That wasn’t an answer.
“You told them I was still in recovery, didn’t you? The report Fia translated wasn’t a surprise to them, was it?”
He didn’t look back until I shoved at his shoulder, pushing him into the wall. The door swung slightly.
“Tell me you told them.”
Benedek slowly looked up into my eyes, his expression blank.
“Benedek, tell me I’m not against my contract because youdidn’t fucking tell them.”
“I had a meeting about it this week,” he said. “If you meet certain criteria, you’ll still be there next year.”
“Certain criteria?” I barked. “What the fuck does that mean?”
“Some fucking points, Zoltán! If you fail, I fail right alongside you!”
I ground my teeth, breathing heavily, stabbing my palms with my fingers.How could he let this happen?
How could I?
“I’m not about to be a safety risk,” I said, my words curt. “That’s how accidents happen.”
My body rolling. The crunch of bones. The screams. The fire.
I couldn’t do that to someone.
Not when I’d lived through the worst of it.
“Something has got to give here,”Benedek said.“Or it will be your career. Or family.”
My eyes narrowed.“Family?”
“You’re going to destroy our family reputationeither by losing your position or exposing your little incestuous relationship. Either way, you’ll devastate Mum. She’s been through enough.”
It was a jab worse than the crash, and he knew it.
My feet staggered back, losing control.
The hits kept coming, as if I was rolling on the tarmac again and again.
“Stop your little fetish with our step-sister. She’s taking up too much of your time and focus. You need to race at your A-game, and Mum deserves to be happy.”
But I thought I might too.
“You need to snap out of it.”
“And you need to fuck off,” I snarled and shoved him directly into thewall.
His face reddened, and he lunged, but I raised a hand to stop his fist from crushing my nose.
His nostrils flared.“Everyone knows. Nora told the grid girls who her real dad is. So if you two come out… everyone will think the two of you are selfish fucks.”
“Nora?”
I knew she could play detective when it came to gossip. She was willing to flirt and smile, and lie her way to any information if it made people want to listen to her.
“Nadia came and asked me if it was true. I assume everyone knows by now. So save our family from the scandal. Save mum the heartbreak in knowing her son is a selfish cunt.”
