"They say we are asleep until we fall in love
We are children of dust and ashes
But when we fall in love we wake up
And we are a god and angels weep
But if I die here tonight
I die in my sleep"
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Zoe pushed open the doors to the old boxing center that has long shut down. She could hear someone, she knew it was Matt, hitting a punching bag as she stepped inside. She crossed her arms over her chest as she slowly approached him.
Matt slowly stopped punching and reached for the bag so it wouldn't swing anymore. "How'd you know I was here?"
"Foggy guessed it, actually. He said he had known about your outlet for a while." Zoe leaned against the boxing ring, "I honestly figured you'd be out punching people in the head."
"I was." Matt turned back to the bag and continued punching, "Paid Ben's editor a visit."
"Ellison?"
"Yeah." Matt refused to face her, "Benicia thinks he could be working for Fisk."
"Okay..." Zoe tapped her foot against the ground, "Did he talk?"
"No, never got close." Matt was panting at this point, "Wife and kid picked him up outside the office. Try it again tomorrow night."
Zoe watched him pummel into the bag, "You seem to be having a lot of anger there. Do you want to talk about it?"
"You're not my priest, Zoe."
"Good thing I'm fucking not." Zoe huffed out as she walked over to him and grabbed the punching bag so he'd stop hitting it, "Foggy paid us a visit today. Him and Rhea seemed to have talked things out."
"Good for them."
Zoe gave him a disapproving look, "You're being an asshole."
"I've been told that lately."
"I don't think you've heard it enough." Zoe followed him as he unwrapped his hands from the ace wrap.
Matt exhaled through his nose, "Did you come here to give me shit or was there something else?"
"Foggy told me that he was on his way to the funeral when he got a call from... Marci."
Matt raised his brows, "From Marci?"
"Oh, I literally hate it, but she's been helping him apparently." Zoe was not a huge fan of hearing that he had reached out to Marci, but she could understand why. "She has been helping him copy files from Landman and Zack on the quiet. Whole stack of documents on their dealings with Fisk, and Owlsley at Silver and Brent."
Matt slammed his palm against the mat of the boxing ring, "Ben is dead because he got dragged into this. And now Foggy's doing the same with his ex."
"They're being a lot more careful than you and Rhea."
Matt's irritation only seemed to get worse, "This has to stop." He ran a hand over his forehead and put his coat back on, "Fisk has to- I have to stop this before there's no one left to bury."
"Matt..." Zoe tried but he walked right past her, "Matt!" He continued, "I am talking to you!" He finally stopped but didn't turn around to face her, "The last time you and Rhea went after Fisk, you both were found half dead! Honestly, it was more than half dead. You go after him again in that mask, you or Rhea could end up dead. Or honestly, you might kill him, which would probably have the same effect on someone as Catholic as your ass."
