5. Just One Hour Of Sunshine

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"Why did you let me eat those oysters?" Hannah groaned, clutching the toilet like it was a lifeline as her stomach rolled again.

"You know my stance on seafood." Lando reminded her. "I think I told you not to eat them actually."

"You might be onto something with this whole no seafood thing." She sighed, sitting up a bit straighter.

"This is just another reason to add to the list of why you shouldn't eat fish." Lando agreed. "Feeling better?"

"A bit." Hannah nodded, although she made no move to get up. "It's so hot in here."

"The air con doesn't go any lower. I tried." He said.

She didn't seem to have noticed that the aircon was blasting out such cold air Lando had actually gone to put a hoodie and sweatpants on while she was hunched over the toilet.

"It's fine. You should get some sleep." She told him. "You've got a big day tomorrow."

"Come back to bed?" He suggested.

"I don't want to wake Isla if I keep getting up." She shook her head. "If she wakes up then none of us are getting any sleep."

"Come on." Lando got up, holding out his hand to her to help her up. "She'll be fine, if she wakes up I'll deal with it."

Hannah looked at his outstretched hand for a minute before she took it. "I'll hold you to that." She sighed.

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Thankfully, by the morning whatever it was she'd eaten seemed to have mostly left her system.

It was a good job too, because Isla had woken up before her and Lando and started jumping on the bed to wake them up.

"Hey you." Lando sat up and managed to capture his daughter in his arms to stop her. "Be careful, Mummy isn't feeling very well."

Isla stopped instantly. "Mummy?" She wriggled her way out of Lando's grip, immediately throwing her arms around Hannah.

"I'm okay, sweetheart. I ate something funny that's all." Hannah said softly. "Did you have fun with Uncle Carlos last night?"

Isla had been asleep when they'd returned, but Carlos had looked exhausted, and was sporting a fair amount of glitter on his face and bunches in his hair so she could imagine how his night had gone.

Lando had been sure to snap a photo of the makeover his daughter had given poor Carlos before he let him leave.

"Uncle Carlos got me a present!" Isla grinned, suddenly jumping up at the reminder. She launched herself off the bed, running back to her bed.

"What is it?" Lando asked curiously as Isla came running back over with a bag in her hands.

She pulled a tiny Ferrari shirt out, looking at Lando triumphantly as she held it up, even though it was upside down.

"Over my dead body." Lando muttered, shaking his head as he looked at the 55 emblazoned on the back of the shirt.

Isla was already dragging the shirt over her head, wriggling around as she tried to get her arms into the holes.

"You do know she's going to insist on wearing that today, right?" Hannah laughed.

"Carlos..." Lando groaned. "We can't have her walking around the McLaren garage in that. It's like treason!"

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