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“You know what? This arrangement isn’t working for me anymore.”
He glared at me, but I didn’t care.
I slammed the door shut and tried to hold back tears for as long as possible.
I lasted for five seconds.
Mid cry, I packed my suitcase and made a final escape plan he’d never catch onto.
ACT TWELVE
BACK THEN
TATIANA
Las Vegas, Nevada
“And thenewwelterweight champion of the worldddddd!” The announcer holds up Travis’s hand at the center of the octagon. “Travis ‘The Punisher’ Carter!”
The arena erupts in applause as the commissioner places a shiny golden belt around Travis’s waist.
I’m not sure what the hell I was thinking this morning, why I bought the cheapest ticket and jumped on a plane to see him, but I couldn’t help it.
He’s kept me up so many nights with talks of his dreams that it didn’t feel right to witness this moment through a screen.
Swelling with pride, I listen to him berate everyone who bet against him and smile as he thanks “the few people who believed in me, but seriously, fuck the rest of you.”
“God, he’s so hot!” “I bet he’s fucking tons of girls after this.” “I want to be one of them.” The women in the row ahead of me swoon, and for a moment, it feels like I’m back in The Underg5sround all over again.
I hold back a laugh and move toward the aisle.
Pushing my way through the crowd, I spot Penelope hugging Travis outside the cage.
Travis kisses her forehead and grabs a cell from his manager. Holding it up to his ear, he turns away from the watching cameras and walks to the other side of the octagon.
My phone buzzes in my pocket.
“Hello?” I answer.
“Hey.” He’s smiling. “I just beat the defending champion. Did you see me?”
“Of course, I did,” I say. “You did amazing.”
“What bar are you watching me in?”
“I didn’t go to a bar. I’m here in the arena.”
“What?” He turns around. “Where?”
“Section B.”
I watch him scan the arena until he spots me and waves.
"You look good," he says. "We should go out to dinner tonight."
"I'd love that."
Before I can ask him what food he has a taste for, a suit approaches him, whispering in his ear.
