Lost and Found

Chapter 12

Being away on holiday, gave Sara the chance to fully recharge. She did nothing else but things she enjoyed doing, work excluded. Sara also spent a lot of her time calling Carlos. Their contact had gotten more frequent as time passed and had increased up to at least four times a week.

"Hello, sunshine," Carlos said when Sara picked up for one of their talks. She was laying at the pool, enjoying the sun on her skin as she wore her sunglasses."

"Hello, handsome." She said back. Their flirting was innocent in Sara's eyes and she enjoyed the banter between them. Within the timespan of one minute, they could go from complimenting each other to teasing and back. "How's Spain?"

"Not as nice as Florida at the moment I'm guessing." Sara smiled. "You look like you've laid in the sun for a month."

"Ah, so Spain without the s." Carlos rolled his eyes. "I'm sorry, but yeah, it's one of the advantages of a skin that quickly tans." It was one of the many moments Sara enjoyed. "Are you ready for the next race?" Carlos smiled.

"As long as you don't make things too hard on me, I will be fine. I think. McLaren is on the bettering hand after last year, so I hope we will be good."

"Oh sweety, there is no way I am not going to make things hard on you. I am going to grill you."

"Poor Lando." Carlos chuckled.

"Lando isn't the victim here, you are. I never said I was going to be hard on Lando. I just said I would be on you."

"Aren't you just the little angel?" Sara batted her eyes at the camera.

"Who are you talking to this time?" David walked up to his sister. She had been calling an awful lot and most of the time kept whoever it was away from the family, but he wasn't about to let her get away with it that time.

"No one." Sara turned away from her eldest brother.

"So, now I am no one?" Carlos arched an eyebrow at Sara, who in turn rolled her eyes.

"So it is someone?"

"Stop ganging up on me?" Sara cried out desperately.

"Never." Both men said.

"You two are too alike, it's uncanny." David looked over Sara's shoulder at her phone. "And who is this young lady?" Sara squealed in disgust.

"None of your business." Carlos just laughed. Sara had told him about her older brothers and their protective behaviour, so somewhere along the lines, he had expected them to behave like that, he hadn't expected it to be while she was calling him. They really didn't have any shame, or at least, if he had to judge by Sara's opinions and that one moment.

"Sure." David mocked. "Who is it."

"Still none of your business."

"I'm pretty sure that is not my name," Carlos said, making David laugh.

"Whoever it is, he will fit right in when you decide to bring him over." Sara started to mutter something. "But I'll leave you to it. I'm looking forward to meeting you in the future, none of your business."

"Same, Sara's brother!" Sara shook her head at Carlos as David walked back to his wife and son.

"What did you do to the poor girl?" Jasmin asked when her husband sat down beside her. "She looked horrified."

"Just a bit of sibling teasing." Jasmin arched her eyebrows at him. "I don't expect you to understand," David said with a grin. Jasmin had been raised as an only child, so she in fact didn't understand the bond Sara had with her brothers, but she was sure even people who grew up with siblings wouldn't.