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“Does she now?” Boone smiles. It’s the first one I’ve ever seen, and it’s not from pride.
“I think you missed the part where I said want. We have the charter and funding to make this happen. The part we’re missing is the manufacturing. We need support building our cars until we have our facilities.”
“That’s not my problem.” He stares straight at me, but despite that, wariness creeps into his voice.
He’s getting where this conversation is going.
“It will be. We’re close to a deal withTop Row. They’re as capable of giving us what we want as you are. The only difference is their location. We’d need to move.”
“Sarah won’t like that. Moving will break her heart,” he says. “You forcing that to make your dreams come true?”
“It was her idea,” I shoot back. “She’s the one who put the deal together. So, we can do it, and she’d move away from youand your fiancée. She’s been miserable, and this will only make it worse, but she’ll still do it.” He wants brutal honesty, so I’ll give it to him. “I also don’t keep secrets from her, so she’ll know about our conversation. She’ll know how you decide. She’ll know if you cared enough to help her. So, let’s find out. Do you love your sister more than you hate me?”
In racing terms, I’m driving for the lead and almost out of fuel, but all I need to do is finish the final lap.
He doesn’t speak.
Fucking hell, that means I need to do it. “I’m calling a truce and saying I’m willing to try.” He still keeps his fucking mouth shut. This was a waste of time. “I’ll see you on the track, Boone Rivers. Sarah will be there if you care enough to say hello. She would enjoy the visit. I think.”
I stand, and he raises a fucking finger at me. “Hold on. Don’t leave.”
“Nope.”
He picks up his phone. “Madelyn? I need you to find Sarah for me.” He glares at me. “Will you sit back down?”
Not when he’s that rude. I lean against the wall, mainly to be a dick, and shake my head.
“Perfect. Can you two come down here? What? No, I didn’t yell. I promised to listen, and I did. Yes, I was good. Thanks.” He hangs up. “This way, you can tell Sarah everything right now,” he tells me.
39-Sarah
“Oh.” I jump at Lily’s presence for no good reason. “I expected to be alone.”
I snuck through the back door and tip-toed to the workroom, thinking it would keep me occupied and allow me to go undiscovered.
“I work mornings,” she says flatly.
Lily often states things as known facts, making others feel guilty for not knowing. It’s a strange habit, to be sure, but I’ve since learned there’s no condemnation on her part. She’s a shy young girl with more than her fair share of social awkwardness.
“I forgot. It’s been a busy couple of days for me.” Sadly, most of that time was spent wrapped in blankets like a burrito and feeling sorry for myself. Now, I’m taking Jake’s advice: take the needed break and then finish out after.
“Are you quitting?”
“Yes, I am. There are only a few tasks to finish.”
It might seem like a hasty decision, but it was the correct one. I’ll miss Boone and Maddie more than I can describe. Julian and the rest of the crew have all been great friends.
For all that, a big part of me hasn’t enjoyed it in a long time. I thought it was NASCAR and all motorsports, but that was wrong.
“I’ll miss you,” she says, surprising me. “You’re the only person who talks to me.”
I want to protest before realizing she’s correct. “Julian does. Aren’t you two friends?”
“Julian is nice to me because he’s nice to everyone. That doesn’t mean I’m his friend.”
I don’t argue because she’s correct about that, too. “Do you want this internship?”
“My father does,” she says, and her phone alarm goes off. “I have to go.”
