After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

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I sighed. I had been expecting this.

"I retired almost three years ago. I had a non-compete clause in my contract. I couldn't race for anyone else for three years."

he young man, who had been so excited earlier, suddenly grew serious.

His eyes locked onto mine, as if he was trying to piece something together.

"Wait," he said slowly, "what's your name?"

I hesitated.

For a long time, I had kept that part of my life buried, using a different name whenever I

raced.

But something about the way he looked at me made me feel like I owed him the truth.

""Liza." I said quietly.

The moment the name left my lips, the crowd buzzed with excitement.

Several people immediately recognized it.

Liza had been a rising star in the racing world-a prodigy who had taken the racing scene

by storm.

The young man's face lit up in recognition, but just as quickly, his expression turned angry. "You're the Liza?"

he asked, his voice a mixture of disbelief and frustration.

"Why did you quit? You were on top of the world! You didn't even race in the Monaco Grand Prix! You could've been world champion!" He looked at me, his face full of hurt.

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to watch you race. And then, the day before, you just... disappeared. You let

and I

I whispered, unable to meet his

"Sorry?" he snapped.

just irresponsible to your fans-you were irresponsible to yourself!

and you threw it

walked off, leaving me standing there,

inside me.

him, his words

I really thrown

for a life that wasn't

time to take something

I sat in the driver's seat, my

from my old

at the screen and

me, taken by the crowd when I won that

the picture, a simple

heard you've been street racing lately? So, are you considering

comeback?"

over my phone before I finally typed

response.

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came almost immediately, accompanied by a disappointed

you left, our racing team's performance has been declining. We haven't won a championship in three years." My breath caught in my

world, a team that had gathered the top

help but ask, fingers trembling slightly,

answer came swiftly, and

amounts to lure away our drivers and crew. Now, Sparco Racing Team isn't what it used to be. Only a few old friends who truly love the team remain. We all miss you, Cheryl." The weight of the words hung

had once been at the center of that world, my life intertwined with the