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One

Allie

I had to walk three blocks in the scorching heat at night to get to the derelict, graffiti ridden warehouse It was as bad as I thought it would be; the place was in absolute shambles, which was expected in this abandoned industrial part of Hedley

The entrance was covered by aentry fees in front of the line-up of anxious people No one glancedthe animated conversations around me about as to come

I pulled out so because it was going to hurt if I didn’t end up getting help by the end of this night Meanwhile thetheir best to appear like gentle daet laid will fork out any kind of money

“You ladies going to bet?” a guy asked several girls in a group in front of me as we all moved a few steps forward in the line-up of hell

“No,” a girl answered, “we just want to check out what all the fuss is about You dragged us out in the middle of bum-fuck Hedley, Carl, so you better make this hile”

The guy laughed in return “You said you wanted to see a fight, darling A real one Well, now you’ll get to”

Distraught by the heat, I fanned ht the strap of my backpack with the other, and rolled irls eren’t froirls lapped up the dangerous aspect of the night, feeling like they were living so life Bunch of wanna-bes everywhere, and I couldn’t understand every girl’s fascination atchingto know they went absolutely nuts for it

For the on this side of tohere the poverty was depressive and the streets ran rah, they all grew up in privilege with everything handed to the to see the dark side of the world unless they were in front of a television screen It caans all their lives, and these fights offered the out of the coed world

It was pathetic if you asked me

One century later, I was finally standing in front of the nized hi He blinked at ht as he asked, “You’re Ryker’s girl, aren’t you?”

My heart tightened in ave him a stiff nod

“You here to see his brother fight?”