their houses; the rain must be expected anytime. It wasn’t even spring, but New York was surrounded by the upcoming rain. Heck, does it have to rain today? Rain wouldn’t be so much of a disaster, but parking was far away from the club and I didn’t want to get wet.
There were two things I wanted to discuss with Mason: first, my financial situation and second, my wedding news. I’d not given him the marriage news yet. I wondered how he would react to it.
It wasn’t like I cared so much for his opinion about my marriage, but his opinion on my financial condition was very important to me. First I asked him to meet in some coffee shop, but he insisted we meet at the club. Why does he have to meet at the club? I actually felt ashamed about entering the club by myself. I was one match away from Peter, but I chose a different route. I hadn’t regretted that decision, but I felt sad for bailing on the match. If I had that prize money, I could have paid my debt to the bank.
An hour later, I was standing in front of the club without getting wet. The thunderstorm hadn’t started yet.
The moment I entered the club, my senses picked up something flying towards me. I ducked to avoid it; something passed at a very close distance. I caught a glimpse of it and it was a boxing glove. I quickly looked at its source it was none other than Mason.
“It’s good that you still got the moves ,” he shouted from the other corner.
I threw my hands in the air with an expression of ‘What the Fuck?’
“Come on , dude, let’s hit the ring.” Mason patted me on my back.
“No way , man. I can’t play now. I think I’m done. Even Eva doesn’t like me playing anymore.”
“What the heck , man. Do you know what are you saying? Don’t talk bullshit in front of me. I didn’t train you for this shit talk. Come on, go and change and let’s have a one on one.” Sweat was dripping off his body. The scent of sweat surrounded me from everywhere, making me passionate and aroused me to the extreme. Passion for a fight. The hair on my arms pricked in excitement. My whole body tightened to respond. That was a call from a formidable opponent, and there was no way in the world I wanted to miss the opportunity. I clenched my teeth and squeezed my fist hard. No, Nathan, not today. Please, I don’t fight anymore. Eva’s face flashed in front of my eyes. I was a married man now and I couldn’t go into a fight like that.
I felt a twitch in my heart like a chain squeezing around it. I couldn’t do it. “Sorry, Mason. I can’t do it. I’m here to discuss some different matters.” My muscles relaxed. Tension released from my body. But I couldn’t guess if I was happy or not with my own decision.
“Okay, give me a minute and I’ll meet you near the swimming pool.”
I nodded my head and walked out of the club to enter the swimming pool area. Our club was a multi-sport facility including swimming pool, tennis court, boxing club and a few other sports. I took a seat around the corner of the pool. It was a nice and quiet area so we could talk comfortably.
“So tell me , champ, what is it?” Mason came and grabbed a chair to sit next to me.
“Well I have news to tell you. I got married few days ago.”
“What?” He spit the water out of his mouth, onto my face. Mason was drinking water when I told him the news. Giving him a shock backfired on me.
“Fuck you , man. I just took a shower before coming here.” I gave him an aggravated look.
“Dude , say it again. Are you married? To whom?”
“Who could it be other than Eva , dude? There is a reason I bailed on Peter’s match and who else would I marry?”
“No , no, you can’t tell me that you just got a divorce and you got married again. What the heck got into you, man?”
“ That it happened all of a sudden; actually, it was an accident. It all happened in Vegas.”
“The night of craziness. Now I understand what happened. Do you know you can easily walk away from the