Chapter 12
Jeff sat on the bed beside her and gently stroked
her forehead with his fingertips. Why did you run angel? Tell me.” He said
as a tear came to his eye, as she didn’t move. “I love you angel.”
Jeff reached over to the lamp by the bed and
turned it on. He then got up and turned the main light in the room off and
went back to the bed. He knew it maybe a long while before she woke up, but he
wasn’t going to go to sleep. He wanted to be with her when she did. He
wanted to hold her and tell her it will all be ok.
Chloe slowly rolled her head over the pillow. Her
eyes felt like they were weighed down as she tried to open them.
“Angel.” Jeff said softly from her side. Chloe
tried to open her eyes but she failed. “It’s ok sweetie.” Jeff said
stroking her cheek. “How are you feeling?”
Chloe moaned as she tried to speak. “Cold.”
She said in a voice that was barely even a whisper.
Jeff pulled the blanket further up over her. This
time Chloe opened her eyes. She locked her eyes with Jeff’s. She slowly
reached up with her hand and wiped the tears from his cheek. “I’m
sorry.” She said looking away from him.
“Don’t be angel. Just tell me why, please.”
“I couldn’t go.”
“Why?”
“Because I’m scared.”
“Of what?”
“If I go home, it’s like admitting I’m fit
and ready to race again. But I’m not.”
“I know your not, I only have to look at you to
see that.”
“But Williams will think I am and they will rush
me back to racing.”
“I won’t let them.”
“But they will Jeff. And I can’t go back to
the way I was. I can’t.”
“What are you saying? You can’t go back to the
driver you used to be?”
“I’m saying I can’t go back to being a
driver.” She said as she looked back to Jeff. “When I first started to
race everything was easy. I had everything to go for, no reason to hold back.
But now, I have you and Jamie. My priorities have changed. I love racing, but
I can’t risk injuring myself, or killing myself. I have others to think of
now.”
“I had no idea you felt like that. I thought
racing was your life.”
“It was. Until I had Jamie and I married you.
You two are my life now.”
“What about your contract?”
“I can get out of it I hope. Ben will help
me.” Chloe said as Jeff took her hand in his. “It is all to much. I knew
before I went out in the car I wasn’t well, I knew I shouldn’t have raced.
I don’t know why I wouldn’t listen to people or myself. I just guess I
thought that I still have to prove things to people. But, I don’t. Not any
more. I know I can beat them and they know I can.”
“I wish you had of phoned me.”
“I didn’t want to bother you.”
“Angel, you ringing me isn’t a bother.
You’re my wife and I love you.”
“I love you too.”
“What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to speak to Ben and my lawyer and
then I will ring Frank and tell him that I want out of the company. If he
wants to know why I’ll just tell him that I can’t travel and look after my
family and my family comes first, no matter how much money he puts under my
nose.”
“That’s my girl.” Jeff said kissing her
softly. She smiled up at him. “What?”
“Nothing, I’m just thinking how lucky I am to
have you.”
“Your not the lucky one. I am.”
After talking about the future for another two
hours Jeff settled in bed beside Chloe. “Will you come on the road with me?
I know I would love to wake up every morning with you in my arms. Matt would
love having Jamie there all the time, as would I.”
“I’d love to baby.”
“Good.” Jeff said pulling her against him and
kissing her hair softly. “Can you remember just before you went back to
racing when you had just had Jamie?”
“Yeh.”
“Do you remember Vince asking you something?”
“Yeh, I do.” Chloe said smiling. “Do you
think the offer still stands?”
“One way to find out.”
“Ok. When I get back to America I’ll call
him.”
“Then I can say I’m married to a formula one
superstar, a super mum, and a WWF superstar.”
Chloe just smiled and snuggled up against her husband. “I hope the contract
is still offered to me. I would love to be with you all the time. But, I need
some time off. I need to rest and become myself again.”
“I understand that baby.”
“Good night Jeff.”
“Night angel. I love you.”
“I love you too.”
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