Never Back Down: No Surrender Page #4

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graze in less favorable pastures.

Elaborating a little bit on the

Beaumont, Texas nightclub fight

where Quinton "Rampage"

Jackson pulled you out of?

I don't think you have

the right information.

But Jackson was arrested

yesterday on assault charge

in connection with this, and

he's on a 10,000 dollar bail.

No comment.

Hey, champ, who's that?

I know who that is.

That's Case Walker.

I thought he died in prison.

Dead guys don't move like that.

Not many live ones either.

All right, everyone,

Brody has a few more minutes

before I have to sit him

down with Inside MMA.

- Any last questions?

- Yes.

What's his plan after the fight?

You do know you're allowed

to talk to me, right?

I mean, you haven't said so much as

"hello" since the night we met in Texas.

Hello.

Okay, okay. That's better.

I guess asking for some eye

contact would be pushing it.

What with your hectic

social life and all.

I bet your life is pretty

hectic working for Hugo Vega.

But I bet it comes

with its benefits?

Well, you know, not that I

need to qualify myself,

but my job with PFC and my

boss is purely professional.

Not that you would be

insinuating something more,

which I know your ass wasn't.

No.

So, I see you made a

lot of new fans today.

Press was eating you up.

What were those little

things you were doing?

- Muscle ups. Yeah.

- Muscle ups, right. Yeah.

I don't know, I was

just doing what I do.

Doing what you do?

Well, you know, you might

want to think about

toning back on some of

that awesomeness of yours.

Just a little bit.

At least, while your old

pal, Brody, is around.

What do you mean?

Come on, Case.

You're not stupid, I know that.

Shoot, Brody shouldn't be

worried about what I'm doing.

He should be worried about

his fight with Braga.

I'm just here to help him out.

And if you just so happen to

get written up by some of the best

fight journalists in this country,

well that would be pretty

nice, too, now wouldn't it?

Isn't there something

you want to ask me?

Boy. Well, if you're not actually

gonna ask me out on a date,

I really do hope you're at

least thinking about it.

Okay, look.

Lunch, Louie Thai, Saturday at 2:00.

Sound good?

- Yeah, good.

- Yeah? Yeah? Okay.

Well, I will see you then.

Don't stand me up.

Let's see.

How long is this going to take?

You want to look good, right?

Hey, man, what took you so long?

Do you know how hard it is

to find his size in Thailand?

Dude's a freaking Sasquatch

with a girly waist.

You know I can hear you, right?

Don't worry about it,

I got just the thing.

Check this out right here.

Kinda colorful, isn't it?

Nah, man, this is what's up.

Besides, Myca's like a dime piece, so

you're gonna wanna look your best.

Yeah, don't forget to

bring flowers either.

Where am I going to get flowers?

Those are pretty.

You think so?

Yup, they're called calla lilies.

Calla lilies?

Try to say that three times fast.

- Calla lily, calla lily, calla lily.

- Calla lily, calla lily...

You win.

Well, listen, I'll get

these calla lilies

as soon as we find

your mom or dad, okay?

How's that sound?

My daddy's in heaven

and my mom is...

Morgan, there you are.

Baby, how many times have I told

you to stay where I can see you?

But I was helping Mr...

Mr. Case.

I was helping Mr. Case buy flowers.

Flowers?

I wonder who for.

Now, you be good

for Boonkie, okay?

I'll be back in a few hours.

Bye, Mr. Case.

Where we're going is

right over there.

So, this is our neighborhood

while we're here.

It's one of our favorite spots.

It's nice.

So, Morgan's adorable.

Thank you.

I didn't mean to spring

her on you like that.

I was going to

tell you at lunch.

It's all good.

I was just surprised...

How does motherhood work

with your schedule?

Boonkie is the best nanny.

She gets her to her tutor,

gymnastics, karate.

Karate?

Yeah, karate. She loves it.

I told those t-shirt guys,

"Forget it."

There's no way I'm going to

do anything for that cheap.

Not this day.

Here he is.

All right, I don't have time

to beat around the bush.

Word on the street is you're not exactly

setting the world on fire in training camp.

"Word on the street"?

You've been watching

Starsky & Hutch reruns?

Maybe Huggy Bear will

come join us later?

What are you, a f***in' moron?

You think this is some kind of joke?

You're one loss away from

anonymity at the UFC.

I'm giving you a second life.

I'm laying the groundwork for you

to become a f***in' superstar

and all you can do is make

some f***-tasticjokes.

You believe this guy?

Brody meant no

disrespect, Mr. Vega.

Okay, I didn't ask

for your input.

Understand?

You're supposed to be getting

this guy in fighting shape,

not making bullshit

excuses for him.

So, what happened?

He claimed to be a stockbroker and

died robbing a jewelry store.

I'm sorry to hear it.

Yeah, don't be.

We met, got married

two months later.

Kinda swept me off my feet before

I ever really got to know him.

Guess we live and learn?

Yeah, we do.

So, what else can you

tell me about yourself?

Other than having some really

bad-ass moves in the cage.

Well, I'm from New Orleans.

I happen to be the only person

I know without a cell phone.

I don't know how interesting that is.

But I guess I'm just like

everybody else, just trying

to make it day by day,

you know?

Well, there was one more thing

I was a bit curious about.

You want to tell me a little

bit about your time in prison?

Why you went in?

Who told you about that?

No one told me,

I just looked into it.

"Looked into it"?

You mean, like,

you investigated me?

No.

The Internet.

Maybe you've heard of it?

Welcome to this wacky world

of dating in the 21st century.

Look, Case, I'm sorry

if I offended you.

But I've been through a lot.

And I have to be extremely careful

about who I bring into my life.

Into Morgan's life.

Hey, look, I think

we made a mistake.

I need to go.

So, what's your plan for

improving the situation?

Because you got less than four

weeks to turn things around.

No worries, Hugo.

Kickin' it into high gear.

This fight's in the bag.

What gear are you taking?

I'm not taking anything.

I thought I'd give my body a rest.

That's a problem.

What do you got? You

bring anything?

Well, I got some Deca

and some Winnie tabs.

That's bullshit.

I want you to call my guy.

All right, go see my doc, okay?

He'll get you on a course of

Test Cypionate, Winstrol.

We'll throw in some Anadrol.

Should have you in beast mode

by the time of the fight.

If you don't think Braga

is doing the same thing,

you're a lot dumber

than I thought.

Come on, champ,

balls to the wall.

Give our customers and your fans

a fight they'll never forget.

Do that and we'll all be making more

money than you know what to do with.

All right, I'm outta here.

Lay off the nuts.

Keep this between us, all right?

I don't want to hear any of

Case's holier-than-thou bullshit.

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