Chapter EIGHT
The evening of the middleweight fight had arrived and with it had come Denise's moment of decision - the moment that would cast her against Tanner in a final role that would ruin him.
Denise had spent most of the day walking; waiting for that moment when she must face Tanner, entice him into a s****l encounter, and gain the valuable time that was needed in order to assure that the plot against him would not be discovered. She had avoided the house all during the day, preferring the beach, the woods, the empty boxing rings, any place that kept the moment from arriving.
But at last the moment was near. Tanner was in the house preparing to leave for the arena in the city. He was alone. The others - except for the dwarf, who was to leave just prior to Tanner to place the bets
