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I have fuck all. It’s easier that way. When it comes time to leave in a hurry, I need to be light on my feet.
Just as I’m turning the key in the lock, one of the kids from the neighborhood shouts my name. I turn and give him a chin lift.
“Jimmy Deal told me to tell you there’s a fight tonight, good money in it.”
Instantly, my interest piques. “Who’s fightin’?”
“Rick “Turbo” Mullins.”
I snort. He’s the best fighter this side of the Mississippi, but then again, he hasn’t met me yet. “That's all they got?”
The kid shrugs. “Undefeated in his last ten fights.”
“That so?”
He nods, then, “Should I tell Jimmy you’re in?”
It takes me all of two seconds to decide.
What’s life without a few jabs to the head? Besides, after that conversation with my darling brother, I think I need it. It may knock some sense into me.
“Tell him I’m in.”
He grins and starts to take off, but then turns back around at the last second. “Rock?”
I’m halfway in the door when I stop. “What?”
“You don’t even know what they’re paying!”
I lean back and give him a sly grin. “Some things in life are worth more than money, kid, just you remember that.”
I take off inside to shower and get ready to get my head pounded in.
It’s the only thing I can do to tame the beast inside me that simmers like a lion ready to pounce on the deer. I feel it in the pit of my stomach. One day, he’ll emerge. And won’t the shit hit the fan when that happens…
2
ASPYN
Present day
I throw the remote control across the room.
How long do I have to be kept cooped up in this house?
And why am I even listening to these people? The police, that is.
Granted, my father is one of the men I love and respect, and I usually do what he says, but it’s been three days of staring at the wall. I’m done.
I’ve watched enough YouTube videos to last me a lifetime. Netflix sucks, and don’t even get me started on Facebook. My publicist told me to stay off social media, at least until the scandal dies down.
I sigh, not caring about what the hell the media says about me.
I was in a reality show called Tail Spin, where a bunch of girls, who don’t know one another and come from privileged backgrounds, all live together and try their hands at activities they’ve never done before. Like operating a washing machine.
It’s the modern-day answer to the Simple Life, and even lamer. Bad trash for those who care about heiresses and how dumb they can act. Not that I acted dumb, but some of the girls were complete airheads. And didn’t the viewers lap it up? You bet they did.
As much as I tell myself I did the show for charity, the reality was, I wanted this.
