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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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you race. And then, the day before, you just... disappeared.

and I didn't know how

unable to meet

"Sorry?" he snapped.

irresponsible to your fans-you were irresponsible to

you threw it all

turned and walked off, leaving me standing there, guilt

inside me.

stared after him, his words

really thrown

so much for

was time to take something

seat, my phone buzzed

from my old fleet

glanced at the screen and saw a picture

me, taken by the crowd when I

a

street racing lately? So, are you

comeback?"

hesitated for a moment, fingers hovering over my

response.

just helping a

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immediately, accompanied

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

gathered the top drivers from around the globe, consistently ranking at the top of every mmpetition-had fallen

but ask,

came swiftly, and

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 heavily in the air,

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