Always For You (Books 1-3) by Shorter L. A

Author:Shorter, L. A. [Shorter, L. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

December 28th 2013

Cain

“Hey bro, how you holding up?” Brad woke me up from a light sleep as the door shut behind him.

“Yeah, alright,” I croaked.

“Look, sorry I haven't been around here much, you know Christmas and all that, been manic. The girlfriend had me over at her folks place for the last few days dude, I'd have been here if I could.”

“I know.” Brad was a good friend, so I knew he was telling the truth.

The fact that no one else came to visit spoke volumes of my life though. I had no idea what the nurses must have thought of me, lying there day after day over Christmas, nobody coming to visit, nobody caring if I was OK. They probably pitied me. Frankly, I was a pretty pathetic case.

“So, I wanted to talk to you about Rex, that guy who you fought.”

“Yeah Brad, I remember.” How could I forget. “What about him?”

“Well, I did some digging around after the fight. Turns out this Rex guy has a serious problem with you, that's why he just went for you at the end there.”

My mind was a little hazy still about exactly what happened. “Remind me how it finished will ya?”

“Well, once he had you down he just didn't stop. He was like a crazy psycho, just punching and punching. It took me and both his coaches to drag him off, he was like a wild animal or something.”

“Well, that's nice to hear. So what's his problem with me?”

“That's just it, I don't know exactly. I just heard from the friend of a friend that he had been trash talking you before the fight, saying how he wanted to batter your face in.”

“Sounds like a real nice guy.”

“You know what I think mate. I reckon you hooked up with his girlfriend or something a while back.”

Well that certainly sounded plausible. “Could be, but he'd need to get in line.”

Brad laughed. Good your sense of humor's still intact mate.”

“Yeah, well, he'll never 'batter' that off me,” I said dryly.

“So what are you gonna do about it?”

“Do about what?”

“Rex. I know you coulda had that guy.”

I wasn't sure of what to say. I wasn't a professional fighter, whereas this guy had clearly had some training. If I stepped into the ring with him again, what's to say the same wouldn't happen again? Or worse?

“Nothing. He beat me fair and square in the ring. Nothing I can do about that.”

“But bro, he tried to kill you, literally. You gonna let him get away with that?”

“Alright, what do you suggest? What the fuck do you expect me to do?”

“I dunno man, fight back. This guys gonna come for you again, I know it. Whether it's in the ring or outside of it, he's gonna come for you. I'm just warning you man, it's what I've heard. Watch your back.”

“Thanks for the pep talk. I bear it in mind.”

“Alright mate, I'll leave you to rest, think about things. Let me know when you're getting out of here and I'll come get you.

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