Forever and always

Chapter eighty-two

"Hey love!" Charles smiled as he saw me walking towards him and the twins who was currently taking a nap. "Hi, I have so much to tell you!!" I said excitedly and sat next to him. "Okay, what's up?" He asked and smiled.

"So first up I met my mom, she wanted to meet tomorrow and talk, she seemed a bit different tho" I said. "Okay, that's good isn't it? I mean maybe she wants to apologize?" He asked. "Yeah maybe, it would be nice if she had changed. But I won't set my hopes up for anything" I answered.. "We'll see" he smiled and gave me a little kiss on my cheek.

"And the other thing is huge! Kelly is pregnant!" I said and smiled big. "She is what!" He answered and his jaw almost dropped to the ground. "Yeah, they're expecting a little baby girl in April" I answered. "Aww that's wonderful, I knew it was a matter of time before they had one as well! But if she'll be born in April that means she has been pregnant for at least what, three months already?".. "Yup, she's already thirteen weeks along! It's crazy, I'm so happy for them, they have been hiding it really well" I smiled. "Definitely, I'm also really happy! Ah I gotta wish them congratulations after practice then" he answered.

We were so happy for Max and Kelly, and of course also little Penelope who will become a big sister.

A few hours later both practices of today were over, and in fp1 Charles was p5 and in fp2 he was p3 so it was alright. Hopefully he'll be even better tomorrow and maybe grab another pole position to his collection this season.

We went back home to the hotel and chilled for what was left of this day. We spent some time with Max, Kelly and Penelope where we talked about so many different things, but of course their baby girl was the hottest topic. Meanwhile we talked, Penelope played with Matheo and Elena even though she is way bigger than they are and she can talk, she really enjoys playing with them and it warms my heart. She will be such a sweet and caring big sister to my little niece. She was also so happy that she could play with the twins already today instead of tomorrow as planned.

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Next day arrived and I was kinda nervous, because it was today I'm having a talk with my mom. "I'm nervous" I said and looked at Charles as I was about to send the text to her. "Don't be, love. You'll be just fine, if she says something rude to you again, you gotta defend yourself and say you will never ever have anything to do with her, because you don't deserve this!" He said and I nodded. "I promise, this is her last chance. I can't deal with her crap anymore" I answered and looked at Charles. "Great, now send the message and go meet her" he said. So that's what I did, I texted her and let her know I was available now at the hotel. Charles was leaving now to the track, and the twins were taking care of in the meantime. Kelly was so kind to offer to have them while I talked with her.

After about twenty minutes I heard a knock on our door to the hotel room, so I went to open it. "Hi, come in" I said as I saw my mom standing there. "Thanks, and thanks for wanting to talk to me" she said and walked inside, I didn't say anything I just waited for her to say something else. We sat down on the couch which was in the other part of our suite.

"So Olivia, I think you and I finally need to talk about everything" she said and looked at me. "Yeah, why the sudden need to do it now? What has changed?" I asked skeptically. "I had a talk with you father a few weeks ago, and he told me everything. Everything from your childhood, your teenage years and up to your adulthood, how much you have struggled with, I had no idea.. I feel like the worst mom ever, I'm so so sorry for making Max and Victoria a bigger priority, a thing I will forever be sorry about, I only did it because I didn't think you liked me as your mother" she said and took my hand.

"I have always loved you, but I was bullied a lot in school and then I had Max as my only friend there. So growing up only having your siblings as your only friends was hard, seeing them with all their friends when I was alone, and then coming home where my own mother also ignored me and took their sides. That was hard, that's why I decided to go live with dad" I answered. - "yeah he told me, and it's not something I can change now. But if I could I would have done everything in my power to never make you feel alone again. And I'm so sorry for how I've been acting the past couple years. I know you have gone through a lot the past years in your adulthood, and I'm sorry I wasn't there for you, when you probably needed me" she said and a little tear rolled down her cheek. I couldn't even remember the last time we had a conversation that didn't end in a big argument..