Saving Ms. Bad Girl

C H A P T E R – XI: THE GRIT SHARPENING (II)

C H A P T E R – XI: THE GRIT SHARPENING (II)

"A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love."

Max Muller

JAMES LINDEN

APRIL 13, 2017

Amary got up carrying my blanket together with her, “I’ll ask the maids to have your blankets changed” I gave her a thumbs up and she left the room,

Damn it, if I was not so tired I would have been quite sentimental over somebody sleeping next to me and hugging me on top of that,

I got up and took a shower,

I wrapped half of my body with towel and heard my phone ding,

Chop chop, we will train in thirty minutes. – Amary

I rolled my eyes and chuckled, when did she get my number? Damn it,

I wore my contact lens and made Levi check the room for any implants,

Done with the checking I wore a gray basketball short and a white muscle tee,

“Men, I cannot wear my watch, so I also better leave this room with the watch, I hope you will send me reinforcements for this room, anything that can help me assure nothing is being planted anywhere” I said as I tied my shoes,

“Sure thing, when you have time drive around Gossett, pee or anything then we will shoot the stuff by the window” Levi replied,

“Alright boys, impress me” they all chuckled,

I got up and placed my watch on the top of the left lamp table, I walked out of the room to see Amary wearing a sports bra and some compression tights revealing her well-toned abs,

“Ugh Linden, stop drooling, let’s go, let me bring you to heaven” she jogged her way and I followed her to wherever she is going to bring me, she got down the stairs and went to the left side of the mansion,

She pushed an enormous wooden door which obviously I have not explored yet I still have respect to their house and her dead parents,

As she opened the door it paved a way for me to see a very wide gym with complete equipment and on top of that? An octagon,

“I am quite good in mixed martial arts but come” she made me follow her to another door that lead outside?

Oh, a shooting range, of course,

“This place is like I don’t know give or take about 8.5 acres? Then I am not sure with the whole land area including the north, east, south and west length, ahh, I do not know how to call it but the whole mansion is as far as I know, 8.5 acres,” I nodded,

“So is Pharmakeia?” I asked honestly as she checked the bottles used as a target for shooting,

“Hmm, not really, I think maybe 5 but what really costed a lot is the tunnel ways below”

I nodded as she explained,

“Anyways, so yeah this is your tadaaa heaven” she winked at me and I just seriously died,

“You know, why won’t we start our training with some basic stretching a little yoga and we try the Octagon?” I chuckled,

“Sure,”

She lead us back inside and closed the door leading to the shooting range, she laid some mats and started to do yoga I assume,

“You can have your own routine, I mean, I will be mean inside that ring” she gave me another wink and damn I am not accepting another wink!

I’ll die,

“Damn you boss, just look at that!” I heard Cory’s voice, I face palmed myself and closed my damn eyes for five seconds pretending to take deep breaths,

But if you are asking if I am looking for inner peace yes maybe, that will do,

Indeed the woman in front of me is stunning,

No denying of that,

She did said I was hot, “Linden? Are you alright?” she asked as she stretches her legs,

“Yeah, since when have you been training?” I asked as I stretch my back and torso,

“Well, since Pharmakeia I guess, or since I was 15, maybe after my mother’s death, my father first trained me to shoot, then I got stamina building, swimming, running, biking, hiking, diving, mountain climbing, actually all things that is related to surviving he made me learn it” she sat down and took a deep breath,

“Let’s go for a run?” she asked,

“Yeah, sure” we walked to the tread mill, she played some jazz music as we stepped on the tread mill

“You, since when?” we started jogging in a relaxed manner,

“I ughm since my father died I guess, since then I pledged to give revenge to him, then I coordinated with the people who investigated my father’s death and I wanted to be able to take care of my mother who is a wine addict” I chuckled remembering my mother,

“Well, she sounds exciting” we stopped talking about running from jog to run for about 30 minutes,

We finished and wiped our skins off of sweat, “Ready for the ring?” she asked in a quite inviting way,

“Let’s go” she wiped some of my body parts with petroleum jelly and then I put some on her,

“Fight” we started with a light punch of our knuckles as she jumped and swayed her body,

I tried to hold her in the waist to in her down but she quickly avoided my upcoming gesture and then chuckled,

“Come on” I turned around very quickly and kicked her feet but she jumped and gave me a punch on the back

“Excellent punch Amary”, she smirked at me and as she let her guard off I swift her off of her feet in a very gentle kick, and caught her body then locked her within my legs and arms,

“Dead” I said,

“Ugh, yes, never let your opponent take your attention away” she tap the ring floor and I released her,

“You know what? You kind of need to strengthen your punches” I suggested as I watched her take deep breaths and catch oxygen for her lungs,

“Yes, I know, I am actually better with guns,”

“Then we shall learn more about punching and mixed martial arts, we train what you are weak at, Ms. Bad girl” I winked at her and of course that eye roll of the year was her response,

“Thanks Linden, I am still unsure why you are helping me, aside from it was a dying man’s wish to take care of me” she looked down on the floor and bit her lips, I stood up and grabbed our water and towels,

I handed hers and looked at her,

“No worries, what is happening now is all meant to happen Amary, sometimes we just got to trust ourselves,” I gave her a faint smile knowing she has not asked for details about Mexico, she has not found answers about her father’s death,

Everything is probably still too shocking for her and she is trying to shake it all up.

“Thanks Linden,”

“You know what? How about we leave tonight? Let’s go to the bars here at Nashville? Have a little fun and some drinks, listen to some newbie bands and walk around and just have fun?” she looked at me with a smile,

“Damn! That’s a great idea Linden!” she stood up with a very excited face,

“I’ll just run for another 30 minutes then we’ll rest then off we go?” her very excited tone was so cute, damn, cute?

“Adorable you, alright” ADORABLE YOU?!

She gave me a smile and walked to the treadmill and damn damn damn it, who really wouldn’t fall in love with her?