“What can I say, I missed you babe…” I shook my head and started to leave but he caught up with me. “Wait, you're not leaving are you?”
He asked and I shrugged. I came here because he said to, not because I wanted to.
“You don't have s**t to do at home and you're running home?”
No, but I have a wife now. He didn't know that yet.
I gave it a thought for a moment. I knew Rafael enough to understand that he would ask a bunch of questions that would soon turn uncomfortable.
I ended up back on my bike. But instead of riding home, I was focused on the timer the number girl had raised in the air above her head.
3, 2, 1…
I was off before the other racers even started to move. I wasn't King because I was lucky. I took years of failure, of learning and even injuries to be this good.
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