Chapter 3:

Hudson slammed his fists into his locker as soon as he left the office of his sponsors. He couldn't believe it after winning three piston cups and more then 27 races under his belt driving under their sponsorship name. One little wreck and they're letting him go, trading him in for a dam rookie.

Hudson just couldn't believe it.

He turned around when he heard footsteps heading towards where he was at. When the door open, it revealed to be Bob, one of his used to be pit crew, but now just soon to be brother in law.

"Did you know they were going to pass me up with a newer and younger Rookie?" he said angry.

Bob closed his eyes in shame. Hudson slammed his fist in the lockers once again.

"I give them my best years and this is how I get replayed by getting replaced?" Hudson said as he sat down on the bench next to his locker.

"Your sponsors got really spooked when you got into that wreak." said Bob as he put his right hand on Hudson's shoulder.

"I...I still have plenty of years left in Me." he said sadly as if he was about to cry.

"Hudson I am so sorry." said Bob. Hudson turned around and faced his friend.

"What about you? Where you let go or you going to stay and work for my replacement?" said Hudson angry again.

Bob couldn't look into Hudson's eyes. Hudson knew the answer and got up, went to his locker, cleaned it out in a hurry, picked up his stuff, and left the room leaving a speechless Bob behind.

Hudson and Miranda's House

Miranda was comfortable on the couch watching "I Love Lucy" reruns on the television set when she heard the phone ring. So she got up from the couch and went over to the desk to answer it.

"Hornet's Residence, This is Miranda.

"Miranda, this is Bob, we need to talk." her older brother said in a serious tone.

"Come over right now if it that serious." she said

"I have a feeling that I am unwanted at your house right now." he said over the phone.

"What do you mean you're unwanted around here?" she said as she sat down in the desk chair.

She could hear her older brother sighed over the phone.

"Bobby what's going on?" she said with a stern voice.

"They let him go." he said.

"Who let who go?" she said puzzled in what her brother was talking about.

"Hudson's sponsors they let him go."

"What but why?"

Bob sighed again. "I really don't know but they already replaced him with a younger racer."

Miranda couldn't believe in what she was hearing. She looked over at a photo of her and Hudson together.

"Where's Hudson now?" she asked.

"He stormed out of the stadium, I really don't know where he heading now."

Then Miranda heard his car pulling into the driveway.

"He's just came home, I'll talk to you later Bobby." she said in a hurry before hanging up the phone.

She just waited there until she heard a door slammed shut.

"Hudson is that you sweetheart?" she pretending to knowledge of him being home.

But no reply, she was about to look for him but heard him swearing like there's no tomorrow. So she went to his office. His door was wide open so she knocked before entering. There inside his office was all his racing stuff from posters, cardboards, etc all over the fall instead of their original spot. She looked around and finally spotted Hudson sitting down against the wall, his needs where up to his chest. He didn't notice that she walked up to him and sat down next to him.

"I still have plenty of years left in Me." he said quietly. Tears were coming down his face.

"I'm so sorry sweetheart." Miranda could only say as she brought Hudson close to him and cuddled him. Both of them stayed like that for a very long time.