JOSIE
Nobody’s ever protected me from anything before.
As I look into Jake’s brilliant green eyes, the idea of him lending all his strength to keep Marvin from getting to me washes over me and has a strange effect. I go warm all over and feel the terror start to dissolve. Maybe I should question why this total stranger would do so much for me, but ... I can’t change what it’s doing to my emotions.
Or my body.
“So, here’s the deal,” he tells me. “I’ve got a match tonight. I’ll get you a seat to watch if you like and someone to sit with you. One of my buddies watches all the matches. I’m sure she’ll do it. Nobody ever messes with Cynthia.”
I’ve never watched a mixed martial arts match before, let alone an underground one. And no way am I walking out of this building unaccompanied. Marvi
