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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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everything I had to watch you race. And then, the day before,

I didn't know

sorry," I whispered, unable to meet

"Sorry?" he snapped.

your fans-you were

threw it all

that, he turned and walked off, leaving me standing

inside me.

his words echoing

I really thrown everything

for a life that wasn't truly

it was time to take

sat in the driver's seat, my phone buzzed with a new

from my

glanced at the screen and saw

was a shot of me, taken by the crowd when I won that street race not long

a

racing lately?

comeback?"

for a moment, fingers hovering over my phone

response.

just helping a friend with something

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came almost immediately,

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

that had gathered the top drivers

couldn't help but ask, fingers

answer came swiftly, and

what it used to be. Only a few old friends who truly love the team remain. We

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