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I gave hiratulations on the win! That was an exciting fight"

Doug’s eyes narrowed "That was an annoying fight That idiot has been working out And training He got a lot better practically overnight Who the hell does that besides Captain Aht He’s had months to work on it," I said in a mild voice to calm his ruffled feathers, in spite of my resentment at the ‘idiot’ reo for me "You were more than prepared You won, after all"

"It was a technicality I didn’t really win It was close Too close for my comfort And he took some cheap shots"

"I’e"

"Yeah, I figured that out after the first bout He’s such a moron that he admitted to me that the crowd freaks hie"

My throat burned with bile "Speaking of cheap shots…"

His eyes widened "Hey, I followed the rules He broke them I won fair and square"

"On a technicality"

His face darkened and he pulled off his sweaty shirt, wiping his face with it "Whatever" Shit My otten ahead of me and noas annoyed Stupid move, Jenna

I buckled up ht, so I was pretty o All I had to do noas deliver the speech

No big deal I’d done this before…just change the specifics and convey the generic …we need to talk, and I figure now is as good a time as any"

He dropped his shirt and looked at me "That sounds kind of serious"

"Well, you know that I’ ready to travel with the Renaissance Faire when it starts up for the season I thought…I thought it would be best if--"

He held out a hand to cutup withhi into a fist "I can’t believe this! I just won that duel I was going to convince you not to leave with the Faire people To stay withto do that?"

He started counting on his fingers "I’ve helped you out a lot, Jen Even when you didn’t knoas Every tiht you stuff--"