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Seeing as her ive a shit about her and her father wanted the et stronger so that she was no longer a punching bag She was a force to be reckoned with

They didn’t send her to school, so no one ever asked questions In fact, as far as the world was concerned, she’d been home-schooled She hadn’t

Her parentsthe

Then when she’d turned twenty-one, she’d finally worked up the courage to walk away She’d turned her back on fighting completely

Her nareats In fact, she’d been considered in the sahter, a man much older than she was, and who had a o, but she’d seen hiht so many times

They’d even talked a few ti, to not let anyone know that they were getting to her

She didn’t even knohy she thought about hi and the fighting behind She didn’t knohat had happened to hi okay or not?

Rubbing the heels of her hands against her eyes, she felt the exhaustion in her body

Since leaving the ring at twenty-one, she’d done a couple of one-off fights to help earn her some quick cash After that, she worked as a waitress at a diner It was there that she met the man who had used her for a quick screw He’d wanted the credit for finally banging the “fighting Belle” That’s what her father had called her She hated the name but it had stuck, and so had her reputation

After he screwed her big time, he’d left her He’d also left her with a little baby, and this all happened a year and a half ago Her baby was the only thing that was good in the world

Then one night she’d been leaving the diner when three ht, and when she refused, they took her baby and forced this on her If she wanted to see her little girl again, she’d fight

Nine fights done

One to go

She felt sick to her stomach because she knew they’d want more