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Even still, she’d given in a few days prior and texted hile response, hours later, was "good" She hadn’t bothered texting hi, so it was the only word she’d heard from him since then

Nellie had heard fro soht like Abel had ive her as the day before and of the fight It made more sense that Abel would’ve called her with that info, but again she shouldn’t expect anything

Maybe this was his way of toning things down after they’d gotten a bit heavy in San Francisco After hearing from Roni about soether, Nellie thoughtto save face noith other eh he never actually asked her to keep it on the do, he was so private she just naturally assumed that’s how he’d prefer it

There was a knock at her office door, and Nellie looked up in time to see Emily poke her head in the door "Come in"

Nellie could use the break Besides, for the last twentyabout Abel than concentrating on her work

"Your rooas" Emily handed Nellie the paperwork "I went ahead and printed out your confir the paperwork, slipping her reading glasses back on, and skias in a while The last tione, she was still married She wondered after the stories that had risen because of their San Francisco trip and now his sudden disappearance if this trip would be different With the hype of the fight and the influx of paparazzi, would Abel would keep things far more professional this time and keep his distance? Certainly he’d have little ti about Abel’s dad?"

Nellie glanced up at her over her glasses then back at the paperwork, feeling a little annoyed "What now?"

"Well, they’re all ru on twitter"

"He was?"

Nellie put the papers down, took her glasses off, and gave Ee She knew the fight for the heavyweight title was big, and she’d gotten an idea of the kind of excitearner from the reporters both in San Francisco and LAX, but she had no idea it was this big She’d heard bits and pieces of the hype here and there, but she’d been so busy with this mixer she hadn’t had time to pay attention too closely to the details And if she had to be honest, she was trying to keep herthe stories

"Yeah, isn’t that crazy?"

With a nod, Nellie motioned for Emily to take a seat Emily quickly made herself comfortable in one of the seats in front of Nellie’s desk "According to the ruan anxiously, "his dad was killed by the Mexican mob That part of the story seems to be the only part that’s fact or at least the part of hi murdered in Mexico when Abel was just a kid But they’re saying he wasn’t just involved in the mafia but he was a key player as in one of the leaders of a big ti-time wo her hand in front of her "If Abel and his brother got their looks fro on too Supposedly, he had another faine? More yue of love"

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"You’re silly" Nellie put her reading glasses back on, i the rumors "I can personally vouch for how inaccurate the et their stories, and Gio’s wife used to date the current welterweight champ, Felix Sanchez She’s also told me all about the tabloids and overzealous reporters Theto catch his every raphed with turns into some made-up story, and the uarantee you that the only truth to Abel’s dad’s story is that he died on a trip to Mexico That much I’ve heard directly from Roni If there really was so much more to the story, I’ yet about her relationship if she could still call it that since he’d seemed to suddenly fall off the planet where she was concerned anyway So she left out that Abel had told her himself in San Francisco that the stories about his dad were co more than a little deflated, Eed to stay very private He’s yet to even acknowledge the rumors about his dad, and his private life has been ing I read what they started to wag their tongues about you and hih, they realized you really are just his personal assistant/coordinator So they ot Nellie’s attention instantly, but she refused to even look up as she waited for Emily to continue "First they took plenty of photos of hiing all over the him already with Tammi what’s-her-face froether But I guess they got soirl orks at 5th Street, who he’s actually been linked to before They’re already ers, air quoting, "very serious relationship with her"