Bad Dad by Sloane Howell

Author:Sloane Howell [Howell, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-24T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 25

Landon Lane

THE NEXT TWO WEEKS FLEW by. More news vans showed up in town. Joe pulled me in one direction, Janet in another—I didn’t feel like I was giving Cora near the attention she deserved. Janet was doing almost all of my duties as a father, and I could feel some tension creeping in with Logan. My face was everywhere. I couldn’t go into town without a flock of people surrounding me. In a city of a few thousand people it was difficult to escape or blend in. If we tried to venture to Missoula? Forget about it—mobs.

I had to sneak away to go see Gus though. Joe wanted no part of the spotlight, but it was some kind of public relations thing, and I had to participate to keep Edmon and his ilk at bay. It was good for Gus’s business and I’d do anything for him, so there was a silver lining at least.

I walked through the door and Sam Wright was jumping rope in the corner. He stopped what he was doing and headed over, then paused before he reached the windows and faked a limp. A few people snapped pictures of us from the sidewalk.

“Almost forgot.” He smiled.

We shook hands. His acting could use a little work because the smile was obviously forced. Fighters didn’t like people taking their place, and I’m sure he was used to the attention being on him. I’d give it back to him in a heartbeat if I could. I flashed him a skeptical and obvious side eye. “How’s the, umm, rehab coming?”

He snickered. “Hanging in there.” Sam glanced out at the photographers as if they could hear him. “Should be all healed up in a few months. Then you better watch yourself.” He faked a punch at me. “Better be ready if you want a piece of this.”

He didn’t want any part of me in a ring—and he knew it.

Sam straightened up. “He’s got another fight tonight. Last one before you, probably.”

I narrowed my eyes at him. “Thanks for the reminder, asshole.” Joe was rubbing off on me.

“No problem.” He gave me a playful smack on the shoulder with the back of his hand. “You got this, man.”

I sighed. “I hope.”

He nodded. “You’ll be ready. I took a punch from you. You can do this.”

If he only knew.

Gus walked out from the back. “Look, the primadonna is here.”

I flipped him off. “Don’t give me that shit. I hate the attention.”

Gus chortled and held out his hand. I shook it. “Where’s Joe? I see you’ve taken up his trademark exit move.”

I laughed. “At home. Probably watching movies. I told him it meant ‘thank you’ before the fight.”

Gus shook his head. “You guys are going to tarnish the StrikeForce brand.”

“You’ll be all right.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“Who the hell is that guy? He looks like the terminator.” Sam’s eyes widened.

I glanced over at him. “Someone you don’t want to mess with.”

“It’s good that you’re training with him, out at your place. You need any equipment hauled out there?” Gus’s eyes rolled to the cameras on the sidewalk then back to me.

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