One night I was walking down a street. I was with Nikki. We were talking when a limo pulled up. The window rolled down and said, "You are on in 30 minutes." We got in the limo.
I told Nikki, "This is a part of my life that I didn't want you to know about but there is no time to get you home." I put a blindfold on her and turned on my MP3 player. "Please don't look, you are in no danger but you have to trust me."
I was an underground street fighter by night. I was undefeated and in great demand. I got out of the limo. I knew that she was going to look but I had tried. I beat my opponent easily. I looked over my shoulder and there was Nikki looking at me. She moved quickly, but she knew she had been seen.
I finished with my fight, waiting for my payoff. My agent came over to me and said you have 2 weeks to get ready for your next fight. This is a big one. This woman has searched you out and apparently has a problem with you. I asked, "Where is she from?", but I already knew, Oklahoma.
"Danny Davis, 453 pounds, 5'3" and out to murder you, Buy in is $500,000."
I told my agent that this was a dangerous fight. I dated her for 5 years before I broke it off.
All he said was, "Then you better be ready."
I took my $5000 paycheck and walked away. I had just banked $50,000. I walked back to the car and got in. I took the blindfold off and asked what she thought. She tried to look dumb but it didn't work. She just wanted to know why.
I held up the money and said, "Because I am good at it. Driver take me to my favorite diner" and we were off. On the way, I told Nikki, "I have a big fight coming up in 2 weeks and I will very likely get hurt. This person has it out for me. I can retire if I win though I will likely win $5 million or I will die. You cannot be there or she will use you to hurt me."
About that time we pulled up to Denny's. She said, "This is it, breakfast sounds great." As we ate, Nikki talked and talked.
Finally I said, "The fight is against Oklahoma."
She stopped mid-bite.
I said, "You cannot be there."
"I will be and I will help you."
"Over my dead body, besides you won't know where the fight is. Now drop it." We ate and chitchatted but I knew it was coming. It had been 5 years since I broke up with Oklahoma and my anniversary with Nikki was just around the corner. We got back in the limo and she laid her head on my shoulder. I felt her take a big breath and I knew it was coming. Boy was I right.
"Why do you have to take this fight? Why can't I be there? Why did you tell me if you are not going to let me be there? Do you love me?" She took a breath to speak again but I stopped her.