"Charlie I need to speak to you about something important, any chance we can go somewhere private to talk?".
My head was in a bit of a spin waiting for him to say something back. But I guess he was ignoring me as he just carried on training Tony with his sparring partner didn't even turn to look at me. So I sat down and waited maybe he'll notice I'm not doing any work and then he'll talk to me. So I wait and wait and wait, still he didn't notice.
My patience was wearing thin I had to get his attention somehow, had I done something wrong that he choose not to speak to me or was he just being his usual arrogant self?? You see Charlie wasn't always a person you could get along with, he never trusted anybody not since my father past, maybe he was punishing himself because he felt guilty in some kind of way. I mean he couldn't have saved my father from dying no one could have its something that just happened, not anyone could have seen it coming.
Back in 2006 my father had an up coming fight with one of his greatest opponents his name was eli 'the lion' junior. He was a lot younger than my dad, he still had it In him though. The fight was for my father to defend his title against eli. Everything went smoothly before the fight, but something wasn't right I remember Charlie telling my dad
"Listen David, your stamina isn't what it use to be pal, this young man is fresh meat his got energy to burn, his got the hunger for it. I don't want you to do this fight David please can't you just retire for the sake of your daughter??". My father gave Charlie a look of willingness and pride there was no way he was gonna let this go. He was going to defend his title and that was it.
Nobody was gonna stand in his way or tell him what to do. My dad had given me a kiss on the forehead and told me
"Be good darling, see you after the fight, don't forget to watch daddy win". I wished that day I hadn't been there to watch or that my father was a fighter, just wished that I had a normal life.
Memories I have or had are always too painful to remember sometimes I do think about moving away starting a fresh somewhere sunny and hot it would be so nice. Maybe I could get a bar job or set up some sort of sales executive work?
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CHAMPIONS FOREVER
AcciónGrowing up in a boring little town all her life, were men were always the strong ones, the competitive ones, life was always hard. This is one womens story of how you fight hard and earn respect your dreams truly do come true.
