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He pulls his mouth piece out and leans in to my ear "Did he hurt you?" He shouts over the iveslike a dauard back into hisdown the aisle to the ring Jackson ushersbeside him and I freeze when eyes fro, so I guess that’s a good sign I dropthe front of the roo near Dad and Selena, I take it I speed walk all the way towatched by sowhen you were co back" Dad chuckles
Selena hands him a twenty dollar bill and I arch an eyebrow at her
"He said you ith Seth, I bet hi up"
"Gee, thanks"
She shrugs her shoulders and I glance around the crowd There are so hty coe square piece of cardboard painted a fluorescent orange and in big black letters it says: ‘Pound me, Seth’
Selenainto irl who has read the word ‘cock’ for the first tile, not because I find it funny, but because wouts to put the and he shrugs out of his hoodie, Dad launches himself to his feet He fist puement and all I can think of is how to stop hi on his hand and he sits back down in his seat
"I bet I can watch the fight longer than you can stay in your seat" I challenge him
His brows draw together curiously "How much?"
"I’ll bet you twenty dollars You stay in your seat and I’ll watch the fight The first to rise out of their chair or close their eyes loses"
My dad is a very competitive man and I knoithout a doubt he’ll take the bet
"Done"
We shake hands and Seth’sout of the blue corner, hailing froas, Nevada, Adam Piiiine!"
The announcer rattles off names of sponsors and then hands it over to the referee He calls theood clean fight and I won’t tolerate anything less Touch gloves"
They touch gloves and the referee sends them to their corners The referee claps his hands and the two fighters run to theAdaing Sethhis fists into Adas every time Seth’s fists make contact My chest aches and I try to force as s as I can Seth bounces on his toes, ducking and dodging Catching a break, Adam takes a step back to catch his breath His eyes are wide and every now and then they flick over the crowd He’s scared and Seth knows it too, I can tell by the way his eyes narrow confidently in on hioes for Seth’s legs With a loud thud, Seth drops to his knees and spraith his legs, countering the take down Adam falls flat on his stomach, and Seth somehoraps his aroes red, but he refuses to tap out The red hue quickly turns blue and my hands fly up to my cheeks Dad looks at me, but I haven’t lost yet My hands inch closer to ets in Ada to hiainst e to vonow "Tap Tap Tap"
Ada to pass out or die, he hastily slaps the floor of the ring Seth frees the guy frorasp and jumps to his feet Darryl, Jackson and two others tear into the ring to congratulate his and slaps on the back with aze seeks me out and when he spots me, he flicks his head in the direction of his roo to soesture Selena on the other hand is shaking her head at me with the widest smile I’ve ever seen her do
"You still haven’t told hs loudly I don’t want Dad to hear her He thinks we’re dating which obviously entails sex, but that doesn’t mean he has to hear about it
"I’ll be back" I inform her as I push my way onto the aisle and then up into the ay to Seth’s rooaze ononly on the door with the ‘MARC’ sign My hands are still treht and the door knob shakes in my hand as I turn it When I step in, a thin sheet of steah my entire body when I realize he’s in the shower I close the door behind me and ertips brush against the moist wood and as I’m about to push the door open, theDad and Selena) pour in They’re singing and chanting and es between Seth and I are going to have to wait I step away fro to the far side of the rooes fro low on his hips, he’s wearing the same disappointed expression as h his da droplets of water in every direction
"We’re all going to Klein’s Bar tonight!" Jackson announces "Get your dancing shoes on ladies and gentle her ether or do they have a si to skip this one" Seth replies, pulling a white t-shirt fro it on over his head I almost pout when the top half of his body disappears under the fabric His teaet any louder I’s his arm overstrong o out and God knows I’e at the use ofNot in his condition
"Dad, you’re not going out"
"Like hell I’ to have fun tonight"
"Why don’t you and I go out instead, Rick? We won’t go drinking or to any strip clubs, but I’ests, pulling his jeans all the way up and buttoning them He tosses the wet towel aside and air expels fro out with olf and he loves Seth, I know he’ll have a good ti not to s since I’ve held a club When was it?" He asks o"
The only reason I know that is because I caught Blade having sex with a cart girl that saht fro‘what the fuck’ expressions I hope they aren’t going to be pissed off Seth is the only one that knowsto olf and leave the rooht step back
"Don’t look at me like that I’m just as shocked as you are"
"That’s okay, we can party for hie our clothes and meet in the lobby in an hour"