Bed of Lies

8.

Ivy's POV

After the Silverstone weekend I returned back home. That weekend turned out so different than I thought.

I didn't expect Lando to be so sweet and caring. I had honestly such an amazing time with him and he didn't deserve to be lied to.

I wanted to tell him, I really did.

But every time I wanted to come clean, there was a little voice in the back of my mind telling me he didn't like me.

He liked Molly.

He only like me for my appearance.

So I didn't tell him, and I went back home. Pretending as if I didn't just had the best weekend of my life.

I immediately walked to my room. Mom was sleeping on the couch, she was probably tired, she had two jobs lately, trying to take care of me and my sister.

That's why I started working as well, I tried to help out wherever I could.

My mom always worked hard, for us. It was only fair if I returned the favor.

So no, we weren't rich, at all. Quite the opposite if I was honest.

People just thought I was rich because I always wore nice clothes. But honestly I just bought them in a normal store, just styled them different than other people would.

I laid down in my bed, it took only a couple of minutes before my little sister barged in my room.

"Ivy!" She clapped her hands enthusiastically. "You're back"

"I am" I smiled. "Cuddles?" I said as I opened my arms.

She nodded her head and crawled into my arms.

Elara was only 8. She was another reason why I took the job. I wanted her to have the best life possible, without having to worry about food or clothes.

She deserved that.

"What did you do all weekend?" She asked.

"I went to see a race with super fast cars" I said and her eyes widened a little. "Wow really?"

"Yeah" I nodded.

"Even faster than mom drives?" She asked. "Yeah way way faster"

"Woooow" she looked up at the ceiling. "Can we go together next weekend?"

I chuckled. "No but we can watch it on tv if you want"

She nodded enthusiastically. "Yes I wanna watch fast cars"

I laughed a little. I wish I could text Lando about how enthusiastic she was.

But he didn't know I had a sister, he didn't know I wasn't rich, he knew nothing about me.

I didn't even have his number.

He only knew Molly. He knew what she was like, how her life was.

And I bet it was so different from mine.

When I was 10, I was jealous of her life. She always had the nicest toys, laughed about my clothes and old toys.

Even then, I didn't care.

Until she made jokes about my mom. She laughed how my mom was dressed.

My mom was working so hard back then and still always made it in time to pick me up from school.
She was honestly the best mom I could wish for.

But of course she only remembered the time I bullied her. Ten years ago for that matter, because I was sick and tired of her remarks.

So yeah, I didn't like her, she was right about that.

Molly 💀

What did u say to Lando?

When?

He's asking if u made up ur mind
About Monaco???

Oh right
He wanted another date in Monaco

And you said yes?

I said I had to think about it

Awesome
What do I say now?

Not my problem, is it?
But I certainly wanna go lol

Then I will tell him I can't go
But anyways
Good job
He's totally down for me now

Congratulations