The Hardship END
The next year few years went by faster than we expected. Lucy was growing up fast. She went from being four to eight in a blink.
Alec had many jobs as the years went on. Waiter, cashier, salesmen, librarian, stockboy, etcetera. The underground was going well for me. I lost a lot of fights in the begining and come home bruised and battered. Alec would fix me up before Lucy saw what happened to me. But after I started winning, the injuries got less painful and would appear less often. I'd still have a headache every night.
My sex life with Alec went from being every night, or every day off. to some times during the month. It wasn't like we were drifting apart, we just knew there was more important things to do than have sex. We needed to take care of Lucy and do our jobs. Having sex was a low priority.
Lucy had friends at school. Their parents never allowed them to come over. They didn't know where we lived, they just didn't like Alec or me. Lucy never questioned why they didn't like us.
My fights were getting a lot of negative attention, mostly from other fighters and gamblers. But there were cops too who were starting to notice us. We moved the fights on a three day rotation, one in the junkyard, then underneath a gym and the last one was in a secrect room inside a deli.
The one in the junkyard was found out last week, but I wasn't fighting that week and no one ratted on me, but they did say the other locations because I was in the middle of a fight when cops busted in. I stopped fighting and put my hands up as they other men scrambled to get out. I wasn't going to run or fight. Alec told me, if I was caught fighting, give up, don't run and don't hit the people that found us. It would make it more likely that I would be put in jail for a few years, and I just couldn't do that to Lucy.
I saw a man there, one of the men that busted in. He didn't look as friendly as the other cops and he smirked at me as I was handcuffed. I glared as he waved to me. He wasn't someone I needed to get entangled with.
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The person I called when we got to the jail was Alec. We didn't have a lawyer, couldn't afford one. We were saving money if something like this did happen, but we were short by a lot. Alec told me to stay calm and he would be down to bail me out. When I told him about the guy that was being sketchy, he told me not to talk to him at all.
But the guy came straight up to the holding cell I was in and looked at me. I kept my eyes on the ground. "Jack?" I glared at the ground, still not looking at him. "I know who you are, Jack. We've been looking for you since you ran."
My eyes snapped to him. "I'm fucking twenty now, you can't take me back."
He chuckled. "I could take Lucy." I jumped up and yanked him into the bars by his shirt. "Touchy."
"You stay the hell away from her. We have her legally now, you can't do jackshit." He tried to pull away, but when I didn't let go, he gave up. Probably not wanting to embarrass himself.
He looked down at me. "You're fighting illegally. And your little boyfriend is a klepto." I glared at him. He chuckled. "You two shouldn't be allowed to raise a child." I shoved him away. "Thank you." He looked down at me again. "My name is Adrian-"
"Girly fucking name."
He chuckled again. "It's a unisex name." He crossed his arms. "I'm working on a case against you and your klepto boyfriend."
"He's not my fucking boyfriend!" I saw Alec standing in the hallway. "Alec! Get this asshole away from me! I'm gunna beat the shit outta him!"
Alec walked over to us. "Sir, back up." Adrian looked at him. "Back up."
Adrian chuckled and backed up. "I'll be watching you two. I'll be there when you screw up. And I will take her away from you."
We both glared at him as he walked away.
"I'll fucking kill him."
Alec had many jobs as the years went on. Waiter, cashier, salesmen, librarian, stockboy, etcetera. The underground was going well for me. I lost a lot of fights in the begining and come home bruised and battered. Alec would fix me up before Lucy saw what happened to me. But after I started winning, the injuries got less painful and would appear less often. I'd still have a headache every night.
My sex life with Alec went from being every night, or every day off. to some times during the month. It wasn't like we were drifting apart, we just knew there was more important things to do than have sex. We needed to take care of Lucy and do our jobs. Having sex was a low priority.
Lucy had friends at school. Their parents never allowed them to come over. They didn't know where we lived, they just didn't like Alec or me. Lucy never questioned why they didn't like us.
My fights were getting a lot of negative attention, mostly from other fighters and gamblers. But there were cops too who were starting to notice us. We moved the fights on a three day rotation, one in the junkyard, then underneath a gym and the last one was in a secrect room inside a deli.
The one in the junkyard was found out last week, but I wasn't fighting that week and no one ratted on me, but they did say the other locations because I was in the middle of a fight when cops busted in. I stopped fighting and put my hands up as they other men scrambled to get out. I wasn't going to run or fight. Alec told me, if I was caught fighting, give up, don't run and don't hit the people that found us. It would make it more likely that I would be put in jail for a few years, and I just couldn't do that to Lucy.
I saw a man there, one of the men that busted in. He didn't look as friendly as the other cops and he smirked at me as I was handcuffed. I glared as he waved to me. He wasn't someone I needed to get entangled with.
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The person I called when we got to the jail was Alec. We didn't have a lawyer, couldn't afford one. We were saving money if something like this did happen, but we were short by a lot. Alec told me to stay calm and he would be down to bail me out. When I told him about the guy that was being sketchy, he told me not to talk to him at all.
But the guy came straight up to the holding cell I was in and looked at me. I kept my eyes on the ground. "Jack?" I glared at the ground, still not looking at him. "I know who you are, Jack. We've been looking for you since you ran."
My eyes snapped to him. "I'm fucking twenty now, you can't take me back."
He chuckled. "I could take Lucy." I jumped up and yanked him into the bars by his shirt. "Touchy."
"You stay the hell away from her. We have her legally now, you can't do jackshit." He tried to pull away, but when I didn't let go, he gave up. Probably not wanting to embarrass himself.
He looked down at me. "You're fighting illegally. And your little boyfriend is a klepto." I glared at him. He chuckled. "You two shouldn't be allowed to raise a child." I shoved him away. "Thank you." He looked down at me again. "My name is Adrian-"
"Girly fucking name."
He chuckled again. "It's a unisex name." He crossed his arms. "I'm working on a case against you and your klepto boyfriend."
"He's not my fucking boyfriend!" I saw Alec standing in the hallway. "Alec! Get this asshole away from me! I'm gunna beat the shit outta him!"
Alec walked over to us. "Sir, back up." Adrian looked at him. "Back up."
Adrian chuckled and backed up. "I'll be watching you two. I'll be there when you screw up. And I will take her away from you."
We both glared at him as he walked away.
"I'll fucking kill him."