"Bella Marie Watts-Rzucek. She is representing the US for North Carolina and Colorado. She was born in Colorado in 2013. She was raised in North Carolina from 2019 to 2029."
"Yeah, Bella!" One of the other Olympic athletes cheered.
Bella lifted up a 5,000 pound weight.
She held it above her head.
"And we have a record! Bella Watts-Rzucek with 30 seconds. Let's see if she can do it with the 10,000 pound weight for North Carolina. What do you think, folks?"
Everybody was clapping.
Bella lifted up the 10,000 pound weight.
She held it above her head with a great amount of effort.
"And we have a record! Bella Watts-Rzucek with 40 seconds."
"Damn." The female Inmate commented.
A while later
"Bella Marie Watts-Rzucek is also doing Gymnastics. As a fill in for the injured American, Leslie Wilkins."
Bella was doing cartwheels, flips, splits, and ballerina twirls.
All of the crowd was surprised at her ability to do dance as was I.
She stroke a perfect landing every time.
"And Miss. Watts-Rzucek broke another record with how many cartwheels, flips, splits, and ballerina twirls she was able to do!"
Leslie and Bella high-fived.
A while later
"America and Britain are tied with the records of weight lifter. Bella Watts-Rzucek and Rachel Wiley."
Rachel Wiley lifted a 20,000 pound weight above her head.
"And we have Wiley with a new record!"
Bella lifted a 60,000 pound weight above her head.
She did tricks with it on her hands.
Everybody was shocked.
"And we have Watts-Rzucek as the winner of the weight lifting!"
Everybody erupted into cheers.
Bella placed it on the ground.
"Chris, Rourke offered a deal."
"Okay."
"You go on the Sex Offender's List for the next 10 years."
"No."
"Just a minute. Let me explain this to you. You can see all the big milestones in Bella's life. Her first boyfriend. Her first heartbreak. Her graduation. Her Wedding day. Chris, think long-term. What is gonna help Bella more? Her father being there or not?"
"I never did that to either of my daughters."
"Chris, you can miss a lot in 10 years. You know that, Chris. Do you really want to miss out on 10 more years of Bella's life? At least, out there you'll be able to see her. Without cuffs on."
"Fine. It's only 10 years?"
"Yeah. He swore on his son's life."
"Okay."
"Okay. I'll talk to him."
Rourke
Walsh entered.
"Chris will take the plea deal. As long as it is 10 years."
"It is."
"Okay."
We shook hands.
Chris
The guard let me out.
He took the cuffs off me.
"Godspeed, Chris."
"The house is still legally yours. The State took over the mortgage. It's paid off. Bella could live there if she wanted to. But I highly doubt she's going to." Walsh told me, joining me.
"Okay."
"Just be careful. Be patient with Bella. Wait for her to come around to you."
He drove me back to Colorado.
I walked into the house.
Bella
"That was amazing, Bells." Uncle Frankie told me.
"I have to go to sleep."
"Yup. Let's go. Let's get you back to the house."
Chris
The front door opened.
It was Frankie.
He had Bella's arm wrapped around his neck while she was passed out.
"Jeez, Chris." He commented, when he saw me.
"Here. Give me her."
I easily picked Bella up into my arms.
"She's going in her room, Chris."
I laid Bella down on her bed.
I tucked a piece of her black hair behind her ear.
