Chapter 18 Matt Four Days Later It was Thursday, two days before my next fight at the Oracle Arena, and four days that we had gone without any word from Kyle. All week I stayed with Shelby at her house, waiting on him to make some kind of move, but he hadn’t … yet. I think we both knew the time was coming, we just didn’t know when. “So, do I get to meet your coach today?” Shelby asked, hesitantly glancing down at my bike. I already had my helmet and jacket on, waiting for her to climb on behind me, but she was stalling. The wheels in her mind were turning, and I knew she was trying to figure out another way to get out of riding on the bike. Over the past several days, I’d tried to get her to ride with me, but being the smooth talker that she was she always came up with a reason not to

