his form. He immediately takes me in his arms. My head leans against his chest as he gently runs his fingers through my freshly washed hair.

'It's okay... I'm here,' he whispers.

I'm still shaking. I clutch Lando tightly, a few tears rolling down my face.

'The dream was so real...' I say, frightened.

'She's dead, amalia...she'll never hurt you again...I promise,' he whispers back.

'But what if her death was only faked and she tracks me down again at some point...' I say frantically and panicked.

'shh...that's not going to happen...you saw her body...' his reassuring voice rang out.

"What's happened?" Maria and Lewis ask anxiously, entering my open bedroom door in a hurry and upset.

'She had another nightmare...' Lando said gently, not taking his eyes off me.

'Let her go, Lan...I'll take care of her...' Maria says.

'Is that okay for you, love?' he whispers in my ear.

But I don't respond and continue to cling to his chest. Then he detaches himself from me and lays me down on my bed and covers my still trembling body with a blanket. Maria lies down next to me.

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''lewis...please be nice to father...'' I say to Lewis as I stand with Lando, Lewis and Maria outside a restaurant in Monaco.

'Yes, yes,' Lewis says and grabs Maria's hand.

Breathing deeply in a long evening dress, we walked into the restaurant together. Walking towards me, I took Aries in my arms. My father and his wife were sitting in the background. I sat Aries down on my lap and Lando sat on my right.

'You've grown so much,' I said to Aries with a smile, my fingers touching his heated cheeks.

''Your dress is beautiful...'' he says with a smile, his hand accidentally landing on my chest.

'Forgive me, Amalia...' my father's wife says and sits Aries down on a chair next to her.

"The little one's a playboy, huh?" Lando whispers with a smile.

A hidden smile escapes my lips, our eyes combining.

''So, you have a new wife, father?'' Lewis asks unkindly.

I knew this wasn't going to end well.

'Yes, I did,' our father replies relaxedly.

"So you didn't mind leaving your children with a sick mother?" he asks impertinently.

I press my palms together under the table. But I didn't interfere.

'I know you don't like me very much, but I'm trying to make up for what I've done wrong,' my father said sensitively.

"lewis...give him a chance..." I intervened quietly.

'I wasn't talking to you,' he suddenly became louder and more personal.

Startled, I look down so as not to show anyone my red eyes.

'Don't be so hard on her, bro,' Lando tries to defend me.

'Why are you here anyway? Are you fucking my sister again or why are you defending her?" Lewis gets personal.

"Get the fuck down...don't you just realize what an asshole you are to everyone at this table..." Lando raises his voice again.

My body is under pure stress, which is why my leg is shaking up and down.

'Fuck off, Lando,' Lewis says very angrily.

'Come off it, everyone...I just wanted us to talk about everything again...I didn't know you held such a grudge against me and my family. If I'd known, I wouldn't have asked Amalia about this meeting.'' My father George takes the final word, because silence follows.

My leg is still shaking back and forth because I can't cope with the situation. But his warm hand on my thigh calms it down. My red eyes meet his.

'It's okay... come down...' he whispers, which I can read from his lips.

I nod slightly. His hand gives my thigh warmth under my dress, which I needed.

''Father...you could have avoided so many traumas for me and Amalia if only you had stayed...but you were too selfish...for which I will never forgive you...'' Lewis says, his voice now lowered.

'I know, son...I can't say it often enough, but I'm fucking sorry I let you down...' our father responds.

"You have no fucking idea what we've been through! Did Amalia tell you what your ex-wife did to her?" Lewis raises his voice again.

My eyes have calmed down by now, but I am reluctant to join in the conversation.

'Yes, she said that your mother drank a lot and was often in a bad mood because of it,' my father says, more or less surprised.

Lewis laughs out loud.

'That's enough, bro,' Lando says indignantly, his grip on my thigh tightening.

'I said stay out of this, Lando,' Lando and Lewis argue now.

"Not if you hurt Amalia...I don't care what's going on with you right now, but you don't have to hurt her," Lando responds.

I knew you were still fucking her...you're dead,' Lewis warns him.

'Guys please...' I respond in a shaky voice, reaching for his hand on my thigh.

"Tell me, are you still fucking him?" asks Lewis, who is still in his movie.

'Says the guy who sleeps with my best friend...and that's what I call a brother,' I say disappointedly, squeezing his hand tighter.

'I didn't ask you to come back,' Lewis says.

A few tears roll down my face. Silence spreads across the table. Releasing his hand, I hurry to the bathroom. I slam the door of my cubicle and slide to the floor. I take deep breaths.

*New message from Norris*

Lando: ,,do you need me? Want me to join you in the bathroom?''