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"How’s he rigged it?" Mac asked

"Well, there’s the rub," replied Danny "It’s in six weeks’ time"

"Fuck!" pretty much all of them muttered

"How is that possible?" I asked

"That’s how he’s rigged it, sunshine It’s long enough between fights for surface bruises to heal On the outside, I’ll look fight ready, but ht," O’Connell explained

He looked as grioing to do?" I asked

I HAD JUST PLATED UP A SMALL ot onover to him, I put both hands on his chest

"Baby, stop," I told him

He’d been training relentlessly since the ether, one day of hardcore training wasn’t nearly enough to cal inside hio, he’d du and jumped into the shower He’d then spent the last ten th of our tiny apartment

"What do you think I should do, Em?" he asked me

"I think you should sit down and eat your dinner Then we’re going to climb into bed and talk about it"

He nodded his head and relaxed his shoulders After a long day of questioning whether or not to take the fight, he seemed relieved to have someone take a decision out of his hands, even if it was a minor one An hour later, after he’d wolfed down his meal and ashed the dishes side by side in the tiny little kitchenette, I laid on his chest as he ran his fingers absenth my hair At least now, he seemed calmer and a little more centred

"What does Danny think?" I asked him

"I had a ith him after the boys left He thinks I can do it; he just wantsCalvari down, he wants o for the knockout Calvari’s had losses before, but he’s never been knocked out It’s a big ga and I don’t knock hih left in the tank for a win at all But if I do, then I’ll be in ht"

"What does Kier think?" I asked hi that he valued Kieran’s opinion almost as ht He thinks that the purse and the exposure aren’t worth the risk ofup my stats It would probably ht, but I’et a bad rep if I tried to pull froht last-minute"

"What do YOU want to do?" I asked

"Honestly? I want a crack at theht, and I think I can do it, too"