Her Best Second Chance

Chapter 17: Fool Me Once

{Jasper's POV}
~Jay~
{Sinners judging sinners for sinning differently }

His drain body collapse to the hard floor dirt swirling in the air. The referee immediately runs over to me forcing my hand in the air declaring my victory.

Glancing around in the crowd of people I drag my arms from his exiting the fighting area. Heading for my belongings I push past people hearing them announce the other fighters.

"Jay" the sound of my name lingers in the air from a distance. Already knowing who the voice belongs to I continue to walk grabbing a clean towel from my bag.

Pouring the bottle water over it to wipe the blood from my face and hands.

'This one messed me up pretty bad' I murmur staring at my reflected bruised and swollen face.

"You did great tonight" he finally catches up.

Looking at him through my peripheral vision. I spot the thick coil of cash in his hands.

"A large amount of people bet against you tonight" he explains after seeing my facial expression.

Throwing the towel over my arm I take the money dapping him up.

"Need to blow off any more steam?" he trails off glancing at me quizzically.

"A lot more" I utter heading for my bags.

Hearing him chuckle, I walk away still feeling his presence following closely behind.

Stopping, I clench my jaw turning to face him wondering why he is following me.

Scratching his head, he gawks at his feet then back at me.

"I meant to ask something " he stops talking and I quiver a brow.

"I don't have all night" I snap been irritated by how long he is taking to ask a simple question.

"Solayne" he mutters observing me. " I know you both are friends" he finally breaths out and I stare at him blankly. "I was just wondering if you had heard from her,  she isn't replying to my messages so I am a bit concerned you feel me?" he finishes tucking his hands into his jeans.

Taking a minute to process everything a boisterous laugh left me and I take a step back refusing to believe this man.

He really stopped me to ask about someone. Her of all persons?

Shaking my head I look up to see him dead serious.

Ok we are actually doing this.

Standing with folded arms I stare back at him with the same expression.

"How did you know we are friends?" I ask intrigued to know.

Recalling our current friendship crisis, I highly doubt Solayne would be going around talking about me. Nop not after what happened at the restaurant.

"She mentioned you " he states watching me keenly. "At umm... on a date when we were getting to know each other?" Nodding my head I don't believe a bull crap leaving his mouth.

"How long have you known her?" I query fascinated by all this.

"Look man I didn't stop you to get interrogated. I just wanted to know if she is ghosting me or something I haven't seen or heard from her in a while." He reasons.

Observing his body language I take a step back, hanging both my hands in the air taking my defense at his agitation.

"My bad my bad"I simply trail off turning to take my leave.