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  1. Public Bookmark 44

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    Max toed the shiny sheet of gold heat shield and said apropos of nothing, “Back in the days they used to tell fortune from looking at the guts.”

    That got something out of George. He blinked, head slightly tilted. “Pardon?”

    “Divination. I forgot what culture—something old. I watched something about it on a flight. They would disembowel an animal and poke at the guts—the intestines, whatever else—and read…” He couldn’t think of the word in English and gave up with a shrug. “You know what I mean. The future.”

    “Omens,” George said almost mechanically.

    “Yes, omens.” Max nodded. “So what omens have you received?”

    “That I’m well and truly fucked, aren’t I."

    Montreal, after the race. Max finds George in the Mercedes garage at one in the morning, standing in the entrails of a car that should have won.

    Max has never believed in divine will or luck.

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    03 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 23

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    Max is a prodigy, a champion, she drinks beer and tells the journos to fuck off when she doesn’t like the questions they ask. She fits in with the rest of the guys like a fish in water.

    George isn’t like that.

    She’s had to fight her way through the ranks to get where she is now, had to bankrupt her dad and claw until her nails bled so someone would take a chance on her. She still doesn’t have a title, barely has the respect of the fans.

    She doesn’t fit in with the girlfriends, too intense about racing, but she doesn’t fit in with the guys either, too feminine or too prissy or too try-hard. Max is aggressive enough to get away with it, whenever George tries to lean into the masculinity of the sport she just looks like a bitch.

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    31 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 65

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    george: listen it’s late so im gonna head to bed 
    george: this was nice tho. talk soon?

    max: sure! sleep well

    george: thanks. you too when you do
    george: youre pretty as well by the way ;)

    max: oh fuck off george

    George is beautiful. Max both wants and envies her.

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    16 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 45

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    George meets Max on the side of a racetrack in the rain, they're thirteen and George has a funny feeling deep in his belly. It's a quiet, calm confidence that Max is going to be someone he will never quite shake.

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    14 May 2026

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    Max Verstappen has been bitter about the hand life dealt him for as long as he can remember. While his cousins grow up in ancestral estates and lavish mansions, he spends his childhood in a dingy motorhome, enduring the wrath of an abusive father.

    Cunning, charming, and utterly ruthless, Max claws his way out of that life the only way he knows how – through lies, well-played deception, and perfectly executed cons. With a loyal crew of misfits at his side, he’s built an existence on the edge of society. Yet for Max’s insatiable hunger, this quiet life of petty scams isn’t enough. He’s only ever wanted what he believes should be his.

    So he fixes his gaze on his greatest target yet: a heist against his spoiled, undeserving cousins – Lordling Lando Norris and billionaire’s heir Lance Stroll – the perfect marks to finally undo the shitty hand life dealt him.

    Standing in his way is Detective Inspector George Russell, lead investigator with Scotland Yard’s Major Investigation Team – a man with a spotless reputation, a razor-sharp mind to match his own, and a personal history with Max that neither of them can escape.

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    17 Mar 2026