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she spoke. She cleared her throat nervously.
“Look, Lynn…” she began, uncertain. “I’m really sorry about last night. I don’t know what came over me.”
“It’s all right, Lyssa,” Lynn said sincerely.
“No, it’s not,” Alyssa argued. “It was pathetic. I’m thirty years old, for fuck’s sake.” A sudden memory from the night before flashed through her mind then, and Alyssa’s eyes widened. “Oh my God!” she choked out, incredulous.
Lynn turned around to stare at her quizzically. “What?”
“I puked in your car!”
Lynn let out a full laugh that left Alyssa completely disconcerted. “Yeah, you did.”
“I’m so sorry! I’ll pay to have it cleaned.”
“Oh, please. It’s nothing.”
Alyssa arched an eyebrow. “Vomit in your car is not nothing.”
Lynn shrugged. “Believe me, I’ve seen worse. Now relax, will you? So you drank yourself into a stupor. Big deal. We’ve all done it at times. You were upset, that’s all.”
“Yeah,” Alyssa said quietly, her face darkening. “I was.”
Lynn gave her a sympathetic look.
They didn’t say anything else as they got breakfast ready, and they only resumed talking once they were seated at the kitchen’s table with full plates and steaming mugs in front of them.
It was Lynn who broke the silence. “Do you remember what you told me last night as we drove home?”
Alyssa cringed. “Not really.” She took a long sip of coffee, welcoming the bitter taste on her tongue. She didn’t normally take her coffee black, but she felt that it was in order whenever she felt out of sorts; black coffee woke her up and made her mind sharp again
Lynn was staring intently again. “You told me Xavier is going to fight against a man who has a reputation for killing his opponents.”
“Oh.” Alyssa felt herself go even paler. “Yeah. Apparently, he is.”
“He’s doing it to get out?”
“Yes. He says Lenday offered him a deal. He says if he wins this fight, he’ll make the Devil’s Fighters enough money that they’ll agree to let him and Rick go with no repercussions.” Alyssa shook her head. “I told him Lenday has set him up, but he won’t hear it. He says he may have, but that he’ll win the fight.”
“He sounds pretty confident to me,” Lynn ventured.
“He sounds like an idiot,” Alyssa said brusquely. “He can’t be sure he’s ever going to win. It doesn’t seem worth it to me to get himself killed over this.”
Lynn frowned. “What happens if he doesn’t take the fight?”
“He says Bennie will never let him go.”
Lynn was silent for a few moments. “Bennie Lenday doesn’t make idle threats, you know? If he told Xavier that, it means that he will make damn sure neither Xavier nor Rick ever go anywhere.”
“Maybe,” Alyssa conceded. “But we could still find a way.”
Lynn grimaced. “It’s hard to find a way around a man like Benedict Lenday.”
Alyssa bit down on her lip in anger. She curled her hands so tight around the coffee mug that her knuckles turned white. “God, I hate him,” she spat.
“I know, sweetie,” Lynn said gravely. “We all do.”
“Rick says Xavier is fighting mostly for himself,” Alyssa said after a moment.
Lynn looked curiously up at her. “What do you mean?”
“Xavier said the same thing,” Alyssa said. “He says it’s the first time in eight years that he as control over his life, that he gets to decide for himself.”
Lynn was silent for a few instants, taking it all in. “He’s not wrong.”
Alyssa looked at her friend incredulously. “Are you serious?”
“It may seem stupid and suicidal to us, but if you stop and think about it, he is taking matters into his own hands. After eight years of his life being under the full control of others, that has to feel good.”
If it were anyone else telling her that,
“Look, Lynn…” she began, uncertain. “I’m really sorry about last night. I don’t know what came over me.”
“It’s all right, Lyssa,” Lynn said sincerely.
“No, it’s not,” Alyssa argued. “It was pathetic. I’m thirty years old, for fuck’s sake.” A sudden memory from the night before flashed through her mind then, and Alyssa’s eyes widened. “Oh my God!” she choked out, incredulous.
Lynn turned around to stare at her quizzically. “What?”
“I puked in your car!”
Lynn let out a full laugh that left Alyssa completely disconcerted. “Yeah, you did.”
“I’m so sorry! I’ll pay to have it cleaned.”
“Oh, please. It’s nothing.”
Alyssa arched an eyebrow. “Vomit in your car is not nothing.”
Lynn shrugged. “Believe me, I’ve seen worse. Now relax, will you? So you drank yourself into a stupor. Big deal. We’ve all done it at times. You were upset, that’s all.”
“Yeah,” Alyssa said quietly, her face darkening. “I was.”
Lynn gave her a sympathetic look.
They didn’t say anything else as they got breakfast ready, and they only resumed talking once they were seated at the kitchen’s table with full plates and steaming mugs in front of them.
It was Lynn who broke the silence. “Do you remember what you told me last night as we drove home?”
Alyssa cringed. “Not really.” She took a long sip of coffee, welcoming the bitter taste on her tongue. She didn’t normally take her coffee black, but she felt that it was in order whenever she felt out of sorts; black coffee woke her up and made her mind sharp again
Lynn was staring intently again. “You told me Xavier is going to fight against a man who has a reputation for killing his opponents.”
“Oh.” Alyssa felt herself go even paler. “Yeah. Apparently, he is.”
“He’s doing it to get out?”
“Yes. He says Lenday offered him a deal. He says if he wins this fight, he’ll make the Devil’s Fighters enough money that they’ll agree to let him and Rick go with no repercussions.” Alyssa shook her head. “I told him Lenday has set him up, but he won’t hear it. He says he may have, but that he’ll win the fight.”
“He sounds pretty confident to me,” Lynn ventured.
“He sounds like an idiot,” Alyssa said brusquely. “He can’t be sure he’s ever going to win. It doesn’t seem worth it to me to get himself killed over this.”
Lynn frowned. “What happens if he doesn’t take the fight?”
“He says Bennie will never let him go.”
Lynn was silent for a few moments. “Bennie Lenday doesn’t make idle threats, you know? If he told Xavier that, it means that he will make damn sure neither Xavier nor Rick ever go anywhere.”
“Maybe,” Alyssa conceded. “But we could still find a way.”
Lynn grimaced. “It’s hard to find a way around a man like Benedict Lenday.”
Alyssa bit down on her lip in anger. She curled her hands so tight around the coffee mug that her knuckles turned white. “God, I hate him,” she spat.
“I know, sweetie,” Lynn said gravely. “We all do.”
“Rick says Xavier is fighting mostly for himself,” Alyssa said after a moment.
Lynn looked curiously up at her. “What do you mean?”
“Xavier said the same thing,” Alyssa said. “He says it’s the first time in eight years that he as control over his life, that he gets to decide for himself.”
Lynn was silent for a few instants, taking it all in. “He’s not wrong.”
Alyssa looked at her friend incredulously. “Are you serious?”
“It may seem stupid and suicidal to us, but if you stop and think about it, he is taking matters into his own hands. After eight years of his life being under the full control of others, that has to feel good.”
If it were anyone else telling her that,
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