Chapter 523

• I was slowly starting to build a reputation in Fresno. I wasn’t just K’s kid, I was also undefeated, even if it was just locally. Josh had gone back to his old ways and he was laughing all the way to the bank, saying I was making him easy money, just like my dad had.
• I was jogging ten miles a day and spent about three hours a day in the gym with Marcus. The dead girl left me alone for two months while I got my bearings and I’d almost forgotten about our blood oath. I got out of the shower after another successful fight night and she was waiting for me in my room.
• “You’re back,” I said.