Forever and always

Chapter thirty-two

Olivia's pov:
December 2021

The next month flew by, and it's now already December, and soon Christmas which I'm very excited for since Christmas is like my favorite time of the year. It's also the second last race on the calendar, the championship is still not won by either Max or Lewis yet, it's very exciting, but I'm so nervous on Max's behalf, I want this for him so bad..

We are in Saudi Arabia now, where they are driving at Jeddah, which is a new track on the calendar. It's always exciting with a new track, but for me this one is not that exciting since it's called the most dangerous track on the calendar, that makes me a bit nervous.

I arrived at the track with Charles per usual, nothing new there. Charles immediately had a quick "meeting" with his race engineer and Mattia, so I was on my own for a while. I walked around the paddock, everything was familiar but at the same time so different since it was a new place. I liked it here, to be honest.

"Oli, hey!" Max said as he probably saw me wandering around the paddock all alone. "Max" I said and went to give my brother a big hug. "Where's Charles, why are you walking around alone?" he asked and looked at me. "He's at a meeting, and I'm fine. Just exploring the new place" I said and smiled. "Alright then.. Oh do you know if dad will be flying in for the race?" he quickly asked. "He is, what about mom?" I asked.. "Yup, she is as well".. "Great," I said and smiled..

As you probably can guess by now, I don't have the best relationship with my mother, I don't exactly know why tbh. But on the other hand, the relationship with my father is on another level, he is my biggest hero and one of my top five best friends no doubt. Max has the completely opposite relationship with our mother, they are very close. And his relationship with dad is alright, mainly because dad is Max's biggest supporter and has been on his racing journey throughout his life and whole career. They aren't close like dad and I, far from apart. Someone might even say their relationship is a bit toxic..

After a few hours it was time for practice two, after an alright first practice. "Good luck, kill it out there, I love you" I said and gave Charles a kiss before he had to head towards his car. "I will thanks, I love you too" he smiled big, while taking his helmet and walking towards the car.

He got ready and jumped in the car. After a little wait the practice began.. I was once again watching the race from the back of the garage with Nicholas.

Everything went well for everyone, but the traffic out there was crazy. Everyone was complaining over the radio that some were going to slow and the traffic made it too difficult. So some went to the pit again, to wait until the traffic wasn't that crazy.

"Red flag, red flag" was the only thing I heard as I saw the Ferrari car driving into the barrier at high speed. "Is it Charles?!" I asked Nicholas, almost panicking, it didn't look good.. "It's Charles" he answered as we got a closer look at what happened. "Fuck, no!." I said almost about to shed a tear. "It's alright Olivia, he's out" Nicholas said pulling me into a little comforting hug, since he knows how bad I feel whenever Max and Charles crash.

Charles had a massive high speed crash and went directly into the barrier, his car was in pieces and there was debris all over the track, so it was decided the practice wouldn't resume, also since there's just about five minutes left.

I was told by many people that Charles was taken to get checked, and they thought I should go there, so that's what I did. I walked all the way there. Thankfully it wasn't far away from the ferrari garage..

"Can I see him?" I said as there was a woman standing in front of the door. "Sure" she said and let me inside, where the trackside doctors were checking him.