Playing with the Enemy
Next time, tell me what you dreamt of…
– Lee.
I stared at the paper. My knees gave out. I sank to the floor. This time, I swore I was having a heart attack.
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I couldn’t go home, I couldn’t go to the office. Marcus was gone. His flight had taken off that very morning.
I went someplace else. Someplace other.
I never got to that anger management class Marcus had mentioned. But I had found something that suited my needs perfectly – a fight club.
Not just any fight club. It wasn’t a place for friendly sportsmanship like sparing or jousts. In this one, you could die. I had lost maybe five times, but I had gone there more tha