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CHAPTER 47 || The past of Romain

Romain's day had started normally. He did everything as usual, but now? Now he stands pressed against a wall, frightened, in front of a man he knows only too well.

His ex-boyfriend. He is not dead, that was a lie. Alive and very angry, he stands before him. "What do you want from me Matteo?" Romain asks bravely. His ex-boyfriend smiles slightly.

"Aren't you glad to see me again?" He asks and Romain's eyes widen in panic. The words are not unfamiliar to him.

Even though he has never told anyone, his past is just awful. A big part of it is his violent ex-boyfriend.

Romain sees only one way. He sprints past Matteo and runs as long as he can. Further and further away he runs. Where to, he doesn't know. He stops briefly to write Jenson a message. Then he runs on again and only stops in a wooded area by a raised hide.

He climbs up the rotten ladder and squats on the wet floor. He closes his eyes briefly and sobs. No one can help him because no one knows about his past.

But is that really true? No. When the Swiss was drunk after his first podium, which he shared with Jenson, he told the older one everything. Without being able to remember the next day.

That's why Jensln panics and declares a state of emergency. The other drivers drop everything in the paddock to gather around Jenson.

"Okay, do we know what happened?" asks Nando. Jenson shakes his head. "Injuries?" asks Max. "No information available." Replies Lewis. "Mental state and situation?" asks Mark worriedly and Jenson lowers his eyes. That explains it all.

"We have to assume the worst. We'll form teams of three or four and look for him. If you find him, don't touch him at all and contact me immediately!" Jenson inculcates into the rest and they all nod. Soon the teams are ready and off they go.

Surprisingly, Romain quickly dealt with the problem and called the police, who now take him down from the raised hide. Matteo has been arrested.

Relieved, Romain unlocks the flat door and looks into two faces he hasn't seen in years. "Christian, Marie. What are you doing here? Did you send Matteo?" He angrily asks his parents.

"Yes child, you like him so much." His mother replies. "I hate him. He beat me, abused me and raped me. And you know it." He cries with an unbelievable pain in his eyes.

"But he has changed. And you loved him, that can't be gone from now on." Says his father now. "I'm married God damn it and I have two wonderful sons. I love my husband more than anything and I finally have a family and you are trying to destroy it again!" Shouts Romain at his parents.

"We never destroyed anything." Christian protests. "You're just like Matteo, you have nothing to say here." Romain replies and a tear escapes from the corner of his eye.

"Now you're exaggerating, Romain. And please show a little respect!" Marie scolds him.

"Exaggerate? Really? I watched the fathers with their little boys and wondered what I did to deserve that? I thought it was my fault. How could you hurt me? I can't forget, I can't forgive you! All that I tried to try to undo it, all of my pain and all your excuses, I was a kid but I wasn't clueless. I WAS A CHILD. A FUCKING KID. I was 4 god damn years old. And you didn't even care that I was away for weeks. WEEKS NOT HOURS!" Romain yells while more tears are streaming down his face.

His parents look at him and they look slightly concerned. "I just wanted to be loved. I never wanted toys or money or expensive stuff I just wanted your love." The young man whispers.

"I'm going to Papa and Vater." He murmurs and takes his jacket off the hook. "I am your father!" Shouts Christian Grosjean. "No. You lost the title when you beat me and told me not to be a crybaby." Romain shakes his head.

"Romain David Jérémy Grosjean-Brandt, get the fuck back here. We are your parents, no but!" Marie yells. "My Name is Romain Sascha Button. Nothing else." Romain shouts and leaves his apartment as fast as possible.

He hurries to a specific flat, which he unlocks with a key. "Romi? What are you doing here? Did something happen?" Comes Sascha Roos towards him. The German Sky Sport expert eyes his son worriedly.

Ralf Schumacher also comes through the door and the two older ones embrace the Swiss. The latter wraps his arms tightly around his fathers.

The two older ones exchange a quick glance and then lead the youngest one into the living room.

"What did I do wrong to be punished like this?" Romain whispers questioningly while holding his face in his hands. "I don't know mein Sohn." Murmurs Ralf, stroking his hair lovingly. "At least I have you both." Smiles Romain weakly and Sascha smiles too.

Encouragingly, he nudges his protégé and says "Now tell us what happened."

In Romain's flat, the door is unlocked once more and Jenson rushes in with Pascal and Max. Romain's "parents" look at the three men in confusion.

"Who are you?" Marie asks sceptically. "Jenson Button." Introduces himself briefly Jenson and Christian says "Oh, so Romain is your brother? Can you give this note to your brother-in-law?"

Jenson takes the note from the eldest's hand and reads it over. Gritting his teeth he says, "Will do." The fawn smiles gratefully at him and Jenson pulls the younger two with him outside and up to a park.

"We can call off the search. It doesn't matter now." The Brit whispers with tears in his eyes. Pascal and Max look at each other briefly before Pascal murmurs, "I have to check something with my Papa."

While Pascal is on the phone, the other two not knowing with whom, Jenson relays that the search will not continue and Max reads through the note.

Hey Jense,
I can't do this any more.
I'm out of here. Take the kids
or not, I don't really care.
It's over between us,
I need distance
Goodbye,
Romain

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Next one :)

MUCH DRAMA and New characters. Sascha Roos is one of the two commentators for Sky Sport F1 Germany and does it together with Ralf and I love them together so yeah.

Who is Pascal calling? 👀