"Hey.. Sorry.. I'm just tired.. It was .. A long.. night." Lightning answered.
Oh?.. I mean.. Okay. So how did it go? Did you get anything good on her?
"Um.. You know... Why don't we talk about this tomorrow. Just.. Between work and dealing with Cleo and stress I'm.. I'm pretty out of it. I promise that I love you and everything is okay. I am just.. Tired."
Oh.. Yeah, sure. Ofcorse.. Don't forget to call me.
"I will, or.. I won't. I'll call."
Night Lightning.
"Good night Sally."...
Lightning stood by and watched Jackson take the third turn. Still swerving back and fourth. Lightning glanced at his speed. 14 mph. Hmm.. "Hey." Sally greeted making Lightning jump a little. "Don't do that!" He scolded as he regained himself. Sally snickered and asked "Why are you so jumpy this morning." He didn't answer that. "So?.. You didn't call, are you avoiding me?" she asked mockingly. He didn't answer. "Well.. Did you get anything on Cleo?" "No.. My.. My phone died." "What? Your phone died?" Sally couldn't believe this. "How could you let your phone die?" She asked. Lightning got defensive and snapped "It just did! Okay?" Sally stared at him. "Why are you mad at me? You're the one who messed up our chance to get something on this woman." She reminded. Lightning sighed.
"Wait?.. You didn't?.. Did you sleep with her?" Sally asked with a change in expression. Lightning shook his head answering "I.. No. No, and maybe you should drop it. Drop this! I fucked up, I know that! I recorded her but the phone died and I lost it! Like everyhting, all the time! You remind daily! I am the BEST at fucking things up!" He threw his hands in the air and then turned and stomped off. Jackson noticed enough to stop the simulator and got out. Staring at Lightning as he disappeared. Sally was beyond suspicious. What did Lightning do with Cleo? In general that got him so adjetated?
Jackson approached Sally and asked "What's eaten him?" Sally sighed before looking at the young racer answering "He had dinner with Cleo last night.. He was suppose to record her, get something on her but.. Well, I don't know what happened." Jackson raised a brow and explained "If he recorded anything and the phone died, should be on a back up file. Most phones save to the cloud thing or a back up trashcan." Sally was surprised of Jackson's help. "Are you serious?" she asked. Jackson nodded "Common knowledge really.." he griped. Sally smiled and thanked him! "Oh and keep up the practice! You can do it!" and she ran off after Lightning. Jackson still couldnt understand why this werid couple was so friendly. He looked back at the simulator. Was it really working though?
"Lightning! Lightning wait up!" Sally called. Lightning stopped and sighed. Why couldn't she just leave this alone!? Sally grabbed his shoulder and turned him asking "Can I see your phone?" "I guess?" Lightning answered and handed it to her. Sally began looking through it as she explained "Jackson says you can recover things in the cloud or trashcan or something. Which means that recording should be in there." Lightning's eyes widened and SLAP!
He knocked the phone straight to the ground. Sally stared at it then up at him and just snapped "What are you hiding!?" "Nothing! Look, there's.. Just things you shouldn't know! Okay!?" "Excuse me!? We are together in this! For every step! So stop being such a child and tell me what is going on!" she was furious with him. Lightning reached for his phone but Sally kicked it gently away! "Hey!" He snapped. "Tell me the truth!" She ordered! Lightning and Sally glared into each others eyes. It was that of the kind which a huge fight was about to go down. But Lightning looked away instead of feeding the fire.
Sally's expression dropped into a frown. "So that's it?.. You won't talk to me?" she asked. Lightning swallowed what felt like a freakin dodge ball! He didn't answer her. Didn't even look at her. She was hurt and figured the lowest thing.. He slept with Cleo. He must have to shut down like this. One thing was for sure, Sally had enough of Cleo taking everything away, ruining it, then tossing it back to Sally for her to fix! "Then I'll go straight to the bitch herself." Sally growled and turned walking away. Lightning's eyes widened again. What if Cleo drugged Sally!? Lightning shoved Sally agaisnt the wall stopping her with a rough thud!
"What is going on with you!?" She yelled in his face. Lightning answered her with a kiss! It was out of no where but it worked. Sally melted under his kiss. She felt his tongue, his lust, pain. His kiss was different. It was the kind that made her worry. He pulled away and they looked at each other, deep into each others eyes. Sally caressed the side of his face and softly asked "Lightning... What's wrong?.. You can talk to me.." Lightning was silent. He didn't want to seem weak. He was the strong and dominant one. And he let Cleo take advantage of him. Sally would never look at him the same again.
Lightning took her hand and pulled it away. He sighed and put on a smile. "I love you Sally." He assured. "You stay away from Cleo. At all cost." He was serious. It was actually a little frightening how serious he was. Then Lightning walked across the hall, grabbing his phone and Sally had enough. "Lightning." She said, "You tell me what is going on because I can't live in the dark again.. You can't keep pushing me into the shadows. Let me help you.. Because you are scaring me!" she whimpered. Lightning turned and stared at her and her eyes. She was afraid. He frowned and thought it through. "Tell me Lightning.. Because I can't stand by and watch you destroy yourself any longer.." Lightning swallowed hard, this was gonna hurt. "Than leave." He replied then walked away. Sally stood there and watched him disappear. What on earth could have possibly happened?...
Rodney hit the table and again yelled "I had NOTHING to do with her phone! I don't even know any of the racers!?" The officer sighed explaining "Well that gives you the excuse to show no remorse for all their deaths." "I don't show remorse because I had nothing to do with it!" he defended. "Why would I want to wreck that guy!? I have no reason!!! Cleo was probably fucking him and he ended it which made her mad." The officer sat down and asked "Why are you moving?" "Because this place is a shit hole. Look, I wasn't even here when this accident happened! Cleo had everything to do with this!" The officer nodded and asked "Where were you during the accident?"
"I was in China! Ny Nainai had just died.. That's when I found out Cleo and the kids were not there. Then Mr McQueen's assistant call my work and tell them Cleo is here!" The officer raised a brow. "Mr. Lightning McQueen?" "Yes!" Rodney answered! "Write your statement and sign it. Then you can be on your way." The officer left the room and went to speak to his partner. "We need to speak with Jackson Storm again. Go over what happened again. Word for word. Cleo obviously had something to do with this but all she did was mute communication between the driver and the crew chief.. That alone wouldn't cause such an accident. We're missing something.."...
Lightning sat in his messed up office and stared blankly toward the car. He was thinking. How on earth to completely get rid of Cleo for good. But also.. If he crossed her and it back fired.. What if she went after Sally. He sighed then was snapped back into reality by a knock on the door. Heather opened it saying "Cal is here to see you." Lightning rubbed his eyes. What on earth could Cal possibly want. "Uhm.. Yeah, send him in.." Lightning answered. Heather shut the door and left Lightning for a few minutes. It almost seemed hopeless.
The door opened and Cal came in. "Uh.. Hey there Light.." he greeted. Lightning smiled a little asking "What brings you over?" Cal walked over and stood in front of Lightning and his desk. "How's Storm doing? I saw him on the simulator." Lightning nodded. "Okay.. He has a long way to go.." he admitted. Cal frowned a but then handed Lightning a file. "What's this?" Lightning asked. Cal sighed and explained "Sheriff came by looking into a few things. Asked me a bunch of stuff about Cleo. And well.. Turns out the money I was investing to put up that dormitory. Yeah, Cleo has been using is for personal purchases. She's been taking money from the school's track account. I never thought she?.. I never thought she'd do anything like that being the mayor." he admitted.
Lightning looked at the history of the account and the funds. He smiled. This is what he needed!.Lightning stood up and asked "Do you wanna come with me? She's messed with you and your family just as much as mine." Cal hesitated but nodded. "Cleo's games will finally be over after tonight.." Lightning said with a kinda evil smile. He was just so glad that this fell into his hands. Cleo was going down for good...
sorry its short. just thought id post something after that last chapter! thank you everyone! I know, poor L. But now he has papers on Cleo. He and Cal will enjoy seeing Cleo's face once they reveal this. do you guys think Cleo will find a way out or not of this one?