Chapter 19 CALLAN The careful sound of shuffling footsteps and the quiet rustle of clothes register in my foggy, half-asleep brain, dragging me out of a pleasant dream. It takes another few seconds for enough of my brain cells to come online and my eyes to unblur for me to be able to tell what...
Chapter 16 CALLAN It takes me about half a second to process the question before I’m on my feet, following him down the hallway. I can hear Slapshot start to lick our plates before I’m even fully out of the living room,...
Chapter 6 CALLAN “You can get deeper,” I encourage with sweat dripping off of my forehead and my muscles burning. “Fuck you,” Diego pants, but he does what I said anyway, squatting a little deeper the next time I throw him the medicine ball. ...
Chapter 5 DIEGO I’m already feeling stronger again after a few days of training with Callan. I still have a long way to go, but at least I feel like I’m making some progress. The soreness in my muscles is a welcome reminder of the hard work it’s going to take to get where I...
Chapter 13 CALLAN I jog up the stairs to Diego’s apartment with a big, heavy bag of equipment strapped to my back. I thought I’d have to buzz to get inside, but I was lucky enough to catch someone coming out, and it turns out that even in rich buildings,...