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“It’s called being a gentlee for free drinks Now let go”

I hear a foot thues creak open, shuffled, stu steps “Like I said, Nell I don’t think so I feel like watching a movie I’ll even let you pick”

“Say what you mean, Dan” Her voice is hard, but I can hear the fear

“Is that how you want it? Fine, then, babe We’re gonna go inside and we’re gonna have a good tionna show me hoeet your body is, and how nice you can be”

“No Get out”

A scuffle A shter, a to help, bitch”

A whi up the stairs Old habits die hard; I’ve got brass knuckles on my fist, which I never really needed, but they came in handy and I always carry them because you never what could happen on the streets of New York, even to me

I’les, entle”

Motherfucker is gonna die

The knob twists silently in es creak, but the sound is lost beneath Nell’s whihter as he holds her in place and fuhly with her skirt and panties

She sees me, and her eyes widen Dan sees her reaction, turns and straightens in tiive him that Not many men can stand up after I’ve hit the force His face is mask of blood, and bone shohite on his forehead His lee

“Colton! NO! He’ll kill you!” Nell is panicked, shrieking

He wipes his eyes with his ar stance

“You don’t watch UFC, do you?” He s chunk in tangling with hiht UFC contender Brutal bastard Ru rin back at him I was scouted by the UFC too I turned theo back in lance at Nell “I’ll be fine But what the fk are you doing with a guy like him?”

She seems puzzled As if she can’t quite believe my nonchalant tone in the face of a bruiser like Dan I flash her a cocky grin which I don’t quite feel

He rushes h He telegraphs his punch with his eyes and his whole de with the first blow and that’s that I a when it doesn’t work Took a few ass-beatings before I learned to counter it

Duck…whiff I’ fair This isn’t UFC I plant m, clutch his head inknee Shove him back Kick him in the balls, twice, hard Crush his kidney with a pair of jackhammer punches, ets his fist in my shirt, and I know I’m in for pain He’s a berserker I block the first fes, but then they’re couy can hit hard Nell is still screare-boy is a bloody e and berserker fury, which will fade soon I’m in the cold fury phase I’ht By which I mean, walked away on et his fist out of lance at her “Nell Shut up”