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me. “So you’re going up against Maksim in a couple of weeks?”
I nod. “Yeah,” I say in a breath, then take another gulp of water.
“He’s a dirty bastard. I know I’ll have to go up against him again soon. Just expect he will fight dirty.” He looks at me seriously. “Plus, that damn crew he hangs out with, they’re pretty rough, so watch out.”
“Why are you being civil to me?”
He sighs. “Because Elizabeth told me to.” He chuckles, “And I do what she tells me. Elizabeth meant a lot to my sister.”
I take another sip of my water, nodding. “She told me she dated your sister. Sorry for your loss, man.”
He laughs and leans back against the wall. “Yeah, growing up military brats, my sister and I were pretty close. The last base we were stationed at, Colonel Haas was my dad’s commanding officer. He was a real asshole. I hated how he treated Elizabeth. Then when she and my sister came out, he made her life a living nightmare.” He shakes his head. “He was always an ass to her because he knew she wasn’t his, but then-.” He just stops and shakes his head.
I put my hand up, sitting up like a rod is in my back. “Wait, what did he do to her?”
“Well, at first he beat the shit out of her for embarrassing him. Then he sent her off to some boarding school. Threatened my dad’s retirement. He wouldn’t let her come home when her mom first got sick, he let her come home when he couldn’t handle it and do his job. His job was always more important to him.” He sighs. “She never knew until her mom was really sick that he wasn’t her dad. He lost it one night. Started screaming at her mom, the MP’s got called it was a scandal on post.”
“So can you tell me why she’d have bills from before she left home?” I ask since he seems to know.
He nods. “Don’t tell her I’ve told you any of this, the only reason I did is because you seem to be a good friend to her and Marco really wants to look out for her. I hate her working in that club. There were treatments that her mom got that the military’s insurance didn’t want to pay for. Her dad refused to let her have them. Her oncologist was off post so since Elizabeth was an adult, she accepted responsibility for the cost of the treatments they wouldn’t cover. When her mom passed, Haas didn’t let her have a dime of the life insurance. He told her the only way he would is if she lived a straight life.” Throwing his towel in a hamper, he looks at me. “As if she had some kind of choice in the matter. She told him to fuck off, busted his nose and he had the MP’s escort her off post. She wasn’t even allowed to get any of her mom’s things. She has nothing from her life before. I hate the son of a bitch.”
Finally, I stand up and stick my hand out to shake his. “Thanks, man. Not just for the sparring.”
He slaps me on the back. “No problem. Just remember the next time we’re in the cage, I’m kicking your ass.”
I chuckle. “You can try.”
Making my way to Marco’s office, I tap on his door. “Come in,” I hear him call.
I step in. “Hey.”
“So do you feel a little better now? Think you can stop acting like you lost your date to the prom?”
I nod. “Yeah.” I know I’m about to damage everything between Liz and me but I can’t let that asshole hurt her like this. She deserves some of her mom’s things. I’d go kick the son of a bitch’s ass myself but I wouldn’t even know where to start looking. “Marco, we need to talk.”
I explain to him everything that Sergio told me. Everything I’ve been keeping a secret for her, which wasn’t much since he knew she was dancing. I’ve never seen Marco this mad. His face is almost garnet, he’s so angry. Finally, he clears his throat. “I’ll handle this. I still have a few friends. His ass will pay and his career will suffer. This is not how an officer should conduct himself. He chose to raise that child as his own and leave me in the dark. I
I nod. “Yeah,” I say in a breath, then take another gulp of water.
“He’s a dirty bastard. I know I’ll have to go up against him again soon. Just expect he will fight dirty.” He looks at me seriously. “Plus, that damn crew he hangs out with, they’re pretty rough, so watch out.”
“Why are you being civil to me?”
He sighs. “Because Elizabeth told me to.” He chuckles, “And I do what she tells me. Elizabeth meant a lot to my sister.”
I take another sip of my water, nodding. “She told me she dated your sister. Sorry for your loss, man.”
He laughs and leans back against the wall. “Yeah, growing up military brats, my sister and I were pretty close. The last base we were stationed at, Colonel Haas was my dad’s commanding officer. He was a real asshole. I hated how he treated Elizabeth. Then when she and my sister came out, he made her life a living nightmare.” He shakes his head. “He was always an ass to her because he knew she wasn’t his, but then-.” He just stops and shakes his head.
I put my hand up, sitting up like a rod is in my back. “Wait, what did he do to her?”
“Well, at first he beat the shit out of her for embarrassing him. Then he sent her off to some boarding school. Threatened my dad’s retirement. He wouldn’t let her come home when her mom first got sick, he let her come home when he couldn’t handle it and do his job. His job was always more important to him.” He sighs. “She never knew until her mom was really sick that he wasn’t her dad. He lost it one night. Started screaming at her mom, the MP’s got called it was a scandal on post.”
“So can you tell me why she’d have bills from before she left home?” I ask since he seems to know.
He nods. “Don’t tell her I’ve told you any of this, the only reason I did is because you seem to be a good friend to her and Marco really wants to look out for her. I hate her working in that club. There were treatments that her mom got that the military’s insurance didn’t want to pay for. Her dad refused to let her have them. Her oncologist was off post so since Elizabeth was an adult, she accepted responsibility for the cost of the treatments they wouldn’t cover. When her mom passed, Haas didn’t let her have a dime of the life insurance. He told her the only way he would is if she lived a straight life.” Throwing his towel in a hamper, he looks at me. “As if she had some kind of choice in the matter. She told him to fuck off, busted his nose and he had the MP’s escort her off post. She wasn’t even allowed to get any of her mom’s things. She has nothing from her life before. I hate the son of a bitch.”
Finally, I stand up and stick my hand out to shake his. “Thanks, man. Not just for the sparring.”
He slaps me on the back. “No problem. Just remember the next time we’re in the cage, I’m kicking your ass.”
I chuckle. “You can try.”
Making my way to Marco’s office, I tap on his door. “Come in,” I hear him call.
I step in. “Hey.”
“So do you feel a little better now? Think you can stop acting like you lost your date to the prom?”
I nod. “Yeah.” I know I’m about to damage everything between Liz and me but I can’t let that asshole hurt her like this. She deserves some of her mom’s things. I’d go kick the son of a bitch’s ass myself but I wouldn’t even know where to start looking. “Marco, we need to talk.”
I explain to him everything that Sergio told me. Everything I’ve been keeping a secret for her, which wasn’t much since he knew she was dancing. I’ve never seen Marco this mad. His face is almost garnet, he’s so angry. Finally, he clears his throat. “I’ll handle this. I still have a few friends. His ass will pay and his career will suffer. This is not how an officer should conduct himself. He chose to raise that child as his own and leave me in the dark. I
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