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they also permitted the rental of vehicles , like the bmw i was driving , with international insurance and the other stamps and assurances required if one is to take a foreign registered vehicle across a border outside of the schengen countries . id taken the precaution of putting all my documents in the case since breaking into the car to obtain the registration and insurance papers was a basic move easily anticipated . not having rental forms etc . in the vehicle was not unusual for anyone experienced in travelling and wishing to avoid identity theft . overall , it looked as if the opposition had sent someone who had a maid let them in , did a basic search and when the alarm went off , they bugged out to avoid attention . id check the bmw later but would bet it had also been entered . this was fine as everything theyd found would point to a journalist with good personal security but nothing indicative of hyper vigilance or security training . i was going to need a new base pretty soon , one not known to the opposition . that would have to be top on the list tomorrow , right after determining if i was still under surveillance which would also tell me something about the opposition . for now i needed to sit down and do some serious thinking about the information id gained and the picture it created . then send an updated report to steve and get some direction on our options . first i needed some uninterrupted thinking cap time so i shoved the chair which partnered with the rooms small desk in front of the door where it would both warn me and slow up anyone making a fast entry . then i stretched out on the bed , hands behind my head and m57 near to hand , and began to work my way through the newly connected facts . first up was the connection between billi and enver . this was apparently ongoing and open although somewhat different in nature once she moved in with hanna . it helped explain a number of things which had heretofore been mysteries . i now had an explanation for why and how the opposition , the serbian mafia , had known who to look for and why this had happened shortly after my talking with billi . if she was still in envers good graces or trying to return there then she could have found the arrival of a stranger who was interested in hanna to be something enver would wish to know about . more likely she was instructed by enver to watch for just this sort of thing . and when i turned up with my cover of being a canadian journalist there to report on the border troubles , billi passed this and my description on to enver who sent folks out to all the likely hotels . a simple description and a few euros would suffice to find out where i was staying . if i wasnt in a hotel then that might mean something significant . but being where i was made sense with the cover story and sending a few guys to watch and see what i did and who i did it with was a logical next step . my counter surveillance actions were designed to be easily explained by the environment and my subsequent return to the grand hotel , where i would be easily located , would lend credibility to the idea that losing me was an accident rather than deliberate action . a room search also had turned up nothing inconsistent so i could work with the theory that the opposition had been set on me by billi but had so far found nothing to confirm that i was anything other than what id told her . that wouldnt mean they would now accept it and give up but it did mean the likelihood of direct action was lessened as it was always risky and would not be used unless they were reasonably sure it was justified . my tradecraft thus far ought to have kept them uncertain enough to preclude direct action as an immediate option . if my assumption of billi being tasked by enver was correct then it also had a number of other implications . first of all it explained the fact that hanna had been driving her vehicle the night of the hit and that according to her it had been at her insistence . knowing what vehicle he would be in would make following him easier and a simple action like drilling a small hole in a tail light would make her vehicle identifiable at night even with the large number of similar vehicles on the road . it also meant that the hit team had only to locate the correct vehicle in an area which permitted action and they could do their thing without worrying about anything else . basically , i was beginning to suspect that billi had set hanna up to be killed and that she had done so at envers direction . i wasnt too sure if she had known what was happening or if she was simply following orders and then learned later what had occurred . this last seemed most likely as she didnt strike me as a good enough actress to fake her hopes for a future with hanna or her sorrow at losing that and her shock at his death . i was tending toward a theory of her being planted on hanna by enver with directions to keep enver informed about hannas 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i also suspected that she had been led to believe that shed be able to escape to america with hanna if she just kept enver happy now . finding out that shed been used would have been upsetting , devastating even but she would be under no illusions as to what kind of man shed been associating with and her most realistic option would be to continue to maintain ties with him simply to survive . that also gave me an opening . if she had truly been planning on escape with hanna , it might mean she was open to recruitment based upon both revenge for his callous use of her as well as the promise of freedom and a fresh start in the us . i wasnt sure this was the case ; she could be an extremely skillful actress whod played her part of grieving and disappointed girlfriend well but it was perhaps worth exploring . if for no other reason than that an approach which was reported to enver would provide security for our real source , aferdita , as it would indicate we had lost our only source and were looking for entry . this was assuming that the killing had been a counterintelligence move , not an act of macho face saving . id need to formulate a thoughtful approach and obtain permission from steve before trying it on but the benefits were considerable in any case . id just have to survive the blow back if she was truly working for enver and reported the pitch . recruiting billi would also require dia to keep compartmentalization between billi and aferdita which , in the confined terrain , both human and urban , might mean two handlers , something they would have to evaluate against the likely return . that wasnt my call either which meant steve would pass on my information and wed wait for direction from the client . in addition to the clarity with billi , naims information had helped confirm most of aferditas story . it fit the known facts and matched her explanation which was perhaps to be expected if she was a dangle but seemed a bit too much effort for the situation . it was much more likely that enver had killed hanna either for professional or personal reasons and that gashi had perhaps been collateral damage . his being with hanna in germia at that time would be hard to explain as something other than a meet which would have caused envers professional paranoia to kick in but that then accounted for billi being tasked to watch for anyone connected to hanna . and the immediate reaction to her information about the canadian journalist asking about hanna , assuming for the sake of argument that she had informed enver , supported this theory more than one which required enver to behave in a more byzantine fashion for which he had neither the background nor training . occams razor suggested that the simplest explanation was the correct one . i needed to put my thoughts together in a coherent fashion , design and explain several courses of action and provide my recommendations as to which were preferable and why . this would take a while but i had the time . i spent the next three hours writing up my report and including my evaluation of aferdita as a source . i also included the fact that i had my local support network on standby to email at midnight of any day where they had not heard from me . finally , i encoded the report and tucked the m57 under a sweater for the trip to the business center . it was closed at this time of night but a quick discussion with the concierge about my urgent need to file copy with my office now , aided by a modest donation to his entertainment fund , got me in with no real problem . i used my thumb drive to clean the computer and give me a firewall behind which i could access hushmail . i uploaded my report to insol and requested direction on how to proceed . i made a point of recommending that aferdita be used merely to obtain current information and then extracted with a recruitment attempt with billi providing both distraction and possible continued access . once the report was transmitted , i wiped the computer again and headed back to my room . the extra computer security would be a potential indicator of my true role if anyone checked . it wasnt something i could avoid , however , and going out while under scrutiny by the opposition would simply mean the check happened somewhere else . it also ran the risk of making someone curious as to why i didnt simply use the business center to contact my office . using internet cafes now and then while wandering around town was normal , doing so late at night when an adequate solution was at hand would not be . i simply had to chance it and hope for the best . there would be little for me to do now until i had a reply . that would most likely take a couple days . i would spend the time doing things consistent with my cover and trying to bore the bad guys stupid . i put the chair back in front of the door though and kept the m57 out and on the nightstand . there were a number of possibilities at play and i wasnt going to simply accept my 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despite the long day and late hour , i had trouble dropping off to sleep . i finally drifted into a troubled sleep in the early hours of the morning . my dreams were dark and full of foreboding and i woke feeling less than refreshed . chapter ten the next three days went quickly . not due to anything exciting happening but simply due to the pace . i needed to allay any suspicions the opposition had and the best way , while i was waiting on direction , was to live my cover . thats something one has to do anyway but it is frequently hard to do fully when operational with limited support . now , having time in which i had no operational requirements except personal security , i could throw myself into the role of a journalist gathering facts , statements and opinions on the situation at the serbia/kosova border . i scheduled interviews , attended briefings , sat in cafes with other members of the press and generally made myself an informed member of the fourth estate . my surveillance team continued to show up for most of that time but it got progressively less interested in me and more in the passing women . by the morning of the third day i left the hotel for breakfast with some new journalist friends and found myself either without surveillance or else with a full suite of extremely talented followers . my money was on the former . i had , of necessity , been moving with the m57 locked in my case since so many of the places i visited in my cover role were high security establishments . i couldnt bring the weapon through metal detectors etc . i had to gamble that my tradecraft thus far was keeping the opposition in the dark and that as a result the possibility for direct action was reduced . it still made the skin at the back of my neck tighten but hey , you learn to accept the risks involved or find another way to pay the bills . i was glad i was unarmed this morning when i found the caf where we were to meet already occupied by a high level serbian delegation and their unmik security detail poised outside using metal detection wands to sweep patrons prior to permitting entry . it would have looked strange if i suddenly decided to forego breakfast with the folks i was to meet sitting at a window and waving a greeting . not being armed meant i could smile the tolerant and smug smile of the privileged and protected , stand while the wand did its job and then enter to gossip and eat under the protective coloration of the rest of the press crowd . my new friends had little to offer other than an additional layer of cover . they were the typical international press one finds in places like kosovo , superficially knowledgeable , well educated in theories , articulate and extremely opinionated about things outside their personal experience . seeing someone suffering from starvation while dining on expense account meals does not make one an expert on starvation and its effects upon those who experience it , for example . being self-absorbed and willing to pontificate along whatever lines sell best is , however , a prime requisite for the press so i expected nothing else and was easily able to go with the flow by aping the general tenor of their shallow world view . there are some excellent journalists out there who genuinely care and seek to tell things from a real world perspective . they are also usually folks who come to journalism later in life and in any case are far outnumbered by the ones whose flit from story to story , telling a lot but failing to show much of anything . my reservations about the quality of the international press aside , they did provide good cover and , as an independent consultant , i was able to use them for that purpose where direct agents of the usg could not . there are good reasons why this is so , some equally good ones why it should be ignored and being able to do so in the interests of operational expediency was one of the benefits to employing deniable assets like insol . i finished my breakfast as well as a discussion on the similarities between serbia wishing to retain kosovo and the us wishing to retain the american southwest ( most of the press were gleefully in favor of the return of these areas to mexico as they were of anything which might trouble a country they regarded with either jealous envy or self-resentful shame depending upon their citizenship ) . the need for stretching muscles too long dormant gave me an excuse to stroll in the clear , cold air and i went for a long , complicated walk around the city . i found myself completely alone , no signs of surveillance even when i escalated my counter surveillance drills to a more aggressive level . this was good as it meant , provisionally and with a fair amount of caution , that i was free to move about the country albeit with an eye toward someone popping up unexpectedly . it is a small country after all . i gave naim a call to see if he was free to meet . id need his assistance to locate a safe house . a 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this was a maze of small stalls and haphazard shops selling everything from clothing , household goods , and cds to car parts , cheap jewelry and , if you knew who to speak with , contraband of all types . it was crowded , twisty and narrow with plenty of visual cover which made it suitable for us to strike up a conversation while looking over a selection of bootleg cds . youve come a long way baby , i said , holding up a cd featuring brittany spears in a schoolgirl outfit on the cover . naim didnt get the reference but gave a short laugh anyway . she doesnt do it for me anymore man . gotten too old . i raised my eyebrows in response and naim laughed again . the difference in our ages was a running joke as i was older than his father who , admittedly had been in his late teens when naim entered the picture . i shook my head as if saddened by the callowness of youth and began to flick through another row of cds . im going to need to move to another place . somewhere off the beaten path but where i can come and go freely . ill need to have my vehicle under cover as well . naim nodded and replied as he raised a poison cd for a closer examination of the back of the case . easy day . my cousin has a place in kosovo polje . an albanian house , not serbian . just this side of the town . its empty now since he and his family are on holiday . you can move in whenever you like . ill need you to collect my case and car for me . can you get someone to do that and meet us there with them ? sure , ska problem . want to have lunch and then go there ? cant see why not , i replied . naim bought a couple of cds and we walked out of the bazaar as he phoned a friend . i passed him my hotel room key card and we parted to meet again at a pizzeria he favored nearby . i ran a short sdr on the way and found no one . naim rejoined me shortly and i passed over the euros to cover his friends effort and cousins house . id either check out myself later or do so through the internet as the credit card the hotel had recorded was one tied to a deposit in a greek bank . so long as there was enough in the account the card was good . in the meantime i was changing my base of operations in a way hopefully undetectable to the opposition . that would give me more operational freedom when i received a response from insol . naim and i ate a quiet lunch , chatting about mutual friends and recent events . when we were finished we took his mercedes to kp . his cousins house was indeed albanian which meant it was on the pristina side of kp and had a wall around it . many serbian houses did not have this feature , almost all albanian ones did . the wall would hide my vehicle and me from prying eyes . the house was one street off the main road , lidhja e pejes , better known as airport road as it was the main route to and from the pristina airport and the city itself . the house was set back with a blue metal gate in the high brick wall . i rolled the gate open , naim drove inside and i closed the gate behind him . my rental bmw was already parked ahead of his in the short driveway where his friend had left it . we entered , naim handing me a key and showing me around the small , two story , two bedroom house . i moved my case from the car into the smaller bedroom , chained it to a chair out of habit and joined naim on the balcony where he was lighting another cigarette . thanks , this works very well . i havent seen any signs of surveillance today and will let you know if they turn up again . ok , i am glad you like it . just leave the key inside if you do not see me before you leave . my cousin wont be back for two weeks and the neighbors here will leave you alone . ill go let them know now that you are staying here so they dont get suspicious . i thanked naim and remained on the balcony surveying the surrounding area as he went to clue the neighbors in that his family had a guest staying in the house . the neighbors would watch me out of the corner of their eyes but otherwise leave me to my business . theyd also notice anyone who didnt belong and let naim know which added a small layer of security to the safe house . i worked out two emergency bug out routes in case of an assault and then went for a walk toward airport road in order to use one of the small internet cafes located at the town limits . once there i broke out my trusty thumb drive and checked my email . there was one from steve which made me very happy as playing journalist was getting old . yes , i have a low boredom threshold . you think people who are easily contented do this type of work ? there is a balance to be had but most of us are like sharks , always feeling better if in motion .	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steves response was encoded and i downloaded it to my thumb drive to decode on my laptop . i wiped the computer , paid and walked back , dropping off the main road as soon as possible in order to avoid incidental sightings by anyone driving by . re-entering the house i locked the gate and doors , climbed the stairs to the second floor bedroom and opened the case . it took only a few minutes to power up and decrypt steves response . my pulse increased as i finally got the direction for which i had been waiting . dia had taken part of my recommendation to heart . they wanted to task aferdita with emplacing several tracking devices on vehicles used by enver and his crew . they also wanted her to gather a complete list of personnel , phone numbers , addresses , vehicle registrations and other data involving the people in his group and those closely associated with them . after that was completed , dia wanted her extracted to the embassy in skopje where she could be debriefed before travelling to the us . shed be issued a green card provided she continued to cooperate with various members of the intelligence community , many of whom would want to speak with her to obtain additional details they might lack regarding the cooperation between various jihadist groups and the serbian mafia . this was excellent as it meant she would be able to escape an intolerable situation and begin to piece together a new life in a safe place . i would have to sell it a bit as it lacked the visceral satisfaction she desired but i was fairly sure she would take the opportunity to live again instead of sacrificing herself for no real gain . i certainly hoped so as i really wanted to see her out of the slavery in all but name which she had endured for love of her brother . that kind of self-sacrifice was something i could respect and i wouldnt feel right if i didnt do everything i could to honor it . the part dia hadnt found acceptable was beginning development of billi . they saw the possibility there but wanted to first complete the tasking and extraction of kvswallow . once that was complete they would deploy a new case officer who would then conduct his or her own evaluation and determine how to proceed . this made sense to me as it gave a better chance for eventual success than my hasty pitch . it also meant billi would be developed and assessed by the person who would run her which was a big plus . i couldnt fault the decision and it wouldnt have mattered if i did . the client always got to set the mission objectives ; we retained the right to determine how to achieve them . i wouldnt bitch about their choice of solutions since they wouldnt bitch about how i got them there . id need to travel to macedonia to pick up the technical equipment and then arrange a meet with aferdita . id give her the new information along with the tasking and set a time for extraction once the tasking was accomplished . it was looking like this mission could be completed fairly easily . i packed up my case , leaving the m57 and spare magazine hidden in the bedroom , loaded my bmw and unlocked the gate . i called aferdita and made arrangements to meet her at the safe house tomorrow night . she knew the general location and would find the street , id be waiting and open the gate for her . using the safe house had some pros and some cons but since there was no indication that either she or i were under surveillance it made a good location out of the public eye and away from her normal haunts . i was now less concerned about keeping naim separate from aferdita since her time in place was limited . i would use him on the day to check her back trail on the long straight shot from pristina to kp . her red cabriolet was distinctive enough that naim could easily identify it and watch for additional followers after she passed . if he called it clear the meet would occur , if not , id advise aferdita to cruise around and then go home . wed attempt to identify the surveillance and if questioned she would claim to just be driving to clear her head . i completed the arrangements with both naim and aferdita , let them know id confirm tomorrow afternoon and headed out , locking the gate behind me . two and a half hours later i was in skopje , staying in the sheraton and set to meet a dia guy from the embassy at the nearby mcdonalds that evening . id decided to stay overnight even if that created a slight blip if detected through a check at the grand . i hoped the opposition wouldnt check for a while if at all but when they did , if they were thorough , theyd figure out i was gone since my case and car would be missing . i was betting that the lack of surveillance meant that the most they would do is check with the bellhop to see if i was still registered and when that was confirmed theyd look for me around town or have the bellhops let them know when i showed up , assuming they cared enough at this point to check .	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i wasnt going to use the room at the grand anymore in any case so staying in skopje made better sense than driving back through kosovo in the dark . the roads and drivers combined to make that a risky endeavor and the chance of a crash was high enough to make avoiding it reasonable . the meet at mcdonalds went smoothly . i have never been in a cleaner mcdonalds in my life and both of their restaurants in skopje were spotless . my dia contact didnt want to chat or even acknowledge me . he simply sat down near me , ate his meal and then walked outside . i followed a few minutes later and in the dark of the side street outside i took a small backpack from the trunk of his embassy issue sedan ( yeah , great transport to a meet , huh ) and then headed off into the night to see if his sloppy tradecraft had compromised me . an hour later i was sure i was clean . i returned to the sheraton , spent a quiet night and returned to pristina in the morning . the day passed easily enough . i went over my arguments to obtain aferditas acquiescence to dias plan . i also rehearsed the training shed need on the trackers and prepared the list of intelligence requirements we needed her to collect . i confirmed her route and timing for the meet and then did the same with naim , adding the details of her vehicle so hed be able to watch for anyone watching her . once that was complete the rest of the day passed quickly as i read , ran through a bodyweight exercise routine and cleaned and rechecked the m57 , gloves on and evidence avoided . at 2000 hours i received a call from aferdita letting me know she was on her way . i alerted naim who was already in position . a few minutes later he advised that the cabriolet had passed his position and he was checking for surveillance . he gave the all clear as aferdita reached the turn from airport road into the neighborhood where i waited . i pulled the gate partway open and waved her in as soon as she made the turn onto the street . naim circled and noted no one following or parked up in the area . i thanked him and he headed off . putting my phone away , i locked the gate and then turned to greet aferdita who had stepped out of her car and was waiting for me . hi dita . i am glad to be here , she replied . she looked around and then glanced back at me with a combination of hesitation and what in a less self-confident person would be shyness . is this a safe place ? do you know the people who live here ? it is as safe as i can arrange . the people who live here are gone and no one will know we are here . i stepped closer , extending one arm toward the house in invitation . aferdita hesitated a second and then gave me a quick hug and turned without looking at me and headed toward the house . umok . handling a source of the opposite sex can be tricky sometimes , especially if they see you as a lifeline . there is a tendency to fixate on you as an object rather than a person which is easy since the person they are dealing with is largely a carefully projected image designed to create the greatest amount of comfort for them as well as control for you . i could handle her attempting to draw me closer through her physical attractiveness , this wasnt my first rodeo and i knew better than to fall for the idea that little old me was so irresistible . and since we were going to pull her out soon it wouldnt hurt to have her feeling secure . it is also true that , everything else being equal , a hug and attention from a beautiful woman isnt exactly a hardship . i gave a mental shrug and followed her to the door where she paused just long enough for me to open it and usher her inside . once inside we settled into the small living room and began to go over the many things on my list . first up was the decision to bring her out followed by the need for her to collect the intelligence we lacked on the personalities involved in the cooperation between the jihadis and the mafia . finally , we needed her to emplace the trackers . aferdita , as i had anticipated , wanted a more physical solution but after talking our way through it agreed that luli would have preferred to see her happy and safe in the us and that we would be able to use the information she provided to make envers life much worse . that would have to do and she was smart enough to realize it . we went over the installation of the trackers and i passed over the backpack in which they were stored after we practiced on both her car and my own . we took a short break for tea and then resumed with the list of intelligence requirements . aferdita had an excellent mind , quick and incisive and her memory was equally sharp . she was able to repeat the list back within a short time and added several items she felt she would be able to obtain . these included information to which she had primary access such as phone numbers and email addresses used for communications between two different jihadist groups and envers people .	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all of that would be useful and , as it would not create additional risk to collect , i approved her additions . the business being completed we drifted into a conversation about life in the us and the opportunities she would have there . i say drifted but it was a calculated move on my part as i wanted her to feel positive about her future rather than that she was settling for something less than the revenge she sought . i kept the tone light and avoided personal information , something made a bit more difficult as she showed a subtle but definite interest . i let it ride , not discouraging or encouraging her , as that kept the handling options open . fortunately she was intelligent and able to interpret my reserve as a professional issue rather than a personal one . its usually a good idea to have an entire backstory you can use over time with a source as the exchange of personal details builds bonds in human interactions . the trick is to not reveal anything which can ever be used against the handler should the source be turned , captured or otherwise reveal the details provided . i make minor changes as needed for each situation but keep to the same basic scenario which makes keeping things straight much easier . its very important to not get tripped up and keeping close to the truth while changing key details is often the solution . our conversation wound down to a natural end and i reviewed the tasking with her one more time . aferdita had it down cold and i made sure she knew i was both pleased and impressed . she was happy at the praise , implied though it was . subtle is better with smart people , dumb ones require more grease . we walked to the driveway where i checked the street outside through a small sliding window set in the gate . it was dark , illuminated by the single street light mounted at the corner thirty or so feet away across and down the street . i turned to aferdita and accepted her hug and quick goodbye . she slid into the cabriolet and started the engine as i opened the gate . a moment later she had backed out and was pulling away . as she did , a dark older model toyota four runner came down the street from the opposite direction . its headlights played across her as she turned and then fell on me as i drew back and began to shut the gate . i watched through the closing gap as the toyota drove by , just routine checking of the passenger and driver for any signs of interest . my adrenaline surged as i looked straight into the eyes of rat face in the passenger seat of the vehicle . his eyes went wide in recognition and he twisted to keep me in view as the four runner continued down the street . the driver was another young guy i didnt recognize . i waited , watching them continue at a normal pace down the street . they turned deeper into the neighborhood after a minute and i shut the gate and leaned against the wall , my heart racing . fuck and double fuck . the defecation had just struck the oscillation big style . i was pretty sure they hadnt noticed aferdita although her vehicle was in view and easily recognizable . it looked like the kind of incidental compromise id been watching for and trying to avoid . rat face and his buddy appeared to be just making their way to somewhere unrelated to me when surprise there i was . if he thought about it and remembered seeing aferditas cabriolet just before seeing me , she was dead . not quickly or pleasantly but certainly . the problem was that i didnt know if he had made the connection or had even seen her . his reaction had been genuine ; he hadnt been expecting to see me . however he was sure to report seeing me here and that would make me a whole lot more interesting as there were few reasons why id be here shutting a gate late at night . it could be that i was shacking up with a local chick , staying with friends or some other innocent explanation but it was certain to raise my profile again with the mafia . id need to do several things very quickly , the first being warn aferdita . i dialed her number and reached her after two tries . aferdita . as you left two guys who i believe work for enver drove by . i dont think they saw you but cant be sure . they did see me and recognized me . i am pretty sure they were not looking for us . they acted like they were just driving by and were surprised . can you be ready to go this evening ? i was unable to determine if rat face had recognized aferdita or her vehicle and if that would constitute compromise . i also didnt know if hed communicated that info to his bosses but had to assume the worst . doing otherwise would mean taking an unacceptable risk with my source . there is always a natural tension between the risk inherent in human sources and the need to protect them as much as possible . aside from the moral issues of failing to protect someone who is putting themselves at risk at the handlers direction , there is the practical aspect where recruiting sources will be much more difficult if it is known that a nationality/agency etc . doesnt care what happens to a source . false flags can only take one so far . a good reputation is essential .	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while there are some times when a handler or agency will indeed burn a source , they are rare and generally due to duplicity on the sources part . in a case like this , the best option was to pull her out of the danger area , keep her safe and see what we could learn before deciding to send her in or abort . i didnt see the point in taking the chance with her life that attempting to complete the collection and emplacement plan would require . it was simply too high risk given the unknowns . aferdita didnt see it that way . i can but you said they didnt see me . i can do what i have to and then contact you . it will take a day or maybe two but i will do it . i can not go without taking some revenge for luli . please , you must understand . i have to do this if i am to live with myself . i argued to no avail . her mind was set and she would not relent . she saw the risk and accepted it but would not be dissuaded from her decision . it was something she had fixated on , the opportunity to in a small way pay enver and his men back for the wrongs they had done her . i could understand it and the need she intuitively sensed to have some form of closure in order to settle into a new life without the nagging sense of unfulfilled obligation darkening her soul . still , the risk was appalling . i lacked the means to provide an overwatch as the bad guys would most certainly be looking for me now and any sighting of me nearby would ring alarm bells . if she wasnt compromised already my being seen in any location near her would rectify that . i finally settled for insisting that she agree to use the emergency comms plan we had set up during our second meeting . this involved me sending a text asking if she was free to meet for coffee . if she was all right , she would respond that i had the wrong number . any other response was indicative of duress . i had stressed the need to regularly delete the message cache on her phone which prevented casual examination from seeing several such messages to a number from which she had also accepted calls . using texts avoided the issue of someone hearing my voice and gave her some additional flexibility . it wasnt perfect but it worked surprisingly well in most cases . she agreed to emergency comms , repeated the directions to demonstrate that she understood them and then said goodbye . i looked at the phone for several minutes , hoping that i had not just had my last conversation with her . id lost people before and probably would again but i really didnt want to see this woman suffer for no reason other than that some men are animals . rabid animals . the kind that need killing . i made a promise to myself that if something bad happened to aferdita then enver and crew would have a non-survivable event in their near future . i wasnt sure how id do it and i hoped i wouldnt have to but i was damned if id walk away from innocents being fucked over and do nothing because policy demanded it . id done so before , it is the nature of the job sometimes but in this case i was willing to go off the reservation . thinking these happy thoughts i headed upstairs to repack , relocate and prepare for the shit storm i could see on the horizon . chapter eleven the mission was falling apart around my ears . i had to assume i was back on the oppositions radar , my new safe house was burnt to the waterline and worst of all , my source was potentially compromised and headed into a danger area without support . in short , things were very bad and looked likely to get worse . at times like these one can either panic and waste time in recrimination , blame apportionment and spinning ones wheels or one can move on to do whatever is possible in order to complete the mission . improvise , adapt and overcome . embrace the suck . ranger up . all the old but true sayings that echo in your head and push you to perform despite uncertainty , fear and the looming possibility of failure . thanks god for the dedicated men who beat that response to misfortune into me at an early age . pulling on my gloves , which would stay on until i knew i was clear , i flew through the routine of sanitizing the house , taking any evidence of my being there with me into my bmw and tossing the case into the truck . my mind was racing through possibilities and permutations . the first priority was to get myself away from here and establish another base of operations . i needed the freedom of movement being out from under surveillance would give me . that meant a return to the grand was out as was allowing my bmw to be seen and associated with me by the opposition . i needed to break contact and regroup , devise a new plan for extracting aferdita under conditions ranging from benign to extremis and prepare a new safe house . i needed to get clear of the last location at which the opposition could place me . i chinned up on the exterior wall away from the gate and scanned up and down the street .	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this let me see from a vantage point anyone outside wouldnt necessarily be expecting . the gate and its small inset window were too obvious . the street outside showed clear , no one standing or loitering nearby . i could make out several vehicles parked along it but none showed signs of occupancy although the dark and distance made that uncertain . i thought that one of the vehicles parked farthest away , maybe fifty meters up the street in the direction the four runner had been travelling , was a dark suv but couldnt be certain . i held my position for a few minutes before dropping down and starting the bmw . leaving the drivers door open , i opened the gate before slipping into the bmw and pulling onto the street , facing toward the intersection and away from the four runners direction of travel . i hopped out , closed the gate and was back in the bmw in no time . driving off i scanned the area one more time and saw nothing unusual . that changed as i turned at the intersection to head toward airport road . in my rearview i saw the sudden sweep and gleam of headlights on the walls and street behind me . the light was coming from where i had seen the dark suv type vehicle and it was enough for me to know what had happened . rat face and his buddy had parked up , watching the gate and waited until i turned out of sight before putting on their lights and beginning to follow . they werent skilled enough to realize that the light spill from their headlights would show behind me even though i was around the corner . it was an amateur move which confirmed my assessment of their surveillance skills but also meant i was not yet clear . time to break contact and continue the mission . even at this time of night there was a fair amount of traffic on airport road . further down to my right it split , one part continuing straight to enter kosova polje proper , the other part curving away toward the airport . that road itself carried on into the countryside with a turn off to the airport draining away most of the daytime traffic . turning toward pristina , now to my left , meant a long straight drive with few chances to evade anyone and a lot of government and international buildings with high security and heavy police presence which would also reduce my chances to do any serious anti-surveillance maneuvers . i wasnt worried at this point about disguising my intent ; the need to hide my affiliation was superseded by the need to be free to act . i slammed the gas pedal to the floor and the bmw shot out across the traffic lanes . twisting the wheel to the right i headed toward kp and then skipped across the oncoming lanes to enter the break off toward the airport . behind me i saw the four runner , now clearly visible in the well-lit intersection also cut across traffic and fall in behind me as a traffic cop blew his whistle and waved for us to stop . i began to drive like i was back in kabul , splitting the difference between lanes as i passed into oncoming traffic , wove in and out of the lanes and broke most of the traffic laws within a half mile . i wanted to see if rat face and co. would push it to keep me in sight or break off . sadly , they were committed and we screamed through the countryside , dodging the occasional late night driver and reaching the left hand turn toward the airport in record time . i wasnt too worried about the police . they still had a largely reactive orientation which meant that if anyone bothered to call and complain , a couple of bored guys would finish their coffee , grumble their way into a skoda and drive around a bit before reporting they saw nothing . there was always the possibility of running into a more motivated officer but out here it was less likely . i knew that the road became largely a country affair once past the airport junction . i hoped to lose the four runner by simply speeding away , finding a quick hiding place and letting them go by . id then retrace my path at some speed until i reached the airport junction where id drive further away from pristina and take the network of country roads to bring me out on the pristina-skopje highway south of the city . this meant that i had to outrun them first , something that despite my advantage of a better vehicle was proving difficult on unlit , windy roads with the occasional slow moving vehicle , often lacking tail lights , to add to the challenge . it proved to be a challenge in another way when the four runner caught up as i was forced to slow for an old lada in front of me and oncoming traffic approaching me in a small village just past the airport junction . the road wasnt wide enough to permit me to split the lane down the center and i had to wait for several seconds before shooting out into the oncoming lane and barreling through to a clear patch .	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the four runner was right behind me and glancing in the side mirror ( the rearview was useless with the high beams coming from behind ) , i could see the passenger , presumably rat face , holding his right arm out of the window with something that resembled a weapon pointed toward me . the four runner was in the oncoming lane , closing on my left rear and in a second or two would have an excellent angle of attack for the passenger . they were certainly close enough to shoot the hell out of my vehicle , something i wanted to avoid . i didnt know if they meant to close and force me to stop by threatening to shoot or if they intended to shoot once they had a clear shot . it really didnt matter as i had to assume the worst . since they were behind and to my left i glanced ahead as we crested a small hill , saw that i had a short but straight patch ahead and slammed on the brakes . the four runner shot past , its brake lights flaring and the whole vehicle fishtailing as the driver reacted . i continued to brake , letting off the pressure slightly to keep close to them but still significantly slowing . seeing this and now being ahead of me the driver took the bait and came to a sudden stop in an attempt to box me in . i was hoping for this and rocked to a halt about five feet behind them . i killed the engine and was out of the door before either of the two occupants of the four runner had opened their doors . i slipped backwards a step ; letting my left hand swing my door closed as my right reached across and drew the m57 , thumb on the hammer cocking it as it came on line . in front of me , through the four runners rear window , i could see the passenger , rat face , dropping out of his door and turning toward me . the driver was moving more slowly , his door still closed , and i went for rat face as he was the main threat at the moment . i still didnt know if they intended to kill me , kidnap me or just ask pointed questions but the presence of weapons made the distinctions moot . sliding forward and then to my right , i cut across the rear of the four runner , m57 up in a two hand grip as i looked down the slide . my sidestep in front of the bmw took me to a point where i could lean to my right , letting only my head , shoulders and most importantly my weapon come around the corner of the four runner . rat face was just starting to advance down the side , his hands together in front of him in a sort of low ready posture . he held what looked like a skorpion , a very portable machine pistol in 7.65 caliber . it didnt have great range or accuracy , especially with the wire stock folded over the top where he had it but it was damn useful up close and personal . close quarters battle ( cqb ) is a game of micro-seconds and fractions of an inch . the reason a well trained professional looks down the length of their weapon is so they can instantly engage a threat . this isnt possible if one is in the low ready or otherwise has to bring a weapon into line with a newly detected threat . rat face never got to learn that lesson as i stamped fail on his effort with a double tap to the brain housing group . he was still bringing the skorpion up when i fired , less than a second away from using it but a lifetime too slow . he dropped straight down , head jerking back in a red mist as he collapsed . i stepped forward , keeping the bulk of the four runner between myself and the driver who i had lost track of while focusing on rat face . this is a serious danger in cqb . tunnel vision could kill me as quickly as having his weapon out of line did for rat face . i dropped into a lower crouch , swinging the m57 in an arc that crossed from the empty drivers seat down the length of the vehicle to stop when i found the driver . he was moving along the other side near the rear wheel , a pistol held in the full sabrina and his face turned toward me as he looked through the rear windows . damn , these guys really had no clue . i ran through the front sight , fuzzy , clear , fuzzy , squeeze , squeeze routine in one smooth blur of time . the rear windows on both sides shattered and the driver fell away with a cry of pain . windows dont stop bullets . if youre in a fight up close and personal then being fast and aggressive is the way to go . to paraphrase the good book , youre quick or youre dead . if the driver had moved quickly hed have had a chance to come around the end of the four runner and engage me while i was still looking for him . fortunately for me he was more worried about not being shot than he was about shooting which is a deadly mindset in a close quarters gunfight . deadly to the guy thinking it anyway . i moved fast but carefully around the passenger side of the four runner , taking a quick peek inside to ensure there was no one else id missed in the recent excitement . the interior was empty , illuminated by the entry light . i slid around the front and looked down the drivers side to where the crumpled form of the driver lay .	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his door was closed and he was laying half on his back making a gurgling sound . i had been concerned that i hadnt hit him well enough to incapacitate him and that hed be looking under the vehicle aiming to shoot me in the legs or feet as i came around the back . hence my coming around the front . i knew id hit him and lying on the ground wounded makes for slow positional adjustment . coming this way meant i had a bit more time on my side , just like jagger . i kept the m57 on the driver and slid closer in the bent legged gliding crouch id learnt for such occasions . he was alive but not a present threat as there was a large hole in his neck through which blood and air bubbled . it looked like hed picked up some lacerations from flying glass too but i doubted if hed noticed . his eyes were wide , staring upwards at the stars , showing no reaction as i closed . there was an m57 looking pretty much like mine lying on the ground near him . killing is something that bothers some folks . i can understand that it does on an intellectual level but viscerally it makes no sense to me . theres no difference in my mind between the guy trying to kill me and the cow which provided my steak last night . both hindu and christian would disagree with me but each would be wrong albeit for the same reasons . in any case , if you can do it you should damn well be able to look at the results of your work . i looked at the guy , young , early twenties , someones kid , someones friend . i am firmly committed to having the other guys relatives do the whole sad song slow walk thing . he got himself here and i felt what i usually feel , glad i survived and impatient to move along . combat is a full contact event and most certainly not a sport with gentlemanly rules of conduct and all action stopping when the whistle blows . the objective is to kill your enemy by whatever means is most expedient . it isnt to defeat him or stop his aggression or prevent further action on his part . it is to kill him , plain and simple . there are occasions where one wishes to take a prisoner , others where killing a downed foe is counterproductive . but finishing a downed foe for which there is no use is , to my mind , acceptable if his continued existence presents a threat . thus a patrol which is in hostile territory and finds itself engaged and unable to take prisoners back to friendly lines may well kill those enemies they have wounded or captured . leaving them behind would mean the patrol was then at greater risk and in a very tangible non theoretic sort of way . just as shooting an enemy from ambush isnt murder for a soldier , so shooting an enemy whose continued existence still presents a threat , provided it is a credible , tangible one , is also not murder . of course , its a thin line and one easily crossed in the heat of battle . my point is that if you are justified in killing someone in a fight , finishing him if his remaining alive presents a credible threat is also justified and for the same reasons . this wasnt a war and i wasnt a soldier but the principles applied . i brought the m57 into line and put two rounds into his face . this shit aint pretty but it is as real as it gets . i glanced back up the road and saw that the lada had stopped on the crest of the small hill wed gone over just after passing it . as i looked , it backed rapidly away and disappeared from sight . whoever was in it was going to call or otherwise summon the police and this event would get more response than would a couple of reckless drivers . i had only a minute or two in which to complete my activity . i lowered the hammer on my m57 , dropped out the magazine and slipped it in my right hand pocket . grabbing up the drivers m57 i gave it a quick check . it was clean , oiled and had a full mag . it also had no round in the chamber and the weapon was not cocked . poor fucker . someone failed to train him properly . a lot of folks carry pistols without a round chambered . they claim that they can quickly charge the weapon as they bring it into play . they also feel that a weapon without a round in the chamber is more safe . this is true in the same way that having a paperweight in place of a firearm is safe . you wont accidentally shoot yourself but you cant deliberately shoot anyone else either . the biggest trouble with this approach is that the practitioners do not spend the time ensuring through repetitive drills under serious stress that they always charge their weapon when drawing it . since there are a number of circumstances in which one might draw a weapon but not necessarily charge it , they tend to believe they can decide on the scene . of course , under intense stress one does what one is used to and forgets to charge the weapon as that isnt what one does normally . the only safety needed , on a handgun at least , is ones mind and a trigger finger that stays straight along the frame until one intends to shoot .	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anything else is a crutch at best , a deadly error at worst . this sad sack wouldnt have been able to shoot me even if he had moved quickly . and while he figured out why his pistol wouldnt go bang , id have had time enough to kill him and drink a cup of coffee . train for the worst case . train for reality not convenience . train like your life depends on it . i dropped my m57 on the drivers chest . i didnt want to run around with a weapon which could now be linked to a couple of dead guys . his would work as well as mine and i could use the extra ammo . i went through the load and make ready , lower the hammer routine , shoved the new m57 into my waistband and headed back to the bmw . i needed to get away from here most ricky tick . the cops would arrive , at most learn that the four runner and a light colored bmw had been in a chase and two guys were dead . they would throw out roadblocks , put out a bolo ( be on the lookout ) and begin processing the scene . sometime in the next day or two they would learn that the guys were mafia . this would change the focus of the case as cops dont worry too much about bad guys killing bad guys until and unless they can leverage such an event against a bad guy . absent that distinct possibility , i.e . a strong suspect , and , without any other leads , the case , would be shelved until they could connect someone to the event . it wouldnt disappear , just be on hold , forensics neatly waiting , until there was someone to connect to the case . i didnt want to make that last part easy , hence my exchange of weapons . i also didnt want to return along the route id just driven and get caught in a roadblock . i drove back onto the asphalt , hopped out for the last time to scuff the marks of my tires on the dirt shoulder and then headed away down the road deeper into the concealing night . it took a while to work my way through the narrow country lanes and find a way around kp and back to pristina . i gave naim a call to let him know i needed to meet him at the garage where hed stored the m57 . i texted aferdita and got the all clear response . i would try again later to convince her to extract now . the escalation which had just occurred meant that she was in more danger than ever . i didnt want her taking the risk of being caught by an increasingly aware and motivated enver . id have to find a way to talk face to face as that would give me the most chance of success in talking her into leaving . it would , however , have to wait until some of the heat inside the target organization died down . naims village was deserted ; no one peered from a window or was wandering the street at this late hour . i pulled in behind where the bmw wasnt visible to passing traffic . leaving the car , i waited in the nearby shadows for naim to arrive . chapter twelve i didnt have to wait long . even in the wee hours of the morning naim was prompt . we tossed a tarp over the bmw , loaded my pelican case into his mercedes and headed off . his house was nearby and after an abbreviated sdr we made our way there . i needed to plan and catch some sleep in case things went sideways . if that happened , sleep would be a distant memory until the music stopped and someone was missing a seat . we sat in naims small kitchen , drinking coffee with healthy slugs of vodka . naim , of course , added cigarettes to the bill of fare . i explained the recent turn of events . there was no point in trying to conceal anything about the firefight from naim as hed piece it together anyway . wed had a couple similar events during my last visit . i trusted him to keep the faith . that constant loyalty is a big part of the albanian national character , yet another reason i love kosovo and its people . they call it besa and it is to their national character what a john wayne sort of honor is to us americans . albanians have plenty of asshats and fools , like any other group of people but they also have a higher than average number of people who mean what they say when they call you friend . our conversation transited rapidly from a recitation of recent history to arrangements for future operations . high on the list was my need for a new safe house . why not use the first floor of the garage ? naim asked . he meant , of course , the second floor but being european thought the first floor was called the ground floor . its got a bed and a toilet that works . the place is closed until the petrol storage tanks get repaired . no one will be around , it doesnt have any houses overlooking it and there are two good footpaths that take you away in different directions to main roads . i raised my eyebrows slightly and naim grinned .	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i doubted if the storage tanks would ever get repaired as the usefulness of the garage , like lao tsus pot , seemed to lie in its emptiness . still , if naim wasnt into a number of business endeavors which required flexible ethics he wouldnt have been as much help to me . lets drop my shite there before it gets light . i think ill catch some sleep then too because if this breaks bad itll be the last chance in a while . does the place have electricity ? yeah , ska problem . just keep the lights off at night . ok , thats settled then . now for the tough part . i need to work out how to protect my asset . it was naims turn to nod . he knew roughly what i was up to , namely the running of a source which was inside the serbian mafia . he also knew things were coming unstuck . my issue now was to figure out how to see disaster as it happened and to be able to react as quickly as possible . id learned the hard way long ago that its best to prepare for things going pear shaped before it happens rather than making it up as you go along . better to have a plan and not need it than need one and not have it . so i wanted to be ready in case the worst should happen . aferdita might succeed in placing the trackers without being detected . she might also get caught doing so or with them in her possession . the most likely locations for either event were her home , envers home or his main place of business , a room in the back of a strip club/brothel that rejoiced in the name of the hollywood club . he was apparently a traditional kind of gangster . naim , would you be able to scare up a few people who wouldnt mind backing me up if i need to go noisy again to extract my asset ? i paused and waited for his response . that is too easy . ill have a couple guys from the old team help out if you need them . itll put some other things on hold but i can do it for you . thanks naim , i appreciate it . it is literally a matter of life and death . you know what these fuckers are like . naim nodded again , this time abruptly . the habits and actions of folks like this , especially those who had used the cover of patriotism in order to enhance their criminal opportunities , was a very sore point with him and many other uck vets who felt betrayed when they saw criminals profiting from the sacrifices they had made . the savage treatment meted out to those who displeased the mafia and to women especially also rubbed them the wrong way . my albanian friends had definite and largely traditional ideas about the relative roles in society of men and women but none of them would stand for the mistreatment and torture the mafia used to control and degrade the women they trafficked . it was a sore point for them as they saw it as dishonoring albanians in general . knowing an albanian woman was at risk here would only mean they took the assignment with all the seriousness they had brought to the war . and that , as i and the mup , the former serbian dominated internal security force , knew first hand , was pretty damn serious indeed . i returned his nod , reaching across the table to touch our coffee mugs in salute to what neither said but both understood . the bad guys are going to be very jumpy not to say pissed off after tonights festivities . i dont know what will happen but if my asset is taken ill need to move fast once i find out . i hope it doesnt come to that but if it does , ill appreciate the help . itll just be watching the perimeter and providing transport , maybe throw a few rounds to discourage pursuit . any problems with that mission set ? naim gave a short bark of laughter . you just want to be in on the action . dont worry , well be happy to watch your back and help you and your friend get away . i grinned and tossed back my coffee . i really would need to assess the situation and our options if something happened but naim was also right . if an op is going to go noisy , i always want to be there . it is , after all , where the person running things ought to be , nest pas ? i know all the reasons the person exercising operational control shouldnt be going through the door and even believe they are , in a general sense , correct . its just a character flaw of mine to not ever send people into harms way without leading the way myself . never ask people to do what you arent willing to do yourself and all that . probably one of the many reasons why i wasnt working on an official level anymore . i kept putting personal loyalty and mission accomplishment ahead of organizational and career equities . oh well , i could have worse faults . we worked out the cost for the additional support . i wouldnt have wanted naim and his people to work for free and putting off whatever he had going on was a serious extension of friendship on his part . i was running through my operational funding pretty quickly but then again , that was what it was for .	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i still had more than enough for the extraction and a few minor emergencies . with any luck aferdita would keep her head down , draw no attention , make good notes in secret and place the trackers in a week or so when the dust was settling . then wed meet , bundle her into a vehicle and get her over the border to the embassy in skopje . i really , really , really hoped it would . but i was mentally preparing for it to all go sideways . the next week went very slowly . i stayed in the upper floor of the garage , reading and waiting . in the evenings when darkness provided an additional layer of security , id head into the city to access the internet and check for comms for kvswallow . i was usually on foot and bundled up in second hand clothing naim had provided . on occasion , especially when it snowed as it did a couple of times , hed give me a lift . i varied my locations and routes , watching carefully for incidental compromise like id encountered at kp . it wasnt likely to happen again . pristina is a large very crowded city and if i took care to avoid the main routes and places where either the members of envers crew or internationals were generally found then it was a very low risk event . i did need to vary the locations of the internet cafes i used as i wouldnt want to set a pattern or have anyone remark on the foreign guy who kept using an older out of the way place frequented only by locals . this also presented little problem as there are a lot of internet cafes scattered throughout pristina . aferdita communicated once during the week via the regular comms to say she was ok and would wait for a better opportunity to emplace the trackers . she had already collected most of the information in the tasking for luli to pass through hanna but would now seek to confirm it and include any changes . according to her , rat face had called one of envers lieutenants , agim bebiri , to tell him hed seen me and thought i was up to something . bebiri had told him to watch and report . when id attempted to evade them the directions had changed to catch me and bring me in for interrogation . that would have been unpleasant in the extreme . the serbian mafia was now convinced that some branch of european law enforcement was watching them , perhaps seeking to penetrate their network . according to aferdita , enver was surprisingly relaxed about the issue . he had lately announced he was going to get assistance from an important friend . aferdita didnt know exactly what that meant but advised that she would attempt to find out . we discontinued the text checks after the second day since they would , if done too often , pose a threat rather than provide security . if her status was known or suspected her treatment would be dramatically different . since she was being treated no differently now than before , too many texts ran the risk of creating suspicion if her phone was checked and she hadnt been able to erase the log . or even if she had . not having to erase the logs meant everything would look normal to anyone doing an impromptu check of her phone calls and messages . an empty log could be seen as suspicious in and of itself . its always a balancing game . through naims contacts in the kps i learned that the investigation had gone pretty much as i had anticipated . the elderly driver and passenger of the lada had sworn there were two men in the bmw , both mafioso looking and this misidentification added useful obfuscation to the case . the evidence showed one shooter using the m57 id dropped . the mafia connections for both victims had been established and the general consensus was that a rival group had brought in a professional hitter , probably former spetsnaz . the chase and one sided firefight were now seen as the imported expert taking out two members of the competition for reasons unknown . this wasnt far from the truth but fortunately it pointed the investigation in a direction away from my operation . the organized crime guys would pump their sources , put in more hours of surveillance and wiretaps and find nothing since there was nothing there to find . eventually the case would get filed away as just a mob on mob incident . eight days after the chase and shooting , aferdita reported that she had succeeded in planting all the trackers . enver had called a meeting of what functioned as his hq network . it was held at his house and , as was often the case , once the meeting ended the bacchanalia began . aferdita was thus required to be there on display which gave her the chance to place the devices which in any case were small and magnetically affixed . she had also obtained the remaining information which detailed a chechen connection and drug route which ran from afghanistan to germany and transited serbia and kosovo . this route was also being used by an islamic terror group to bring people and weapons into europe . of almost equal interest to me was her information on envers important friend .	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this guy was also at the meeting . hed been kept segregated from all but envers most trusted lieutenants . aferdita had been assigned to keep him company while the meeting took place . she was assisted in this effort by none other than billi . it looked from her reporting as if enver was throwing billi at this friend in order to see if he could get an inside view . the friend was an american , gave his name as eric and spoke fluent serbian . aferdita suspected that eric was somehow connected to envers response to my presence as well as hannas previously . she was able to take a cell phone picture of eric and billi together which she included in the report . eric looked like a middle aged professional type . clean cut , lean and wearing business casual clothing . he had wire glasses and a wedding ring but those could be deceptive . id be interested in seeing what dia would turn up on him . most likely id never know since aferdita had completed her tasking and wed need to extract her as soon as possible . once she was safely away my job would be completed and id move on to the next one . this was typical as there was no need for us to know the results and continued stories of the missions we were handed . we were contractors , given a job to complete and disposable once it was accomplished . id be tempted to check in a few months and see that aferdita had been relocated but aside from that i wouldnt expect to hear about this assignment again . i downloaded the last kvswallow communication , encrypted it and passed it on the steve with my additional comment that i would appreciate any info on eric which might impact our extraction . the extraction itself would occur in two days once aferdita was able to work out her cover story of visiting a girlfriend in peja . this type of thing , a visit to a female friend or a shopping trip or similar activity , was a fairly routine part of her lifestyle and wouldnt raise any suspicions . enver would maybe check with the girlfriend but since aferdita had in fact made arrangements to spend a few days before the next weekend with her that part of her story was covered . my last day in kosovo was spent refueling the bmw , double checking that the magazines were full while doing the whole , clean , oil , wipe , load and make ready routine with the m57 . i couldnt take it across the border but would need it until then . id be leaving it in a temporary hide from which naim would retrieve it on his way back . my pratchet book was long gone but i had others to which i turned my restless attention . having an ebook reader certainly made passing down time easier . nonetheless , i was looking forward to wrapping this one up . naim and i had a final dinner of pizza which he brought from his favorite restaurant . we huddled in the second floor safe house , drank some excellent pear brandy and remembered the good times . we reviewed the extraction plan and the various actions on in case of compromise . it was a good night of early celebration , something we wouldnt get to do at the missions end . im careful not to drink much when down range . its never a good idea but a number of situations will arise where drinking is required . doing so in moderation and especially knowing your limits and sticking to them is essential . few things will screw an operator up faster than immoderate use of alcohol at inappropriate times and places . my request for any info on eric had been received but id had nothing back . it seemed unlikely that his effort on envers behalf , whatever it might be , would negatively impact the extraction and i decided to forego a move into the city proper simply to do a last minute comms check . at 1800 hours , i received a text from aferdita confirming that she was en route . i pulled the tarp off the bmw , fired it up and headed out for airport road . this was also the route to peja and if my memory served me wed be making our switch fairly close to the scene of the shooting . i guess the reason we have the word coincidence is for situations like that . i timed my arrival onto airport road for 1815 , the time aferdita was to be passing the ramp from which id enter . her red cabriolet was easily visible a bit further down the road . she was alone and i fell in behind her , keeping in the traffic flow and watching for anyone else also keeping an eye on her . a quick call to naim verified that he and one of his guys were somewhere behind me doing the same thing . we kept on in this fashion , aferdita occasionally slowing down which caused traffic to flow around her and at other times speeding up to pull away from surrounding vehicles . i watched for anyone matching her actions or being seen too often but found nothing . sweeping off the kp route , we drove through the same streets where id been chased by the four runner ten days previously .	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the shooting wasnt even in the news anymore . it had been superseded by the latest flare up at the border and the political posturing on all sides . just short of the site of the shoot , aferdita turned onto a small side road and followed it over one of the low hills that covered the region . i drove past , watching for anyone who slowed , turned or returned . naim , a couple of miles behind me would be able to see anyone turning after i was out of sight of the intersection . once again , we saw no one and on his all clear i whipped through a u turn and joined them on the side road . naims guy , whose name i never got , drove off in the cabriolet , heading back to pristina . it would end its days in a chop shop , never to be seen again . aferdita loaded her one suitcase into naims mercedes . she was excited , apprehensive and in an extremely good mood . this was first evident when she took a quick step forward as i approached and gave me an exuberant hug followed by a quick kiss on the check . finally i am to be free . it is almost too much to believe . i must thank you for all you have done for me . falimenderit shome . shome shome . i gently disengaged , holding her by her shoulders and giving them a slight amount of pressure . it was impossible to avoid smiling at the joy on her face , especially considering the extremes of horror to which she had been subjected for the last year . her ability to bounce back , to survive with her inner self intact and finally able to show through impressed me far more than her obvious physical beauty . strength of character and intelligence are always more attractive than incidental physical traits . still , we werent clear yet and the celebration should wait until we were . hey , we owe you . without your bravery and help wed not be in a position to put enver and his crew away . they will have a run of very bad luck and a long time in prison thanks to you . aferdita shook her head , smile still present but changing subtlety . id rather they got what you gave the other two , she said , nodding with her chin in the direction of the spot where id shot rat face and his buddy . that is what i want for him . but i will settle for what is possible and believe you when you say more will happen . i trust you because you have done what you said so far . i let my sincerity show and then pulled her in for a hug . that also let me turn her toward naim , who was waiting patiently . lets get you safely away and we can talk more later , ok ? aferdita gave me another dazzling smile followed by another kiss . she turned to naim , slid into the mercedes through the door he was holding open and then twisted to look back at me through the rear window . i gave her a thumbs up and turned to naim . good to go ? same routine weve used before . ill be the hate wagon and break off when you make your turn for the hills . naim tossed aside the butt of the cigarette he was currently smoking , gave me a slapping handshake accompanied by a grin and an eye roll toward aferdita in the car behind him . yeah , same as always , boss . ill stop at the break point for a few supplies and then well see you on the other side . i returned to my vehicle and followed naim and aferdita at a slight distance which would allow me to respond to problems without being caught up in the initial event . i kept this relative positioning until we reached a small town near the macedonian border . there naim made a stop for fuel before heading deeper into the mountains to make use of a route much favored by private entrepreneurs who wished to avoid undue official scrutiny of their cross border endeavors . this was one of many routes hed used back in his uck days and it was likely that despite the longer distance and rough roads , they would be at the rendezvous site before me . a warm spell the past few days meant the roads would be snow free but still hard enough for quick travel . my own route took me through the regular border crossing on the pristina/skopje highway . i had a small delay to stash the m57 and magazines under a trash can at the back of a petrol station owned by a friend of naims but arrived while the crossing was still open . the crossing went without incident like the many before it . i drove as quickly as conditions permitted in the winding , narrow mountain road , eventually reaching the plain outside skopje by late evening . the rv point was at a small restaurant a mile past the regular police checkpoint . i found naim and aferdita already there , seated at a table and finishing dinner . naim and i hugged , slapped backs and confirmed for each other that wed seen nothing of concern during our separate routes .	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a minute or so later , he headed out , promising to let me know if anything interesting happened . i ordered a coffee and drank it while listening to aferdita discuss the different options she wanted to explore for her new life . i knew nothing about being a buyer for a fashion chain and even less about designing but it was evident that she more than made up for my lack . it was pleasant to simply sit , still in yellow but not at a fever pitch and hear her enthusiasm . sometimes i get to do good in this job and those moments , rare though they are , make up for a lot of the shit i wade through to get to them . i finally finished my coffee , acknowledging privately that i was delaying just because i was enjoying myself and paid the bill . aferdita climbed into the bmw and we drove through the night into skopje . during a previous exchange with steve he had provided the address of a safe house in the ostrovo neighborhood . i was to take aferdita there and keep her secure for the night of our arrival . once she was in place , i was to call the dia contact from the embassy , a guy named mark who had taken over for the lame ass id dealt with before . mark would arrange to meet her there the next day and begin the debriefing process . that alone would take a few days during which id be required to hang around , provide context to various questions and responses and generally make myself useful . after that , my assignment would be complete . i would most likely return to greece , turn in the bmw and take a ferry to venice . then again maybe id just fly to barcelona . or bruges . i would probably decide during the next few days . the safe house turned out to be an apartment in a four story walk up near the city center . it was on a side street with a lot of privacy , several routes in and out and on the top floor with a good view on two sides . i called mark , who wasnt too grumpy at being woken at that hour . he agreed to take the handoff in the morning . i did a sweep of the neighborhood , found nothing out of place and returned to find aferdita in the bathroom , apparently taking a shower . i took the couch as the apartment had only one small bedroom . after a while , the shower stopped and aferdita crossed the living room toward the bedroom . she looked at the door with the lock in place and then turned toward me , blew a kiss and disappeared . i flipped onto my side and tried to find some sleep . a few more hours and this assignment , like me , would be put to bed . chapter thirteen the next few days passed fairly quickly , at least in comparison to the time spent waiting in the garage . i had several debrief sessions with dia , usually at the four seasons , the hotel to which they moved me the morning after our arrival . the debrief topics were limited to my conversations with aferdita , my take on her personality , handling requirements , veracity and motivators . operational details , unless they directly pertained to the debrief topic , were always avoided . no one wanted to know how i completed the mission and i was not interested in enlightening anyone . there was some discussion of the possible results from the tracking devices but nothing beyond informed speculation . after four days i had nothing left to contribute and was ready to move on and count this one complete . aferdita had been around during this time but our interactions were limited . i only saw her on two occasions , when introducing her to dia officers and during her initial debrief . on both occasions she had been polite , open and friendly but without the flirtatious behavior and subtle displays of interest she had shown during our interactions in kosovo . i attributed this to her concentration on her new surroundings and information overload . that and the fact that i might have been more attractive to her during our adventures than would otherwise be the case simply due to the intensity of the circumstances which brought us together . this too was normal and as she began to settle in to her new world i expected she would continue the process of readjustment . i had no place in that new world and was happy to see that she was , to the extent that i could determine , adjusting well and rapidly . this made her call on the afternoon of the day before i was scheduled to leave a bit of a surprise . i hope you didnt think you were going to leave without saying goodbye . i recognized her voice of course but the implied familiarity of the its me and her playful , teasing tone threw me somewhat off balance . i had , in fact , planned on doing just that . i suspected there was a mutual attraction there , perhaps enhanced by the situation yet still present but there seemed little point in pursuit . i wouldnt be around wherever she wound up , there were too many security issues and lifestyle problems to be overcome and the whole long term relationship thing doesnt fit this line of work very well .	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it seemed better to steal away quietly into the night and be a fond memory rather than pursue anything more . especially as the pursuit , if successful and regardless of its transitory nature , might create difficulties for her present situation . just disappearing was easier , made the most sense and worked best for everyone . not that i could simply say that of course . i stammered my way through a short version of i know youre busy , didnt want to be a distraction , wont be around anymore after this and thought it was best . the end result was no sale . i dont care about all that . you got me out of hell and i want to see you before you go . you cant just run away now . i wont take no for an answer and that is that . be at my apartment tonight around six . bring wine . aferdita hung up before i could reply . i didnt need a refresher course in predictive analysis to see where this path was headed . i could , of course , simply ignore her , toss the local cell id been using and call it quits . i was seriously tempted to do just that . i hate being told what to do , probably some deep seated complex with a multi-syllabic name . or , has also been suggested on several occasions , im just a bloody minded autonomous asshole . the desire to move on , maybe even leave early was strong . maintaining my autonomy has been a major part of my personality for as far back as i can remember . its caused me trouble , of course , but its too deeply ingrained to leave it now and the reflexive response was immediate . then again , the little guy with the pitchfork on my left shoulder , otherwise identical to the guy on my right but there simply for secondary opinions , noted that the things you didnt do were usually the ones you regretted the most . aferdita was a beautiful , intelligent and highly courageous woman , the kind to which i was normally attracted . sure this couldnt possibly lead anywhere , she seemed to know that and there was no harm then in two consenting adults being , welladult . this required some consideration and after wrestling with the concepts for a while i finally decided id show up , make sure she had no illusions that required correction and see where a goodbye and good luck dinner took us . if this seems a bit of a strange response from a healthy heterosexual male , remember , james bond etc . and the swinging bachelor lifestyle is fiction . dangerous fiction for an operator . as a female instructor once told a group of clandestine ops trainees , myself included , pussy will fuck you up . she intended no irony and her point was well taken . sex and money are the two primary causes of compromise for operators and should be approached by professionals with as much caution as a potential ied . its important to always question oneself and ones motives . any other approach can all too easily end in disaster . and the juvenile displays of testosterone overload and macho posturing you see in some operator types employed as close protection or in similar muscle head jobs ? nothing wrong with women , money or the pursuit of both but they can all too easily blind or warp priorities . the display of a knee jerk response and attachment to either is a warning sign for those selecting operations personnel for my world . that kind of attitude and behavior is a clear indicator of a lack of the self-control and confidence needed in true covert activities . so it took me a while of careful reflection and thought before i decided to do what most men would be rushing headlong to accept . i would go , wed see what happened on terms i found acceptable and that would be that . i wasnt going to let anything , including biology , control me . to put it another way , im the boss of me . i spent the rest of the day packing the few items i had left to toss in the pelican . it then went in the trunk of the bmw which i planned on driving back into greece to turn in to the rental agency . i still wasnt sure where id go from there . probably the low countries . i really enjoyed them in winter and it was coming on fast . id already given my final report to steve , gotten his sign off and had my pay deposited into one of the two off shore accounts i use . id transfer money to the hsbc and credit suisse accounts i used in europe once i was in athens . so , after tonight , i was footloose and fancy free for a bit . cold weather , snowcapped medieval towns and snug bars with roaring fires and excellent beer beckoned . all this had me in a good mood when i arrived at the safe house apartment in which aferdita had remained . knocking on the door i watched for the peephole to darken and then held up the bottle of a grand cru from what i was assured was an excellent vintner in france . i wouldnt know as its all spoiled grape juice to me . brewers and distillers get my business . ill drink the stuff if required but its not my preference .	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the peephole lightened again and i made a mental note to explain to aferdita why it was a good idea to block the thing over on the inside with something she could move aside thus not allowing someone outside to know she was at the door . i promptly forgot that when the door opened fully . aferdita was wearing nothing out of the ordinary for this part of the world , just a pair of the skin tight black leggings women here favored , topped by a shimmery dark gray blouse with short sleeves and a plunging but tasteful neckline . her feet were bare and her hair was up in a casual sweep with strands falling artfully over her forehead and neck in a way that was too perfectly placed to be random . she wore small diamond earrings , no necklace and had two gold bangles on her left wrist . if she wore makeup it was so artfully applied that i didnt notice . like i said , nothing spectacular but the effect was considerable , especially when she smiled , reached out lazily and scratched my abs lightly . ok , dont just stand there staring . aferditas smile turned into a very happy grin as she turned away and walked across the living room entryway toward the kitchen . there was a small fire in the fireplace , a table already laid out with a white cloth , silverware and plates etc . the lights were on as normal , this wasnt some hookers pad in amsterdam , just the neat and clean apartment of a grown woman who didnt seem to play games and appreciated directness . i did as she asked , walking bemusedly through the door . i wasnt so distracted that i forgot to make a visual sweep of the outside as i closed and locked it but professionalism was getting a run for its money . making my way to the kitchen/eating area , i handed the wine to aferdita , got a warm kiss in return and then looked for a place to drop my coat . women like aferdita have a way of making their entire environment look as complete and subtly nuanced as they are . i felt a bit out of place in my levis , polo shirt and clarks but then again , i am never going to be mistaken for beau brummel . i tossed my beaufort onto a chair beside the sofa and turned in time to catch the cold schumacher latzenbier tossed my way . aferditas grin was a combination of innocent happiness and wicked glee , something one has to see to fully appreciate . i felt it in my gut like a well-placed hook . i remember you saying you like dark german beer . well have the wine with dinner and something else later . the double entendre , if such it were , was delivered with smooth innocence . i grinned back , raised the bottle in salute and stepped to the sink to work the opening lever . aferdita passed me two glasses and a minute later we were clinking them together , looking at each other over the foam . confusion to the enemy . gezuar . the beer was everything one expects from an altbier , strong and full of flavor . i could feel myself dropping some of the tension and general bad attitude with which i normally shield myself from the world . the combination of atmosphere , company and promise was working a magic i had rarely felt and which , this time anyway , i had no reason to resist . i let myself relax , trying to turn into the guy i might have been instead of the one id purposefully become . this was just for one night and i didnt want my reflexive , paranoid nature to spoil something which aferdita had obviously carefully planned and in which she was taking a great deal of delight . i had no true way of understanding the horrors through which she had lived and if this helped , i was glad shed picked me for the job . i took another mouthful of the latzenbier and followed as she took me by the hand and led me to the sofa . the next half hour or so passed in a mix of conversation , laughter and an increasing sense of wellbeing . aferdita was open and talkative , something that seemed natural to her personality . she spoke of growing up in peja , her love for the mountains and the hardships they had endured during the war . we kept off the subjects likely to spoil the mood , such as her brother , the time after the war and what she had been through . instead i asked if shed gotten any further in her plans for the future . that topic took us through bringing out the food , an excellent roast if it matters , eating it and into dessert . the wine went well with the meal , a bit of luck as id picked it more on recommendation and with no idea what wed be eating . i learned a lot more about the world of fashion design and specialty store buying than i had suspected existed . not that i was bored , knowledge of many things is the sword unseen after all and hearing an expert speak of a subject they passionately enjoy is always a good way to learn . when the expert is a gorgeous woman who likes you and isnt shy about making that known the effort required to pay attention and participate in the conversation is no real effort at all .	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the meal , good as it was , passed by in an only marginally registered blur as the conversation and deepening attraction held center stage . we finished dessert , a sort of cherry torte , cleared the dishes and settled back on the sofa with a bottle of courvoisier and two snifters . the talk had settled from the rush of happy enjoyment and future plans to a more leisurely pursuit of movies we both enjoyed , the meanings behind these films and life in general . i was full , relaxed , contented and enjoying myself in a way that was , for me , extremely rare . aferdita was a very unique combination of personality traits with a quick mind and developed insight . beautiful only gets you so far ; the truly interesting part of any female is between her ears not her limbs . aferdita did not disappoint on this score . finding a woman with her sense of style , sophistication and looks combined with her intelligence and charm was like seeing the sun rise over the rockies for the first time . i flashed on the old john denver tune and had to say he was onto something there . my senses were certainly on overload . as i completed that thought , aferdita tossed back the remains of her brandy and placed the glass on the coffee table . she rose smoothly , uncurling her legs from where they had been folded beneath her as she sat on the sofa half facing me . keeping her eyes on mine , she brought both hands to her head where she did something that caused her hair to fall in shimmering waves of midnight around her face and over her shoulders . she dropped some pins on the table and then , extending her hand , she flashed me the same wicked grin id seen when i arrived . i took her hand and without a word , she drew me up to my feet and after her to the bedroom . what happened after that is nobodys damn business but ours . i awoke with a start , sitting up and trying desperately to get my bearings and interpret the sounds which had woken me . it was still night , no light shown around the edges of the window blinds . i was in aferditas bed , she was sleeping on her side facing me , just now rolling over and opening her eyes in confusion . the bed was a double crammed into a smallish room which also contained an armoire , nightstand and chest of drawers . my panerai sat on the nightstand but i couldnt read the hands at this distance in the dark . my interest in the time disappeared in any case as i heard the sounds of heavy feet rushing through the apartment just before the bedroom door was kicked open . i was already moving , rolling out to the side and coming to my feet as the door slammed back against the wall . a bright light hit my face and from behind it came a harsh command to stand still . something in the position of the light and the play of shadows told me it was attached to a pistol and i obeyed the command , as yet uncertain of who was behind the light and still too far away to act . the lights came on and i saw a large guy with dark hair , wearing a leather jacket over a sweater and jeans . he was aiming a glock 19 with a rail mounted flashlight at me . beside him , just dropping his hand from the light switch , stood enver . i heard aferdita gasp as enver , with an unpleasant , nasty grin , raised his hand and shot me with a strange black pistol . i realized a fraction of a second after he pulled the trigger that it looked strange because it was a taser , not a real firearm . the probes hit me square on and the jolt of pain took me down before i could react . my muscles simply locked and i dropped forward and to the side , unable to move , catch myself or even breathe . it felt like fire was running along my neural pathways . i vaguely heard a scream but was too racked to register it clearly . i knew it wasnt me because with my muscles locked i couldnt breathe . i felt the shock of hitting the floor and a moment later the pain stopped and i felt myself shudder and twitch as my body came back on line . i was on my left side , half curled in a fetal position , pretty much like the posture in which you find the corpse of someone who has died in a fire . not my most pleasant thought . the guy with the glock had stepped forward and he now dropped to a knee and placed the glock to my head . actually , placed is somewhat inaccurate . he shoved the glock against my head , driving my skull into the floor . he grinned as he did so and fished in his jacket pocket . i knew i could move fast enough to get the muzzle off me and cause his shot to go into the floor but was too cramped by the bed and my prone position to be able to follow up effectively . i heard enver laughing and the sound of flesh hitting flesh and a body falling on the far side of the bed . somebody was going to die tonight . me , them , still unsure , but this was the last night for somebody .	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i felt the cold rage settle over me like a familiar blanket and rolled my head under the pressure of the glock to see what my new buddy was doing . it turns out he was pulling an already assembled plastic wire tie from his pocket . it looked like just an industrial strength wire tie rather than actual flex cuffs . that was good since they are much easier to defeat than flex cuffs . i slipped into hostage survival mode without conscious thought . training , if its realistic and effective , tends to take over and i was already letting the tension drain from my muscles , slumping as if defeated and bringing my hands out in front meekly . this was , of course , designed to make dumbass here feel like he was the man , totally in control and i was a worm crushed beneath his mighty tread . it works more often than youd expect unless the other guy has the same training and wont fall for what he wants to see . dumbass hadnt been trained or had forgotten his training as he quickly caught my hands in the loop and gave the pull cord a savage yank , closing the loop and causing the wire ties to bite into the sides of my wrists . he grinned sadistically and stepped back , standing upright and pulling me up by my cuffed wrists . just to be clear , id tagged him dumbass since he was acting in a manner that was entirely stupid . unless there is some compelling tactical requirement such as the need to use ones hands to assist in climbing a ladder or some similar exception , it is the height of stupidity to cuff a prisoner in the front . it gives him continued freedom of movement , doesnt stop him from effective use of weapons or unarmed combat and makes escape from restraints much more easy . and if someone offers their hands to you , watch out . its either a come on or something they want to happen in a specific way . at the least it means they have been here before . a competent operator wont fall for the easy way and be in a rush to secure them . he or she will do it right , do it their way and be sure it is complete . dumbass , being a fuck wit , failed to follow these simple rules . which left me standing , cuffed with wire ties , with my hands in front of me and in a posture that permitted easy escape . this was gon na be an expensive lesson for him . it wasnt going to happen anytime soon however . the probes from the taser had been pulled off my chest as i fell but dumbass yanked me quickly through the bedroom door before i could catch my balance . there i found two other guys , one of whom was oakleys , grinning happily and also aiming weapons at me . the part of my mind that notices things like that registered the weapons as two more glock 19s . maybe there was a sale at thugs r us . oakleys wasnt wearing the shades which got him his tag but he was recognizable enough by now that i didnt need the visual reference . his partner was wearing a suede jacket rather than the dark black leather preferred by his comrades and i mentally christened him suede . not too clever but i was still a bit scrambled from shock , mental and physical . oakleys reached out , grasped my upper arm and started pushing me toward the apartment door . i could see it hanging off one hinge where it had been forced open . that sound had been what brought me out of a deep sleep . lying on the floor of the entrance area was a post hole digger filled with cement . a good enough field expedient battering ram , quite capable of taking out a door like this one . i stumbled across the living room , partly playing the frightened and stunned hostage , partly because my body was still adjusting to the taser as well as the adrenaline coursing through my system . i was wearing only my shorts , a pair of under armour briefs , and the cold air that hit me as we left the apartment helped dissipate the lingering after effects of the taser . id tried to see what was happening with aferdita as i was hustled out but aside from a last glimpse of enver bending over her as she lay curled on the floor beside the bed , i saw nothing helpful . i stumbled and fell as we crossed the small hallway that joined the first floor apartments and the stairs to the main entrance . i wanted to buy time and the fall provided it . oakleys cursed as my fall almost unbalanced him too . he kicked me hard as i struggled to my feet , hitting my hip and making himself feel better . i rolled with the kick , bouncing off the wall and making it look like it had hurt me by doubling over slightly and grunting . oakleys snatched my elbow and resumed hustling me out of the building . as we exited , i saw a dark bmw suv idling at the curb . behind it was a black lexus . drivers were standing by both vehicles and the bmw driver moved to the rear when he saw us . by the time we crossed the snowy pavement , he had the rear hatch open and i was shoved unceremoniously into the confined space .	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i scrambled forward , turning to sit with my back to the street side windows so i could still view the entrance to the safe house apartment block . oakleys slammed the hatch and then climbed into the front passenger seat . the driver returned to his seat as suede slid into the rear passenger seat directly in front of me . he pushed his glock over the back of the rear seat , aiming at me and grinning a sadistic little grin . whatever he said was in serbian and i couldnt follow it . it didnt sound like he was wishing me well though . looking out through the rear hatch and side windows i saw enver and the remaining thug , dumbass , come out of the apartment building . dumbass was dragging aferdita by one arm . she was stumbling , her head down , long black hair , still sleep tousled , obscuring her face . she had on a long t shirt in which she slept but no other clothing or shoes . enver opened the rear door of the lexus ; dumbass half threw , half pushed her in and then followed . enver climbed into the front of the lexus , giving a forward wave to us as he did . our driver shifted to first and pulled away smoothly . in less than a minute we were lost in a maze of neighborhood streets , drifting through the quiet early morning darkness as a light snow fall settled on the city . this wasnt turning out the way i had intended . it was high time i switched on before aferdita and i both wound up dead . i began to take deep breaths , carefully keeping my head down , eyes averted and hiding the breaths . i was going to need the calmness and centered ability to utilize fine motor skills in order to escape . getting the adrenaline and fear under control was the first step on the road back to life . i sat there , breathing and planning , as we crossed the silent city and entered the m1 heading south . chapter fourteen the procedures to follow when taken prisoner or hostage are fairly well known and standardized within the law enforcement and special operations communities . there are some variations on the theme , mostly due to the differences when operating in a military versus a strictly civilian environment . for example , in a civilian context , it is a bad idea to get taken from the primary scene . the only purpose in taking a captive somewhere else is to have time and privacy to do unpleasant things to them . this is obviously not in the captives best interests so the possibility of getting injured in an immediate escape attempt or resistive action is much less of a reason to not act as soon as possible simply because what is going to happen at the secondary scene is much , much worse . of course , any resistance or escape attempt should be deployed with cunning and careful intent . simply flailing away wildly in a panic does no more good here than in any other physical confrontation . just another reason to obtain , maintain and sharpen the basic skill set . in a military environment , however , it is often the case that the scene of capture is not exactly a crime scene and transport to another location , while not necessarily in your best interests , does not hold all the same issues as it does for a situation in the civilian world . of course , escape attempts that are made as soon as feasible after capture are most likely to succeed but that is also when the opposition is most watchful . hence the need to employ deception and create the impression of being weaker , less capable and properly cowed . heroic posturing , defiance and ineffective struggles will only earn the macho man more attention and can quite possibly lead to a greater degree of confinement or a beating or other injury that degrades his ability to escape . so , the standard training says , put your head down , be the gray man , let your fear show , piss yourself if it helps and set the fuckers up . dont overplay it either . just give the people what they want to see and above all be consistent . it will take time for the impression to set in . in the meantime , watch and keep the fear at bay by collecting all the data possible on your captors . what weapons do they have and what do their handling methods indicate in terms of skill and training ? what indicators are there of nationality and allegiance ? who else is a prisoner ? which of your captors appear as possible points of human contact , someone with whom you could form a personal bond , however slight , which might aid in your escape ? what route are you taking and in what transport ? is there anything in your immediate environment which might give you a chance to attempt an escape ? the sense of uncertainty and fear of the unknown will be working hard on any captive . collecting useful information and working toward a goal will help one handle this normal emotional response . above all , trainees in hostage survival are taught to keep repeating to themselves , i will survive . i will escape . and if it helps , i will have revenge . everyone needs a reason to live . a person taken hostage must review theirs and set them in the forefront of their thoughts . these and other mental drills will keep their mind occupied instead of spinning in shock and confusion .	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in this situation especially , the mind is indeed your primary weapon . the point of all this is that if done properly , the captive will appear less of a threat and is more likely to be overlooked for special treatment . captors will focus naturally on the people who appear most likely to create problems , which means the opportunities for action will be increased for those who are deemed less of a threat . there is a lot more a good survival escape resistance and evasion ( sere ) course will teach in terms of handling confinement , resisting interrogation and generally surviving captivity but it isnt germane to this incident . my point is that a trained operator will act the exact opposite of any action star youve ever seen on the big or little screen . i needed to fade , reduce my threat signature and bide my time . when it came , i would need to act unhesitatingly and with total commitment . id only get one chance , if any . that chance came as we accelerated down the m1 and away from the main body of skopje . our driver and oakleys had started a conversation as we pulled away from the safe house . it was in serbian so i couldnt follow but it seemed to involve the post-operational high and jubilation common to these events . i guess they hadnt learned that the fat lady doesnt come on stage until you are back at base , everything double checked and ready for the after action debrief . celebration while still on the return to base is sometimes premature . it sure as fuck was going to be this time , if i had anything to do with it . suede had been drawn into the conversation , turning gradually from his position sitting half facing me to one where he was mostly forward with the glock and his wrist placed on the back of the rear seat . the muzzle if the glock pointed roughly out the rear window . i glanced that way and was surprised to see that at some point the lexus had turned onto a different route . it was no longer with us . as it had no immediate effect on what i intended to do , i mentally shrugged and carried on with my plan . this plan centered on the unprofessional placement of the wire tie restraints . when i had held out my hands to be cuffed , what looked like a gesture of submission was actually the first step of my preparation of the battlefield . my hands were in loose fists , a position most people naturally assume when holding out their hands to be cuffed and one that therefore draws no suspicion . id also had my thumbs touching . the effect of this , when the bad guy is using a single tie in a loop , is to increase the diameter of the wrist and arms . now , with my hands below suedes line of sight and in the dark , i turned my hands to a praying posture , palms together . this created a gap , as the ties when they were pulled tight , had stopped at the wider distance of my wrists while pronated and tensed . it was simple to hold the left outside edge of the tie against my knee and pull my right hand free through the gap . try it sometime ; youll be surprised at how easily what appears to be a secure restraint is defeated . of course , it helps if the opposition isnt well trained and it was essential that i feign compliance so as to have the time and opportunity to slip free . id earned those and now , discarding the loop of wire tie from around my left wrist , i was ready and able to do something about my situation . i checked the external environment quickly . no point in acting if it was going to send us over a cliff or into the river . we were driving down a deserted stretch of four lane highway , just outside the city proper and with only the occasional petrol station or farm house to be seen . off in the distance were lights from small villages or farms but the immediate area was simply wide , flat fields separated from the highway by the chain fences common to highways in macedonia . i moved quickly , bringing my hands up to clamp my left on suedes wrist while my right caught the barrel and slide of the glock and wrenched it to point away from me and toward the inside of his grip . this put the pressure to retain the hold on the weakest part of his grasp , the thumb and forefinger . i kept the wrench going , not stopping and yanked the glock up and back , out of his hand . i let it drop slightly , shifting my grip as i did and winding up with it securely in my right hand as suede turned an astonished face , mouth open toward me . surprise , surprise , surprise . say goodnight , dick . i leaned back , squinting to avoid the flash and blowback as i pulled the trigger twice in quick succession . suedes head jerked back as one round went through his open mouth , spraying the front of the suv with bone , hair and brains . a small hole appeared beneath his right eye as the second round impacted and he slumped down , sliding across the rear seat .	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i didnt wait but , still in a sitting position , twisted to my left and brought the glock in a two hand grip across to target oakleys . he was just beginning to react , jumping in surprise and leaning forward as he turned to see what had happened . i double tapped him in the head , seeing the front window darken with the spray . the driver was slamming on the brakes and trying to look in the rearview . the last thing he saw was my blood streaked smile as i shifted aim and blew out the back of his head . he dropped to the side , leaning against the door and the suv jumped as it stalled out . we slid a short distance , partly sideways but slowing rapidly as our speed had already dropped significantly due to the emergency breaking . the suv bumped up against the snow piled on the berm from an earlier plowing . for a moment nothing moved , all was quiet . at least , it was as far as i could tell . my ears were ringing in the high pitched way you get when there is damage . i doubted if i would be able to hear a jet taking off beside us just then . i shook my head futilely and shifted to a kneeling posture . there were still no signs of life from the other occupants of the bmw . a check outside revealed no other vehicles . i needed to move quickly . the rear door opened from the inside , something to remember if you get shoved into a rear hatch or trunk of a modern passenger vehicle . i rolled out into the snow , shivering as the wet flakes landed on my still nearly naked body . the first order of business was to make sure none of these mopes made like jesus and came back from the dead . a quick check showed all were ready for the long dirt nap . the bmw was full of the smell of feces and urine . this was the result of the bowels letting go when the body died . it happens sometimes if the internal conditions are right . not pleasant but the least of my worries . i hastily stripped oakleys since he was the closest in size to me . luckily he hadnt shit himself . his pants were a bit loose , his shirt a bit small across the shoulders and tight in the arms but roomy around the middle . his shoes and socks fit well enough although the bruno maglis he was wearing werent my usual cup of tea . still , beggars and choices and all that . i pulled on his leather coat gratefully and went through the pockets . it turned out that oakleys and his comrades were all carrying cell phones and reasonable amounts of cash . there was no map clearly marked hideout or rv site and a check of the vehicle also failed to turn up anything . by now , a couple of cars had passed and i knew it wouldnt be long before the police turned up to see why a vehicle was stopped by the side of the highway with one man pulling the clothes off another in the midst of an increasingly intense snowfall . even the most jaded constable was likely to be curious about that . i felt the adrenaline begin to fade as i stood , snow swirling around me and tried to think of what to do next . i couldnt remember the embassy phone number , not that they would have been of much assistance anyway . i had no idea where enver was taking aferdita or how to find out . i checked the phones but while several of the numbers were listed by recognizable names , none were enver . not surprising , as if i were a major player in the serbian mafia i wouldnt want my henchmen running around with my number clearly displayed in their phones . it was most likely one of the numbers that were unnamed . i checked all three phones and found two numbers that lacked names and appeared on all three phones . i tried them and the first was a female speaking serbian , the second went unanswered . i was running out of ideas which became a moot point as i saw flashers approaching . i didnt feel like staying to speak to the local representatives of law and order as that would mean hours of being held in a cell , questions i wouldnt answer and possible involvement of the embassy . that last was a major no no . id have to solve this on my own . i shoved the phones into my pocket along with the cash from the wallets . i then gave the wallets and inside of the vehicle a hasty wipe with a scarf the driver had been wearing , did the same for the glock id used , dropped it and grabbed a replacement and a spare mag from oakleys . i jumped the fence and ran across the nearest field , aiming for the lights of a nearby village . if i got lucky i could find or steal a car and head back to my hotel . once there i could shower to remove the blood and gunshot residue and change into my own clothing . then i could use my own vehicle to find a suitable place to ditch oakleys clothing and anything else tying me to the shooting . i wasnt sure how that would advance my finding aferdita but at least id be able to contact dia and let them know what had happened .	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with any luck theyd have the resources to track his phone or in some other way find where he had gone . odds were she was there too . i only hoped she was in one piece , alive and waiting for rescue . it was hard but i shoved the fear for aferdita away , cut it off from the rest of me and forced myself to focus . right now evasion was the mission . putting my head down i picked up the pace . i reached the back yards of a small collection of houses that fronted a narrow street which seemed to lead toward an intersection deeper in the village . a glance back showed the flashers slowing near where i thought the suv was located . i had no time to waste and turned away , heading down the street toward the intersection . a handful of snow helped me get the blood off my face and hands . my instincts turned out to be right this time as i found the main square , or what passed for it in this little farming village . there was a caf/bar near where i came out and a number of vehicles in the small lot beside it . a quick check turned up an opel kadet with the keys in the ignition . hopefully the owner was in the bar , downing peach brandy and not planning to come out for a long time . i saw no one inside looking out or anywhere around . its not a good idea to involve civilians on a covert operation , something this had turned into , but i needed the car and a report of a stolen car would be treated with less urgency than one where someone reported an american asking for a ride into town and no explanation of how he got there . especially when the police realized that this was near where someone went missing from a triple homicide . of course , the same would apply eventually with the stolen car report but by then , i hoped to be in my own vehicle and heading away . and there would be nothing linking a foreigner to the scene . i slid into the drivers seat and fired up the opel . thirty seconds later i was following my best guess as to the right road which led back toward skopje . the limited number of roads in the area played in my favor and i was soon back in the city . the area was one i recognized , topaana , known as a rough part of town largely inhabited by gypsies . i pulled into a small weed strewn lot beside a dark , crumbling set of housing blocks . i wiped the keys , controls and door handle and then left the opel , keys still in the ignition . i doubted very much if it would be there in an hour . making my way on foot i reached a larger street where a passing cab decided to take a chance on the conservatively dressed guy waving him down . i didnt want a connection to my hotel in case the opel was traced to the dump site so i had the cab drop me near the city center . there i walked to another cab stand and had this driver take me to a location near the safe house . i explained that i just needed to see a friend quickly and would be right out . the cabbie agreed to wait , the fifty euro bill i handed him with the promise of a second probably helped . i turned up the collar of the jacket , wrapped the scarf around my head and neck and ducked down the walkway beside a house as if going to the back entrance . once there i scrambled through the yard , out onto a side street and from there was looking at the safe house building within a minute . surprisingly , there was no sign of police . the area had been selected as much for its privacy as anything , the apartments were solid and sound wouldnt travel out . perhaps the neighbors had heard only a crash and then a scream or two and put it all down to a domestic fight . those were not unheard of here and it wouldnt be hard to dismiss such sounds when heard through the fog of sleep , especially if they were not repeated . then again , the place could be crawling with cops on the inside . there were no new tire tracks in the snow however , which tended to point toward the safe house still being empty . i had to risk it in any case and made a circuitous approach , which kept me in the shadows until i entered the buildings main door . the safe house door still hung drunkenly from one hinge . there was nothing to show that anyone had come or gone since id been dragged out . moving cautiously , glock up in a two hand high point , i pied the doorway and saw nothing alarming inside . i entered and made my way to the bedroom . there i bundled my clothing into a wad that i shoved into a pillow case . my watch went back on my wrist , cell phone in my pocket . i didnt need to worry about sanitizing the place ; there were no reasons to do so if i had not been here when aferdita was snatched . and that would certainly be my story for now . i gave the place a hasty once over , found nothing that indicated my presence during the kidnapping .	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the scattered chaff from the taser lay on the floor but it would be seen as having been used on her . my plan , in order to keep the embassy and everyone else clear , was to claim that id visited , had dinner and then left . id include the fact of having slept with her before leaving as this would be consistent with any evidence gathered and the admission , confirming a strongly held suspicion , would make the subsequent lie more easy to accept without questioning . i needed a free hand and no attachment to the events on the highway . i turned and headed out , pillow case stuffed under the leather jacket . as i walked across the living room , my glance caught the remains of the courvoisier and our glasses . the sheer emotion that hit me at the sight of what was until an hour or so ago one of the better nights of my life was unexpected . the emotional blow froze me in my tracks . sure , i had no intentions of my involvement with aferdita going anywhere . yes , it was a onetime thing . but damn it , i really liked and admired her and now she was back in the hell she had left , one she had gotten out of at my urging and one she had felt safe from because of me . i knew rationally that i was not responsible for her current plight but most of me wasnt listening . i fought a silent battle with myself which seemed to go on forever until i could force my emotions aside and be the cold operator i needed to be . heading out the door i refused to look back . i was back at the cab in a few minutes , taking a direct route and letting the heavy snowfall cover my tracks . fifteen minutes and another fifty euros later i was at the marriot . i went inside , nodded to the night clerk as if i belonged and took the elevator to the fifth floor . here i slipped into the stairwell . there i changed into my own clothing and bundled oakleys into the pillow case . i took the stairs down , used a side door to access the parking lot where i dumped oakleys clothing out of the pillow case and into a dumpster . that done , i wiped and scattered the cell phones by throwing them into different snow piles before walking around to the front where i took a cab to the four seasons . it wasnt perfect as the video cameras would show me entering and exiting in different clothing and my use of the side exit would be strange . still , that would only be a problem if something happened to connect me with this location . if it didnt happen within a day or two the odds improved as the video was probably reused every twenty four or forty eight hours . in any case , i had to dispose of the evidence tying me to highway 1 which made the security footage a risk i needed to take . i pushed it out of my mind and moved on . i was having to do that a lot tonight . it wasnt getting any easier with practice . i took a shower , scrubbing carefully to remove all traces of blood and gunpowder from my skin and fingernails . as i showered i considered my options . they werent looking too good just then . i would , in all likelihood and assuming i got rid of the glock i was still toting around , not be connected to the shooting . there was nothing to tie me to the safe house kidnapping either and my story of being there earlier but not when it occurred would be credible . the issue was that the macedonian police would know someone had shot the guys in the suv , someone who then felt the need to strip one of them before fleeing on foot . that indicated a prisoner and combined with the stolen car would give them an idea of a reasonably resourceful individual who didnt want to speak with them . that would make it easy to decide the mafia had one of their own in the back and hed escaped , killing his captors on the way . not too far off the mark really . the apartment wouldnt necessarily connect with the suv , in fact there was no more reason to assume a connection with that than with whatever other random crimes were occurring that night . so the suv and stolen car would be assumed to be mafia related crimes . the events at the safe house would be seen as an unrelated kidnapping , at least initially . the embassy would eventually be found to be the lease holder . someone from the embassy would then have to explain what had occurred . more likely , once a plan of action had been agreed upon , the embassy would assign someone from the regional security office to liaise with the police and explain things . that explanation would include aferditas information . it would be hard to stonewall and say only that an asylum seeker had been staying there . the macedonians would rightly want to know who and how it affected them and the embassy would have no reason to damage relations with the host country . they would , no doubt , demand special classification and the political arm of the police would take over rather than the more mundane criminal investigation division .	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still , the facts of aferditas presence and her background would be available and it wouldnt take hercule poirot to connect the death of several of envers associates to the kidnapping of his former girlfriend . whether that would lead to a conclusion that a rival group did both or something closer to the truth was anyones guess . the real issue was that ambassadors and diplomats everywhere hate to have things like this connect to them as it upsets their apple cart with no benefit to their own interests . one of the reasons our intelligence agencies are so risk adverse is the quick reaction of most of the department of state to toss intelligence folks under the bus if an operation goes wrong in any way . dia was a bit more protected perhaps , but even so , they would take some heat , as it was their operation that had brought aferdita here and their responsibility to protect her . insol wasnt involved since my remit had ended a day or so ago , but dia would pretty quickly put together the facts that enver had reason to snatch aferdita and that someone else , whose actions displayed a certain resourcefulness and ruthlessness , had killed three of his people on the same night in circumstances that indicated said individual was also a kidnap victim . my name would head the list for who could that be now . sharing this with the macedonian authorities wouldnt be likely as it would only create issues for dia and no one wants to reveal information about their operations to anyone outside the circle of trust . and despite decent relations with the us , the macedonians were not inside on this one . so dia would figure out that most likely i had been present , had escaped with extreme prejudice , to coin a phrase , and had concealed the fact as it would otherwise put everyone in a difficult place . their response would most likely be gratitudewe are , after all , supposed to keep our employer out of trouble and they would have complete deniability on this . no evidence would show i was involved and if dia never mentioned it the macedonians wouldnt know . theyd know the us wasnt telling everything it knew but since the victims were mafia they wouldnt really care . id get some strange looks inside the beltway down the road when bumping into someone in the know but i was used to that . the bottom line was that as far as attribution was concerned , the client , dia and through them the usg , was covered . that was nice but it also meant there was no motivation to look for aferdita . i suspected the response would be to hold off , do some cell phone tracing and otherwise batten down the hatches and take no action which might threaten to expose us involvement . this wasnt good but as i had no leads and no likely assistance without dias goodwill , id have to embrace the suck on this one . i couldnt determine where enver was without at least tracing his phone through the network , something dia could do but i couldnt . i needed them and could only hope theyd let me play along on this . this left the issue of how to bring them in without losing deniability . i sat in my hotel room and pondered this conundrum as the sun rose over skopje . i wasnt making much progress when i was interrupted by the ringing of my room phone . chapter fifteen i moved faster than i would normally , snatching up the handset and answering before the second ring . the caller was mark , the dia humint guy with whom id been dealing . exactly the person whom id been trying to figure out how best to approach . that problem was now solved . there have been some developments of an extreme nature . we need you to come in as soon as possible . can you be here by 0600 ? sure , no worries . can you give me some idea of whats up ? mark paused a moment and when he replied there was a note of careful consideration in his voice . no , it wouldnt be secure . have you been involved in anything unusual tonight ? i had a date which turned out quite well but while that is maybe unusual given my track record it isnt stop the presses news . ill shower and be in asap . ok , ill alert the marine at post one , mark replied . thirty minutes later , glock carefully hidden in the bmw , i was presenting my passport at post one and a few minutes after mark was shaking my hand . we did the usual polite greetings as we walked toward the section housing the dia offices . mark seemed both subdued and on edge and i prepped myself to be shocked and angry when presented with the news of aferditas kidnapping . after all , there wasnt much else they could be calling me in for and i needed to play it consistent with the story i had ready to tell . once we were safely ensconced in a side office , fresh coffee in hand , mark ran a hand through his thinning hair and then shook his head . he was a decent guy , late thirties and with a strong work ethic and sense of duty . i liked him and was glad that i would be able to keep him out of the shite .	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i figured hed see the truth eventually but would also appreciate my giving him and his boss , a full bird , plausible deniability . he seemed a bit more rattled than i expected but then again it isnt every day you get an asset snatched out of a safe house . i really dont know how to tell you this and wish to hell i didnt have to . i guess straight up is best . sometime last night , probably early morning , aferdita was kidnapped from the safe house . someone forced entry and took her out . there are some signs of a minor struggle and no witnesses so far . we figure enver for it . i kept my face carefully blank , something that would be expected . we get bad news about friends and comrades in this business and you learn to stonewall your emotions at those times . mark was watching me sadly , nodding as he let what he thought was a shock sink in . ok , heres the worst part . we figure enver because of a note found on her body . it said there are plenty more where this bitch came from . there was nothing else , but the note was written in albanian . i was nodding as he spoke , just taking it in . it took a second for what hed said to hit me . hed only say body if she was dead . something of my sudden comprehension must have shown because mark nodded again and then reached out as if to steady me . sorry you have to hear it this way but aferdita is dead . shot twice in the back of the head . her body was dumped near the gypsy section of town . the safe house shows signs of her having a guest over last night . im gon na guess that was you . which makes this even more shitty than it ought to be . and , of course , i have to askwere you there ? there have been times in my life where ive felt the cold numbness that accompanies emotional shut down . times when the truth was simply too great a weight to bear immediately and the mind , seeking to preserve its ability to maintain rational behavior , cuts off the part of you that feels . i slipped into that same icy depth now . it felt like i was hearing mark through a tunnel , as if this were a strange dream sequence . of course , i knew it wasnt a dream . some part of me had been thinking all along that this would be how it would end . that part slapped the rest of me across the face and brought me out of my mental deep freeze . i ran my hand across my face , ordinarily a sign of potential deception but under the circumstances more readily explained by shock . i know you have to ask , dont worry about it . yeah , i was there last night , had dinner andthings took their natural course , you know what i mean ? i looked at mark who was nodding sympathetically . keeping my eyes on his i continued . i left around midnight , maybe one oclock . i didnt see anyone unusual . i stopped as if considering and then burst out angrily . i didnt see a goddamned thing . they had to be there , probably watching and getting ready to move . i must have missed them . if i hadnt been so fucking slack maybe i stopped , the emotion choking me . it wasnt feigned . i really did feel awful and responsible although not exactly for the reasons mark thought . i hadnt been quick enough , hard enough , good enough to save a woman who , more than most people i knew , deserved saving . if i hadnt been so fucking quick to kill , if i had wounded one of the mopes and questioned him , maybe i could have gotten to her in time . i felt the sorrow and the anger hit me and i had to set the coffee mug down carefully before i gave in and hurled it across the room . my eyes were filling and i ran the back of my hand across them quickly , taking deep breaths and regaining my composure . i felt like shit , not just because of the loss and pain but also because of the need to hide the truth . i clamped down on myself , getting my equilibrium again and turned back toward mark . his expression of empathy was genuine and he stood and motioned vaguely to his left . look , i know this is hard and unexpected . we figure the same thing . they set up , saw you there and waited until you left before making their move . we didnt anticipate them either and frankly have no idea how they got onto the safe house . our ci folks will be combing the local staff records and doing everything we can to find the leak . its not on you , man . you werent operational and nobody had a reason to suspect this might happen . im gon na go get another cup of coffee . take a minute and ill be back . here , let me get you a fresh one too . grabbing my still full cup , mark left quickly , leaving me alone with my thoughts and my guilt . the problem was that i should have been expecting it . im the paranoid son of a bitch after all .	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just crossing a border and dropping into an embassy safe house which i hadnt set up or vetted wouldnt have met my standard if id been operating . and yeah , id handed her off and stood down but stilli couldnt escape the sense of failure and loss . and even worse , it felt like id blown her only hope by not trying to take a prisoner and make him talk . i shifted focus , trying to push it all away for a more appropriate time . like , say , after i was dead myself . i wasnt going to sleep well for a long time , if ever . my mind turned to what mark had said . someone had to have penetrated security enough to not only know aferdita was here but also where she was hidden . that meant an inside source , someone who had betrayed the secret for whatever reason . looking at the locals made sense but i flashed on the guy aferdita had met at envers party . the american , eric , the one aferdita had thought was somehow connected to envers confidence in dealing with the unknown threat of what he thought was law enforcement . if he was in a position to access dia info perhaps he was the link , the conduit through which the info came . i knew mark had his description as it had been part of my report and debrief . i was also sure aferdita would have mentioned him . eric ought to have the ci hounds on his trail very soon . mark returned with two new mugs of coffee . we talked , my emotions now under control . i gave him a rundown of my sanitized story and saw no signs he doubted me . he would have no reason to until the macedonians made the connection between the shootings and the safe house and shared it with the regional security officer . then he would make the connection as well . hed also understand that my disclaimer meant the usg was safe from blowback . he could continue to state , truthfully , that so far as they knew , i hadnt been there when the kidnapping occurred , they had no reason to believe otherwise and there was nothing connecting me to either scene . if somehow i was found to be connected it would be simple to blame it on me and toss me to the wolves . that is , after all , the bargain we make . i floated the idea of eric as envers source . mark frowned at that and tried to shift the subject . i pressed , and after he hemmed and hawed a bit he finally told me that eric was a case officer with another agency . this didnt exactly violate the law against revealing the identity of covert intelligence personnel but was sufficient in context for me to understand that eric was running enver for another spook shop . most likely the cia but it was possible for him to be a member of any of several different organizations . this wouldnt be unusual . different groups work different sides of a lot of issues and info sharing and deconfliction is something national security intelligence has never done well . law enforcement does much better but then the stakes are higher in terms of not only personnel directly involved but also personal responsibility for bosses who create a blue on blue situation . eric was probably running enver as a source and enver had turned to him for protection . cia has protected criminal sources in the past ; they are undoubtedly doing so now and will in the future . its a necessary part of dealing with criminal sources . after all , the honest folks arent privy to the plans , operations and capabilities of the criminals . you have to deal with the folks who know which means those folks have to be dirty if they are to be of any use . there are lines though and helping such a source commit murder , especially of another agencys asset , is a big step across that line . no doubt eric had some rationale which enabled him to make that call . or he was dirty , something possible when you consider the amount of money the serbian mafia has to throw around . most likely he was just being expedient in a way he felt he could get away with and which tied enver closer to him . whatever the goal was , i didnt care . there were things i suppose id sacrifice unknown innocents for as well . american innocents for one . and my hands were far from the cleanest . but the simple truth was whatever erics reasons , they made no difference to me . i didnt know in a legal sense that hed been responsible but unless the ci investigation turned up evidence that a local was responsible , eric was the guy i would hold accountable . not legally , of course . i would expect eric to have been fully backstopped , to be able to show he wasnt the only person with the information and then to counter attack by suggesting leaks in dia , the embassy and everyone else involved . in the end , unless someone turned up something concrete , dia would write it off as a bad deal . mark would make a note to watch eric in the future and eric would sail on , happily running enver . hed survive unless hed been very careless and i doubted that would be the case .	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this likely result , enver and eric living happily ever after , was entirely unsat . still , i could do nothing now . i felt myself switch on to full operational mode . i began to play the game again , giving mark and later the investigation team from the rso exactly what they needed and wanted to hear . i sold the story , perfectly vague where it should be , detailed where it had to be and consistent throughout . no one mentioned a polygraph . i wasnt a suspect after all , but id have gladly taken one and , as i knew from past experience , beaten the damn thing . i managed to gain some additional information in the process . eric worked out of vienna , no agency attribution . enver was back in pristina , acting as if hed never left . and the trackers had stopped working the day before aferdita was killed . i held myself together for the two days it took to complete my part of the investigation . i never asked to see the body . it was just decomposing meat and seeing it wouldnt bring closure . i already had a last sight of her that was staring in my nightmares and would for a long time . the one id had for the last two nights featured aferdita , stumbling toward her death , hair falling over her face , looking up through it at me and , tears in her eyes , asking why , why didnt you save me ? i didnt need to see a corpse and add that to the mix . fortunately no one offered to let me view the body which spared me dealing with the issue . i finally left skopje , driving south to athens where i would turn in my rental bmw and put an end to kvsparrow . i reached athens , turned in the bmw , stashed the glock and took a flight to paris . the rudeness and melancholy of the french fit my mood better than the festive cheer of the low countries . a week after i arrived i called mark to check on the progress of the case . he had no reason to speak to me about it but , being a decent guy he let me know they had no progress . the counter intelligence team had found no indications of an internal leak and the books were closed . i thanked him , shut off my phone and hurled it into the seine . the next few hours passed in a fog as i stalked the streets of paris . i finally stopped at notre dame , the gothic extravagance and elegance calming me and bringing on a reflective mood . i sat in a nave , quietly alone in the dimness with only myself for company . i had lost something i couldnt even begin to name , something i couldnt articulate to myself and which i was afraid to examine too closely for the fear of the deeper loss id feel at the possibilities dimly glimpsed and now gone forever . that loss was caused by someone elses actions . someone to whom i could put a name , a face and a location . i needed closure , something to help me sleep at night , something to restore balance in an unbalanced world . i walked from the church feeling a sense of wellbeing , a spiritual uplift which was due to decisions quite out of line with the values of the builders and occupants of the edifice . still , one phrase ran through my mind like a chorus offering praise to a dark god . and im her favorite son . epilogue koha ditore english language edition 23 december 2011 pristina gasmend krasniqi violence caused by organized crime shocked kosovo yesterday . the hollywood club , a popular nightclub frequented by the international set , was the scene of several murders . the kosovo police service reports that at 10:00pm a caucasian male approached the entrance to the hallway leading to the offices of the club . upon being stopped by club security personnel , the male stabbed the security guard in the neck , killing him . this act was witnessed by several patrons and bar staff . the male then entered the hall way and disappeared from view . shortly thereafter , two explosions were heard . police state that the explosions were caused by two hand grenades which were thrown into the office of the club owner , enver saddiqi . saddiqi and two associates were killed in the explosions . the male suspect did not reappear and is presumed to have exited through a fire door . this door exits onto an alley where police found the body of another club security guard . police state that they believe the attack was a result of a war between different organized crime factions . saddiqi has long been rumored to have organized crime ties . police do not have a good description of the suspect as the hollywood club is notoriously dimly lit . witnesses stated the suspect was german since this was the language he spoke when ordering . police do not have a suspect at this time but are vigorously pursuing all leads . austrian times 25 december 2011 vienna renate klinghoffer tragedy arrived today at a time more commonly associated with celebration .	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eric miller , 46 , an employee of the us embassy , was found dead in his residence . his body was discovered by friends who had arrived for a christmas party . miller had apparently fallen down his stairs and suffered severe injuries . the coroner states death was caused by a broken neck although numerous other broken bones and injuries were contributory . police are ruling out foul play as a cause . miller had a blood alcohol content of .230 , almost three times the legal limit in austria . although not characterized as a heavy drinker , friends did acknowledge that miller was fond of parties and had been especially looking forward to this christmas season . miller is survived by his fianc , billjana popovic . ms. popovic is employed at the embassy where she worked together with miller in the consular section . now and then i dream of aferdita . the dreams are pleasant as are my memories of our time together . on other nights , my sleep is deep and undisturbed . endop glossary of terms bolo : be on the lookout for . this acronym is common in law enforcement and certain military elements of the us and canada . cia : central intelligence agency . the primary us civilian intelligence collections , analysis and operations entity in the us intelligence community . commando bob : a disparaging reference to those who employ overly elaborate or unnecessary tactical procedures . cya : cover your ass dangle : a penetration technique whereby a target organization is presented with what appears to be a useful intelligence source . in reality the source is dangled in order to penetrate the target or provide operational access to target organization personnel or facilities . dia : defense intelligence agency . the primary military intelligence collections , analysis and operations entity in the us intelligence community . dod : department of defense double tap : the delivery of two rounds in extremely rapid sequence . ideally the second round is fired immediately upon the weapon coming back into battery ( i.e . the slide resetting on a semi-automatic or the cylinder locking on a revolver ) . endop : end operation . verbal shorthand for the completion of a planned event . false flag : an operational technique whereby the intelligence entity presents itself as having a different allegiance or composition than is the case . the israelis for instance , are much more successful in recruiting arab agents when those agents think they are working for european entities . a false flag thus increases recruitment and operational possibilities while adding another layer of misdirection if the operation is uncovered . gosint : gossip intelligence . joking reference to the inclusion of innuendo to inform intelligence analysis . kiss : keep it simple stupid kps : kosovo police service mup : ministarstvo unutrasnjih poslova . yugoslav and later serbian internal security police . noc : non official cover . an officer of an intelligence organization , generally a case officer , who is living and working without diplomatic immunity . his or her actions are inherently illegal in the country where they are performed . opsec : operational security . the term is generally used in reference to keeping secret things secret . loose lips still sink ships . osce : organization for security and cooperation in europe . pio : public information officer rumint : rumor intelligence . see gosint above . sdr : surveillance detection route . counter surveillance pattern of travel designed to permit observation of possible surveillance operation . sop : standard operating procedures uck : ushtria lirimtare e kosovs . the primary albanian organization fighting for independence of kosovo and protection of the albanian population . un : united nations . unmik : united nations mission in kosovo . unsat : unsatisfactory usg : united states government . uxo : unexploded ordinance . what others are saying about one fall : the first great pro wrestling novela roller coaster ride youll find exciting to the very end . ( associated content ) a truly gripping page turneri literally could not put this book down once i picked it upa top-tier suspense novel . ( stephen randle , 411mania.com ) wrestling fans will have a blast guessing along with the swerves and trying to figure out who everyone is based on , and non-fans will enjoy a good story ... highly recommended . ( scott keith , insidepulse.com ) * * * * * one fall by spencer baum smashwords edition * * * * * published by : spencer baum on smashwords one fall copyright 2004 by spencer baum smashwords edition license notes this ebook is released under the creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike license . see the link below for more details : http : //creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/ www.spencerbaum.net * * * * * one fall * * * * * chapter 1 there is an instant of clarity right before the pain . joey had felt it before . the world slows down and is more brightly lit . muddled noise becomes distinct , separate sounds .	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skin is a circuit board , alive with current at every switch . joey took advantage of that clarity to let his colleague know that everything was okay . just before falling to the ring floor , as if knocked unconscious by the violent chair shot to his skull , joey winked . normally a wink wasnt necessary . in most cases a wink would be frowned upon , lest the audience saw it and the illusion was broken . normally a chair shot hurt , and sounded good , and left you with a headache the next day , but didnt require any reassurance that the match could continue . but this chair shot wasnt normal . this chair shot snapped all the way to the upper deck . the sound was so vivid that it might have been joeys spine snapping like a wishbone . maybe the wink wasnt a good idea . someone might have seen it . joey hoped he hadnt ruined what was potentially a great moment in wrestling history the nastiest chair shot ever . then the clarity was gone , washed out with the pain , and any second thoughts about the wink would have to wait . the pain pressed against his entire head at once , as if his brain had grown too big for his skull and would squeeze its way out of his ears . joey lay motionless on the ring mat , knowing that this spot would be most effective if he appeared totally unconscious . but it took all his will not to grab his head with both hands and scream in agony . he hoped the crowd was buying it . judging by the noise , they were . or was that just the ringing in his ears ? he wouldnt know until he watched the tape tomorrow morning . joey mayhem was a new face in the global wrestling association , and tonights match was his first appearance on their flagship television program , gwa burn . joeys opponent tonight , rob jumbo sanders , was a familiar face on burn , having wrestled for the promotion for the past eight years . as a television character , jumbo was among the nastiest of villains , and always drew some decent venom from the crowd . a muscular black man with a 70's-style afro , jumbo was half way between six and seven feet tall ( but always introduced as a seven-footer ) and dwarfed joey by comparison . that size disparity made the chair shot all the more sinful . jumbo was already a foot taller than joey , and had been systematically beating him into mush for ten minutes . why did he need to pound joey in the head with a steel chair ? 18,000 people had crammed into ford center in oklahoma city on this night to watch the live taping of gwa burn . they had come from tulsa , denton , shawnee , and wichita . some of them had kids . some of them were kids . some of them had paid upwards of sixty dollars for their seats . many of them would call in sick to work tomorrow . after the chair shot , all of them began chanting , jum-bo sucks ! jum-bo sucks ! still sprawled on the powder blue rubber of the ring mat , joey heard the referee yell at the timekeeper to ring the bell , ending the match . in professional wrestling , punching , biting , eye-poking , hair-pulling , body-slamming , and choking were all allowed , but hitting someone over the head with a steel chair was not . hence , this match was officially over , with joey mayhem pronounced the winner via disqualification . but just because the match was over didnt mean the fighting had to stop . according to plan , jumbo grabbed joeys long brown hair and pulled him from the mat . acting dazed , but feeling alert , joey opened his eyes and let jumbo lead him to his feet . jumbo whispered . yeah , joey whispered back . jumbo pushed joeys head down like he was dunking him in a bucket , then wrapped his arms around joeys waist . knowing that the jumbo bomb was coming , the crowd booed . like a bulldozer carrying a mound of dirt , jumbo lifted joey high over his head , then dropped him . the seven-foot fall was impressive , exclamated with a mechanically enhanced thump when joeys back collided with the ring . jumbo took a second to tug on his sagging silver tights , then pulled joey up by his hair to repeat the entire routine . two jumbo bombs later , the crowd was thoroughly incensed . you suck you slow pile of shit ! shouted a young woman from the front row . jumbo showed her his middle finger . another second to pull up his tights , then jumbo bounced himself off the ropes and completed a body splash , dropping all four hundred pounds of himself on top of joeys lifeless body . the ring bell sounded five times , following a strange wrestling tradition of ringing the bell repeatedly when wrestlers were fighting outside the confines of a sanctioned match .	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a troop of referees appeared from backstage and ran down the entrance ramp to the ring , supposedly to bring order . jumbo , now in a state of manic rage , picked up the referees one at a time and power slammed them in an assembly line of carnage . the ring bell continued to sound . the crowd continued to boo . joey felt like he might black out . he couldnt have been happier with how things were going . heading into tonights match , joey and jumbo had two goals : 1 . anger the crowd with an extended pummeling of joey , including a vicious chair shot . surprise the crowd with the finish . as joey lay on his back , surrounded by fallen referees , listening to the jeers of the fans as jumbos heavy rap music began to play , he was certain that goal number one had been accomplished . now it was time for the surprise . jumbos music was the cue from backstage to move the segment forward . following that cue , jumbo left the ring , stepping over the top rope then descending two metal stairs attached to the ringpost . as jumbo slowly walked up the ramp toward the exit , taunting the fans along the way , joey jumped to his feet and worked his eyes into a wild gaze . the crowd thundered in approval . feeling a rush from the crowds energy , joey sprinted to the edge of the ring ( hurdling two fallen referees on the way ) , and leaped over the top rope . the crowd was now making so much noise that only a fool wouldnt turn around to see what was going on , but jumbo continued walking up the entrance ramp , as if he didnt hear the fans and didnt notice that his theme music had stopped playing . joey ran up the ramp , careful to ensure that he looked into the nearest tv camera so the home audience could see his crazy eyes . jumbo turned around just in time to get punched in the face . he fell back from the force of joeys fist . this powerful monster , seemingly invincible just minutes before , was now fodder for joeys rapid kicks and punches , which were delivered in sets of five or six , each set separated with a look at the crowd to show off the wild eyes and maniacal laugh that were to be joey mayhems gimmick in the gwa . jumbo curled up in the fetal position on the floor . a merciful character would have left him there . but joey mayhem had an edge of psychosis . joey stomped and punched jumbo for an unheard of sixty seconds uninterrupted , before another troop of referees appeared from the back . the referees tried in vain to stop joey , but he continued his violence until his theme music ( upbeat hard rock ) came on , allowing the scene to end gracefully . joey stepped over his victim and strode to the back , all the while looking into the camera . when he reached the top of the ramp he turned for one more look into the audience . then he disappeared behind the black curtain as the crowd chanted jo-ey ! jo-ey ! the television viewers saw jumbo , all seven feet of him , curled up on the floor , as the last shot of the night . the announcers encouraged them to tune in next week , and the screen faded to black , ending the show . on the other side of the curtain , joey descended six steps into a tight corridor that led to an open atrium . he had hoped the other wrestlers would be waiting there to congratulate him on the success of his first tv appearance . the only person to greet him was rashann sanders , jumbos wife . hey , she whispered . she gave him a nervous smile , then looked over his shoulder , as if he were in the way of something . well that went over pretty well , didnt it ? once again she flashed the nervous smile and looked past him , this time stepping to one side and craning her neck as if joey was blocking her view of a movie . joey took the hint and stepped out of her way . she found what she was looking for when jumbo appeared in the corridor . hey there , she said to her husband . jumbo ignored her and walked straight to joey . what was up with that wink ? wink ? joeys mind rewound past the standing ovation , the chants of his name , the adrenalin rush of it all , the pain of the chair shot ... oh yeah . it was just that chair shot was killer and , i guess i wanted to let you know that , even though it was such a good one , i was fine . jumbo shook his head . the camera could have seen it . man , why would you think i needed to know you were alright ? i know how to do a chair shot . oh no , i didnt mean anything like that . it was a mistake to wink . i guess i was just in the moment . joey wished he was wearing more clothing than his wrestling tights and boots . he felt awkward ; he had no comfortable place to put his hands . damn right it was a mistake .	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god i hope the camera didnt see you . i didnt know it would be such a -- joey turned to rashann , did you see the wink ? her opinion meant nothing to him , but she seemed a safe place to turn . joey wanted to appear properly concerned for jumbos sake , but he knew this wasnt a big deal . the crowd had eaten him up . who cared if he broke character for a second ? yeah , i saw it , said rashann . ah fuck , said jumbo , now completely in a huff . joey wondered what he could say to end this conversation . deeply sorry ? wont happen again ? why are you acting like this is the end of the world ? he could hear the movement and chattering of people from the shadowy corridors in the back . when would the other wrestlers came out to congratulate him ? as if on cue , jack branson , a veteran wrestler who had performed earlier in the night , stepped into the atrium and walked toward them . he had showered and was wearing street clothes , his short black hair wet and neatly combed . this was good , joey thought . jack branson was one of the most respected people in the company . he would make it clear that joeys performance tonight was cause for celebration , and this stupid conversation about his wink would be over . hey branson , jumbo called out to him . did you see the wink ? jumbos voice , familiar to joey from years of watching him on television , echoed in the open space with accusation . branson nodded his head as he approached . camera caught it dead on , he said . shit , said jumbo , using a snap of his head to accentuate the word . joey opened his mouth to speak , but had nothing to say . he was torn between defending himself and acting contrite . dont worry about it kid , branson said , then patted joey on the chest . otherwise , you did fine . he needed to watch the tape . if branson said it was fine , maybe it was only fine , instead of great , and that was why jumbo could get away with this shit . maybe the fans sounded more responsive than they actually were . maybe he misjudged the whole thing , and it really was just fine . and since it was just fine , a mistake , like winking at your opponent in view of the camera , was a big deal . maybe joeys first match on national television was going to be remembered solely for that wink . thanks , he said to branson . joey realized that a year ago , maybe even an hour ago , he would have been thrilled to hear jack branson tell him , your match was fine . jack branson was a legend , someone joey had watched since he was twelve . that was the catch . tonight joey mayhem had not only introduced himself to the world , but to his heroes , and , apparently , he had screwed up . chapter 2 gwa burn ended its live broadcast from oklahoma city at eleven central . ten hours later and six hundred miles away , three middle-aged men sat around a buffet table in a luxury hotel room in worcester , massachusetts , discussing what they had seen on the program . they analyzed the production , noting with pleasure that the show continued its recent streak of mishaps , from the wrong camera angles being aired to inexcusable difficulties with the ring announcers microphone . they analyzed the writing , and were again pleased that last nights broadcast was less than perfect . the first ninety minutes were disorganized and made little sense . no storylines were created or advanced , and wrestlers who should have gone over did not . they analyzed the wrestling . these three men loved wrestling , and loved to talk about wrestling , spending more than an hour going over the technique of each wrestler who appeared on burn . every suplex , every punch , and every body slam were examined , and , in their opinions , the wrestling on last nights show was sub-par . but most important to these men was the response of the live crowd . they were interested in who got cheered , who got booed , and who got nothing . the live crowd was the most accurate barometer of the response of wrestling fans worldwide . the men were in agreement about the lesson to be learned from the crowds reaction to last nights show . burn had found a new superstar . his name was joey mayhem . the three men were the head booker , talent manger , and president of revolution wrestling , the gwas primary competition . this tuesday morning meeting was a repeat of their meeting a week before in providence , and the week before that in hartford . for them , gwa burn was for tuesday-morning viewing and discussion , because monday nights were spent producing their own live show , revolution riot , which aired directly opposite burn nationwide , in an intense competition for viewers known in the wrestling world as the monday night battle .	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for the past two years , gwa burn consistently garnered higher ratings than revolution riot , but wrestling fans knew the tide was changing . while burn was growing tired and complacent , riot was taking off , stealing a growing chunk of the gwas viewers every week . because of riots recent success , these tuesday morning meetings of late were little more than congratulatory sessions , giving the three men an opportunity to pat themselves on the back while their competition floundered . the good cheer continued this morning , until they watched burns main event and the way the crowd reacted to newcomer joey mayhem . what do we know about joey mayhem , and how soon can he be working for us ? said max zeffer , president of revolution wrestling . it was well known in the wrestling world that max zeffer saw employment contracts and company loyalty as minor inconveniences on his path to assembling the ultimate wrestling promotion . a multi-millionaire by birth , and the youngest major player on the north american wrestling scene at only thirty-six , max had built revolution wrestling into the second largest promotion in the world by the brute force of his money . the majority of his staff , from the wrestlers to the production crew to the men sitting with him this morning , were former gwa employees whom max had personally bought out . hes just a couple months into a standard developmental deal over there . hell be up for negotiation next year , but not before , said a short balding man with a whiney voice . the man was larry jenkins , revolutions talent manager , responsible for finding and cultivating new stars . i honestly dont think this kid is that big of a deal . we marked him as a prospect the first time we saw him do a match in memphis . good enough to keep an eye on , but not good enough for our developmental program . we thought he was a risk . he was unfocused and careless in the ring . we thought he was a risk , or you did ? said gene harold , revolutions head booker . a giant of muscle and fat with a bushy beard , gene was unique among the three in that he was once a professional wrestler himself . his angry tone openly condemned jenkins for passing over this hot talent . gene harold and larry jenkins had a dislike for each other dating back to the early seventies , when both men worked as road agents for the mid-america wrestling alliance , which would eventually be purchased by the gwa . back then , gene and larry both had ambitions of becoming the major wrestling promoter in the midwest . had they not been trying so hard to climb all over each other , the wrestling landscape might not have been such easy pickings for duke correlli to create the gwa and run all the regional promotions into the ground . i thought joey mayhem was risky when i saw him in tennessee , said jenkins . i take full responsibility for letting him go . as far as im concerned , he still isnt a good prospect . not a good prospect ? said gene . youre right , hes not a good prospect . hes not a prospect at all anymore . as of last night , hes the real deal . im telling you guys , ive seen him wrestle a real match , not like the made-for-tv blip he did last night , and the kids reckless and unfocused , said jenkins . he might make it to the top , but hes going to hurt someone doing it . that wink was reckless , said max . but it showed spunk . i bet the internet fans are already excited with him . i dont get it , larry , said gene , ignoring maxs comments . if you know he can wrestle , you put him in the ring with the right people and let him wrestle . who else are you letting slip through the cracks ? this is one guy gene , relax , said larry . gentlemen , come on , said max . this argument is pointless now . the kids a star and we dont have him . the fans loved him last night . theyre going to talk about him . theyre going to tune in to see him . if we cant have him on our show for a year or more , then what are we going to do to make sure people watch us rather than him ? gene and larry looked at each other to see who would speak first . they both had plenty of ideas for the show , ideas they would love to express to max in private when the other wasnt there to criticize . jenkins turned to max and spoke as if gene wasnt at the table . ive been thinking about a hot shot angle to open up the show next week , he said . out of the question , said gene . none of the angles , none of the storylines , and none of the booking will be changed . weve been planning next mondays show for seven months . its the very best weve got to offer . if duke can come up with something better than what weve got , then so be it . i disagree , gene , said larry , his intonation one of forced civility .	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i think we need to let it all hang out right now . this joey mayhem kid could become a tidal wave or he could wash out next week . if we get people talking about us instead of him -- oh , so now the kids got potential . you just said -- i just said that the kids reckless and wasnt a good prospect for us . i dont deny that he was a hit last night , and because he was a hit , we should put on our very best show next week . gene shook his head and sighed . we are putting on our best show , larry . i will strongly oppose any changes to next weeks script because they will , by definition , be inferior to what we already have . next weeks show is the climax of a seven-month long story and it has been thought about and planned for since last january . we cant abandon a winning plan just because our competition may have finally gotten their act together . the best we can do is stick to the script . larry threw his hands up and turned his head to look out the window . what about defections ? asked max , bringing larry back into the conversation . zeke thunders still holding out for a better contract over there . maybe we should snatch him up . revolution riot had made its greatest leaps in the television ratings when a series of high-profile wrestlers defected from the gwa and showed up unexpectedly on riot the next week . the gwa responded by putting all of its big-name wrestlers on extended , big-money contracts . the competition for big-name wrestlers between the promotions had resulted in a huge increase in average salary for professional wrestlers in the two promotions , and had put a sizable financial strain on both companies . this competition for wrestlers made free agents out of big names whose contracts came due for renewal . most notable of the existing free agents was a veteran performer named zeke thunder , who had demanded a large raise from the gwa last month . when duke corelli refused , zeke chose to hold out for more money , thinking that if the gwa didnt give him a nice raise then revolution would . the aging wrestler had since been off television for almost a month , with neither promotion offering anything close to what he demanded . yes , said larry . thats exactly what im talking about . we dont need to change existing stories , just find ways to hot shot the ratings and keep the buzz on us rather than joey mayhem . im all in favor of renewing talks with zeke right away . weve already decided we dont want zeke , said gene . hes locker room poison and we dont need him . dammit gene . even if he adds nothing to the product as a whole , he still carries enough weight to get people talking . we just need some rumors from those internet kids , said larry . so start some rumors , said gene . we really dont need another politicking old-timer in our locker room . besides , even if you were able to pull something off , those internet kids wouldnt care . you should never book something with them in mind . max quietly stood up and left the table , as if he had nothing to offer until this argument worked itself out . typical old fashioned hogwash , said larry . youre still living in a world of cartoon heroes and cauliflower ears gene . wake the fuck up . these internet kids you hate so much are the lifeblood of our business . theyre the ones buying the pay per views and spreading the good word . when little kids in the school bus and big kids in the office talk about our business , its the internet geeks who speak with authority . more than anything , its their loyalty that will decide who wins monday nights . thats great larry , have you ever visited one of the wrestling web sites ? these kids are cynical know-it-all naysayers who will turn to a comic book or a video game the minute we piss them off , and if we start pandering to them we will piss them off , because we will never make them happy . were gaining viewers because weve stuck to our guns while dukes been floating in the wind . good storytelling cant happen if you dont tell a story , and people tune in to see where were going to take them , not where theyre going to take us . youre such a windbag gene , said larry , giving up . what are you thinking max ? he called toward the kitchen . max walked out of the kitchen sipping on a mug of coffee . i dont like our options , he said in a soft voice . i dont either , larry agreed . max sat back down at the buffet table and began speaking like a teacher addressing two debate students . the thing is , neither of you are saying what i want to hear . i agree , gene , that next weeks script is our very best effort and will only be made worse by tinkering with it . but i very much disagree with the idea that we do nothing to quell the buzz that is certain to surround joey mayhem and his performance last night .	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i will not sit back and let duke beat us in the ratings during may sweeps , thats just not an option this time . whats the big deal with the ratings ? if we stick to plan well have our biggest pay per view ever next month . max put his coffee cup on the table , freeing his hands to wave about as he spoke . i dont care so much about the pay per view this month , he said . may sweeps is the bigger fish to fry right now . dukes already on the ropes with itn . now is the time to move in for the kill . gene decided not to argue the point . he didnt completely understand all the ins and outs of the tv business like max did , and guessed that max probably knew what he was talking about . gwa burn had been a ratings winner for imagine television network ( itn ) for ten years , but was still disliked by the networks executives , at least according to the gossip . the execs at itn didnt care much for the fact that their number one show regularly featured half-naked women wrestling in pools of muck , or monstrous men beating each other over the head with sledgehammers and steel chairs . with itn already reticent about burn , a ratings victory for riot in may would be invaluable . the month of may was a crucial time for television networks , because advertising rates for the next quarter were calculated based on mays ratings . as such , it was common for both wrestling promotions to put on bigger , better shows throughout the month . what exactly did you have in mind , max ? asked larry , now in full eager-to-please mode . im thinking i might go down south and knock around . im going to go snoop around the gwa tour and see what i can dig up that might be useful , said max . just what do you hope to accomplish ? said gene , with a tone of skepticism . well , i want more options than i presently have , so im going to go down there and see if i can find some . that sounds like a good idea , said larry . it sounds like a shitty idea if you ask me , said gene . you know , said max , its no wonder duke beat you guys to the punch all those years ago . you both play it way too safe to make it to the top . oh go to hell , max , said gene . how are we supposed to know what the fuck youre talking about when you say youre going to go snoop around the gwa tour ? if you werent my boss and this wasnt your own god-damned company id tell you thats the dumbest idea ive ever heard . no one from the gwa is going to talk to you . if theyre even seen with you theyll be suspected of defection . hell , if anyone sees you down there the internet geeks are gon na go hog wild . max chuckled as he stood up and left the buffet table . he walked to the kitchen and dumped out his coffee cup in the sink . ill call from dallas tomorrow night , said max . gene , youll need to run the production meeting on thursday . tell the production team i went home to visit my daughter , and if anyone needs to contact me for any reason , they can do it through one of you . youre going alone ? yes , larry . im going alone . yes larry , hes just going to head off to dallas , find someone from the gwa , and convince them to give him some juicy gossip . said gene sarcastically . professional wrestlers are ambitious people , said max . you give them what they want , theyll give you what you want . thats a nice little cliche , max . if only it were so easy , said gene . hey , it worked with you two , didnt it ? chapter 3 taken from www.wrestlinghotline.com greetings slugs . today is tuesday , april 18th , and this is your tuesday morning hangover , the weekly scorecard of the monday night battles . last weekend , i was called upon to go into the crawl space underneath my grandparents house and look for friskers , their missing cat . i didnt find friskers , but i did find an old schlitz can that had been opened with a can opener . you know , the pointy-nosed , cut-into-the-metal can openers where youd make a big triangle hole on one end to drink from and a little triangle hole on the other to let air in . how old is that can ? then i started thinking about the progression of beer cans over time , and realized that weve been through several stages of beer-can-opening systems in my lifetime alone . right now , were in the wide-mouthed-can poptop stage , which recently replaced the regular poptop stage . but the poptop isnt that old . as recently as the 80s , there was the peel-away tab . remember the peel-away tab ?	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youd pop the lid and get that burst of carbonation , then youd actually peel off the tab and have to throw it away . in the eighties , there were used peel-away tabs from beer cans everywhere ! in the gutters , on the streets , in your yard . where did all those tabs go ? kind of makes me think its perfectly okay to litter . after all , the peel-away tabs from the 80s are completely gone ! ! old beer cans and missing peel-away tabs are what keep yours truly moving forward in the dark doldrums of wrestlings downtimes ( like the 1990s ) . fortunately , things are looking up . we begin with an overnight ratings report : gwa burn pulled an overall 4.3 , with a 3.9 in the first hour , a 4.4 in the second hour , and a 4.5 in the overrun . these numbers are roughly comparable to last weeks , meaning the television ratings slide for burn might be over , or at least abating . this is especially significant considering the big buildup for this weeks riot . speaking of which , revolution riot got an overall 4.2 , with a 3.8 in the first hour , a 4.3 in the second , and a 4.5 in the overrun . once again , comparable to last week , and the second week in a row that the shows are statistically tied at 4.2 - 4.3 , which roughly translates into 4.3 million homes tuning in to each show . the news : rumors are running more and more rampant about zeke thunders imminent return . last week in an interview with chandler dresby of wrestlingdailytribune.com , zeke said he is anxious for an offer from either major promotion , and implied that he may be willing to accept less money than hes been asking for . zeke would be a welcome addition to either roster at this extraordinarily competitive time , and could quickly fit into the main event scene on either side . with the may sweeps upon us , i expect him to show up on television sooner rather than later . in other news , the family television group has intensified their all-out assault on gwa burn , which is now listed at number one on their list of the top 10 most family-offensive shows on television . from a press release dated april 21st titled wrestling show tops ftg 10 worst : wrestling program gwa burn tops the family television groups updated list of the 10 most family-offensive shows on television . the wrestling program , now in its twelfth year on imagine network television , had an average of 138 instances of family-offensive content in a two-hour show as measured by ftgs offensive index . clocking in more than one offense per minute , gwa burn was by far the worst offender on prime time television . families need to be aware that gwa burn is not appropriate for children or teenagers , says sonia katzenberg , ftg chairwoman . the show is littered with acts of graphic violence , inappropriate sexual content , foul language , and degradation of women . we have named the program public enemy number one , and will initiate a boycott of their sponsors unless they clean up their act immediately . the press release goes on to call burn an american embarrassment and says that burns sponsors are shameless money-grubbers for choosing to support the show . interestingly , revolution riot is never mentioned in the press release , and doesnt even make the ftg top 10 . this shouldnt be a complete surprise , since gwa burn has garnered higher ratings for years , and is quite a bit raunchier than riot . still , i dont know how i would take this if i were max zeffer . on the one hand , revolution seems to have escaped the wrath of the goody-goody censors , at least for now . on the other hand , ftgs apparent ignorance of riots existence is kind of an embarrassing snub , suggesting that the mainstream still thinks the gwa is the only game in town . as of yet , there has been no official response from the gwa , but we shouldnt expect duke to take this lying down . as we speak , duke and his minions are likely preparing for a massive legal battle , the likes of which we havent seen in wrestling since the drug scandals a decade ago . as far as im concerned , the ftg can go to hell and deserves the legal jihad duke and his thugs are sure to unleash . more on this story in future reports , im sure . for now ... . the high points : gwa burn - those of you who missed last nights show are probably reading this because of the deafening buzz created by gwas newest face . joey mayhem , formerly maniac joey hamilton from the southeast wrestling league , made his television debut last night , in the main event no less . although the match itself was a squash , the events after the match were the most surprising ive seen all year . just a quick recap : burn opened last night with duke offering jumbo a main event slot against an opponent of his choosing .	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then , after a mostly forgettable show , jumbo came to the center of the ring and announced he would face anyone brave enough to come out and challenge him . when joey mayhem came out , the crowd was silent , most of them having never seen him before . and when jumbo squashed joey for ten minutes , the crowd got pissed off . but after jumbo left joey mayhem ( and four referees ) in a heap in the middle of the ring , joey jumped to his feet , sprinted after jumbo , and beat the shit out of him . it was totally surprising and sweet as all hell for those of us who think jumbo is about as interesting as maple syrup on a pizza . the crowd dug it , the announcers put him over , and we have ourselves a new star . when was the last time the gwa tried to create a new main-eventer ? right now , the only person in the gwa main event scene who debuted with the company in the past three years is goliath , and even hes getting passe . dukes uncharacteristic decision to push a newcomer is just what the company needs and couldnt have come at a better time . revolution has been putting on killer shows for months now , while gwa has continually dragged out the same old faces doing the same old shit . so , heres to joey mayhem . may he bring some much needed change to the gwa upper card . i shouldnt let this discussion pass without mentioning the wink . last night everyone was talking about the wink and what it meant . for those who missed it , right after jumbo flattened joey mayhem with a chairshot , joey winked at jumbo before falling to the floor . everyone has their theory about the wink . was it was planned ? will it be part of his character ? was it an inside joke ? was it unscripted ? was it joeys way of accusing jumbo of being soft ? my personal hope is that the wink was planned and has some deep and interesting significance that well find out about later . hey , a fan can dream . on the other side ... . revolution riot - lots of high points here , as usual . flash martin vs. edgar hoover . flashs solid , steady push continues , as he goes over clean against the wily veteran . the flash martin push thus far has been nothing short of a clinic in good booking . crystal waters promo . finally , something interesting happening in womens wrestling . memo to duke : this is what we want to see . the crystal waters / marian feud has been based on good wrestling and good backstory . if you have good wrestling surrounded by a good story , people will tune in to watch a womens division , even if the women arent watermelon-chested toothpicks . while the gwa is doing its bad skinamax impersonation , the women on revolution are actually wrestling . funny , actual wrestling on a wrestling show is going over in the womens division , go figure . lucifer vs. jerry senika - no . 1 contenders match . well , it lived up to the hype . the wrestling gets four out of five stars in my book . lucifers long march to the top of the world takes another step forward , after he beats the living legend in a grueling 20-minute epic . i cant wait for next weeks title match . speaking of which , onto ... the big picture : despite the gwas best effort to put on an interesting finish to this weeks show , the talk of the upcoming week will be revolution riot . lucifer vs. red jackson for the world title is the biggest match i can remember being given away on free tv , and its now just a week away . this match will be the culmination of lucifers seven-month-long push from obscurity to superstar . ive got to give props to max , gene , and larry for their patience in slowly building up lucifer , in what has to be one of the most magnificent rises to the top in wrestling history . what a brilliant way to bring this push to its culmination . wrestlings biggest young superstar against its greatest active legend for the title . thats what everyone will be watching . i , like always , will tape both shows and give you the definitive review of what goes down . until next time , this is steve garcia . chapter 4 joey took seat number 230 , in row ee of the united spirit arena in lubbock , texas . on the floor , twenty-nine rows down , jumbo and jack branson were running their spots in the ring . they would be performing together in a little over six hours . standing around the ring , watching and giving advice , were three veteran wrestlers : crusader , deep six , and lord mayberry . at this time last year , joey would have emptied his savings account to sit and watch these megastars of the wrestling world rehearse spots and work out together in the ring . now he was here , not only to watch , but also to get in a few minutes of practice time himself .	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later tonight , in a non-televised house show , he would wrestle bret stevens , a performer hed admired for years . joeys interest in professional wrestling predated his earliest memories . on saturday mornings , while other kids watched cartoons , joey and his older brother mark watched wrestling . by the time joey was a teenager , he and mark were imitating their favorite wrestlers in their parents basement . the floor strewn with pillows , they would re-enact red jackson vs. shane walker , or chuck campo vs . the great santos , move for move , with a recliner , a coffee table , and a toy chest as the ring posts . when they were in high school , joey and mark founded the memphis backyard brawlers , a group of ten boys who met every day after school to act out their wrestling fantasies in joeys backyard . each boy had his own character and they all took turns as the world champion , ( the champion wore a brown leather belt with a large silver buckle that belonged to joeys father ) . it was in the memphis backyard brawlers that maniac joey hamilton was born . as the group became more advanced in their skills , they also became more daring , and on one cloudy afternoon in late march , mark decided he would attempt a moonsault from the lowest branch of the maple tree in the backyard . with his opponent ( joeys best friend tito ) , bravely and patiently lying on the grass , mark climbed the tree , set himself up on the lowest branch , and leaped . he landed perfectly across titos chest . the group cheered in approval . as joey , the acting referee , was squatting to do the three count , tito and mark simultaneously screamed in pain . mark rolled off titos chest . their match was never finished . mark had broken his right leg and left tito with two broken ribs and a punctured lung . that afternoon an ambulance came to the hamilton house . the memphis backyard brawlers never met again . after the accident , mark lost interest in professional wrestling , but joey , much to his mothers chagrin , continued to watch , if no longer imitate , the saturday shows . his senior year , joey saw a documentary on cable that described the inner workings of a professional wrestling school and the life of a wrestler in an independent promotion . that night , using his parents 166 megahertz computer with a 56k modem , he got on the internet and found the web site for victor blakeys school of pro wrestling in nashville . the next night , at dinner , he told his parents that he wanted to enroll in wrestling school after graduation . absolutely not , his mother said . three months of pestering and pleading passed before joeys mother acquiesced . in june , she accompanied him to nashville and signed a six hundred dollar tuition check for a year of wrestling school . that year , thirteen people , including joey hamilton , enrolled in beginning professional wrestling with victor blakey . at the end of the first week , the thirteen was down to ten , after two people quit and one tore his acl . at the end of the first month , only six remained , after three more quit and one poor kid broke his neck on a failed back body drop . by christmas , victor blakey had kicked two more kids out of the program after discovering they were addicted to painkillers , and another young man fell to injury , this one tore his right bicep . when the program finished in may , joey was one of three who received a certificate of completion . of the three , joey was the only one to receive victor blakeys coveted recommendation to the independent wrestling promoters association . in june , the southeast wrestling league offered joey a spot on their tour . he took it , and maniac joey hamilton , dormant since the demise of the memphis backyard brawlers , was re-born , this time as a bona fide professional . joeys first real match was against oscar esquivel , a long-time wrestler in mexico who had recently begun the american indy circuit in hopes of landing a job with one of the major companies . joey and oscar wrestled for thirty minutes , in front of one hundred and fifty people , in a rodeo arena in little rock . by the time oscar hit a shooting star press for the win , joey was already over with the fans . their thirty minute match generated lots of buzz in the burgeoning internet wrestling community . word started to spread that there was a kid in the southeast wrestling league who had it . three nights later , joey and oscar wrestled again , this time in memphis , with the old backyard brawlers and larry jenkins from revolution wrestling in the audience . in front of the home town crowd , knowing a big money contract was at stake , joeys second ever pro match was a disaster . he tried to go too fast , and missed his spots .	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he tried to be too flashy , and botched a missile dropkick , barely grazing oscars shoulder . after thirty minutes of mistakes , joey , a bundle of nerves , misplanted his foot for a superkick , and nailed oscar straight in the face , breaking his nose and his front teeth . joey went over that night , but he didnt get a contract with revolution . he lost the respect of his opponent , he scared the hell out of his mother , and he earned a reputation of being dangerous in the ring . it took a year and a half to recover from the memphis disaster , but with persistence , realistic expectations , and some financial assistance from home , joeys stock slowly rose again . on new years day , joey received a call from the global wrestling association , inviting him to their headquarters in chicago for a tryout . two weeks later , he signed a one-year developmental deal with the gwa for forty thousand dollars . for the next two months , joey wrestled in rosemont , illinois , in the gwa farm league , under the tutelage of the great shane walker , one of his childhood heroes . shane told him if he kept his head down , his mouth shut , and his eyes open , great things would happen for him one day . one day turned out to be soon . on april 11th , joey was invited to perform a dark match , a non-televised warm-up match , before the taping of gwa burn in kansas city . he wrestled against benjamin grant , his sparring partner from the farm league . in front of fifteen thousand people , he put on his best performance ever , earning accolades backstage and a lunch date with duke the next day . at the lunch , duke asked joey if he felt he was ready to appear on television . joey said yes . the next week was his match against jumbo sanders on burn . a nasty chair shot , a buzz-causing wink , a post-match surprise beatdown of the main event heel , and joey was a star . and in the three days that followed the notable confrontation with jumbo , the wrestling world had crowned joey mayhem its new prince . the internet sites talked about him incessantly . his family , friends , former colleagues from the southeast wrestling league , and veteran wrestlers from the gwa , were asked to give their thoughts on him in interviews for web sites and newsletters . a joey mayhem t-shirt , complete with trademarked logo , was in production , to begin selling at gwa shows next month . even an old home movie from the memphis backyard brawlers surfaced on the internet and was downloaded across the world . against that background of overnight sensation , joey looked across the empty arena , where in hours he would wrestle his first match as a superstar . he thought about the last time he had wrestled with expectations this high , the night he had kicked oscar esquivel in the face . he really wanted to get in the ring and work out the spots with bret . was bret even here yet ? are you always this early ? said a female voice from behind him . joey turned and saw jade wilcox , who wrestled under the name jade sleek , descending the stairs toward him . she was wearing sinfully tight jeans that somehow fit over her black boots , and a long-sleeved white t-shirt . her jet black hair fell over her shoulders but couldnt completely cover the enhanced breasts that were a staple of womens wrestling . i was hoping to get in some practice time in the ring . jade dropped her gym bag and sat next to joey . did one of those guys invite you to work out with them ? no , i was actually going to wait for them to finish , then see if bret wanted to go over our spots . joey hoped he didnt sound as intimidated as he felt . jade had wrestled for the gwa for six years , longer than any other woman on the roster . she had been womens champion five times , and at one time was the premier womens wrestler in the world . in addition , she was a worldwide sex symbol , having appeared in playboy and sports illustrated . joey was a little surprised she was talking to him . so youre wrestling bret tonight , she said . have you ever worked with him before ? ive actually never even spoken to him . well , youll get your chance tonight . joey smiled , not sure if he understood the joke . my guess is you wont get to work out with bret before your match . he doesnt like to do practice sessions , and those guys arent going to give you any ring time . you will get to talk to bret though , during your match . he likes to call every spot , and at the house shows , hell even give you criticism when hes got you in a rest hold . hes a total trip . joey felt his muscles tighten , an instinctual nervous response for him .	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he didnt like the thought of going into a match without any preparation at all . why wont those guys give me any ring time ? because youre new . new guys dont get ring time , especially new guys getting pushed . there was a whiff of smugness in her voice that made joey defensive . what , that youre getting pushed ? no , that guys getting pushed dont get any ring time . joey knew full well what a push was . in the wrestling world , a push was the term used to describe the shine of the company spotlight . if a promotion wanted to make someone a star , the bookers would give him more television time , and larger parts in the stories . they would have him win matches , or at least lose matches with more flair . they would intensify and focus his gimmick , and give him a catch phrase . the sum total of this attention from the bookers was referred to as a push , and it was the most sought-after prize in professional wrestling . and there was no doubt that , following his debut in the main event of burn , joey was getting pushed . i know , it doesnt make any sense , said jade . youd think that , since youre new , the company would get you in the ring before the shows so you could get your legs under you and be ready to run with the ball when its yours . but thats not how it works here . here , practice time before a show belongs to a privileged few , and they guard it like gold . those guys down there have all been in the company for a long time , and they all have one thing in common . theyve never been , and theyre never going to be , number one . those guys have worked as far up the ladder as they can get without getting to the top , and theyre scared and resentful of new people who might have a chance to go further than they did . someone like you comes in here and can be packaged and presented to the fans as a winner from day one , and before you know it , youre doing the headliners at the pay per views that could have been theirs . theyll do everything they can to hold you back , and that includes keeping you away from the ring where you can practice and improve . jades voice had taken on a familiar teaching-the-rookie tone . joey found that professional wrestlers , from all walks of life , in the biggest or the smallest promotions , loved to find a rookie and chew his ear off with their knowledge . he knew it was best to shut up and listen , and as he looked down at the guys around the ring , he wondered if what jade was saying wasnt right on . these guys had all been in the company forever , and had never been the number one guy . crusader and jumbo had both joined the gwa at a time when everyone had a silly , cartoonish gimmick . they both debuted as comic book characters , with bright costumes and larger-than-human personas . unfortunately , wrestling changed , but the memories of those gimmicks stuck with their owners . crusader , a canadian wrestler named scott rollins , originally played a ridiculous knight of the round table character , chivalrous and morally righteous . hed long since abandoned that character , but the name and the memory stuck with him , and despite the fact that he was skilled and had a good look , he probably would never be the top guy in the company . jumbos past was even worse . he was brought in as a demented circus freak character , who was led to the ring on a leash by an animal trainer . the name jumbo was supposed to remind people of a trained elephant , and his silver tights originally were supposed to be reminiscent of a circus performers outfit . like crusader , jumbo dumped the lame character when wrestling outgrew it , but remnants and memories of his past prevented the fans from ever taking him too seriously . deep six and lord mayberry likewise were talented wrestlers trapped by the gimmicks that once got them over . deep six debuted as an odd , cowboy/ghoul creature that at one time was the most exciting performer in the company . now he wore a black leather jacket to the ring and cut long-winded promos , but otherwise had no discernable personality . lord mayberry had come into the company playing a variation on the classic british snob character that was in every wrestling promotion at the time . he still played the snob , only now his accent was gone and he wanted to be taken seriously as a tough guy . so how does a new guy , with no sway backstage , become one of the people who can work out in the ring before the show ? i dont know , said jade . she looked like she had more to say on this topic , but a cell phone ringing from inside her gym bag interrupted the conversation . after unzipping her bag and fumbling through it for a few seconds , she pulled out the phone and cringed when she saw the name on the digital display .	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just a second joey , she said as she flipped open the phone . what is it tony ? joey sat quietly as jade had a telephone conversation with someone she obviously wasnt fond of . he silently cursed the phone for interrupting this surprising little rap session . sorry , that was my lawyer , jade said as she stuffed her cell phone back in the bag . your lawyer ? yeah , ive just got a prick of an ex-husband who wants my money and has been trying to get it for two years . joey nodded silently . he knew all about this story ; everyone did . jades divorce and its aftermath was genuine celebrity gossip , made all the more juicy because of persistent rumors of an affair between her and the current gwa champion , goliath , while she was married to her personal trainer . joey chose not to say anything about it ; instead he looked at her as if he were ready to listen . anyway , where were we joey ? oh yeah , the guys who get to work out in the ring . its like high school . the popular kids run the show . they have access to all the stuff everyone wants . and for a freshman like you , the best way to go somewhere would be to buddy up with the popular seniors . and those guys in the ring are the popular seniors ? so , you know those guys . how do i get them to , you know -- to like you ? jade laughed at the silly turn the conversation was taking . how do i get them to like me ? oh honey , i dont think you can . ive already told you , youre being pushed . i guess i dont understand why thats such a big deal . of course its a big deal . youre the freshman , remember ? how do you think the seniors would react if some freshman came in and snatched up the homecoming queen ? okay , yeah , i get that part . i just , well , the fans liked me on monday night . if the fans like what im doing , then its good for business . if its good for business , then id think those guys would get over themselves . let me tell you how it works now that youre in the big leagues , she said . loyalty to the company doesnt exist . these guys could care less if the gwa grows , shrinks , sinks , or swims . if things dont work out here , theyll go to revolution . if things dont work out there , theyll go to wherever things do work out . i think the fans like to think that its all about the promotions in these monday night battles , but its not . its about the stars . whoever becomes a big star will have it made . he can wrestle for whoever has the most money to give him . over in revolution , lucifer has become such a huge star that hell be the world champion in whatever promotion he wants to wrestle with for the next twenty years . and when he gets tired of wrestling , he can go become an actor , or retire on all the money he made from television commercials . thats what those guys down there want . thats what everyone in the business wants . theres big fame at stake in wrestling nowadays , and even the most passionate wrestlers are seduced by it . think about it , kid . why are you a wrestler ? joey had answered this question a thousand times to himself , his friends , and his mother . i just love it , he said . ive always loved it . i couldnt do anything else . thats great , said jade . and i totally believe you . now think about what it was like on monday night , when the whole crowd took to you like you were going to lead them to the promised land . they started chanting your name . it was the most exciting moment of my life . now that youve tasted that , its going to be tough for you to go back . sure , if you have to , youll wrestle for peanuts again , and do it for the love of the sport . but , given the choice , how can you not want that moment of fame , that moment when everyone in your world adores you ? i dont understand what youre getting at , said joey . of course id choose the big crowds and the adoration , given the choice . i still love wrestling . it doesnt mean id want to leave it to become a movie star or something . no , but maybe youll find yourself doing things , making compromises , things you wouldnt be doing if you were in this for your love of wrestling more than your want for fame . joey was about to ask her what she was talking about , but before he spoke , he realized what she was saying . images of jade wrestling other women in a pit of muck wearing only a bikini popped into his head . he remembered a skit she did last year where the audience was led to believe that duke peed on her after she lost the womens title . he didnt know if he wanted to talk about this anymore . im sorry joey , she said .	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i didnt mean to bring you down with all this . i just got on my soap box , and ... the thing is joey , i can tell youve got a big future ahead of you if you play your cards right , but im worried for you , being thrown right into the spotlight in your first match . and i just hate the way things work around here . i guess all im saying is you need to watch your back . theres nothing you can do to avoid the politics . just dont get hurt or frustrated if the old guys give you the cold shoulder for awhile . i wont , said joey , but he wondered . this conversation had made him aware of how little he really knew about this business , of how green he really was . where do you stand in all this ? do you care about the politics ? i used to , but , well , i dont know . jade reached down and started fiddling with the straps of her gym bag . a few seconds of silence made it clear that jade apparently had no interest in talking further about herself . do you have someone to travel with this week ? joey asked , surprised at his own boldness . jade continued to look down at her gym bag . safire and i are driving the circuit this week , and dont even ask , because the answer is no . you and i cant travel together . her voice was sullen as she delivered the rejection , almost as if it hurt her more than him . okay , said joey . an american sex icon takes a few minutes of her time to talk to him and he spoils it . heres your last tip , joey . dont try to be friends with any of the women around here , because to the guys backstage , and all the geeks on the internet , you and a woman cant be friends , you can only be an item . i ... she was distracted by something on the arena floor . look whos here , she said , almost to herself . im gon na go get something to eat . it was nice talking to you joey . jade was looking across the arena at two men in matching grey armani suits who had stepped onto the floor from the service area . one was a giant of a man , with long blonde hair and muscles that bulged through his suit . next to him , looking like a midget by comparison , was a bald man with a round torso . they both were wearing sunglasses . the two men , patrick french , better known as goliath , and michael duke correlli , had spotted joey and jade . joey , come down here , yelled out goliath . nice to see you too , champ , jade said under her breath . well joey , good luck . arent you coming down ? asked joey . he only invited you , kid . theyll keep on pretending like they never saw me . why dont you just come -- shut up and get your ass down there . listen , thanks for the advice . go on already , said jade , waving him off like he was a fly . well , can we eat dinner together sometime or something ? i ... whatever ... sure..just get down there . joey waved awkwardly at her before turning to head down the stairs . hed just asked jade sleek out on a date , and she had said yes , well , maybe . glad to see you here early , joey , said goliath , extending his hand in greeting as joey reached the bottom of the stairs . joey could think of nothing to say as he shook goliaths hand . the two had never formally met , but goliath was acting like they were old friends . its nice to spend some time in the arena before the fans arrive , goliath said . it always helps me feel at home . yeah , its really nice , said joey . why had goliath not even acknowledged jade ? goliath and jade had a rocky past together , and joey was overcome with the feeling that he was somehow now in the middle of it . he was reminded of the time his mother caught him watching porn . she knew she had seen it , he knew that shed seen it , but they both acted like it never happened . goliath was treating jade the same way joeys mother treated porn . joey boy , youre just the man we need to see , said duke corelli . duke smiled and extended his hand . the arena lights glimmered off his gold-capped teeth . duke had lost his two front teeth three years ago when a disgruntled former wrestler named bishop brock punched him in the mouth after a show . it was well known in the wrestling world that simple dental surgery could have put dukes teeth right back in his mouth , good as new , but duke instead chose to get two gold-capped implants . the implants made him look like a deranged mafia boss every time he smiled , adding a new quirk to the greedy , self-serving boss character he played on his own tv show .	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we need to talk to you about the next few shows , so come with us if youve got a minute . said duke . yes sir , said joey . great , i use an office on the concourse , said duke . as joey followed duke and goliath up the stairs , he realized that the guys working out in the ring , the seniors , were watching him , the freshman , head off to a private meeting with the world champion and the boss . * * * * * joey , they loved you , duke said from behind the oak desk . duke , goliath , and joey had made their way to a business office on the arena concourse . goliath had closed the door behind them . duke was sitting in the leather chair as if he came to this office every day . joey sat directly opposite duke , with goliath crowding him on his right . there was one overhead fluorescent lamp and no windows . the gray lighting made the room look like a home movie . believe me , joey , said goliath , the reaction you got on monday night was something special . most people in this business will never hear something like that . i hope you allowed yourself to enjoy it . it was a great night for me , said joey . he believed every word of what jade had said to him , and knew that whatever this meeting was for , it might be better for his standing backstage if it wasnt happening . still , he enjoyed the praise . were going to jump on this right away , said duke , who was breathing heavily from the walk up the stairs and around the concourse . these opportunities only come once in a great while , joey . youre the hottest thing on the show already . goliath and i think youre ready to take the next step . thank you , i really appreciate that , said joey . he wished jumbo were in here to listen to this praise , to hear that joeys wink wasnt a big deal to the boss . youll have your scheduled matches with bret through the house shows , but come monday night , were going to put you in a new program , said duke . were in the process of re-scripting monday night , specifically because of you , said goliath . heres whats planned , said duke . he cleared his throat , making a disgusting , turkey-baster sound . tomorrow morning we announce on the web that the next episode of burn will have a tournament to determine the number 1 contender for the gwa world title . then , every hour between noon and eight on saturday , we announce on the web site one of the wrestlers who will be competing in the tournament . its going to be crusader , jumbo , lord mayberry , gordy goodnow , jack branson , deep six , zombie , and you , said goliath . youll be announced last , said duke . then , on sunday at noon , well post the tournament brackets on the web . your first match will be against lord mayberry . hell cheat , the ref wont see , the deck will be stacked against you , you know the routine , but youll be going over . you , crusader , jumbo , and branson will all advance to the second round . you can imagine that youll be seen as the underdog among those four . sure , said joey . they were going so fast he didnt completely understand , but figured hed catch up as they went along . the underdog is the most natural babyface in wrestling , said goliath . youll be the underdog in every match . every match will be scripted for you to go over against impossible odds . by the time you make it to the finals , the crowd is going to be nuts for you . it will be the ultimate cinderella story . and in the finals , interrupted duke , youll meet jumbo in a rematch of last weeks classic . the script will be the same , only this time youre going to take even more of a beating . its going to be insane when you pull out the stops and win the match . and , of course , that will be what sets you up to go against goliath in the main event the next week . how do you like it so far ? it sounds great , said joey , overwhelmed . a program for the world title ? who all knows about this storyline ? no one yet , said duke . goliath and i just finished concocting it on the drive over here . im going to tell the other guys in the tournament about the whole plan as soon as they get here . the rest of the roster will hear about it when it goes on the web . we thought it would be better if only the participants in the tournament knew , said goliath . were going to be really careful about leaks . we dont want any of the internet fans getting word that youre going over in the tournament . i have to admit , began joey , im a little nervous about the reaction this will get in the locker room .	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im getting a major push here , and -- i can understand your concern , joey , said goliath . believe you me , theres been a lot of politicking in this locker room in the past . but ive got ta tell you , when the ratings come in and we wallop revolution riot , the guys are gon na love you like a brother . oh yeah , said duke . this is a big month . we need ratings to pay the bills . the other performers arent going to care that youre getting pushed if your success pays their salaries . trust me on this one , joey , said goliath . guys care about the pecking order , and about paying their dues , but when it comes down to it , we all know that none of that means squat if no ones watching . ratings have been down for months now . all of us are anxious to try anything that might work . i was hanging out with crusader and zombie earlier this week , and theyre excited about the reaction you got on monday . and theyre not the only ones . guys here really want us to do something that will get people to watch . whoever gets people to watch is going to be a popular man in the locker room . joey relaxed into his chair . goliath , crusader , zombie , and duke -- these were big , powerful names that apparently were in his corner . he was particularly surprised to hear goliath say that crusader was on board . that makes me feel better , said joey . i was talking to someone earlier , and i thought that maybe ... .well -- was it jade ? said goliath . joey hesitated . he didnt want to rat out his new friend and future date , especially not in front of goliath . dont worry about jade , goliath continued . shes a great wrestler , and a great woman , but shes also a gossip . wouldnt you agree duke ? love her to death , but dont listen to a word she says . that gals always out to start a ruckus . its just her personality . seriously joey , said goliath . i wouldnt worry a bit . if the angle works , and people watch , the guys backstage will love you . if the angle doesnt work , and revolution kicks our ass this month , the guys backstage will understand . we all know weve got to try something different than weve been doing . i completely understand your concern joey , said duke . if this angle doesnt work , well gently put you back in the midcard and try something else . but i dont think that will happen . people are going to start talking once we get word up on the internet . they were speaking so fast , and every word was one of reassurance . joey felt like he was among friends . so what happens the next week when you and i have our title match ? joey asked goliath . ill win , goliath said . but im going to have to cheat like hell . you just arent going to go down easy . and of course that will lead to a rematch , said duke . a rematch at the pay-per-view ? no , not this time , said duke . joey nodded his head , as if to say , of course not this time , im just a rookie , it was a stupid question . were really going to let it all hang out on television and clean up in the may sweeps , said duke . joey nodded some more as duke continued . i have plans for an extended feud over the course of several weeks between you and goliath . the details arent all worked out , but you know the routine , some cliffhangers , some teasers , a bloody beatdown by the heel . it will all build to a world title match on the last episode in may . duke stopped there , as if his sentences had winded him . this time joey was able to sit quietly and wait , even though duke had left out an important detail . after a few seconds of silence , goliath answered the obvious question . may sweeps will end with you winning the world title , joey . goliath smiled as he spoke , delivering the news like a nurse speaking to a new mother . joey was speechless . he couldnt believe this was happening . he was going to be the gwa world champion . it had been his dream since he was a teenager . yeah , im up to it , he said . im glad were on the same page joey , said duke . this will be the beginning of great things for you . this will be the beginning of great things for all of us , said goliath . chapter 5 james lucifer duvall was born in manhattan on april 4th , 1979 , the only child of linda duvall and martin gorman . he was conceived while his parents were both undergraduates at columbia university , where they were active in what remained of the new left on the campuses of the northeast .	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knowing that martin would think a child an obstacle to his long-term plans , linda kept her pregnancy a secret until it was too late to terminate it . at the beginning of her third trimester , linda came home from class to find martin naked in bed with a freshman english major . martin , apparently consumed with guilt , was insistent that he should leave . by the time james was born , martin was living in san francisco . james was never to meet him . jamess early youth did not include time spent with playmates and toys . instead , linda carted him around as she continued the rebellion of her university days . james attended his first political protest meeting in his mothers arms when he was six months old . by the time he was two , he was riding the train from baltimore to dc with his mother every morning so she could participate in whatever hippie regalia was taking place on the mall that afternoon . when he was four , he sat in the hallway outside the chancellors office at winston college for seven hours ( along with his mother and sixty other people ) , in a successful attempt to shut down the school until a particular european history professor was fired . the year of jamess fifth birthday , his absent father was named editor-in-chief of the radical magazine , proletariat activist , where he wrote a highly praised piece about the continuing oppression of women . linda wrote a letter to the magazine calling martin a deadbeat dad . the letter was never published , but martin began sending a monthly check . linda quit her waitressing job and became a full-time volunteer activist . with guaranteed money and a stern hatred for all men , linda renewed her radical spirit and took up the cause of oppressed women everywhere . she paid increasingly less attention to her son , who , in her mind , had driven martin away , and was predestined to become an oppressive monster by nature of his penis . his father gone , his mother inattentive , james grew up on his own . at school he was a whipping post for the kids with social skills and confidence , becoming a regular in the nurses office with black eyes and bloody noses . at home he was a nuisance to his mother and her friends . so he withdrew from interest in the real world , and instead spent his time in daydreams of superheroes and adventure . early one saturday morning , while his mother was asleep , james discovered the professional wrestling programs that aired on network television . after watching two hour-long wrestling programs back to back , james ran into his mothers bedroom and awakened her to excitedly relay all that he saw . he told her about the matches , the characters , the managers , and the spectacle , with an excitement he had never displayed before . linda had never seen wrestling , but knew that it was violent , disrespectful of women , and insensitive about racism , and in a rare moment of parenting , she declared that james was never to watch it again . on the next saturday , when she caught james watching wrestling in secret , she moved their only television into her bedroom . wrestling was never spoken of in the duvall household again . when james began ninth grade at ulysses s. grant high school in the fall of 1991 , he was five feet four inches tall and weighed 120 pounds . two years later , when he finished the tenth grade , he was an even six feet and weighed a solid one-eighty . the schoolyard beatings promptly came to an end . the next year james grew another three inches , placing him in league with the tallest students at school . he accepted an invitation from mr. garrison , the varsity basketball coach , to try out for the team , and found , to everyones surprise , that he was a decent athlete . his academics improved , and he found his own niche of friends . he took to exercising , and convinced mr. garrison to let him have a key to the school weight room , where he worked out every morning for at least an hour before school started . on his graduation day , james drove his mothers saab to hastings arena , where the ceremony was held ( she didnt attend , calling graduations pompous celebrations of the ruling class ) . when james left the arena that afternoon , he didnt drive home . instead he got onto i-70 west and drove for ten hours . at one in the morning , he pulled into a rest stop off the freeway just inside the kentucky border and slept in the car until dawn . then he drove into lousiville , parking the saab in front of pruitts wrestling school , an unmarked red brick building in a seedy neighborhood outside of downtown . he went inside and paid $ 900 cash , money he had saved for three years , to jack pruitt , buying himself 10 months as a student in one of the souths premier schools of professional wrestling . two days later his mother tracked him down with the help of a private investigator . she took her saab back to baltimore , and james never spoke to her again .	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for the next year , james waited tables from morning until mid-afternoon , attended wrestling school in the evening , and worked out in the gym at night . he lived in an empty studio apartment within walking distance of his job , his school , and his gym . he didnt own a car or a telephone , but he did own a television and a vcr , which were exclusively used for study . he watched gwa burn and revolution riot every week . he borrowed tapes from jack pruitts library and caught up on all the wrestling he had missed in his youth . he studied the greatest matches , sometimes staying up all night or calling in sick to work so he could watch the masters of the sport for hours at a time . he never socialized with anyone , lest he lose even one more minute of life that could have been spent with his passion . by the end of the year , he was jack pruitts prize student , and had been invited to join the southeast wrestling league , the largest independent wrestling promotion in the country . two days before his first match in the swl , he bought a used toyota camry , which would become his home for the next two years . his first gimmick in the swl was a mysterious gothic man named scorpion mace . he wrestled five nights a week , every night in a different city . he owned one suitcase , one gym bag , two pairs of shoes , one pair of wrestling boots , and a clear plastic jug that was always filled with water . on most days , breakfast was a piece of fruit , and lunch and dinner were peanut butter sandwiches , made with ingredients purchased at whatever gas station could provide them . showers happened in high school gym locker rooms , ymcas , and one time at a homeless shelter . when he traveled through the carolinas , where the shows were usually well-attended and the pay was better , he shared motel rooms with other wrestlers . otherwise , he parked his car at rest stops and public parks and slept in the back seat . wrestling venues in the southeast wrestling league were as nice as the brand new 2000-seat arena at the fairgrounds in greensboro , and as dreary as the abandoned airplane hangar in jackson . pay for a nights work in the swl varied from nothing to six hundred dollars , depending on the venue . if a show was cancelled due to poor attendance , the performers werent paid . if a show was poorly organized by a fly-by-night regional promoter , the performers werent paid . grocery store shoplifting and gasoline pump driveaways were common practice among swl performers . after a particularly long stretch without pay in december of that first year , james asked a college kid who attended all the kentucky shows if he was interested in buying the black t-shirt james wore in the ring . the kid paid twenty dollars for it , money james used for gas to get to charlotte . in charlotte , the promoter told james that he could not wrestle shirtless , that the black t-shirt was part of scorpion maces gimmick . james asked around backstage if anyone had a black t-shirt he could borrow , and received an old heavy metal t-shirt from the trunk of frankie dices car . the shirt was faded black , plain except for one word in red lettering on the back : lucifer . that night james wore the shirt while he wrestled a popular babyface named gunner brown . the next night in raleigh , james wore the shirt again . a group of teenage boys who had traveled from the previous show in charlotte held up a poster with the word lucifer on it . a large section of the audience chose to cheer for jamess character . before the next show , james purchased a bottle of black hair dye at a drug store off the interstate . he paid $ 4.00 for it . in a grungy bathroom at a gas station in rural south carolina , james dyed his hair black . that night in charleston , james asked the promoter if he could be introduced as lucifer scorpion mace . during his match , the black hair dye began to bleed . the match turned into a gooey mess , with black muck all over james , his opponent , and the ring . the promoter was furious and james was only paid half . as james headed for the shower , he saw himself in the mirror with his shirt off . black streaks of hair coloring swirled down his neck and shoulders . james imagined he had thick veins filled with black blood . he left the building without showering and found a tattoo parlor down the street . he paid all the money he had , forty-three dollars , to have the black streaks of hair coloring turned into permanent tattoos . the next show was in jacksonville in a high school performing arts center . three scheduled performers no-showed this small venue . to fill time , the promoter asked james to cut a promo before his match with top babyface clubber brody . having never done a promo before , james nervously agreed .	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as he walked to the ring , he tried to think of what he might say , but came up with nothing . when he took the microphone in the center of the ring , he just opened his mouth and said whatever came out . do you people want to see a beating tonight ? a small chorus of cheers came from the seats . is that all youve got , people ? dont tell me you came out here and paid your hard-earned money to watch a bunch of no-names pussyfoot around . you people want to see a beating . and im going to give it to you . now , do you want to see a beating or not ? a few more cheers came from the crowd . do you want to see violence ? do you want to see blood ? the crowd grew louder . who wants me to hit clubber brody over the head with a steel chair ? now the crowd was getting excited . james dropped the microphone , jumped out of the ring , grabbed a steel chair , and hopped back in . if you want to see me smash this steel chair into clubber brodys skull , let me hear you ! the crowd screamed in approval . when clubber brodys music played and he stepped out , he was booed by the audience . the audience cheered wildly when james clocked clubber brody over the head with a steel chair , and booed when brody eventually won the match as planned . as soon as they got backstage , clubber brody punched james in the mouth . thats for stealing my heat , brody said . theres nothing i hate more than a wrestler who wont play the part . you were supposed to be the heel out there , the promoter said . dont expect to work for me again . james didnt get paid that night . but his spontaneous babyface promo earned him far more than the $ 100 the promoter withheld . the show that night was broadcast on jacksonville community access cable . a man named stanley mushnik was watching . he was impressed with the way james worked the crowd , so much so that he called his old friend , gene harold . after the next swl show in orlando , james met up with gene harold and larry jenkins backstage , and signed a one-year developmental contract with revolution wrestling . two months later , on october 26th , james made his national debut in grand rapids , michigan for revolutions all hallows eve pay per view . he was a well-hyped mystery opponent for a mid-carder named adrian smoke . his ring entrance was a frightening combination of shadows and fire , set to crass heavy metal guitar music . the ring announcer introduced him only as tonights mystery opponent and the television announcers made a big deal of his anonymity . in a four-minute squash , the nameless wrestler defeated adrian smoke . the crowd was confused . the announcers were aghast . for the next three weeks james plowed through the undercard on revolution riot as an anonymous wrestler . his matches were booked more like a circus act than a sporting event , as james was encouraged to show off his cruiserweight-style repertoire and handle his opponents like crash test dummies . by mid-november , james was more over than any wrestler in the company . on the november 24th edition of riot , james gave his first interview on revolution television , and told the world his wrestling name , lucifer . lucifer became an instant ratings sensation . at the last man standing pay per view in november , he defeated veteran wrestler miller wilson and delivered revolutions highest buy-rate ever . on the next riot , he defeated revolution mainstay edgar hoover in a critically acclaimed 23-minute epic . the match was a mature showing of ring psychology , high spots , and mat wrestling , and featured the debut of what would become lucifers trademark finisher , a variation on the scorpion deathlock submission hold . he called it the devils trident . the internet wrestling community pronounced lucifer as their new hero . riots overnight television ratings went up a full point from the previous week . january began lucifers first ever extended feud in revolution , when mat technician tony campbell laid him out backstage with a sledgehammer . a match between lucifer and campbell was announced for the massacre ppv , and for the next three weeks , the two men put on an old-school style feud , highlighted by lucifers first in-ring promo on the january 13th edition of riot . lucifer repeated im coming for you campbell , as a mantra throughout the promo . it played more like an historic speech than a wrestling interview , and the internet began comparing lucifer to the greatest performers in the history of wrestling . at massacre , lucifer and campbell wrestled for sixteen minutes before campbell landed in the devils trident and tapped out . it was the first time in tony campbells career that he had submitted . heading into february , lucifer was revolutions biggest star , getting monster pops and selling hordes of merchandise .	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he appeared as a guest on sportstalk , and spoke quietly and eloquently with legitimate sports journalists about the line between sports and entertainment . his interview was well-received by the mainstream press , and the television ratings on revolution riot reached new heights . in february , lucifer was booked in his first main-event-level feud with butterfly johnny grace , a wrestler who might have been pushed to the very top had lucifer not taken off like a missile . lucifer and grace stole the show at the aggression ppv and had a rematch on the february 24th edition of riot . lucifer went over clean both times , solidifying him with the fans as a championship-level contender . rolling into march , ratings for riot were closing in on burn , and the internet proclaimed revolution wrestling as the future of the industry . max zeffer announced on revolution.com that march and april would be spent determining a ranking list for the number one contender for the revolution world title . a complicated round robin tournament was set up to take place over the next 6 broadcasts of riot . lucifer was given the chance to go from bottom to top on the entire roster again , and did so impressively , leading up to a critically acclaimed number 1 contenders match between lucifer and jerry senika on riot in worcester , massachusetts . three days later he made a nationally televised appearance on the late show with reggie foster . lucifers appearance gave the talk show its highest ratings ever . he went to bed that night aware that he was on the verge of becoming an international superstar . the morning after his talk show appearance , james awoke on the sixteenth floor of the hyatte in north brooklyn , feeling rested for the first time in many months . his schedule for the upcoming week would allow him to skip all the revolution house shows over the weekend to do publicity in new york for the monday episode of riot , live from madison square garden . it would be his first weekend off from wrestling in three years . james rolled out of bed and walked to the window . looking east , he could see madison square garden , where on monday night he would wrestle red jackson for the revolution world title . he thought of his childhood , and his mother . when he left her house three years ago , he had nine hundred dollars and a borrowed vehicle . in two days he was scheduled to win the world title and solidify his place as the premier wrestler in the world . he wondered where he could go from here . chapter 6 on friday night , just a few hours after learning he would be the next gwa champion , joey defeated bret stevens in lubbock . the crowd treated him like a war hero , exploding in noise , camera flashes and homemade posters when he entered . during the match , they cheered whenever he was on offense and they booed whenever bret had the upper hand . on saturday morning , gwa.com announced there would be a tournament for the world title on monday nights burn , with the participants to be announced the next day . as the wrestlers gathered in amarillo for the saturday-night show , there was a growing buzz regarding the recent announcement on the web site . no one knew who was going to be in the tournament , or who would win . company leadership was strangely silent regarding the announcement . joey avoided anyone who might ask him if he knew about the tournament . that night , after wrestling bret again , in front of another hysterical crowd , joey rushed to his hotel . on sunday , as promised , gwa.com gradually posted the names of those who would be competing in the tournament . at noon , the web site announced crusader as the first participant . at one , jumbo . at two , jack branson . at three , deep six . at four , zombie . by four-thirty , wrestlers were arriving at the fort worth convention center for the sunday night house show . they had been traveling all day , and were unaware of whose names were posted on the web . joey and bret put on the same show , to the same response . after the match , goliath slapped joey on the back and said , youre our hottest commodity right now . by the end of the sunday-night show , after word had gone around about whose names were posted on the web , the tournament was all anyone could talk about backstage . as the wrestlers learned that duke wasnt giving away any of the booking , curious speculation turned to giddiness , and then anxiety . why were they putting a tournament on free tv with such little notice ? why wasnt duke telling them who was going over ? as far as joey could tell , most people assumed the finals would be between crusader and branson . he didnt know about the whisper campaign that had started in the locker room . he didnt hear the jealousy , the vitriol , the angst in the voices of jumbo and deep six , who told their admirers that joey had disappeared with the boss and the champion for a private meeting before the lubbock show .	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hey joey , do you have a second ? joey was on his way to the showers after his third match with bret in three days , lost in his own world of fan adoration and television tournaments . the gravelly voice that had disturbed him belonged to shane walker , gwa road agent , former world champion , and joeys trainer from the farm league . shane was sitting by himself in a folding chair against the wall , leaning on his cane and not about to get up . joey went to him . youre getting quite the response these days , said shane . i know , its unbelievable , said joey . joey had grown up watching shane on pro wrestling all-stars . at that time , shane had long , flowing blonde hair and an outrageous physique that no longer was possible in pro wrestling following the crackdown on anabolic steroids . today , shane was bald and slim , with skin that could have been removed from a hot dog . he leaned on a cane , even while sitting , and his body shook , as if he were riding a bus . how do you feel about the reaction youre getting ? i love it , said joey . do you think you deserve an ovation like that ? joeys instincts told him to end this conversation immediately and leave . the last thing he needed was for his idol and teacher to tell him he was stealing the spotlight from more deserving players . i dont know if i deserve it , but i dont have any control over that , said joey . youre right , said shane . you cant control the fans . joey nodded his head , knowing there was more listening to do . he had spent many an afternoon listening to shanes patient speeches . you know , joey , my first tv match was on pro wrestling all-stars . i was twenty-two . i had been wrestling for clyde gallaghers promotion in the midwest for three years and got noticed by larry jenkins . larry was barely a teenager back then . he invited me to come on all-stars and be a jobber for a fellow named igor who wrestled by the name polar bear . igor was a hairy monster who couldnt wrestle worth a shit , but was tough as nails . back then , if you were a jobber you were expected to take a beating . a real beating . i let that igor fellow beat the shit out of me for six minutes , and it hurt . the guy was stiff as a board on me . i finished that match with a broken finger and a black eye . two weeks later i got invited back to all-stars to be a jobber for wrangler billy black . broke my nose in that one . for my first two years on tv , every time i stepped in the ring , i had to do the job to some established star who beat the crap out of me . someone had done it to them , now they were doing it to me . it was a way of making sure that the young crop coming up didnt make it to the top unless they really wanted it . and you know joey , even though it was painful and frustrating to let those guys pound me like that , im thankful they did it . im thankful because it gave me an opportunity to pay my dues . it was a chance for me to earn respect from the veterans , one beating at a time . its a shame that traditions fallen out of favor . wrestlings changed . it used to be that it took the fans awhile to warm up to somebody new . they wanted to see familiar faces win the matches . they wanted courageous , good-hearted heroes to defeat the bad guys . now its harder . now it seems like they want something different every week . dukes got to give these fans what they want to see or else none of us get to perform . right now the fans want to see you . next month they might want to see someone else . joey stood silently , unsure of how to react . was this advice ? if you ask me , shane continued , i think you should just enjoy it while it lasts , and quit worrying about what the other guys think . they might get angry if the crowd takes to you and not to them , but when push comes to shove , theyll do whatever duke tells them to do . in the end it will all wash out . your fifteen minutes of fame will be over and some new kid will take your place . joey was saved by a deep , rhythmic beating sound that trembled through the concrete floor under his feet and distracted shane from his spiel . it was zombies music playing out in the arena . zombie wasnt supposed to go over tonight , was he ? shanes eyebrows tightened into a puzzled look . they both turned toward the arena entrance . while joey and shane had been talking , jack branson and zombie had been wrestling . they had performed together two times in two cities leading up to tonights show , with plans to get a feud between them on television soon .	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branson went over every time , and was surely supposed to go over tonight . it would be an odd booking decision to let branson , one of the companys biggest stars , lose to zombie , even at a non-televised event . but the music out there was not bransons blues guitar theme . it was zombies tune , an unmistakable heavy metal riff with a thick percussive beat . zombie came through the black curtain , breathing heavily and shaking his head . he made a left turn to head toward the locker room . outside , in the arena , the fans began applauding , a rare form of recognition in professional wrestling . amidst the applause were scattered bran-son cheers . did you guys hear what happened ? said jade . she was approaching from down the hall , dressed in the black rubber outfit that served as her wrestling attire . no , whats going on out there ? bransons hurt , said jade . something happened when he went for a clothesline . joey wondered if hed heard correctly . although it was common to get injured when on the receiving end of a clothesline , it was definitely not common to get injured when delivering one . i think he planted his foot wrong , said jade . looked like his left knee buckled under him . he totally missed the move and fell to the ground , holding his knee . they had to improvise the finish . when zombie figured out what was going on , he grabbed bransons neck in a choke and held it until he could be disqualified . the crowd was pissed . for some reason , tony fired up zombies music and that was the end . it was a total mess . the three of them watched the curtain , listening to the crowd cheer . bransons familiar blues theme came over the stadium speakers . a few seconds later branson hobbled through the curtain with the help of victor pardo from security . as soon as he stepped through , a team of sports trainers and paramedics swarmed and lifted branson onto a rolling gurney . bransons face was contorted in an expression of pain that looked very real . the trainers grabbed at his kneecap , asked him where it hurt , tested his movement , and yelled at the other wrestlers to get out of the way . a crowd of wrestlers and entourage followed the medics as they rolled branson through the locker room area and out to a loading dock , where he was lifted into an ambulance . do we know if hes going to be okay ? joey asked jade . i have no idea , she said . ill go talk to zombie and see what he knows . joey watched the ambulance leave the parking lot and disappear into the dark of an unfamiliar city . he thought about the main event-level spot that would be left open in bransons absence . maybe the locker room would be more accepting of a new star now that an old one was out . then he cringed at his own opportunism . branson had worked tirelessly for years to achieve his dream , and tonight a freak injury might have taken the dream away for good . it was no time for joey to be thinking of personal gain . what a crazy business . one misstep in a non-televised match in a forgettable town and a career could end . with the ambulance gone , the crowd of onlookers dispersed into ten different conversations . joey , thankfully , was part of none of them . he seized the moment to escape to the showers , alone . when he finished cleaning up and returned to the backstage area , he found it mostly empty . everyone who was available to leave had gone to the hospital to visit branson . everyone except jade . there you are , she said when he stepped into the main atrium of the backstage space . jade sleek was waiting backstage for him ? his ego swelled . shane and i are going for a bite , said jade . joeys balloon popped . why did shane have to come ? yeah , id love to go , he said , and , though he really wanted to go with jade alone , he wasnt lying . this was the first time hed been invited to do anything with people from the company . five minutes later , they were in jades rental car , driving the streets of fort worth . joey sat in the back seat . in the passenger seat was his childhood idol . in the drivers seat was an international sex symbol . two days ago he was told hed win the gwa world title . it was as if luck herself was giving joey a push . chapter 7 they landed at the cattlemans steakhouse , a kitschy restaurant in the historical district . the place was nearly empty when they were seated . shane ordered the heffer , a 64-ounce cut of sirloin that was free if he finished it in an hour . when the waitress brought it , she also dropped off a digital clock that counted down from sixty minutes .	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it took shane only ten minutes to plow through the first half of the steak , but with a good 30 ounces left to go , he started to look tired . jade ate two helpings from the salad bar . joey had a chicken breast . shanes endless stories from wrestlings past took up the first part of the evening . joey and jade patiently listened as shane went from one year to another between bites of steak . and then jade took the conversation exactly where joey didnt want it to go . so joey , what can you tell us about the tournament tomorrow night ? joey nodded as he swallowed a bite of baked potato . i dont know what im allowed to tell you , he said . this whole things so weird . duke wants me to keep it secret from everyone who absolutely doesnt need to know . i dont know how i feel about that . its not that unusual , said shane . used to be the case that no one but the two in the ring knew who was going over and who was doing the job , and even they didnt know sometimes until they got going and played the crowd a bit . i wouldnt be surprised if we got back to that sort of thing , what with the internet kids always lurking about and spreading gossip . its put me in a tough spot , said joey . the fact that im in the loop when so many veterans arent , it cant be sitting well with some of the guys in the locker room . well i know one veteran wrestler who is safe to tell , said jade . jades face creased into exaggerated disappointment . me , of course , she said . joey shook his head and tried to laugh off his mistake . jade wasnt laughing with him , although he couldnt tell if the anger on her face was real or playful . he knew a full confession would more than cover for his goof . how you comin on the heffer big fella ? said a waitress as she cleared a nearby table . still working , said shane . he smiled at her and cut off another piece of meat . youre not going to try to finish that are you ? im not performing anymore . if i finish , i get my picture on the wall over there . shane pointed with his fork to the opposite wall , labeled hall of fame . the wall was covered with framed 3 x 5 pictures of cowboys who had apparently finished the heffer . they all had a smug now-im- gon na -puke look on their faces . itll clog your arteries old man . a heart attack will hurt more than a few knife-edge chops , said jade . listen to ms . salad over here , shane said to joey . she wouldnt even order a baked potato . im sorry to say jade , that unlike you , i dont have to keep up a million dollar figure , and couldnt even if i tried . you keep eating your carrots and celery , ill keep eating my cow . jade rolled her eyes then turned back to joey . so lets have it . whos going over ? joey tilted his head back to drink the last of his water . when he put his glass down he noticed that he had shanes undivided attention for the first time since the heffer had been put on the table . im going over , said joey . jades expression was guarded , as if she didnt know if he was teasing or not . joey took a breath and went on . im going over lord mayberry clean , then im going over crusader clean , then im going over jumbo clean . joey nodded . the table was quiet again . so branson and crusader ... said jade , more as a question than a statement . branson and crusader were both going to do the job early . i have no idea whos going to replace branson , but whoever it is , well , its my hope that with branson out it wont be so shocking when i win the tournament , said joey . so what happens next week , do you know ? her unspoken question was , youre not winning the title are you ? joey was worried that jade felt threatened by all this , which was the last thing he wanted . next week i lose to goliath , but , in goliaths words , hell have to cheat like hell to beat me . that will begin a three-week feud between us that will end on may 24th with me winning the world title . another second of silence at the table . joey wondered if he was saying too much . after all , no one knew . what if he was mistaken ? what if plans had changed ? with branson out , plans would have to change , at least a little . well congratulations to you , said shane . youre headed for super-stardom much faster than you ever thought , i bet . i never pictured myself as a 22-year-old gwa champion , said joey . im worried about how everyone backstage is going to react . i wish duke would lay out next months booking for everyone like he did for me .	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dont worry joey . everyone will know everything soon enough , said jade . you all arent going to tell anyone , are you ? we wont let anyone know you leaked dukes secret plans , said jade . will we old man ? i make it a point not to engage in any backstage gossip , said shane with a confident smile . that being said , joey , weve got to know , where and when did duke tell you all this , and who else was there ? shane chuckled at his own nosiness . i know the answer to that , said jade . it was in lubbock , when duke and goliath met up with joey before the show . they called him down from the stands where he was having a nice conversation with a sophisticated , older woman . a woman , i might add , who duke and goliath conveniently ignored . ah , so goliath was there also , said shane . thats a good sign , joey . because these days goliath is in on all the decisions regarding the upper card , said shane . when you told me what was planned , it sounded like something was amiss , because it didnt sound like something goliath would agree to . after all , hes going to give you quite the rub if the next month plays out like you say it will . it just isnt like him to put over the hot new star , and i can tell you , no matter how bad duke wants you to go over , if goliath isnt in on it , it aint happening . thats the most surprising thing about all of this , said jade . youre the first person goliath will put over in a big way since he got here . well , they both were eager to tell me about the plan , said joey , thinking back to the meeting . goliath didnt seem at all hesitant to proceed . thats good , said shane . theres something about you and the way the fans connect to you that even goliath cant deny . this whole situation is as much a surprise to me as to anyone , said joey . well , for whatever reason , said jade . your numbers been called . i guess keeping your head down isnt much of an option anymore , now that we know youre being pushed to the ceiling . i see some tough times ahead for you backstage , joey mayhem . ah , it doesnt have to be that bad , said shane . listen joey , jade is right , some of the boys are going to be bitter about you getting the title belt , and youll need to watch out for that . if this business is about anything , its about politics . but theres another side to this , an upside . youre a player now . youve got duke and goliaths ear . the guys will recognize that , the smart ones , anyway . you have to remain a player . now that youre in the circle , you need to make sure you dont get knocked out . i mean , dont screw this up . by next week , your star will be one of the brightest in the wrestling world , everyone will be watching you . your promos , your look , and your wrestling need to be flawless . if they are , people will quickly forget the shortcut you were given . but if you mess up now , well , theres a whole pack of ravenous wolves on the internet who feed on the mistakes of wrestlings biggest stars . wow , thats some pressure , said joey . yes it is , said shane . yes it is , he repeated , as if there was a story in his head . shane grabbed his glass of cola and raised it in the air . enough talk about backstage politics and internet fans . i propose a toast to the next gwa world champion , joey mayhem . here , here , said jade , raising her glass of water . joey picked up his own glass and clinked it with the others . if nothing else , these two were accepting of him as champion . shane finished off his cola and looked down at a plate full of meat scraps . i feel awful just leaving all this steak to be thrown out , he said you could get a box , said joey . i dont remember the last time i asked for a doggie bag at a restaurant , said shane . just leave it , said jade . they wont mind throwing it out now that you have to pay for it . maybe i could scarf down the rest of this , theres still time , said shane , holding up the digital clock for jade , as if his meal was a time bomb in an action movie . youre gon na be sick if you do , said jade . im going to be sick either way . if i finish it , at least i wont have to pay . plus ill get my picture on the wall . we know , said jade . im going to ask for the check , and im going to have them charge us for that steak .	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youre not paying for -- waitress , could we get our check ? jade called out . hes not gon na be able to finish the heffer . the waitress strolled to the table and pulled the check out of her apron . i knew you werent going to finish that when you ordered it , said the waitress . but , she turned to joey , im supposed to ask for your autograph . the manager says youre a professional wrestler . his kid loves that shit . autograph that check for me and the meals free . actually , said joey , were all professional wrestlers . would my kid know all of you ? just sign the autograph , joey , said jade . youre the big star now . shane and i would only lessen the value if we put our names on the same paper . joey shrugged , signed the check and handed it back to the waitress . thank you much , you all have a good night , she said . thank you , said jade . and thank you for dinner joey . we should go out with this guy more often , huh shane ? good conversation , insider gossip , picks up the tab youre quite the dinner companion joey . joey couldnt tell if they were being sarcastic . he considered asking , but decided hed had enough serious conversation for one night . youre welcome , he said , and left it at that . chapter 8 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 , from inside the press box atop reunion arena , gwas technical director spoke into his headset to signal that the live feed had begun . gwa burn was on the air . 200 yards away , in a van in the parking garage , a 23-year-old woman pressed an unmarked white button on the console in front of her , cuing the opening video package , an 18-second montage of wrestling footage set to hard rock music . the package played on 3 million televisions across america . the opening package also played on the 20-foot television screen inside the arena , where thousands of fans cheered the start of the show . from the press box , the technical director watched the giant screen , looking for the close-up of crusader , his cue that there were five seconds of footage left . when he saw it , he spoke into his headset , cue pyro in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1..cue pyro . from backstage , in a makeshift booth nicknamed the hobbit hole , the visual effects coordinator pulled a lever on his switchboard display , initiating a series of rapid-fire explosions that began at the ceiling , advanced to the ring , went up the entrance ramp , and finished with a fiery burst at the stage . the technical director watched the final detonation and said , cue announcers . youre looking live at reunion arena in dallas , texas , where tonight , by decree of duke corelli , we will have a single-elimination tournament to determine the number one contender for the gwa world title . im clive silver , im joined tonight by johnny the monster dupree , and have we got a gutbuster of a show for you . thats right clive . tonight we start with eight men , the top eight in line for a title shot . by nights end , well be down to one . cue entrance , said the technical director . back in the production van , the same woman who started the show pressed another button , triggering two hundred decibels of guitar riff in the arena . as the guitar bellowed , joey mayhems face appeared on the giant screen . joey had been standing behind the black curtain that separated the arena from backstage , thinking about what shane had told him the night before . just dont screw up , and the politics will take care of themselves . just dont screw up . when he heard his music , he pushed aside the polyester cloth , revealing fifteen thousand eager fans . they were already chanting his name . the politics , the doubts , the nerves they all evaporated when he stepped into the arena . joey hamilton , the rookie in over his head , was left on the other side of the curtain . in the arena , in front of these people , there was only joey mayhem , the cocky , charismatic , unpredictable superstar . fans reached for him as he walked down the entrance ramp . those who touched his arm or his back would tell their friends , and would remember that moment for the rest of their lives . joey stepped into the ring and took his first look at the entire expanse of people . fifteen thousand sets of eyes looked at him in adoration . he wondered how many people ever experienced something like this , and why he was so lucky . the snooty trumpets of rule britannia played over the speakers , shaking joey from his daze . lord mayberry stepped into the arena and waved to the crowd like he was the homecoming queen at the end of a parade . they responded with boos and middle fingers . he trotted to the ring and gently climbed the stairs .	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from the edge of the ring apron , he turned his back to joey and waved again . this was joeys cue to attack . joey ran and hit mayberry with a forearm to the back of the head . mayberry fell off the ring apron and joey followed him out of the ring . the crowd approved , the announcers were stunned , and the show was on . the script for this match required joey to take the early advantage and never lose it . the television announcers had been instructed to promote joeys early attack as a smart strategy , while making sure the audience at home knew joey was a long shot to win even one match in tonights tournament . joey threw mayberry head-first into the steel ring stairs , then kicked him in the stomach while he was down . the action outside the ring gave the front row ticketholders an opportunity to pan for the tv cameras and interact directly with the stars . kill him joey ! shouted an overweight woman in a yellow t-shirt . you suck mayberry ! screamed a little girl of no more than ten . joey grabbed mayberry by the tights and threw him back into the ring . then joey took a minute to pose for his fans , which , in the wrestling world , was always a grave mistake . his two-second delay before re-entering the ring was just enough time for mayberry to recover and greet joey with a fist to the face . with both wrestlers in the ring , the bell sounded and the match officially began . for the next six minutes , the two men exchanged blows and offensive maneuvers , each gaining and losing the upper hand more than once . lets do the ref bump and take this home , whispered mayberry while squeezing joeys head in a chinlock . following his instructions , joey allowed mayberry to swing him towards the corner , throwing him head-on into the referee , who ( as referees often are ) was right in the way . the ref , being too weak to possibly withstand a collision with a wrestler , lay face-first on the mat , apparently unconscious . following standard wrestling logic , with the referee out , the rampant cheating began . first , mayberry unwrapped the athletic tape on his left hand and used it to choke joey . joey responded with a mulekick to mayberrys groin . as the referees stupor stretched on for more than two minutes , the experienced members of the crowd turned toward the ring entrance , aware that this scenario required another wrestler to run in and join the action . sure enough , tyson turner , lord mayberrys best friend , came running down the entrance ramp with a steel chair . when he got to the ring , tyson swung the chair at joeys head . joey ducked just in time and the chair hit a perfectly placed lord mayberry in the face . the fans went nuts . they loved the chaos . joey clotheslined tyson turner out of the ring , then covered the fallen lord mayberry . the referee , now out for a good three minutes , came to his senses just in time to see the cover , and counted 1 ... 2 ... 3 . oh my god , johnny ! joey mayhem has upset lord mayberry ! said clive silver to the television audience . joeys music played over the speakers . the fans cheered like teamsters at a strike rally , and burn took its first commercial break of the night . joey stepped out of the ring and walked up the ramp . when he reached the curtain , he turned back to the fans for one last pose . flashbulbs popped from every corner of the arena . in that moment , joey was a god . he pushed through the curtain , hoping that his next match would go over as well as this one . martha tanner , the stage manager for all televised events , greeted joey as soon as he stepped backstage well done , joey . duke wants to meet with you and crusader right away to discuss the booking for your next match . theyre in salon a , down the hall and to your left . she handed him a bottle of water then ran off . good match , kid , said pit bull brody , slapping joey on the back . joey smiled and said thanks , registering the compliment as pit bulls first ever for him . his walk down the hall was a tour of similar ego-enhancers . good job , you really got them fired up , said a veteran agent named c. david frye . you nailed it out there , said gordy goodnow . joey opened the door to salon a to find crusader smiling with his hand extended . good match , joey , said crusader . you set us up to put on a killer show when we get out there . joey , have a seat , said duke . there were three chairs in the otherwise empty room . the floor and walls were concrete , and dukes voice echoed in the small space .	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well gentlemen , your match tonight is one of the most important ones weve ever had in this company . in a few months , when were back to our old highs in ratings and attendance , people will point to your match tonight as the turning point that shifted momentum away from revolution and back in our favor , said duke . joey nodded his head in agreement . this little pep talk was a final check to ensure crusader was buying into the match tonight . joey appreciated that . and judging by crusaders warm greeting , and the nice things the other wrestlers were saying , it looked like everything was going to be fine . crusader , tonight is your night to give our new star the rub hell need to take us to the top , said duke . joey didnt like crusaders reaction . his face held a look of surprise , confusion , and anger . crusader opened his mouth to say something but changed his mind . then he looked at joey , the way a man might look at someone who slept with his wife , and joey understood . duke hadnt told crusader that he was putting joey over . and if crusader didnt know , then surely no one else knew either . so heres how the match is going to play out , said duke , ignoring crusaders obvious distress . duke went into a short spiel about a standard singles match . crusader would play the heel , hed get the early advantage , hed call the match from the ring for five or six minutes , dominating the whole time , then hed perform his finisher on joey . the crowd would assume the match was a squash right until the instant when joey kicked out of crusaders cover at two . then joey would wake up , seemingly charged with adrenaline , and go mayhem , leading to a clean win a few minutes later . are there any questions , gentlemen ? were there any questions ? duke had let the air out of the room , replaced it with poison gas , and now was asking if there were any questions . joey wanted to stand up and run . he wanted to run back to tennessee and wrestle in the indies again . he wanted his old dream back , his dream of becoming the gwa champion , his pristine dream , where the title belt was his crowning achievement , not his burden to bear . he wanted someone to explain to crusader that this was dukes plan , not his . someone please just tell crusader and jumbo and branson and all the other guys who deserve this belt more than little joey mayhem that it wasnt his idea . he was still the wide-eyed rookie . he was just doing what he was told . yeah , ive got a question , said crusader . none of us have heard a word all week , and now , 10 minutes before we go on , youre telling me this kids gon na kick out of my finisher and im gon na do the job to him ? i guess im stupid , but , since i hadnt heard anything , i assumed that id be winning this tournament tonight . we all assumed it , duke . im next in line for the belt . scott , youre still very much in the main event scene , said duke , referring to crusader by his real name . but tonight joeys going over . we need to get people talking , you understand that dont you ? our competitors are riding our butts and we need a buzz to get people to tune in next week . joeys win will surprise our audience . trust me on this one , friend . its best for business , and best for your wallet . i disagree , said crusader . i dont pay you to disagree , said duke , instantly changing from a happy peacemaker into a frightening kingpin . now , you can get out there and do the right thing , or you can leave . duke spoke with the authority of a man who once owned the entire wrestling world . jesus christ , said crusader under his breath . he rubbed his eyes and sighed heavily . i always do it , you know that duke . i just wish ... oh never mind . without a heartbeat of transition , duke returned to the compassionate father figure . im sorry it panned out this way , he said . this is going to help all of us , a lot . you have an important job to do tonight . in two months youll be thrilled that you were involved in this match . this job isnt about you passing the torch , its about putting on a good show tonight , when we need it . rest assured that your place in line is safe . but right now i need you to do business . weve got to put on an interesting , surprising show , and weve got a kid here who the fans like and will talk about all week . crusader didnt seem convinced . well joey , he said , i guess this is your night to shine . his voice was angry , but controlled . lets go do this . joey nodded silently and followed crusader out the door . they would be on next .	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* * * * * knife-edge chops , crusader whispered . joey obeyed , and let himself get tossed into the corner and bitch-slapped across the chest ten times . joeys chest would be a blistered mess of welts and bruises tomorrow morning . per dukes booking instructions , crusader was calling the match , and squashing joey . he was also putting on a clinic of the most legitimately painful moves allowed in professional wrestling . he had opened the match with a few smacks to the chest , followed by an irish whip into a hard clothesline . then he picked up joey and delivered a sidewalk slam with all his body weight behind it . after a few seconds of filler , crusader locked his arms around joeys waist and dealt out three consecutive german suplexes , followed by the knife-edge chops in the corner . to sell the move , and in hopes of getting a break , joey fell face-first to the mat after the tenth chop . normally , joeys flop to the mat would be a signal to his partner to put him in a rest hold . he hoped crusader would oblige . crusader stepped across joeys back , and wrenched joeys left arm backwards , pulling it into a simple yet painful hold . joey considered breaking the hold and punching crusader in the face for this stiff match that was bordering on dangerous , but instead he gritted his teeth and let the real pain help him sell the move . perhaps this beating would earn joey some respect backstage . other corner . super-plex , then the iron sword , crusader whispered . thank god , joey thought . the iron sword , a combination suplex-bodyslam , was crusaders finisher , and was the spot they had picked for the momentum shift and the end of this torture . of course , before they got there , crusader had called a super-plex , one of the more dangerous moves in wrestling . still holding joeys arm behind his back , crusader allowed joey to stand , then pushed him into the corner , where he threw four punches to joeys head before scooping him up and dropping his butt right on the top turnbuckle . crusader climbed to the second turnbuckle until he and joey were both crouched in position for the move . one..two..three , crusader whispered , and he swung joey over his head . both men soared through the air like a giant sledgehammer , then crashed down to the ring floor . the wind rushed out of joeys lungs . a sharp sting ran through his shoulders . he wished he could lie on the mat and go to sleep . crusader was immediately to his feet . as if the super-plex was no more than a simple take-down , crusader scooped up joey again , held him upside down for a minute , and slammed him in the iron sword . then he went for the cover . when joey kicked out at two , the crowds reaction was so loud that his ears popped . now it was his turn to call the moves . in the swirling haze of his thoughts , he briefly considered working crusader as stiff as hed just been worked . he considered beating the crap out of him and taking away all his heat . he envisioned a half-hour beatdown that would make crusaders character look so weak that hed never main event again . throw me to the ropes , joey whispered . crusader followed the instructions . he dragged joeys carcass from the mat and flung him to the opposite corner of the ring . joey bounced off the ropes and leaped into a flying cross-body block that landed him in a cover of crusader . lets trade some punches , joey whispered while the two men were down for the cover . crusader kicked out at the referees two-count . both men jumped up and started trading punches to the face . joey hit the first one . crusader hit the next . four times they traded blows before crusader followed the script and let joey get the upper hand . the crowd went wild as the traded blows turned into a joey mayhem trademarked beatdown . the energy of the fans was the most joey had ever felt . they were not expecting him to go over , and they loved it . joey went into his full going mayhem routine , pummeling crusader into a corner and stomping and punching him like a lunatic . then joey picked him up , threw him over his shoulder , and ran to the center of the ring for an authoritative power slam . joey covered crusader , the referee counted to three , and the fans went ballistic . young joey mayhem had just gone over one of the gwas most prominent stars . his body screaming in pain from every joint , joey was oblivious to the ovation he was getting . to the fans tonight , joey was a bona fide superstar .	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but their cheers were just white noise in his head , drowned out by pain and disorientation . he focused himself enough to step through the ropes and walk toward the back . halfway up the ramp he realized that in ten minutes he would be out here to wrestle again . and before he came back out , hed have to face the thirty wrestlers behind the curtain who had expected joey to lose this match . fuck them , he thought . if they couldnt appreciate the shit joey had just taken from crusader , then fuck them . as his head cleared , joey became aware of the cheers he was getting . unconsciously , he stopped walking , and turned around to face the fans . they cheered even louder to greet him . joey wished he could stay out here in the arena , among friends fifteen thousand people who adored him so much they chanted his name . but this was wrestling , and what happened in the arena was just for show . reality was behind the black curtain . joey turned around and finished his trek up the ramp . martha greeted him on the other side . joey , back to salon a for another meeting with duke , she said . jumbo and deep six , she called out , curtain in two minutes ! joey walked down the same hallway where , twenty minutes before , the other wrestlers had showered him with compliments . on his way , he passed pit bull brody , bandit thompson , bigfoot , and henry dexter , four wrestlers sitting together who were not performing on tonights television broadcast . they all ignored joey as he passed . joey opened the door to salon a , where duke was waiting for him . duke congratulated him on a successful match . then duke ran over the booking for joeys match with jumbo . the match would be a duplicate of the one he had just finished with crusader , only this time joey would get squashed for even longer before he found the super-human might to shift the momentum . duke asked after he had explained all the booking . yeah , said joey . is it alright if i hang out in here to rest until match time ? you bet , kid , said duke . chapter 9 taken from www.wrestlinghotline.com greetings slugs . today is tuesday , april 25th , and this is your tuesday morning hangover , barely 6 hours removed from the biggest bender we wrestling fans have ever had on a monday night . this mornings hangover isnt one of those drink a bottle of evian and all is forgiven types , nor is it one that can be fixed with some pancakes and a nap . no , slugs , its going to take a morning of prayer to the porcelain god and 6 ibuprofens to get past last nights soiree , which started with a classy gin martini and ended with a bad batch of tequila . after the fourth dry heave , well all swear never to do it again , but come next monday , well be back where we started . well , lets get this over with ... ratings report : gwa burn pulled an overall 4.4 , with a 4.4 in the first hour , a 4.3 in the second hour , and a 4.5 in the overrun . these numbers are way up from last week . if the rumors were hearing of backstage trouble for joey mayhem are true , he can rest assured that if he keeps popping the rating , everyone will be nice as southern peaches . unless they care that ... . revolution riot got an overall of 4.5 , with a 4.2 in the first hour , a 4.7 in the second , and an astonishing 4.8 in the overrun . statistically , the rating is basically tied . but on the chart this week , revolution riot is going to appear a spot higher in the ranks than gwa burn . this will be a first . what can we learn from last nights historic victory for riot ? let us begin with ... the high points : gwa burn - where to start ? last nights edition was probably the best episode of burn since gene harold left for revolution . the tournament was surprising , exciting , and fresh . the best matches were : 1 . crusader vs. joey mayhem - unbelievable . what a great story , and a great way to get the new guy over . crusader puts joey through the ringer for ten minutes before joey kicks out of the first cover and eventually comes back to win the match . simple , elegant , no-frills wrestling . what made it work so well is that we all were sure crusader was winning the tournament , and the shift in momentum had me genuinely surprised , creating a nice mark-out moment . joey mayhems stock has risen in my book just for taking that beating , and crusader gets huge props for doing the right thing and lying down . joey mayhem vs. jumbo - this is what wrestling should be , stories told out in the ring .	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last weeks melee between these two set up this rematch nicely , and since it was the finals of the tournament , with a shot at the gwa championship in the balance , the stakes were high enough that even jumbos plodding style couldnt ruin the fun . the rumors that joey mayhem is getting shit backstage for his huge push make this match even more interesting . was it just me , or did joey take an awful beating in this match and the one with crusader ? wouldnt it be interesting if these rumors were all a work , and the stiff matches were just part of the ploy ? of course , that kind of subtlety isnt dukes style . joey mayhem vs. lord mayberry - without question , joey mayhem was the star of last nights show . with three good matches and a tournament victory , joey has instantly established himself as a credible main-eventer . the match with lord mayberry was formulaic but fun . when tyson turner began winding up that chair , we all knew what was going to happen , but that didnt stop the crowd from loving it . a great way to open a great show . on the other side ... . revolution riot - only one match from last nights show makes the high points , but what a match it was . lucifer vs. red jackson for the revolution world title - those of you who missed this match are fools ! we knew it was going to be great . we told you it was going to be great . guess what it was great ! forty minutes they went . by the way , thats a record on free television . and they kept it interesting the whole time . lucifer is the most creative , skilled , unbelievable athlete i have ever seen . last night he was in the ring with the legend , and what the two of them did was just magical . that high rating in the overrun comes from the blockbuster final eight minutes of the match , during which there were nineteen attempted pinfalls . the spectacle was so breathtaking i couldnt sleep , and i wonder if it will ever be topped . congratulations to lucifer , the new revolution world champion . the big picture : slugs , if there was a lesson to be learned from last night , its this . neither shocking spectacles nor puddles of blood nor funny sketches nor near-naked women can substitute for good wrestling . last night we had some great wrestling , and the ratings were up on both shows because of it . the news : the family television group appears to have made some inroads in its all-out war against gwa burn . last wednesday , fresha cola announced it would pull all its advertising from gwa burn in response to the ftgs concerns . electronic artistry , makers of several popular pc games , is expected to follow suit . i dont know about you , slugs , but to me , this is downright horrifying . this seemingly harmless little group of fascists , who have been a nuisance for years , but never a real threat to our favorite industry , all of a sudden has major corporations pulling the plug on their sponsorship of gwa burn ? this development scares me to the core . we all know that it wont be long before duke is cleaning up his show just to please these pansies . and dont think that just because revolution riot is flying beneath the radar right now that it wont be next . i suspect the ftg is leaving riot alone solely so they can concentrate all their efforts on one big target . but as soon as theyve decimated burn , leaving it a shell of its former self , rest assured theyll turn their guns at riot . also dont think that these do-gooders will go away if burn cleans up its notoriously raunchy second hour . the ftg wont be done until professional wrestling is off the air entirely or relegated exclusively to late-night cable and pay per view . thats why ive taken it upon myself to provide ... a call to action : slugs , its down to us to speak up against the evil of the ftg . they started the battle , but we have to finish it . contrary to what we might believe , this is not a battle of words and ideas , it is a battle of noise . the winner of this battle will be the one who makes the biggest stink . the ftg is already organizing boycotts and negative publicity campaigns against the sponsors of gwa burn . it is now our job to organize negative publicity against the sponsors of the ftg . as such , i am gathering a list of the ftgs largest financial supporters and i intend to publish it on this web site . next tuesday , after i have completed collecting the information i need , i will post the list in next weeks hangover . once the list is up , it will be your job to dig in and start fighting . until then slugs , this is steve garcia . chapter 10 joey stacked his styrofoam plate with barbecued chicken and moved on to the potato salad . more so than the big crowds or the big pay checks , the real perk of wrestling for one of the majors was the backstage catering before the show .	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the texas-style barbecue at the alamodome before tonights non-televised show in san antonio wasnt the most extravagant meal , but it was good enough to bring out most of the performers and staff for a late lunch . this friday-night show was the first time the gwa locker room had re-convened since joeys tournament victory on monday . joey had flown to san antonio from memphis , where he had spent his days off fishing and drinking with his brother mark . he was glad to return to the tour . the time off had been agonizing . he feared what the locker room might have said in his absence , and wanted to be in the thick of things in case his social standing backstage needed some damage control . he topped off his plate with a roll , grabbed a lemonade , and scanned the tables set up across the loading dock in a makeshift cafeteria . as he looked at all the little cliques of wrestlers sitting together , and wondered which table would invite him to sit , he felt like he was back in junior high , trying to stake out his place on the popularity chain . he saw shane sitting at a table of veterans , and considered pulling up a chair next to him , but crusader was also sitting at that table . joey and crusader hadnt spoken a word since their match ended on monday night . there was an empty chair at jumbos table , but it was just jumbo and his wife that didnt seem like an appropriate place for joey to go either . goliath was sitting with duke , joey would be accepted at that table , but sitting there would send the gossipers swarming that joey was hanging out with the top brass again . there were several empty tables , he could sit at one of those . of course , doing so might make him come across as aloof . at the very back of the room , against the brick wall , safire stood up , tossed her trash , and left , leaving jade alone at a table . joey went straight for safires vacated chair . fine by me , said jade . from behind jade , bandit thompson turned and watched joey sit down . joey ignored him . did you get some potato salad ? theres something spicy in it . yes , i got a good helping . how were your days off ? i went home to memphis . do you have a woman back home ? i havent had a girlfriend since high school . tried dating a few times since then , but the travel and the schedule , well , you know . well , now that youre a big star , maybe more dates will come your way . his mind shot back to the morning before , on the lake , in a rented fishing boat hed paid for . mark had been pushing for a fishing trip for weeks . after an hour of awkward pauses and forced conversation , mark dropped a bomb . hed taken out a second mortgage on his house the year before and was in no place to pay it . he had eighteen thousand in credit card debt . if he didnt get things under control he was going to have his car repossessed . after an hour of awkward financial talk , joey agreed to give mark ten thousand dollars , banking on good sales of his new t-shirt and a few pay per view performances that could spike his income . mark didnt seem to believe that joey mayhem , the superstar wrestler , was only making forty thousand dollars before incentives this first year on his contract . jade broke joeys daydream . what , are you looking for someone who loves you and isnt starstruck ? cause youre not gon na find anyone like that anymore . tell me about it , he thought . do you speak from experience ? he said , wanting to turn the conversation back on her . thus far , his relationship with jade had been one of him talking and her listening . you can ask anyone in here and youll get the same story . there arent a lot of storybook romances in professional wrestling . were all married to our careers , and anyone who comes along learns quickly that they play second fiddle to the squared circle . people who really love you wont put up with it forever . the people who stay are the ones who love what you give them , money and freedom . if you can accept that youre forever a sugar daddy now , at least you wont feel guilty . thats good advice . ill take it to heart , said joey , trying to sound empathetic . he stuffed a dinner roll in his mouth . jade grinned and put her fork down . kid , youre too nice to be where you are , she said . joey let the compliment pass , acting like his mouth was too full to respond . so , i saw on the board that youre doing another match with bret tonight , said jade . same program as last week , and the week before . i think its good for you right now . joey knew the answer to his own question , but he asked anyway . it was good for him to continue wrestling with bret on the house shows because it wasnt threatening to anyone .	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he and bret had both been low mid-carders just a month ago . now joey was a main-eventer , and there just happened to be a main event slot open on the house shows since branson was injured . joey had suspected that he might replace branson in his matches against zombie , further solidifying him as a top player in the company . he was glad that wasnt happening . i think you know why its good for you , said jade . she was smiling at him , telling him without words that now , with half the locker room within earshot , wasnt the time to talk about backstage politics . joey nodded and changed the subject . i see that youve got another mixed tag match tonight , he said . yes , she lowered her voice , its shit , but we do what we have to . jades match tonight was a tag match in which she and danny jackson , a sound wrestler with a boring character , were going up against safire and lord mayberry . on the house shows , mixed-gender tag team matches like this were common . the womens division in the gwa wasnt known for great wrestling . it was there strictly for sex appeal . on television , there were all sorts of things the women could do ( usually requiring them to wear next to nothing and humiliate themselves ) , but on the house shows , the womens matches quickly killed the crowd . hence , they were often stuck with the men in a tag team match not at all related to any stories currently brewing on television . worse , the men were often wrestlers who couldnt get over with the crowd without the help of a sexy woman . for a woman like jade , a decent wrestler with a lot of experience , the mixed tag model was an insult . but unless duke began hiring actual wrestlers to populate the womens division , the mixed tag matches were a necessity . i was thinking , joey began , not sure why he was bringing this up , i believe you still owe me a date . our dinner with shane last week didnt count ? it could if you want it to , but i was hoping to take you out after one of the shows this week . jade looked down at the table and thought for a minute . i dont know if this is a good idea joey , she said . he asked , feigning ignorance of the answer . jades demeanor became more serious . do you know about me ? do you know about my reputation here ? she looked around to ensure no one else was listening before she continued in a lower voice . youre just breaking into the big time and the way i see it , you already have some political problems . you might not want to start something with the company skank right now . the company what are you talking about ? no one thinks of you like jade held her hand up both to interrupt joey and let him know he was speaking too loudly . joey , i have a lot of history in this locker room , she said , leaning in closer to him . im not ashamed of any of it . there are things you have to do if youre going to make it as a woman in this business . thankfully those days are in the past for me now . but ive been around here a long time and i know how things are and i know how im thought of around here . take it as a compliment that i want to protect you . its not just the locker room stuff either . as soon as you and i are seen out together someplace those internet kids will go hog wild . and next thing you know theyre saying you became the gwa champion because you slept your way to the top . and ten years from now , when youre the biggest name in the business , youll have this black cloud over you , and youll wish you could shake it . these are all things you have to think about now . the choices you make right now will define you and your career . joey leaned in even closer . you know , jade , the more you talk like this , the more im determined that were going out tonight . oh , thats just great kid , she said . now im your rebellion against the system . to hell with them , ill show em . im taking out the whore . why do you call yourself those names ? enough jade raised both hands in surrender . why dont you think about it some more ? well be seeing each other all week . if youre still interested im still interested , joey interrupted . unless you have other plans , real other plans , im taking you to dinner after the show tonight . jade sighed and threw her hair back . okay don juan . im on first tonight , so ill be in my hotel room early . i think we should leave from there . i can see youre keen on telling the world that weve got a date , but i still think some discretion might be in order . im in room 218 at the hilton right next to the arena . great , im staying there as well . ill be there after my match is over .	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youd better take a shower . of course ill and youd better take me someplace nice , and come dressed up . were gon na have a great time . jade chuckled , then stood up from the table . alright stud . good luck in your match tonight . good luck in yours too , she said . joey watched her leave , finished his food , and headed to the locker room . chapter 11 the san antonio house show was mercifully uneventful . joey got the biggest fan response of any wrestler . as planned , he went over bret in a short match . other matches on the card included zombie going over gordy goodnow and goliath successfully defending the gwa title against deep six . joey took a fast shower after his match , quickly dressed himself in blue jeans and a maroon polo shirt , and jogged out to his rental car , a ford explorer . he exited the parking garage and turned right , driving the one block between the alamodome and the downtown hilton . leaving his car with the valet , he navigated the lobby to the elevators and found himself standing in front of room 218 . jade answered , wearing a black pantsuit and diamond earrings . her black hair was pulled into a pony tail and her face was made up in light tones that were a far cry from her wrestling look . she slumped her shoulders in disappointment half a second after seeing joey . i thought you were going to dress up , she said . her tone was serious enough to throw joey into apology mode . i never bring anything nicer than this on the road , he said . jade rolled her eyes and stepped out of the room . i dont either , she said , theres a mall just down the street . i bought this outfit right after we ate . i should have thought about -- thats okay joey . ill just be overdressed . as they walked toward the elevator , joeys mind plunged through as many options as he could conjure to remedy the bad start to their date . hey , what if our first stop tonight was the mall where you bought your clothes ? im not returning these joey . i like the outfit , and im going to wear it tonight , regardless -- no , not for you to return your clothes . for me to buy some . itll be fast , and then well match . a young couple stepped out . the mans face betrayed starstruck recognition of both joey and jade . joey shot him a look that said , not tonight . to his surprise , the man understood , and the couple walked past . okay , the mall will be our first stop , said jade , as they stepped into the elevator . then where are we going ? actually , i hadnt decided . i dont know san antonio . is there anyplace youd like to go ? jade smiled and shook her head . youre not much of a date , are you joey ? joey bit his lip . this wasnt going well at all . a bell rang to signify the elevators halt . joey wanted to say something like an apology , something about how hed turn this around and show her a good time . but the door opened , and a small crowd was waiting to get on . any one of them might recognize joey and jade , and somehow joey didnt want to say anything in front of them . he could tell this date would be awkward . they would have no privacy as long as they were out in the world . one hour and a few sentences of conversation later , they landed in a private booth at the watercress caf , a quaint restaurant near the riverwalk , recommended by the hotel concierge . joeys polo shirt and jeans were in the trunk of the car ; he was now dressed in a black suit with a white silk tie . jade had picked out the suit from the rack at foleys . it didnt fit well enough to justify the price , but there wasnt time for tailoring , so joey paid cash and they were off . they avoided shop talk during dinner , and instead spoke about each other . joey talked about growing up in memphis , his brother , and his childhood life in the suburbs . he didnt mention the memphis backyard brawlers . she probably already knew anyway . mark had put together a compilation video of the groups travails ( featuring a teenage joey mayhem ! ) and was selling it on the web . jade spoke about her family in dallas . her father had passed away two years ago . she briefly mentioned that she wished she had seen more of him at the end of his life , then moved on . her mother now lived in a trendy apartment that jade paid for . her older brother disapproved of her skimpy wrestling outfits and her nude photo shoots . he was currently ignoring her . she no longer spoke with any of her friends from youth things had changed when she became wealthy . she cautioned joey against making the same mistakes she had .	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after dinner , joey offered to take jade along the riverwalk , but she declined , fearing they would be seen and photographed . a movie and a dance club were also dismissed . they ended up just driving around town in joeys explorer . jade wore sunglasses until they got on the interstate . joey drove south until they were out of san antonio proper . they exited onto highway 181 and followed the road signs to calaveras lake . they parked in an open area next to the water . joey killed the engine . the night air was buzzing with crickets , but there were no sounds of civilization . through the windshield , they could see a sliver of moonlight gleaming from the lake . oaks on either side of them made for a feeling of privacy . they sat in silence for a minute before jade brought up work for the first time of the evening . i bet youre nervous about monday night , she said . im petrified , said joey . im just telling myself that im going to nail it , and put on the perfect match with goliath . if we nail it , there wont be anything anyone backstage can say . do you know much about the booking yet ? i know were getting at least ten minutes . i know goliath is going over but it wont be clean . other than that , i havent heard anything . i imagine there will be a ref bump and ill be hit with the title belt or a chair . it sounds like it will be set up so you can connect with the fans . joey was surprised at how matter-of-fact this crucial part of wrestling had become in his matches . connecting with the fans was no longer an issue for him . he was now on six performances in a row , in six different cities , where he was getting the biggest fan response of anyone on the roster . it didnt seem to matter who he was wrestling or how well he wrestled . it was just a given that the crowd would love him . this week the issue was connecting with the veterans in the locker room . if he didnt put on a great match , a much better match than crusader or branson or jumbo or deep six could put on , than his political problems would only worsen . what are you up to on tv this week ? just more of the same , i think , said jade . im hearing that ill be in a program for the womens title again , maybe as early as next pay per view . they need to put that belt on you and leave it there . thanks , but they wont , and i dont know if i care anyway . the womens belt doesnt mean a thing anymore . were paying the piper for too many years of vaudeville with the women in this company . now the only people who care about me or any of the other girls are the little boys who want to see tits and ass . the wrestling fans groan when we come out , and i dont blame them . we havent done anything that would entertain them for years . the womens division was the hopeless slouch in the gwa family . while mens wrestling in the gwa was moving steadily toward athleticism , womens wrestling was flying away from it . it used to be expected that women would go out and put on a cat fight with a few wrestling holds and a lot of attitude . now a woman in the gwa could expect two bra and panties matches in a giant gravy bowl for every one match in the ring . in the past year alone , joey had watched jade wrestle in the mud , in whipped cream , in the shower , on a waterbed , in a kitchen , and in a hot tub . she had to perform skits where she made out with other women , stripped naked in front of duke , and had cow manure poured over her head . she , like most of the women on the roster , endured this embarrassment because every once in a while she was allowed to have a regular match , in a ring , with rules , and like the men in the company , jade was a junkie for the drama of professional wrestling . joey couldnt imagine enduring the crap she went through just to get a shot at an occasional wrestling match . have you ever thought of going to work for revolution ? joey asked , boldly breaking an unspoken gwa rule with his question . of course i have , said jade . i remember what it was like to work under gene harold . he understood what wrestling fans wanted to see out of womens matches . my contract here is up in a little over a year , and maybe ill finally bolt , but , you know , its hard . ive been doing this for eight years now . jade paused and looked out the window , as if she were seeing a memory out in the lake . the moonlight lit half of her face . joey wanted to tell her how beautiful she looked . after all , this was a date . somehow the conversation hadnt been very romantic . i dont want to talk about me anymore , said jade . youre the exciting one in this company .	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i dont know if im that exciting , said joey . just lucky , and , for whatever reason , chosen by the boss . its not for whatever reason , joey . youre a superstar . you need to accept it . well , youre very kind , he said . im not being kind , just honest , said jade . there was something in her voice that joey hadnt heard from her before , admiration . i think youve got it . i think youre the best foil for goliath we have in the company , and a good feud between you two will get a lot of people watching . and i think youre going to be a huge star someday . hell , what am i talking about ? youre already a huge star the reaction youre getting at the house shows , its ... its unreal . and ill tell you something , joey . everyone backstage knows that youre the real deal . that more than anything is why theyre giving you grief . crusader can act upset that he has to put over a rookie , but what really upsets him is that he knows hell be putting you over from here on out . he knows that youre going to take this opportunity and run to the moon with it , and his dream of being number one is finished . jade , i really appreciate you saying -- im not just saying kid , its obvious to everyone . listen , i know the backstage shit is really bothering you , and i know that two weeks ago in lubbock i told you to watch your back , and i know that last week i didnt react well when you told me and shane that you were winning the strap . but it took just one little push and the fans went ballistic for you . do i think youre getting the title too early ? i think duke is making it really hard for you to put on good programs with the veterans who will be jealous of you from now on . youre the hottest guy around right now . the fans will love it when you win the belt . i think i see what dukes trying to swing here . im being honest when i say i hope it works out . thanks jade . the conversation reached its destination with jades compliment , and they sat in comfortable silence for awhile . joey wondered if anyone else thought like jade . maybe he had more allies in the locker room , and just didnt know who they were . he considered asking jade if she knew of anyone else who was behind him , but was scared of leading the conversation back to him and his career . he didnt want to come across as self-centered . why did you ask me to come out with you tonight joey ? there were a hundred reasons . she was beautiful , she had been flirting with him , he thought shed say yes , he had a feeling , he was attracted to her , she was an icon and a trophy . well ... do you have anything more planned for us to do tonight ? i guess i dont . joey smiled , hoping jade would understand that he didnt know what he was doing , but he had enjoyed the night . on the way back to town , they spoke about each other and their interests outside of work . jade talked about her love for old movies . her favorite actor was carey grant ; her favorite movie was roman holiday . joey talked about his memories of fishing , hiking , and hunting with his family . he recalled a memorable camping trip in virginia when racoons stole all their food . joey parked in the garage for the downtown hilton , and escorted jade back to her room . she thanked him for their date . they said good night . they didnt kiss , or even hug . just good night and jade softly closed the door behind her . it was oddly appropriate , joey thought . amidst all the sexual charge of the wrestling world , he and the industrys biggest sex symbol had just completed a first date straight out of dear abbey . joey strolled back to his car , feeling smooth as a ribbon . that night he slept little , his mind a bustling mix of excitement and fear . chapter 12 a phone was ringing . joey rolled over . he had been dreaming about a koala bear with peanut butter in its naval whose head exploded when the phone rang . good morning joey , its fran wallace . im so sorry to wake you . good morning , said joey . fran wallace ? it was dark , and cold . listen joey , duke has asked me to get you to houston today for some publicity work for mondays show . ive booked a flight for you at nine-thirty . joey had figured out he was in a hotel room . ill have a cab for you in the lobby in an hour . do you think you can be packed , checked out , and ready to go at six thirty ? yeah , um ... just a second please . joey sat up in bed , put the phone down on the night stand , and rubbed his eyes .	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he looked at the digital clock next to the phone . 5:31 . he flipped through the wrestling matches in his memory and tried to put them in order . he had wrestled against henry dexter last night . he was in corpus christi , texas . in a hotel . the marriot . he had driven here from austin . now fran wallace was calling him . fran wallace , she was ... dukes assistant . joey had spoken to her before . he was supposed to do another house show tonight . houston was monday , but it was the big show , and he was in the main event . he would have to do publicity . he took a big breath and slowly exhaled . hi fran , sorry , i just had to get my bearings . well thats perfectly understandable . im so sorry i woke you up . she had a heavy new york accent . joey could picture her now . she was short and skinny , with straight brown hair that went all the way down her back . she wore business suits . would you like me to start over joey ? no , ive got it . be in the lobby , ready to go , in an hour . gunther olson will be waiting for you when you arrive in houston . hell take care of you . damn it was cold . the air conditioner was blasting like only a hotel unit could . im scheduled to wrestle tonight , joey said , hoping that fran would say his match was canceled . his back was still hurting from crusader and jumbos pounding last monday . there was ibuprofen in the bathroom . hed be popping a handful as soon as he got off the phone . dont worry about tonight joey . weve got you covered . youll learn that i take good care of my wrestlers out on assignment . gunther will take you back to the houston airport this afternoon in plenty of time for you to catch a flight back to corpus for your show . be sure to pack everything youll need . two flights , publicity appearances , and he still had to do the show tonight . this was going to be an awful day . so i guess gunther will know everything i need to know once i get there . right again joey . you just show up in the lobby in an hour . well take care of you from there . thanks fran . i guess id better get moving . have a good day joey . he hung up the phone and headed to the bathroom . an hour later he was in the corpus christi airport , where he boarded a commercial jet to houston . the flight was forty minutes long . on the way , he used the airplane cellular service to leave a voicemail for duke . he still hadnt heard anything about the booking in his match on monday night , and was starting to get nervous . he had hoped to spend the weekend memorizing his spots . as promised , gunther olson , a stocky former wrestler turned gwa gopher , was waiting at the airport . upon seeing joey , he took off his baseball cap and waved it over his head . he looked like a fool . welcome to houston , joey , he said . gunthers palm was sticky . thanks gunther . hey , did duke give you a call ? ive asked him to call you as soon as he can . i need to talk to him , and i dont have a phone on me . what are you doing traveling without a phone , joey ? he never could afford to have a cell phone before he signed with the gwa , and since signing , he never had time to get one . life on the road left him no time to take care of everyday necessities like cell phone shopping . well duke hasnt called me , gunther said . ill keep my ear out for him . if he doesnt call by noon , well see if we can get in touch with him . i really want to talk to him about mondays booking . i havent heard a thing yet . what makes you think hes already got mondays booking figured out ? this is duke were talking about , right ? gunther laughed at his own joke . joey forced a smile . duke was known for last-minute changes and booking on the fly . he often made crucial booking decisions as he spoke with the wrestlers minutes before showtime . joey had hoped monday nights match would be different . there was enough pressure on him already . he didnt want to improvise his first title match . their first stop was a radio station , where joey answered phone-in questions from fans for an hour , then recorded an interview to be aired later that day on a nationally syndicated rock and wrestling show . from there , gunther carted joey to a television studio to shoot a 10-second promotional clip for monday nights burn . still in television makeup , joeys next appearance was at a bookstore , where he did an autograph signing and an interview for another local tv station .	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noon came and went without any word from duke . while joey was signing autographs , gunther called dukes cell phone , his office , and his home , leaving messages at each . lets leave messages for all the vps and all the road agents . someone has to know where he is , joey said to gunther while scribbling his name on the back of a little girls t-shirt . you dont make it far in this business by pestering the boss , said gunther . weve left three messages . the girl with the t-shirt giggled and stepped out of the way . her friend stepped up next and asked if joey would sign her hand . joey supposed gunther was probably right . duke did things on his own time . no amount of harassment would budge him . the autograph session ended at two , and gunther rushed joey into the car for their final stop , an internet media firm who wished to tape an interview with joey for a webcast the next day . they were completely disorganized and after ten minutes gunther announced that it was taking too long and canceled the session . as they were driving back to houston intercontinental , gunthers phone rang . joey sat up . gunther speaking ... ..hi honey bear . gunther spoke with his wife for the rest of the drive , stopping the conversation only to shake joeys hand before dropping him off at the airport . by the time joey landed in corpus christi , there was only an hour left before the show started . no one was at the airport to pick him up . so much for frans promise that he would be taken care of . it took him fifteen minutes to get a taxi at the tiny airport , and another twenty to get to the arena . martha tanner greeted joey backstage . we didnt know if you were gon na make it , kid . do you have my phone number ? i didnt have a phone with me . i was doing publicity in houston . well it would have been nice if someone had told someone . no one knew where you were . you know youre in the main event tonight , dont you ? am i wrestling goliath ? no , hes not here tonight . only a half card for this podunk town . youre going over gordy goodnow . you should find him . i bet he wants to talk to you about the match . thanks martha . joey took his bag to the locker room to change into his wrestling attire . to his disappointment , none of the other wrestlers confronted him about being late , so he didnt have an opportunity to tell his sap story of plane trips and publicity sessions . joey and gordy goodnow worked out a simple match with joey going over . they performed their makeshift script without any problems . the match was one that both of them , and a thousand other wrestlers , had done countless times in countless cities . corpus christi ate it up . * * * * * joey woke up the next morning at eleven . he panicked when he saw the time . less than twelve hours until his world title match . he still hadnt heard from duke . no call from fran either . as far as he knew , he had no way of getting to houston . what a shitty job she had done as his travel coordinator . after checking out of the hotel , joey took the hotels shuttle service to the airport , where he caught the next flight to houston . from the airport he took a cab to the astrodome . on the way , he thought back to when he was a teenager , and had watched red jackson defeat shane walker for the gwa title at myers arena in memphis . joey remembered the wrestlers seeming distant , mysterious . they were characters from television , larger in stature than any regular man could be . joey had never considered that red jackson or shane walker might have been nervous that night . from his vantage as a fan , the performers were incapable of human weaknesses like fear . did they go out there and improvise their match , as joey and goliath were now likely to do ? was shane walker worried that he might find himself half-way through the match , out of ideas , throwing his opponent into a chinlock and killing the crowd ? did red jackson wonder if he had what it took to be the number one guy ? did either of them have to deal with backstage politics ? a security guard let joey inside the stadium . the crew was running sound checks and testing the ring ropes . no one had seen duke yet . the other wrestlers began arriving at four oclock . one of the first to come backstage was jade . joey was relieved to see her . hey stranger , she said . how did the corpus christi show turn out ? crowd dug it . and the night before that was ... austin . it also went well . did you enjoy your time off ? its so rare to get a saturday and a sunday off .	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my sister and i went shopping and to the movies and out to dinner . well cool . listen , you havent seen duke or goliath around have you ? no , but i just got here . i suppose you want to talk to them about your big match tonight . still nervous ? and i have no idea what were doing . i suppose that would make me nervous too . her face said , dont sweat it , weve all been there . well , ill be rooting for you , kid , she said . im going to go get dressed and do some stretching . im on early tonight . ill see you later ? find me after the show . for the next hour , joey paced the hallways of the backstage area . at six , one hour before showtime , duke and goliath appeared . duke was speaking on his cell phone , and he looked frazzled . joey pushed through a group of crew members to get to duke and goliath right as they stepped into the backstage area . goliath smiled at joey and shook his hand . duke ignored joey and continued down the hall , speaking furiously into his cell phone . goliath and joey followed . weve had an issue brewing all weekend that doesnt look good for us , said goliath , almost in a whisper . they now were walking through the hall toward the performers entrance . right behind the entrance sat the control table , where duke was stationed during the live shows , able to speak to the commentators and the referees through their headsets . crusaders jumped ship , said goliath . instant joy popped into joeys gut . he hadnt felt comfortable around crusader since their match last week . really , hes already gone ? apparently hes going to show up on riot tonight . dukes been on the horn with the lawyers all weekend . from the sounds of it , i dont think he can stop it . joey felt like the bully was absent from school . but then he wondered if the locker room would blame him for sending crusader away . he could hear crusader , with his ridiculous canadian accent , telling the guys that having to do the job to joey was the last straw . weve got nothing . those god-damned bastards , said duke , snapping his cell phone shut . i cant fucking believe this . they arrived at the control table , which was still being set up by two crew members . shane walker was sitting against the wall behind the table , speaking to monty monroe , another gwa agent . shane nodded his head to acknowledge joey . eight years ive worked with scott , duke said to no one in particular . all he had to do was ask and i would have let him go . that assholes gon na pay for this . theyre not going to know what to do with him , said goliath . damn right theyre not , said duke . asshole would be cleaning toilets if it werent for me . he got pushed because i thought he was loyal . serves me right i guess . gentlemen , we have a problem , duke said to shane and monty . come on , well catch up with duke later , goliath said to joey . without waiting for joey to respond , goliath started walking toward the locker rooms . he looked at duke . all weekend he had wanted to speak with him . but it wasnt the time . duke wasnt in a mood to talk . joey caught up to goliath . do you know what were going to do in our match tonight ? ive got it worked out . duke might go over some specifics with us later . youre going to get the upper hand , youre going to beat the squat out of me , the refs going to take a bump , youre going to pin me with no one there to count . with the ref still out , ill come to and cheat , i might start with a low blow . by the time the refs up , im going to hit you with the title belt and youll be easy to pin . okay , joey said . duke might go over specifics later . there would be no script . goliath had just laid out the standard match for a main event with a heel going over . getting from spot to spot within that layout would be up to joey and goliath in the ring . they would call the spots to each other as they went . joey hated wrestling that way . im going to go stake out a quiet place in the back somewhere , said goliath . ill see you in a bit whenever dukes ready to talk to us . see you later , said joey . he didnt want to separate . he wanted to cling to goliath or duke until the match , to force them to tell him everything they knew . but it was common practice , practically tradition , that goliath would disappear in the backstage area for an hour or so before his showtime .	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the official story , the one told to journalists and rookies and snoops backstage , was that goliath needed private time to focus . after all , goliaths intensity and focus in the ring , especially on tv and pay per views , was unmatched . that intensity carried out of the ring too . after his matches , goliath might throw violent temper tantrums and pick fights with the boys backstage . these sorts of incidents had to be covered up to protect the official story , lest the truth escape . everyone in the company , including joey , knew that goliath disappeared before his matches to jack up . steroids , amphetamines , uppers . the laid-back demeanor that greeted joey tonight would be gone when goliath returned . in its place would be a chemically-enhanced wrestling beast . joey took a seat in front of one of the many televisions backstage and the show started . duke sat at the control table and actively spoke into his headset during every match and tv segment . it was apparent that he wouldnt be speaking to joey at all tonight . for the next hour and forty-five minutes , the tv announcers hyped joeys match like the super bowl . they talked about it during every segment , ignoring whatever was going on the ring at the time to promote the nights main event . clips of joey winning the tournament were shown before every commercial break . a promotional video package of goliath training in a gym to heavy metal music aired twice . at the start of the shows second hour , the announcers began a countdown until the world title match , periodically announcing the number of minutes left until the match began . at 9:30 , fifteen minutes before their curtain time , goliath re-appeared from exile . his pupils were dilated , and his face was intense . he slapped joey on the back as he walked past him . joey , lets get you in place for your entrance , said martha . joey followed her out of the locker room area toward the black curtain . * * * * * joeys entrance was first . he stood behind the curtain , listening to melissa marcus , the ring announcer , the following match is scheduled for one fall and is for the gwa world heavyweight championship ! okay joey , youre on , said a stagehand . joeys music started , and he stepped into the wrestling world . introducing first , weighing in at two hundred twenty pounds , joey mayhem ! thirty-thousand people filled the astrodome from the floor to the ceiling , and they were all his fans . signs bearing joeys name floated atop the sea of people . joeys hard rock music blared throughout the stadium . as he walked down the aisle , he could hear the shouts of the fans closest to him . alright joey ! kick his ass tonight ! joey stepped into the ring , then worked the corners . at each ringpost , the crowd responded to him like he was some sort of deity . hundreds of flashbulbs popped in the darkness . as joey took it all in , he felt a shudder of fear that one day soon it all would end , and these same people who adored him now would grow to hate him , or worse , become indifferent . and introducing the champion , weighing in at three hundred pounds , goliath ! the arena lights dimmed , and goliaths rhythmic heavy metal music started . the twenty foot tv screen above the entrance glowed bright orange with goliaths black logo in the center . goliath stepped into the arena , and his fiery orange pyrotechnics exploded around him . the crowd cheered for his impressive entrance . goliath stepped into the ring as the arena lights returned and his music faded . he handed his title belt to nick gaugin , the referee , who held it over his head and turned to display it to the entire audience . nick walked to the edge of the ring , handed the belt to the timekeeper , and called for the bell , starting the match . the crowd was already in a frenzy of anticipation . joey sensed that these people expected the world from him tonight , and suddenly he felt naked . he stepped forward for the first lock-up with goliath . on goliaths cue , they snapped into a wrestling hold , joeys left hand on goliaths right shoulder , his right hand grabbing onto goliaths mane of blonde hair . goliath won the lock-up and threw joey to the floor . the crowd was a mix of cheers and boos at goliaths initial victory . joey stood up slowly , keeping his eyes locked on goliaths face . the two men circled the ring , staring each other down . the crowd remained hot . goliath charged and they locked up again . this lock-up had a little more action . joey instantly fell to one knee , but was able to get up , regain his balance , and push goliath into a corner , where nick stepped in and broke the hold .	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obeying the ref , goliath lifted his hands in the air , playing innocent , but as soon as nick stepped out of the way , goliath planted a knee right in joeys abdomen . joey groaned and doubled over , allowing goliath to knock him down and pummel him with fists and kicks . joey curled up in a protective stance and nick pulled goliath off of him . goliath stepped to the middle of the ring and held up his hands to pander to the crowd , who were only too happy to boo and hiss . as joey lay on the floor , doing his best to writhe in agony , he listened to the crowds venom . the heat for this match was blistering . everyone in the astrodome wanted joey to win . he stumbled to his feet only to see goliath charging at him with a vicious clothesline that sent him right back to the floor . again , goliath stepped away and pandered to the crowd . joey crawled back up and staggered toward goliath again . as the babyface in peril , joey would allow goliath to beat him senseless until goliath called a new spot . gwa matches usually played out as such . the heel would gain the upper hand and dominate the match until the crowd just couldnt bear it . the babyface wouldnt get in any real offense until the very end of the match , at which point the announcers could point out his stamina and heart . after two more minutes of general pummeling , goliath called for a more active spot . bulldog from the corner , he whispered to joey before swinging him into the ringpost . an instant after joeys back hit the turnbuckles , goliath splashed right into him , then grabbed the back of his head and pulled him to the ground in a well-executed bulldog . goliath rolled joey over and covered him . one more near-fall after this , goliath whispered . nick swept to the floor and pounded out one..two.. then joey used his feet to kick out of the cover . acting frustrated , goliath grabbed joeys hair and pulled him to his feet , only to deliver a hard punch to the face that sent joey right back to the floor . goliath lifted joey again and whipped him off the ropes into a clothesline . then he went for another cover . one..two.. joey kicked out again . the crowd was pleased that joey was kicking out of the near-falls . even though it appeared that goliath was dominating the fight and was near a victory , the crowd knew well where this match was going . for the most seasoned fans , the fact that goliath was in complete control of the match in the early-going was all the more reason to believe that joey mayhem would be the victor when the night was over . again , goliath used joeys hair to raise him from the mat . ref bump , then you hit a superkick , goliath whispered . joey looked to nick to see if he was ready to take the obligatory ref bump . nick nodded his head once . joey allowed goliath to swing him into an irish whip . goliath followed through and swung joey toward the corner . on the way , joey caught nick and sandwiched him into the ringpost . as joey reeled out of the corner , goliath charged at him to deliver another clothesline . right as goliath swung , joey ducked out of the way , and goliath walloped nick , who fell back in a blur of stripes . nick landed on his back , rolled over to his stomach , and lay still as if unconscious . goliath hesitated in surprise . joey collected himself to prepare for the big kick that would switch the momentum of the match . goliath turned around and joey stepped forward to deliver a high kick right to his chin . the kick connected . goliath snapped to the mat with the impact , making a loud slap as he fell . joey stumbled and fell on top of goliath for the cover . of course , with nick face-first on the mat , there was no referee to make the count the crowd knew their job here , and counted in the referees absence . one ... two ... three ... four ... .five ... .six ... they yelled . wesley bunt , joey whispered , signaling a classic wrestling spot . wesley bunt was a gwa wrestler in the 80s who became famous for losing his matches due to distraction . whether it was a manager , another wrestler , a valet , or the fans , wesley always paid attention to something other than his opponent and got walloped when he wasnt looking . hence , in the gwa , if you wanted to have a spot where your opponent hit you from behind while something else distracted you , you called for a wesley bunt . joey rolled off goliath and walked to the corner of the ring where nick was laid out . leaning down , he shook the referee as if trying to wake him . as he did this , joey braced himself for a kick to the back of the head . he continued shaking nick .	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wake up , joey said aloud for effect . nick lay still , as he was supposed to . a cardinal rule of refereeing was to remain unconscious if the babyface was in a position to win . wake up ref , joey said , frustrated that goliath was taking so long . the crowd was growing quiet . joey was getting angry . in professional wrestling , a few seconds of downtime could ruin an entire match . nick said discreetly . joey chose not to respond , since the television camera was pointed right at his face . goliath was still down on the mat with his eyes closed , unmoved from where he had landed . he was too experienced to miss a spot . he must have knocked himself unconscious when he fell to the mat , joey thought . now , with thirty thousand fans in the arena , and another million watching on television , joey was going to have to fake his way through this mess until goliath woke up to finish the match . joey looked around to assess the situation . goliath was down in the middle of the ring , nick had wisely chosen to remain strewn out in the corner . nick wore an earpiece through which duke could speak to him while the match was in progress . no doubt duke would keep the ref down until goliath got up . it was joeys job to figure out how to entertain the fans and keep the match going until that happened . and suddenly it was all familiar . he had been here before . his second professional match ever , in his hometown , against oscar esquivel , with his whole world watching . he had messed up a superkick and knocked out oscars front teeth . it was the worst mistake of his career , and now he had done it again , only this time he had left his opponent out cold . and this time it was on national television , for the world title . no , he couldnt have done it again . hed mastered the move since then , probably better than anyone else in the business . he knew what a well-executed superkick felt like . just light contact after your leg is fully extended . he had done it hundreds of times . and he would never forget that jolt of face-smashing inertia that came after the botched kick . it wasnt there tonight . the kick was fine . goliath had taken the bump wrong . stay in character , joey told himself . what would joey mayhem do if this were all for real ? joey mayhem wants to win the world title . his opponent is unconscious on his back in the ring . all joey needs is a referee to count to three . joey stepped under the ropes and walked to the ring announcers table . he grabbed a microphone and rolled back into the ring . putting one foot on goliaths chest ( a legal cover for a pinfall ) joey said into the microphone , can we get another referee out here ? they loved this sort of chaos . as they began their own pinfall count again , one ... two ... .three ... .four ... joey thought to himself that this wasnt turning out all bad . the crowd was very much into it , and they were still on the side of the babyface . joey had done his part , duke would send out a new referee to make this look like it all might have been planned . maybe goliath would wake up . if not , joey was scheduled to win the belt down the road anyway . everyone would understand . beneath his foot , joey could feel goliaths chest moving up and down . if goliath could just pull himself together , this all would turn out fine . seven ... eight ... .nine ... the crowd continued to chant . and then dr. ernie trott , a long-time gwa physician , came out from behind the curtain and ran to the ring . the crowd popped for his entrance like he was a wrestling superstar . dr. trott slid into the ring and waived his arms at joey , asking him to get off goliath . dr. trott knelt down next to goliath , and took his pulse off his neck . as he did so , the crowds boos faded to silence as they realized the injury might be real . a hand touched joeys left shoulder from behind . he was standing , and out of character . lets get out of the ring , said nick . no , joey wanted to say . no , hes going to be alright . this is a terrible idea ; the match will be ruined . the stupid lug just took a bad bump . maybe if he werent so drugged up hed be more careful . but still aware of the tv cameras all around him , joey said nothing , and followed nick through the ropes and to the timekeepers table , where steel chairs for skull-bashing were always kept . nick and joey each unfolded a chair and sat . in the ring , dr. trott was holding smelling salts beneath goliaths nose .	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goliaths eyes opened , and he tried to sit up , only to fall back again . the crowd remained quiet . in recent years , professional wrestling had blurred the line between real injuries and fake ones , making it difficult for fans to determine if they were being worked or not . the television audience went to commercial . when they came back , they saw a team of paramedics sliding a straight board under goliath , and , on a 3-count , lifting and carrying him out of the ring . they gently slid him under the bottom rope and onto a stretcher . with cameramen following , the paramedics rolled the stretcher out of the arena , through the backstage area , and onto an ambulance . the crowd applauded as goliath was rolled out . the television announcers spoke in hushed tones to the home audience , using platitudes like , this is bigger than the show . we all hope goliath is okay . he and his family will be in our prayers . for the fans watching at home , the last shot of the night was the ambulance driving into the darkness . okay joey , were off the air , said nick , holding his hand over his earpiece . theyre going to play your music . make a quick exit . and , right on cue , joeys music began . he stood up , faced the crowd , and raised his hands . he got very little reaction from the confused fans . quickly , he walked to the ramp and headed out . chapter 13 no one greeted joey when he stepped through the curtain . the backstage area was empty . usually one of the trainers or a stagehand had a bottle of water for him when he came through the curtain . he turned left to go down the corridor to the locker rooms , where he remembered a fountain on the wall . safire came out of the womens locker room with wet hair , wearing jeans and a t-shirt . did everyone go out to the parking lot ? joey asked her . goliath got knocked out in our match . they put him in an ambulance and took him out . her tone had gone from curious in the first question to accusing in the second . i dont know , i ... it was ... weird , joey was tired and didnt care to explain . safire walked past him , into the corridor that led to the parking lot . as they reached the end of the hall , they encountered a herd of wrestlers , all of whom were coming in through the back door . safire asked deep six , the first of the pack . what happened out there joey ? i dont know , joey said . he must have taken the bump wrong . is he awake now ? safire asked . hes conscious , but hes really woozy , said deep six . he couldnt even sit up . theyre taking him to a hospital just a few blocks down . i got directions from the driver , and a few of us are gon na head over there in a minute if you want to come . deep six was now speaking only to safire , as if joey wasnt there . ill grab my bag and meet you in the parking lot . duke appeared from behind deep six and stopped walking when he saw joey . joey , hi . lets take a walk , he said . without waiting for joey to respond , duke put his arm on joeys shoulder and led him back down the corridor toward the locker rooms . im fine , said joey . hows goliath ? he was awake and coherent when they took him away . duke said nothing more as they continued walking . joey knew he was being taken someplace private for a tongue-lashing . they stopped when they came to a corner , in front of a storage closet . just behind them , wrestlers were walking in and out of the locker room as they got themselves dressed to leave . joey wished he was getting dressed with them . he wanted to know what they were saying . listen , joey . i dont know what happened out there . no one will know until weve watched the tape and spoken to goliath , but you were way out of line grabbing a microphone and calling for another referee . well maybe id have known better what to do if youd given us any booking directions , joey thought , but knew better than to say . some of the guys who were watching have their panties all in a tizzle now , and its going to be hard for me keep up your push , said duke . his face and voice reminded joey of a soccer coach from childhood , who always finished his sharpest criticism with a fatherly slap on the ass . i understand , said joey . his push was over . maybe now he could start at the bottom and work his way up , like a normal rookie . anyway , as soon as we know if goliath can perform next week , well re-work the story and just make this a part of it . well talk this week about where well take the story from here . okay , joey said , not exactly sure what duke meant .	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but until we know more about goliaths condition , we have to be careful . im thinking hes okay , which is good for you , because maybe after another match next week , a better match , some of the guys around here will forget about what happened tonight . youre thinking of running a re-match next week ? i think tonights match will make for a good story going into next week . itll make the stakes that much higher for when you eventually win the belt . im still winning the belt ? joey said , and immediately wished he hadnt . he couldnt contain his surprise , and had spoken too loudly . youve got a lot of nerve kid , said a deep , recognizable voice from down the hall . it was jumbo . when joey turned to look he saw an entire gang of wrestlers staring at him , all of whom had probably been eavesdropping . easy big guy , its been a long night , duke said to jumbo , who was now approaching them . behind jumbo the entire locker room was watching the burgeoning conversation . joey could sense their eagerness . jumbo was going to speak for all of them . i cant believe this kid is wondering about whether or not hell get the strap after he laid out his partner and left him in the cold , jumbo said . what are you talking about left him in the cold ? im talking about you sucking out goliaths heat , kid . im talking about you standing on his chest out there like a god-damned prima donna while hes out cold because you fucked up a kick . now youre wondering if youll get the strap . jesus christ youve got a lot to learn . thats enough rob , go home and get some rest , duke said in a volume that communicated to everyone present , not just jumbo . jumbo stood and glared at joey for a long second before letting out a sassy click of his tongue and turning to leave . the other wrestlers dispersed , except for one . joey wished duke hadnt stepped in he didnt get a chance to respond . now the whole locker room probably thought it was his kick that knocked out goliath . he needed to tell them that the super kick went off perfectly , that he had done it a hundred times before , and tonight felt no different . just light contact with the cheek , perfectly safe , he would have known had he messed up . goliath took the bump wrong . he let his head snap into the mat when he fell . didnt they see that ? the superkick had turned joey sideways and he hadnt seen anything . maybe he had missed the kick . maybe he had missed the kick and the tv audience could tell . come to think of it , he had no idea what clive and johnny were saying to the audience at home . maybe tomorrow the whole wrestling world would think , would know , that joey had botched a kick and injured his colleague . id like to get dressed and get over to see goliath as soon as possible , joey said . he looked down the hall at jade , the only straggler from the group of eavesdroppers . she approached joey and duke . ive got a quick meeting right now , said duke . he lowered his voice as if to purposefully exclude jade from the conversation . why dont we get together in an hour and head over there ? joey thought about the other wrestlers already at the hospital , about what they might be saying . he needed to ask goliath himself . but if he waited for duke , who appeared to be his only protection from the raging locker room ... actually , if its okay with you duke , said jade , im headed over there right now and ill just take joey with me . no , thought joey . he had this sudden urge to cling to duke , like a little boy to his father . dukes expression went blank . joey , you do whatever you need to do . well see you later duke , said jade . apparently , joey was going to the hospital now , without dukes protection , to be thrown to the lions , and he was sure to drag jade down with him . as duke walked away , jade put her arm on joeys back . yeah , im fine , said joey . listen , you dont have to go with me . i dont know if its good for you to be with me right now . im thinking that im not going to be very popular around here tonight . and if youre not , who cares ? im not very popular around here as it is . joey stopped walking and turned to look at jade . he wanted to hug her and cry . minutes ago everyone else backstage had been ready to lynch him . were it not for dukes presence , who knows what would have happened ? and when the angry veterans dispersed in anger , no doubt to go off and badmouth joey together , jade had stayed behind .	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she was ready to march off with him , the two of them against the world , and that was fine with joey . it was better than fine . everyone else could have the approval of the boys backstage and the cheering of the fans . he could have jade . but it wasnt fair to her . thanks so much -- dont mention it , joey . why dont we get dressed and well go . ill meet you out here in a few minutes . you look drained . can i get you a bottle of water ? * * * * * were here to see patrick french . when was he admitted ? tonight , probably less than an hour ago . joey and jade stood in the empty lobby of houston general hospital . the lobby was meant to be illuminated by skylights . at night , the purple fluorescent lamps and the soft dentist office music on the speakers made for a creepy setting . at the main desk in the lobbys center sat an old black woman , with silver hair , curvy glasses , and a slow texas drawl . mr. french was discharged at eleven forty . so hes okay ? well , how can we find out ? sir , thats a legally confidential matter . if youre friends with mr. french i suggest you allow him to inform you of his medical condition . joey looked at jade to confirm that she shared his confusion . joey was about to ask if anyone was admitted under the name goliath , but realized that was ridiculous . goliath insisted that everyone use his wrestling name when communicating to him , but he would use his real name at the hospital , wouldnt he ? do you think hed check in under -- i was just thinking that , said jade . maam , began jade , could you tell us if anyone was admitted tonight under the name goliath ? the woman broke the syllables so distinctly that they sounded like three separate words . yes , said jade . g-o-l-i-a-t-h ? thats right , said jade . and the last name ? the woman clicked around on her computer with the care and patience of someone who didnt grow up with computers . im sorry , no goliath was admitted tonight . okay , thanks , said joey . you all have a nice evening . joey and jade exited through a sliding glass door and stood on the sidewalk in front of the hospital . thats really strange . a flashbulb went off from behind the bushes . for a brief instant , joeys mind was back in the ring , with hundreds of fans taking his picture like he was an exhibit at a zoo . a rustle from behind the bushes caught joeys attention and he saw a young man running away . i bet that picture shows up on the internet tomorrow , said jade . should we try to catch him ? you want to be seen right here , at the hospital , so the fans know youre concerned about your fallen comrade . hopefully you were looking distraught when he snapped the photo . itll be good pr . what about for you ? is it good for you to be seen here with me ? maybe ill get a rub . after all , you are the future world champ . i dont know if theres going to be any rub for me to give after tonight . dont worry about it joey . this sort of thing happens in wrestling , the fans know that . and the ones who dont will think it was all a work . besides , it sounds like goliaths just fine . hes already been discharged . joey more than hoped . he pined , yearned , that goliath was okay . part of joeys mind raced with the idea that goliaths quick discharge would fly around the internet , and goliath would be the one to bear the blame for tonights fiasco . joey could see the signs in the stands next week . neon green posterboard with black marker : goliath the wussy . the thought , the joy of the thought , made joey cringe . was he so eager for acceptance that hed take delight in someone elses misfortune ? i hope hes okay , joey said again . were not going to learn anything standing here . well just be fodder for more paparazzi . you wan na go get coffee ? the thought of hot coffee late at night after all that had happened sounded awful . that sounds good , he said . chapter 14 they landed at the green dragon coffeehouse , one block down from the hotel . when they arrived a little after twelve thirty , the cafe was empty , no music was playing , and joey was sure the shop was about to close . fifteen minutes later , the place was filled with twenty-somethings , more employees seemed to materialize , and two folk singers with guitars took up stools in front of the empty fireplace . the bar crowd , explained jade . as the bars close , they come here . theyll keep this place hopping until four in the morning . we usually hit houston twice a year .	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i always stay at the hyatt , and i always come here after the show . youll find yourself doing the same . as the tour goes on , pretty soon the cities stop changing . you hit the same places , you start to learn whats where . youll develop these little spaces of familiarity at each stop . joey looked down at his coffee . over the years , hed trained his body to reject anything that was off the path of supreme fitness . he could have ordered juice , or water . but jade wanted to go out for coffee . jade stood by him when ... he didnt even want to think about the damage she might have done to her own standing backstage tonight . the least he could do was have coffee with her . i think i experienced some of that in the indies . the second time through a town , it already felt like home , he said . just wait until the tenth time through , or the twentieth . houstons a city we usually hit twice a year . ive lost count of how many times ive been to this coffee house . but i know those paintings on the walls . i know these cups . i know these singers . next time ill probably even know their songs . do you get tired of it ? especially when things arent going well . last year i had a stretch where i did a gravy bowl match one week , a bra and panties match the next , then was off tv for three more weeks . i wasnt in the gwa yet , but i remember those two matches , then a long stretch where we didnt see you . i hope youre the only one . i sure want to forget it . we had two shows in vancouver that time around . i just did dark matches , and at the second one i blew a spot , botched a suplex and dropped barbara lipke on her head . she was alright , but i could have paralyzed her , easily . that night i decided i would retire when my contract was up . joey wondered if he should be feeling worse than he was about tonights accident with goliath . i was sure i was done . it wasnt remotely worth it . here i was , thirty-one years old , divorced , no kids , lots of money but no time to spend it and no one to spend it on after that match with barbara i just knew id regret it if i didnt get out and start a normal life before it was too late . joey looked at jade and imagined her as a mother . it fit , and for an instant , everything seemed clear . what he was doing was absurd . he was pretending to beat people up every night in a different stadium in a different city , all the while clamoring for their adoration . he did it because it made him a star . it gave him the riches and accolades that made celebrities superior to everyone else . but in doing so , he was giving up a lifetime of moments like these . sitting in a coffee shop with a woman , talking about whatever came up . the tour went on . i wrestled more shows . i got back on tv . duke put me in a program with safire that got hot . when my contract came up in february , i remembered wanting to quit , but i just couldnt do it . and , totally in the moment , i asked duke if he could extend my new contract from two years to three . if that desire to quit ever came up again , id have to wait even longer before i could do it . why , because you want to go to revolution ? theres other stuff too . jades voice and body turned rock solid . joey could tell she didnt like talking about this part of her past . i wonder if ill ever want to quit , he said . dont be surprised or scared if , at some point , it gets to be too much and you want to quit . it hasnt happened to you yet because youre still on the upswing . youre chasing the title for the first time right now . youre the new , hot thing going and the fans love you . even all this shit backstage and tonights mess isnt going to derail you . what you need to do now , more than anything , is enjoy this . someday , after youve been the number one guy for awhile , some new kid is gon na come up and the fans will take to him . youll be asked to change your gimmick and become a heel . youll play the coward and the fans will boo you . youll tell everyone you love it when the crowd gets hot , when youve got them all worked up , and a part of you will . but secretly youll wish they still loved you . not because you dont like playing the heel , but because you know that some of that hatred youre getting from the stands is real . some of that hatred is their way of saying theyre bored with you . gracious , joey said , smiling . thats a fun thing to think about . jades face lit up with the realization that shed said too much . im sorry , joey .	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i dont mean to sound bitter . i should slow down here . i hope you dont think im bitter . i dont think youre bitter at all jade . i think youre a realist whos aware of how things are and i appreciate you sharing your wisdom with me . god , i feel old tonight , jade said , then she laughed in an attempt to defuse her seriousness . joey reached across the table and touched her hand . he gave a light squeeze on her fingers and smiled at her . seriously jade , i appreciate you sticking up for me tonight in the locker room . i didnt stick up for you . jade had turned her palm and they were now holding hands across the table . you stayed around after all the guys went their separate ways and ... i know that just by being with me tonight youre making all sorts of trouble for yourself . ive already made all sorts of trouble for myself , joey . whatever falls out after tonight will be small potatoes . and trust me , i know firsthand how unfair the politics around here can be , and i think its shit . well see what comes of goliaths injury and deal with it from there . i think this whole thing will blow over by next week . jade took her hand back to grab her coffee mug and finish it off . joey looked at the wall clock behind the counter . it reminded him that he was supposed to be sleepy . ready to face the other wrestlers in the locker room ? ready to deal with the fallout on the internet of tonights title match ? jade had pushed her empty coffee mug to the center of the table . she must have meant ready to leave . yes , said joey . chapter 15 taken from www.wrestlinghotline.com greetings slugs . today is tuesday , may 2nd , and this is your tuesday morning hangover , where our headaches arent caused by freak wrestling accidents . my fellow slugs , as i write this , its five a.m. and i havent slept all night . judging by the activity on the boards , i know im not alone . for those of you who werent shooting the midnight black with the rest of us , heres a recap of the nights activity on the net . 10:56 pm , on gwa burn , joey mayhem superkicks goliath in their main event championship matchup , sending goliath to the floor and the crowd to its feet . 10:57 pm , goliath has been down for almost a minute and the fast-paced match takes on a decidedly whats going on ? 10:58 pm , matrix bob puts up this post on the hotline newsboard : does anyone else think goliath might be out cold ? 10:59 pm , goliath hasnt moved for more than two minutes , the match has broken down , matrix bobs post has 11 responses attached , and everyone watching knows something is wrong . 11:00 pm , dr. ernie trott runs in from the back , waves joey away from goliath , and calls in the emts . referee nick gaugin breaks character and stands up like he was never knocked out during the match . 11:04 pm , the emts load goliath into the ambulance and drive out of the arena . the match was never declared finished , and no winner was announced . 11:05 pm , burn goes off the air . the final shot is of the ambulance driving away . 11:35 pm , gwa.com posts a mysterious message in the headlines section reading , goliath was injured in his match with joey mayhem and was taken to a nearby hospital for observation . 11:30pm - 12:00am , the hotline newsboard lights up , with a record 7800 posts in an hour . fierce debate erupts as to whether or not the ending of burn was a work . 12:10am , chandler dresby of wrestlingdailytribune.com reports that goliath is at houston general and is under observation for head trauma . he does not give a source for his information . the online debate about the legitimacy of the injury continues . one camp swears the injury was real , noting that the finish to the match didnt make any sense . another camp says that the injury would make for the perfect swerve and would allow the gwa to stretch the goliath / joey mayhem feud all the way to the next pay per view . a third camp argues that the injury was a worked shoot , i.e . the gwa will pretend that the injury was real even though it was fake . i will weigh in with my own opinion later in the column . 12:30am , houston-area fans are posting sightings of wrestlers at houston general . joey mayhem , jade sleek , deep six , and lord mayberry have been seen by fans in or around houston general hospital . the online debate leans toward the injury being legitimate . 2:00am , the hotline newsboard finally starts to quiet down as east-coasters hit the hay .	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the net is close to agreement that tonights finish was real . 4:30am , gwa.com reports that goliath is under observation for head trauma , confirming what chandler dresby reported earlier in the night . the posters on the hotline newsboard ( and there were still a lot of them , even at this late hour ) have the proof they need . and that brings us here . the sun is about to come up as i write this . i hope to have it on the site in 3 hours or less , so wed better get going . ratings report : gwa burn pulled an overall 4.7 , with a 4.5 in the first hour , a 4.8 in the second hour , and a 4.8 in the overrun . for the second week in a row , the numbers are up , and last nights burn was the highest rated so far this year . revolution riot got an overall of 4.9 , with a 4.9 in the first hour , a 5.0 in the second , and a 4.8 in the overrun . more on that later , first ... the high points : gwa burn - well , where do you put it ? on the one hand , last nights main event has already taken on an historic feel . on the other hand , the match itself was nothing special , ending with a non-finish . either way , im going to call the odd main event a high point just because it has everyone talking . revolution riot - scott rollins . theyve got to be a little disappointed that last nights burn generated so much buzz when they had a big buzz point themselves . scott rollins , formerly known in the gwa as crusader , made a surprise entrance in the second hour , interrupting lucifers promo , and throwing himself right into the main event scene . the news : huge news on the family television group vs. gwa battle front . wrestlingdailytribune.com is reporting that imagine television network ( itn ) is going to make specific contractual requirements of gwa burn before they renew the show , presumably in response to pressure from the family television group . specifically , itn will require an outside consultant to sit in on all creative and production meetings regarding gwa burn . this consultant will have the power to nix any storyline or segment idea if deemed inappropriate . burns television contract is up for renewal next month , so presumably this new level of network control could start as soon as july . slugs , our response to this horrendous idea must be swift and strong . hence , the ... feature : as promised , i have spent the past week researching web sites and digging through public records ( specifically irs form 990 , a public domain document for non-profits like the ftg ) , and have collected a definitive list of the family television groups biggest donors . rather than beginning an ineffective , uncoordinated spam campaign , id like for us to focus our efforts , one donor at a time . our first target should be the biggest , and the ftgs largest donor , by far , is some outfit called americans for productive & responsible entertainment & media . total contributions last year : $ 1,650,000 . this group does not have a web site , in fact there is no mention of them on the internet anywhere . luckily for you , im a scrupulous researcher , and went off to the business library at northeastern illinois university , where i found this wily bunch listed in public domain irs records . heres what i know : americans for productive & responsible entertainment & media was founded two years ago by andrew smith and jonathan taylor , both from calgary . why two canadians would start a group called americans for blah blah blah is beyond me , but there you have it . their headquarters are in wilmington , delaware , and their charter declares their purpose to be , the promotion of psychologically healthy , socially responsible entertainment in the mass media . send your hate mail to this address : americans for productive & responsible entertainment & media 3412 north hanover wilmington , de 74565 our second target is the betsy piper foundation , whose total contributions to the ftg last year were $ 890,000 . this group does have a web site , albeit a lame one : www.betsypiperfoundation.org . the web site proclaims the foundation as a monetary advocate for those causes which betsy held most dearly . no mention anywhere on the web site of what those causes are , where the group is located , who is involved , or anything else that might possibly be of use to anyone . just page after page about the lovely betsy piper , an old-world new england socialite , who apparently was the martha stewart of her day . once again yours truly found more useful information at the library . heres where we might be onto something . like americans for blah blah blah , the betsy piper foundation was founded two years ago , by two men from calgary .	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the founders of this group are named jeremy washington and peter jackson . and , the foundations headquarters are also in wilmington , delaware . my initial guess is that theres a racket of old school canadians who want a return to carnie-style wrestling and have put together a huge consortium to shut down the americanized product . okay , that might be a little far-fetched . nonetheless , theres certainly something here worth looking into . is there a connection between these two non-profit groups ? is there one supreme target to unearth , whom we can shower with hate mail so venomous as to make an actual impact on the ftgs campaign against our beloved past-time ? hop to it slugs ! in the meantime , heres the address for mail to the betsy piper foundation : the betsy piper foundation po box 1212 wilmington , de 75448 and until next time , this is steve garcia . send to ftp . steve garcia stood up and stretched his hands to the ceiling . it was now a little after six a.m. his mom would be waking up soon . maybe shed make him breakfast before he went to bed . his eyeballs ached . he had been staring at either his computer or his television for almost twelve hours now . all for that column , for his readers , the slugs . steve began maintaining wrestlinghotline.com in 1996 , when the web was for nerds and wrestling was for losers . back then , the web site was just an offshoot of the actual wrestling hotline , a 976 number that fielded 200 calls a day at fifty cents a minute . as a teenager , steve was a regular caller to the hotline ( his mom allowed him two dollars worth of calls a week ) and he was the first to answer the hotlines advertised request for a web site designer . steve expected to work as a webmaster with a boss , posting and maintaining the web site to the specifications of the hotlines owner , a reclusive new yorker named ben evans . but a week after steve launched the site , the phone number went inactive and ben evans disappeared . that week steve posted his first column anyway . so the next week steve posted another column . his phone didnt ring , his email box sat empty , the wrestling world marched forward and no one said a thing . the next week steve posted another column . he received three emails from readers , flaming him for his opinions . the next week steve posted another column , and his inbox flooded . he had developed a following . in 1997 , the wrestling boom began . in 1998 , the web became mainstream . in 1999 steve purchased software to follow the traffic on his site . by 2000 , he was the most widely read wrestling columnist on the internet , a title he still held . and no one thought twice that wrestlinghotline.com was registered to wrestling hotline associated , a sole proprietorship in the state of new york whose founder and owner had been awol since 1996 . several times steve had considered trying to get ownership of the domain name , or moving the site to a different location . his readership was in the hundreds of thousands and he never made a cent . but he never got around to it . making money with his site would be nice , and it might shut up his nagging mom , but it would require real work . he would have to file papers with the state . he would have to pay taxes . he would have to keep records . someday hed do all that . for now , he wrote . he also trolled the message boards and chatrooms , swam through thousands of emails , bounced ideas off of friends and internet contacts , and kept abreast of everything wrestling that was published on the web or in the newsletters . all his work came to a head every monday night , when he worked on the tuesday hangover , his sites centerpiece . for whatever reason , wrestling fans on the internet had grown to love steves random musings and ramblings on the wrestling they had watched the night before . the universal computer is done bell sounded on the speakers . the file transfer was complete . steve went back to his computer and sat down . the tuesday hangover was posted . he opened the web site and quickly double-checked his column for any errors he might have missed . when he got to the last word he felt a strong sense of relief . a whole night of work and play went into that column . now he could sleep until mid-afternoon . by the time he was up again , hed have at least 200 emails from his readers . the little envelope appeared in the lower right corner . someone already had something to say . steve double-clicked on the email icon . to : steve garcia from : aaron culley steve , i was at the houston gwa show last night . the shit rocked . after the show , my friend and i went to houston general to see if we could get a look at goliath , and we did !	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but he was on his way out . some long-haired dude had taken him on a wheelchair out of the hospital and helped him get in a truck and they just drove off . this was at like , midnight . goliath looked dazed , but was able to get into the truck without any assistance . so he got discharged at midnight . probably a hundred people snooping around could have told you that . heres the shit though . my friend and i raced back to our car and followed the truck . they went to houston medical center ! pulled right into another hospital ! goliath must be totally fucked up . i bet his brains are so scrambled that houston general didnt even have all the equipment they needed to fix him . or maybe gwa wanted him to see someone specific at a bigger hospital . thought you might want to know . aaron culley . steve closed the email . going back to his web browser , he took a quick trip to the competitions site , www.wrestlingdailytribune.com . he scanned their story about goliaths injury in last nights match . taken to houston general . concussion suspected . stayed overnight for observation . he had a scoop . steve re-opened tuesdayhangover0502.htm . at the top of the page , he wrote : breaking news : goliath transferred from houston general to houston medical center . ten minutes later he posted his updated file , complete with an edited version of mr. culleys email . he turned back and looked at his bed . but now there was a new development . more had to be coming . steve sat up in his chair , rolled his head around a few times , and settled in for a morning of surfing and digging . chapter 16 the phone was ringing . please dont let it be fran wallace again . joey rolled over and picked it up . hello , joey ? this is duke . joey sat up , rubbed his eyes , and cleared his head . it wasnt often that you got a phone call from duke . yes duke , he said . then he panicked . he looked over his shoulder , back at the bed , to confirm the source of his fear . jade was sleeping on the other side of the bed . it was morning and joey was in jades hotel room , awakened by the phone while sleeping next to her . how did duke know he was here ? listen joey , have you got any plans for the two days off ? no , said joey without bothering to think if he had any plans . his immediate instinct was to just do whatever duke said . he told himself to act like there was nothing unusual about duke finding him in jades room . joey , id like you to stay in houston if you dont mind . frans got some publicity work for you tomorrow , and id like to meet with you today . lets say noon , in my suite . im in 2200 , just a straight shot up the elevator from where you are . well have lunch and discuss some things . where you are , duke had said , with no question or concern in his voice . joey picked up the alarm clock and turned it violently to view its face . alright duke . joey hung up and rolled out of the bed . jade was still completely asleep . neither the phone nor the conversation had disturbed her . maybe she didnt need to know about that conversation yet . who else knew he was here ? the night before , joey and jade had left the coffee shop , returned together to the hyatt , and walked to jades room , very much intending to say good night . in the comfortable silence of the elevator , joey had prepared closing comments for the evening , a neat turn of phrase or two to express to jade one last time how much he appreciated her companionship tonight , how completely he understood the potential fallout backstage she faced for standing by the reckless joey mayhem . and when they came to the door of room 1412 , joey lifted his shoulders and barreled his chest in preparation for the words . but jade didnt behave properly . she immediately slid her keycard into the lock and opened the door without once turning back for a final goodnight . and as she fluidly opened the door and stepped inside joey waited , thinking shed turn back and accept a goodnight from the other side of the threshold . but instead she held the door open . with her back to him still she held the door open , as if they were roommates and there was no question that he was coming inside . so joey followed her in . her room , identical to his , began with a living room area and kitchenette , separated from the bedroom and bathroom by an open doorway . excuse me for one second while i go pee , jade said , turning to joey for the first time since leaving the elevator . sure , joey said back .	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jade went through the bedroom to the bathroom , and joey took a seat on the sofa in the living room area . over the silence of the room , joey could hear jade peeing . a mild coffee buzz and the excitement of the unknown kept joey wired despite his exhaustion . the toilet flushed , jade emerged , smiled at joey , sat right next to him , and kicked her shoes off . was he supposed to kiss her ? joey dove into his recently abandoned speech . jade , thank you again for standing by me tonight . as he spoke , he could tell jade was waiting for him to finish . she was looking right in his eyes and was much closer than she needed to be . the prepared speech had three more sentences , one about her friendship , one about her wisdom , one about her courage . joey abandoned the lecture and kissed her . a minute later , jade led him from the couch to the bedroom . and joey was glad , euphoric , that he had laid out goliath tonight . and fuck all of them backstage who wanted him to be sorry . fuck anyone who thought he didnt deserve his spot in the main event . and god help the next person who made some backhand remark about jades history with goliath and her ex-husband . joey would beat the shit out of them . and now , with full daylight creeping under the curtains and the alarm clock confirming it was almost the afternoon , joey wondered what he had done . sex with jade was one thing . one beautiful , wonderful thing that joey hoped would happen again in the next city , and the next , and maybe lead to a house in the hamptons and 2 kids who had no interest in becoming wrestlers . but dukes phone call , direct to jades room , in the late morning , looking for joey that was another thing . the only way duke could know joey was here was if everyone knew . joey walked out of the bedroom , through the entrance area , and to the door . it stood closed , locked to anyone who didnt have a key card . on this side of the door was safety , and love , dare he say it , yes , love . two people and a night full of real love expressed in its highest form . on the other side ... joey looked through the peephole . he was only in briefs , and if the entire world was out there waiting for him to come out and confirm what duke already knew , that joey had drunk from the company trough , the same one that goliath had drunk from last year in a gossip frenzy that lit the wrestling world on fire , joey would be dressed first . the tunnel vision of the peephole showed an empty hallway . closed doors and generic hotel wall paper . there was no answer in the peephole . joey turned the doorknob clockwise until he heard a click . he pulled on the door slowly . light from the hallway appeared on the floor . he continued pulling . the same vision that was in the peephole began to take shape on the other side . no one would be out there . joey swung the door past his body and was now standing in the doorway of jades hotel room , wearing only his boxers , for anyone who cared to look . at the foot of the door was a newspaper , usa today , in full color , face up , centered like a doormat . joey leaned down to pick it up . the flash came from the right . it flickered for a second in red-eye reducer before it exploded into the full and unmistakable flash of a camera , known well to professional wrestlers . joey turned to the flash and saw a black leather jacket and blue jeans running down the hall . he recognized this run , and this backside . it was the same boy who had photographed him last night at the hospital . he was dukes informer . joey said after the photographer in a half-yell , still conscious of his desire to be discreet . the boy opened a door to a stairwell and disappeared . instinctively , joey took two steps after him , then realized he was almost nude and stopped . maybe it was sleepiness that kept him from rushing back to the room , maybe it was stupidity , but joey stood still in the hallway for an instant too long and heard the sound . the door to jades room had closed itself behind him . he didnt have a key . joey breathed deeply through his nose . there was no need for panic . every week , tens of millions of people saw him dancing around in underwear and boots , so there was no reason to worry about this one moment in the hall in his boxers . as if to show himself that he wasnt upset at all , joey walked slowly to the closed door and paused before knocking softly . then he waited for what felt like an hour . he knocked again , three times , this time with more snap . after the third knock he counted silently in his head .	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one ... two ... three ... four ... five ... he didnt know why he was counting or when he was going to stop ... six ... seven ... now he was getting nervous . he really wanted to get back inside the room , out of this hallway , lest another photographer showed up and did whatever he did to inform duke right away that joey was bonking the companys most popular woman . click , click again , this time from down the hall . someone was opening a door . joey considered running for it . maybe a quick exit to the stairwell . maybe a quick exit out the window and a 14th-floor splat on the concrete . that would give the little shit something to photograph . pride kept joey locked in place . he had nothing to be ashamed of . this was just a funny situation . a cool person would find the humor and share it with everyone . down the hall , the door finished opening and out stepped lord mayberry , wearing jeans and a t-shirt , carrying a suitcase . he took one step away from his room and then saw joey . his immediate reaction was one of surprise , as if hed stepped in on joeys private space . joey said as he threw his chin up in the classic cool-guy hello . good morning joey . lord mayberrys real name was matthew macdowell . when he wasnt in character , his british accent gave way to a canadian lilt . oh , fine , just ... are you locked out ? i came out for the paper and got distracted and now im stuck out here in my underwear . well thats quite a predicament , now isnt it ? mayberry was smiling but not laughing . yeah , i ... .yeah , this sucks , joey laughed nervously . thanks , joey smiled as if mayberrys behavior was appropriate . as mayberry walked past joey and down the hall to the elevators , joey wondered to himself why he didnt just ask for help . why didnt he ask if he could go into mayberrys room and steal a bathrobe , or at least a towel ? click , flash , click . by the time joey turned back toward the stairwell to see that the same kid had popped out and taken another picture it was too late . the kid was already headed back down the stairs . joey yelled after him and started toward the stairwell before realizing he didnt want to chase after some kid through the entire hotel while in his underwear . another click from down the hall . was there normally this much activity on the 14th floor ? everything alright out here joey ? it was raptor , a cruiserweight from the undercard , leaning out from his doorway down the hall . now was the time to ask for help , joey thought . jesus christ , was there some public gathering out here this morning ? deep six and safire appeared from behind the two doors opposite jades room . safire laughed . from the other side . joey turned slowly to see who else was joining the party . it was jade . oh nothing , joey said to safire , beyond the point of pretending this wasnt a total nightmare . joey went to jade , who looked at him with a mix of pity and surprise . with raptor , deep six , and safire all watching , joey went into jades room and closed the door behind him . shit , he said as he dropped onto the sofa . jade stood where she was , her eyes still adjusting to being awake . that was about me making an ass of myself and probably you too . jade took the middle seat of the sofa and sat cross-legged , facing joey . joey told her the story , starting with him reaching for the newspaper , including the kid with the camera and all the wrestlers whod seen him come back here in his underwear . maybe its for the best , she said . a memory of joeys mother appeared in his head . she was comforting him after a neighbor kid had punched his lights out . how could that be for the best ? i got locked out in my underwear , mayberry didnt offer to help me , safire laughed at me , and some kid took pictures of the whole thing . well , now we dont have to worry about keeping last night a secret . jades voice was quiet and morose . she didnt believe a word of her own optimism . actually , somehow , the secret got out even before my little display . duke called this morning . he called here . i answered , which was fine because he was looking for me anyway . but somehow he already knew i was here . jade turned to face forward on the couch , then leaned back against the cushion . she took a breath in an obvious effort to contain herself . someone up here must have spied on us and reported to him . i was actually thinking it was that kid with the camera . jades eyes brightened . i forgot about that kid , she said . you almost sound excited that it might be him , said joey . id much rather it be some internet site than someone in the company spying on me and reporting to the boss .	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what did duke say ? he wants me to stay in houston and meet with him for lunch at noon . well , arent you the big shot ? he was the big shot . only the major players got private meetings with duke . he was the big shot who would be all over the internet looking like a dork in his skivvies . i was going to drive to dallas to hang with my sister tonight and tomorrow . was going to ? does that mean you could change your plans ? why dont you stay in houston with me ? hell , its not like theres any reason to be discrete . joey , are you sure you want to do this ? maybe we should see whats on the internet before -- nonsense . you should stay with me in houston and travel with me to denver . to hell with the internet clowns . jade sat still for a moment . its eleven thirty . joey kissed her before standing up . im in room 809 . you should check out of here and move your stuff in there . ill head back there after im done with duke . okay , said jade . joey felt a buzz in his chest as he left the room . he realized that , for the first time since high school , he had a girlfriend . chapter 16 joey stepped out of the elevator at floor 22 . arrows on the wall pointed him to the presidential suite . duke opened the door and flashed the same gold-toothed grin that two weeks ago told joey he was going to become the gwa champion . the presidential suite was a small house of luxury rooms . duke led joey through the entrance room , which featured a fountain of marble and granite that gurgled four feet above the hardwood floor . to joeys right was a sitting area surrounding a flatscreen tv . to his left was a kitchen , separated from the main room by a mahogany counter . at the back of the entrance room , duke and joey sat at an oak breakfast table , between french doors and a picture window . the doors led to a small balcony , on which two potted trees filtered the incoming sun . duke scooted his chair until he was directly opposite joey , then handed him a lunch menu . tell me what you want and ill call it in , said duke . joey didnt know if the luxury treatment was typical for dukes guests or if he was being buttered up for a beating . either way , he pointed out what looked best ( pasta with vegetables and chicken ) and duke called it in . two minutes later a waitress appeared with a bottle of merlot , two glasses of water , and a basket of bread , and told them their lunch would be served in ten minutes . duke swirled his wine and smelled it before taking a long drag . when he put his glass down , he exhaled audibly , as if what he was about to say disgusted him . joey , when i was your age , this business was about fooling the public , he said , speaking slowly and looking out to the balcony . our number one goal when putting on a show was to get the people to believe the crap we were selling them . we thought , as long as they believed it was real , theyd be entertained . they came to see a real fight and wed give it to them , at least in their minds . now its different . now everyone knows our secrets . so instead of selling them sport , we sell them sex , stories , athleticism , and a little bit of fighting . we dont try to fool them anymore . joey nodded and took a bite of bread . he had no idea where duke was going , but knew that duke expected his guests to patiently listen to his tales . duke continued . thats whats so puzzling about your situation after last night . everything went wrong , people broke character , the fans were confused . it was almost like the old days , and i got ta tell you , it felt good to me . it felt fresh . for once , the fans werent onto us . they didnt know if we were for real or not . by god , we had them mixed up , and ill be a weasel in the henhouse if i said i didnt like it . thats the way it should be , joey . thats what this business is supposed to be about . were not fucking broadway , or the fucking soap operas , were wrestling , dammit . were our own kettle of fish . and weve forgotten our roots . our job is to put on a show that the fans believe is real . wrestling was better when the fans thought it was real . and were going to take what started on monday night and continue it . were going to be one step ahead of the fans again , joey . joey said nothing . he was more confused than ever , and was starting to feel uncomfortable . he didnt really know what he expected from this meeting , but he knew this was not it .	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the waitress rolled a food service tray into the room and to their table . joeys pasta looked decent , but not worth twenty three dollars . duke ordered a burger and fries , which seemed quaint for the fancy setting and service , and a little odd to be eating with expensive wine . the waitress stood for an instant , in a practiced attempt at a tip , but got nothing from duke . as she rolled out of the room , duke said , eighteen percent gratuity included in the bill , dont know why they expect me to give more on top . joey smiled and nodded in agreement . in his mind , he could see himself looking like a kiss-ass . so , joey , what do you think so far ? heres what ive got planned . i think youre gon na love it . duke inhaled a huge bite of his burger , so much so that his cheeks expanded as he tried to chew . joey looked down at his plate . this meeting had become uncomfortable . what im thinking , duke mumbled through a mouthful of hamburger , is that we include goliaths very real injury in our story , but do it like it was just another wrestling angle . duke uncapped the ketchup bottle , turned it upside down over his plate , and smacked it repeatedly as he continued . i want our fans to argue with each other about whether or not goliath is really hurt , as i understand theyre already doing . it will be the beginning of a new era , where once again the fans are out of the loop of what were doing , as it should be . joey nodded again . he realized he had said almost nothing since he sat down , and hoped that was how duke wanted it . so the story will be the world title is now vacant . it will remain vacant until you and goliath finish your match , meaning we wont have a champion until goliath is well enough to return . in the meantime , the story is , everyone wants a shot at you since theres no title to shoot for . every week youre going to go up against someone from the roster whos sure as hell they can beat you because youre just a little kid who got a fluke win , and if they can beat you , theyll prove they deserve a world title shot . week by week youll get win after win until goliath comes back , and then your match with him will be a barnburner and no one will know whos going to win . itll headline a pay per view and well make a killing . okay , joey said , almost against his own will . its great my boy ! show some hutzpah ! youre going to get a massive push ! duke was particularly ugly with food between his gold teeth . joey smiled , then realized he needed more hutzpah and smiled bigger . okay , he told himself , youre still being pushed . just keep your head up and maybe this will all turn out fine . joey and duke finished their lunch with only small talk between them . joey felt like duke wanted him to say more , to be his friend . maybe duke was looking for a new friend now that goliath was out of action for awhile . if you were smart , joey told himself , youd grab this opportunity and do some serious butt-kissing . duke was practically begging joey to be his right-hand guy , and joey couldnt come through . it wasnt that he didnt want to kiss up . hell , any chance joey had of being popular in the locker room was already gone . might as well buddy up to the boss and let people say what they want - they were going to say it anyway . but joey had no idea what to say or how to say it . what do you say to the most notorious wrestling promoter in history ? do you flatter him ? do you get him to talk about himself ? and before joey could decide , it was already time to leave . duke had another appointment . he shook joeys hand and walked him to the door . one other thing , joey , duke said as he stood at the doorway . do you know what youre doing with jade ? here was the bomb . what was the answer to this one ? yes , joey said . what did joey just answer ? not that its any of my business , but i want to make sure you know what youre doing . im sure youre already aware of whats out there on the internet . yes , im aware , said joey , a total lie . what was duke talking about ? so you know what kind of trouble this sort of thing can cause . if i can be so bold , joey , you need to end whatever youve started and cut your losses . if you and jade become an item youre toast to those internet kids . theyll crucify you both . every time they talk about you , theyll make a snide remark about her . ive seen it happen before .	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this business just isnt meant for romance . i dont know , joey said cautiously . duke looked frustrated , like a father trying to scold his teenage son . come back inside for a minute , he said . joey followed duke back into the suite and to the sitting area off the main room . have a seat , duke said , gesturing toward a black leather recliner . joey sat . duke remained standing , and paced among the furniture as he spoke . joey , im sorry i wasnt being clear a minute ago . sometimes i expect people to read my mind . its a bad habit of mine . anyway , what i was trying to say is , if were going to pull the plug on this push , i need you to end whatever youve got going on with jade . he wanted to say , no way , or , thats ridiculous , but only got out the benign question . joey , i hate that i have to do this to you , but jade has a lot of history with this company , with our wrestlers , with our fans . i cant have ... let me put it this way . if you insist on being with her i wont be able to go ahead with your push . i cant have two of my high profile stars ... i cant -- is it because goliath has a history with her ? joey was growing displeased with himself that he hadnt put a stop to this already . he wished he had it in him to jump up from his chair and tell off the boss for even suggesting this . in part , its , more than that , its complicated , said duke . dukes voice was careful but firm . there was nothing apologetic about it . joey could tell that , even with his difficulty finding the right words , duke wasnt going to accept an answer of no . what if jade and i kept our relationship a secret ? what if we kept a lower profile ? i know i botched it last night and we were seen , but last night was crazy , with goliaths injury and all . no , joey , its more than that . okay , look , im beating around the bush here . joey , you cant see jade . you cant be friends with jade . if you want to get this push , if you want to make it in this business , youll need to go back to your room this afternoon and if she calls you youll need to give her the cold shoulder . jade has some troubles , some troubles of her own to work out , and some troubles with this company . weve got her signed to a long , large contract , and i need to keep her around and get what money i can out of her , but i can tell you , and believe me , she knows this , that when her contracts up in a little over a year , shes out of here . trust me , joey . this is a favor im doing for you . you dont want to be involved with her . i know it seems fine right now , but , lord , listen to me , as your elder , as someone who knows this business better than anyone . if you want to make it , you cant get involved with someone like her . and dont forget that youre getting the offer of a lifetime here . im planning on putting you over every star on my roster , including the world champion . by the time were done here joey , you can have any woman in the world . i just need you to do this one thing for me . for yourself too . duke , im sorry , i still dont understand what the big deal -- i cant believe youre even thinking about this ! dukes face had turned bright red , and frightening . joey , im telling you to do something for me . do this for me , and ill do something for you . if you want to become the biggest wrestling star in the world , you have to do this for me . so , whats it going to be ? joey sunk a little in his chair . why was this all so hard ? he was a good wrestler . he just wanted to wrestle . why did every step involve these personality conflicts ? duke , i cant do what youre asking . duke leaned against the back of the couch and sighed . okay , i can appreciate that , he said . you want to do the right thing . youre a man with a conscience . you take some more time to think about it . our next show isnt for a few days . you take a few days to figure out what youre gon na do . ill see you on friday , in albuquerque . you can tell me then . duke started walking to the door . joey stood up and followed him . joey , if you confront jade about all of this , shes going to tell you her side of the story , or maybe shell just dump you like a sack of potatoes , who knows with that woman , but its going to be your choice .	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just remember that i know everything shes going to tell you , and my stance is unchanged . you cant be with her if you want to be my world champion . duke , my answers not going to change , joey said as he stepped across the threshold . just think about it , said duke . see you on friday , and the door closed . joey took a step back , then stood for a few seconds , looking at the closed door to the presidential suite . so many things he should have said . fuck you , this isnt any of your business . i dont need your fucking push or your fucking world title . he took a step toward the door and raised his hand as if to knock . but he didnt knock . feeling like he had no control over what he did , he left . he went down the hall and got on the elevator . his room was on the eighth floor . his reflection was in the mirrored walls on three sides of him . he didnt want to look at himself , so he looked at the red carpet on the floor . the elevator stopped three times on the way down to pick up and drop off other guests . when they reached the lobby , he was the first one off , leaving an elderly couple and a man with two suitcases behind him . he went out the front doors into the swamp of the houston afternoon and began to walk . he hadnt even turned the first corner before two preteen ran up to him and asked for his autograph . he signed one for each , then turned around and went back into the hotel . forty seconds later he slid his key card into the slot on the door of room 809 and pushed it open . jade was lying on the bed watching television . hey handsome , she said as he entered . where can we get internet access ? joey said , foregoing any attempt to hide his panic . well , there are hookups in every room if you have a laptop -- i dont have a laptop , where else can we go ? easy there tiger . it struck joey that jade was wearing a gray t-shirt that hed picked up in jacksonville . she had to open his suitcase to get that t-shirt out . i really want to know whats out there about my match last night and , anything else . jade looked at him with such curiosity that he wanted to hide . did duke say something about us ? no , said joey . a stiffness raced through his shoulders with the realization that this would be the first of a string of lies . he only wanted to talk about what happened in my match last night . jade squished her mouth to the left side of her face and squeezed her eyebrows in bewilderment . if you really want to see what those kids are saying out there , we can go downstairs to the business center and get a computer terminal . i think it costs like ten dollars an hour or something nutty . im not worried about the cost , joey said , and then realized that jade probably wasnt worried about the cost either . neither of them were hurting for cash . her hesitation was more about what they might see . alright , she said resignedly . let me get some shoes on and we can go surf the internet . she said the last three words with more than a hint of disdain for the phrase . i know i shouldnt be so concerned about this . no , no , sweetie , its okay . celebritys still new to you . and youre gon na see this crap one way or another . you cant escape it . i just hope youre ready . im sure theyve skewered us both like yesterdays kill . chapter 17 vicky archuleta had only been a member of revolution wrestlings creative team for three months , but in that time she had made herself indispensable . trained in the jungles of hollywood studios , vicky knew well how the game was played , and by her second week on the job , had already booked herself on a two-day trip to aruba with max zeffer on his private jet . from that point on , even though she was a woman in her early thirties with no experience in the wrestling world , even though former wrestlers and wrestling promoters made up the rest of the creative staff , even though she was loathed by the company and its fans , her voice was one of the most powerful on the team . and this morning her voice was saying one thing : turn lucifer heel . the idea had come to her last night , as she sat on the plane , typing a screenplay on her laptop . the screenplay , a crime thriller set in hollywood , had been her obsession for three years . she had begun it , certain that it would be her masterpiece , her ticket out of the annals of television and into the world of new york penthouse parties and personal profiles on cable tv .	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three years and thirty rejection letters later ( her agent had proclaimed he would drop her if she tried to push one more draft on him ) , she was certain that if she could just find the right motivation for her main character , clint shadow ( she imagined tom cruise playing the lead ) the screenplay would come together and the oscars would follow . as she thought about clint shadow , fbi-agent extraordinaire , chasing arch-fiend dirk hitler through the dark streets of hollywood , and wondered what drove him to do what he did , she realized that lucifer , the centerpiece of the television show she was supposed to be writing , was boring . lucifer beat people up , he won championships , he apparently was very skilled at submission holds ( why these wrestlers were so hung up on these human pretzel maneuvers was beyond her it seemed to her that if they were to imitate real fighting there should be more punching and kicking ) , but no one knew why he did it . why did he care about the world title ? why did he put his body through such torture to win these silly matches ? and the answer was simple : he didnt know why , he just did it . he was just a violent person . hence , the heel turn . in her short time in the wrestling business , she had taken it upon herself to learn the lingo . heels , babyfaces , heat , pops , get over , get under ( was get under a term ? ) , workrate , shoot , she had it down . of the established universe of the wrestling business , by far the most interesting concept was that of heels and babyfaces . she was shocked at how little the others on the creative team understood the storytelling power of heels and babyfaces . good guy / bad guy ; black / white ; that dichotomy was perfect for storytelling to the masses , and the sole reason professional wrestling survived as a form of entertainment . the problem with these wrestling promoters was that they wanted their biggest stars to play the good guy . didnt they understand that the villain was the most interesting role in entertainment ? the fans understood it . they always cheered for the bad guys , well , sometimes they did . the fans would love a heel turn for lucifer right now . it would be a big surprise . it would add depth to his character . it would give him motivation . i dont think so , said gene . gene harold was one of five men sitting at the round wooden table with her . to the left of genes obscenely large belly was patrick childers , the production manager . patrick was useless in these meetings . he just got in the way . on patricks left was max , who was next to vicky . on vickys right was larry jenkins , the talent manager , and next to him was walt thompson , an elderly former wrestler who now served as road agent and general lackey to max . why dont you think so , gene ? said vicky . we know where were going with lucifer , we dont need to make any changes to his character . hes the freshest thing in wrestling right now . its a terrible idea . lets move on to something else , please . god , gene was an asshole . as head booker , he clashed with vicky on every one of her ideas . she didnt understand what his purpose was . she had been brought in as head writer , a position she had held for a daytime soap opera and a prime time drama , and she certainly didnt need any other chefs in the kitchen . she wished max would fire gene . if this creative team were to be effective , step one would be to give full creative control to her , and genes job would just be to figure out how the stories play out in the wrestling ring . all the storylines , dialogue , backstage sketches , and character development should be hers . alas , it didnt work that way . the truth was , gene had control over most of the storylines , and her job was to write the dialogue for the backstage sketches and contribute ideas to these meetings . and were it not for her rendezvous with max and the promise of another one , she might not even have that much . i dont think were ready to move on to something else yet , she said . this heel turn is a great idea . lucifers character needs motivation . he has a motivation . he wants to be the world champion , said gene . its just a piece of costume jewelry -- just a piece of costume jewelry ! good god , can we please move on to something else ? now , what do the rest of you think ? gene looked to max for help . vicky was pleased that max provided none . well , we know where gene stands , said max , calmly . how about you larry ? this is what she loved about max . larry and gene made it a point to always disagree with each other on everything . with larry on her side , the discussion would get interesting . im afraid i have to agree with gene on this one , said larry . while ms. archuletas arguments sound smart and thought out , i dont understand them . it doesnt make any sense to me to just turn our number one hero at the height of his popularity . theyre all jealous little bastards , and theyre scared to death of me . okay , said max . im with the guys .	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of course walt was with the guys now . there was no point in even asking him , the spineless little slug . max , im also with gene . lucifer will not turn heel , at least not now . but , frankly , im disappointed in this group . i brought vicky in to give us a fresh perspective from a talented writer with a proven track record . turning lucifer heel when no one expects it is precisely the type of innovation that can turn revolution from a great wrestling promotion into a great entertainment company . you gentlemen are all so immersed in the artificial rules of the wrestling world that youre horrified to think of trying something different . but if were ever to increase our audience , we have to expand our vision . the market is saturated with fans who know how a heel and a babyface should behave . to bring in new fans , we need characters who behave outside the norms of the established wrestling universe . so what are you saying max ? said gene with resignation . are we or arent we turning lucifer ? im ready to move on . you guys said no , so the answer is no , for now . besides , we need to finish the program between lucifer and scott rollins that we have planned . after thats done , we will revisit this issue , and when we do , i expect you all to come to this meeting with an open mind . i want this group to be leading the way not just for the wrestling business , but the entire entertainment industry . to do that , we need to think outside the confines of the wrestling world of the past fifty years . okay then , moving on , said gene , who then led the meeting in a new direction , discussing booking ideas for the ongoing feud between flash martin and miguel cervantes for the american title , a feud about which vicky had nothing to say . shed write up the dialogue after these men had figured out whatever they had to figure out . no doubt whatever they came up with would be crap , but she knew to choose her battles carefully . shed lost today , but max was in her pocket on the lucifer turn , and with all these goons against her , when they did flip the switch on her idea and the ratings lit up and the company made a fortune and tv guide wanted to interview the brilliant writers for revolution riot , shed be alone on the podium , and gene harold , the fat fartknocker , would be that much closer to being out of her way , and she and max could turn revolution riot into a real tv show . but that would all have to wait . for now , it was more cheesy wrestling dialogue and another month of evenings with clint shadow and dirk hitler . chapter 18 steve , honey , someones at the door for you . steve rolled over and looked at his watch . it was two o clock . he had been asleep for four hours . coming mom , he said . who was here to see him ? his friends all worked during the day . steve stood up and looked in the mirror . his hair was comical . his mouth tasted awful . a headache was brewing behind his eyes . wearing the sweats , t-shirt , and socks that had been on since mid-day yesterday , steve left his room and headed to the stairs . the world wasnt quite right . he was in the half-reality that always followed his mid-afternoon naps . it was probably sam dawson , wondering if steve would mow his lawn and trim his hedges for third world sweatshop wages . what excuse could he tell sam that wouldnt filter back to mom and bite him in the ass ? maybe he just needed to tell sam that he no longer wished to do yardwork . he was really busy with his web site . at the bottom of the stairs , steve saw that it wasnt sam dawson . it was someone he didnt know . and before he was ready , this someone , a young guy in an expensive suit , a slicker as his grandpa would say , was approaching him , practically charging at him . steve glanced over at his mom for help . her face had a look of motherly fear , of powerlessness . and then , before a word was spoken , the slicker was shoving a paper at steve . it was folded in three , ready to be put in an envelope . steve took the paper . steve garcia , you have been served with a cease and desist order from the 8th circuit court of the state of illinois , the slicker said . and the slicker turned and walked out the still open front door . steves mother closed the door behind the intruder and turned to steve . she said in a mix of pity and anger . steve unfolded the paper . he headed into the living room area and took a seat on the sofa . as soon as his butt hit the cushion he was attacked by his yellow labrador . not now lady , steve said , pushing the dog away and getting a handful of slobber in the process .	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lady made a circle around the coffee table before squatting down at steves feet . after wiping his hand on the armrest , steve began reading the paper . court ordered injunction the 8th circuit court of the state of illinois hereby orders steve garcia , being a legal resident of rosemont , illinois , to cease and desist all libelous activity regarding the actions of the family television group , incorporated in the state of vermont , l.l.c . this order includes but is not limited to all written communications on the website , http : //www.wrestlinghotline.com posted on or before the date of this injunction . the document had three signatures on it and a notarization . looks like someones upset about the content on my web site , steve said . what did you put on your web site ? his mother asked , or better , accused . this is about my investigation of the family television group . your investigation ? steve , maybe this is a sign that nows a good time to quit horsing around and get a real job . flames arose from deep in steves beer-bellied gut . this was a never-ending sore spot ; of course shed use this as an opportunity to bring up her disdain for steves career choice . steves mother didnt have the courage to ask steve to move out and fend for himself , but she carefully piled on the guilt in doses large enough to make herself a martyr but small enough that steve never changed . if only hed quit this silliness , get a real job , move out of his mothers house , get married , and live the normal life of a young adult it was a constant undercurrent in their relationship , and it never ceased to irritate steve that he had no choice but to deal with the guilt , since , after all , he was a twenty-four-year-old , perfectly capable , college-educated white male who lived with his parents because he chose not to work in any traditional sense . mom , its not a big deal . its not a big deal ? you just got served notice from a court of law steve ! im not going to jail . i just need to call a lawyer and ill get everything straightened out . call a lawyer ? why do you need to call a lawyer ? you just need to do whatever it is theyre asking . you dont need to call a lawyer . i cant just do what theyre asking mom . they have no right to ask this . steves mom looked at him like he had grown a second head . steve , i cant believe what youre saying . you cant fight these people . people like this will chew you up and spit you out . mom , you dont even know who these people are . i know enough to know whats smart . they just served you papers . mom , do you even know what served you papers means ? im going to call a lawyer , if for nothing else , just to see what my rights are . and how are you going to pay for a lawyer ? steve hadnt thought about that . here was his mom telling him that he absolutely was not to call a lawyer , and here he was , apparently assuming shed sign the check . steve was so used to her providing money whenever he needed it that he had forgotten he needed her on his side . ill find a way , he said . now the game began . but you wont find a way , steve . youll call the first name in the yellow pages , you wont know what youre doing , hell keep you on the phone for an hour , youll be no better off than you are now , but youll have a bill for a thousand dollars that you cant pay and i will have to bail you out . ive got some money . steve , were not talking about this . i forbid you to contact a lawyer . you will do exactly what those papers say and thats final . she couldnt do that . he was twenty-four years old for christs sake . he opened his mouth to express this opinion , but then realized she could do that . his website was maintained from a room that belonged to his mother , with an internet account his mother paid for , on a computer his mother bought . not to mention the fact that his mother paid for steve to eat and be clothed . she had never used this arrangement to put steve in his place , but the opportunity had always been there . now his mom was calling in her favors . can we talk about this again later , after ive had some time to research this ? yes , we can and we will talk about this again later . her tone was now one of total frustration . the message beneath her voice was , where did i go wrong ? clutching the court document , steve went upstairs . as he left his mother in the living room , he knew he was acting like a little kid throwing a temper tantrum . he was left with no choice . his mother had told him what to do , he didnt want to do it , but he had to .	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he stopped in the bathroom to take an overdue piss . the mirror caught him on the way in . he was wearing sweats and a ratty t-shirt . his hair was an unkempt mess . he was out of shape and had pasty skin . it was after two on a weekday afternoon and he hadnt showered and was contemplating going back to bed . he had no job , no money , no girlfriend , no prospects , and his only ambition was to watch and write about professional wrestling . maybe his mom was right . maybe this court order was a sign , a clear reminder that he had chosen the life of a loser . he peed for at least a minute , flushed the toilet , and left the bathroom without washing his hands . he opened the door to his room and was hit with the smell , the stench , of dirty clothes , dirty sheets , and an unshowered man . ignoring it all , he sat down at his computer and fired up his email . two hundred and sixteen messages . he sorted them by subject line and immediately noticed a pattern . joey and jade re : joey mayhem spends night with jade sleek fw : joey in underwear after romp with jade hundreds of messages with similar subject lines . steven opened his web browser and went to www.wrestlingdailytribune.com . the splash picture on the front page showed joey mayhem , wearing only white briefs , standing in a hallway with a look on his face like hed just been caught . the internet is abuzz this afternoon with a new twist to add to the story of last nights taping of gwa burn . it seems that despite his disastrous world title match with goliath , joey mayhem got lucky last night with the first woman of wrestling , jade sleek . more ... steve clicked on the link to read the rest of the story on his competitors web site . the story began with a re-cap of last nights wrestling action , then went to houston general , where joey and jade were spotted and photographed together , then went to the green dragon coffeehouse , where joey and jade were photographed again , then to the marriott hotel , where joey was spotted entering jades room and not exiting until morning , at which point he was photographed in his underwear . still not a mention of goliaths mysterious transfer to houston medical center even though steve had reported it nearly five hours ago . either steve had gotten some bad information or nobody cared about goliaths hospital transfer . he suspected the latter based on the number of joey/jade emails in his box . oh well , all the better . per his publicly stated policy , steve paid little attention to gossipy stories like this one . chandler dresby and his minions at wrestlingdailytribune.com could have joey and jades romance all to themselves . steves little visit from the illinois circuit court this morning was proof that he was onto something much bigger . finishing up the story on joey and jade , steve went back to his own web site . he did a search for stories currently posted that referenced the family television group . references to the ftg in his last three columns , a feature story on the history of the ftg , a long-winded opinion column about the hypocrisy of the ftgs morals , and of course , the andrew smith pages . steve realized he couldnt just take all of this down without raising a maelstrom in the internet wrestling community . and he didnt want to post anything describing the court order he just received , lest he unknowingly say something in violation of his order . what he needed was for someone else to spread the word for him . he opened a new email message . to : chandlerdresby @ wrestlingdailytribune.com from : steve @ wrestlinghotline.com chandler , hey . thought you might be interested to hear . the ftg just put a gag order on me . im not allowed to mention them on my web site at all . seeing as how i have no money to get a lawyer , i have no choice but to do what they say . so , i guess its up to you guys to keep the fight alive . let me know if theres anything i can do to help . id love to expose these goons for the hypocrites that they are . steve he clicked send . chandler would read that message and weep . wrestlingdailytribune loved that steve had decided to take on the ftg in an all-out internet crusade . the topic was boring for a lot of wrestling fans , and steves traffic had decreased as a result . chandler dresby had authored an editorial , claiming , among other things , that steve had an overinflated sense of importance for thinking he stood a chance of making a difference in the gwas fight with the ftg . hed gone on to say that steve should leave well enough alone , that maybe the ftg had a point .	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after all , didnt most internet wrestling fans hate the way women were treated on burn anyway ? wouldnt most internet wrestling fans like to see the gwa go back to a pure wrestling show , without all the crap that the ftg railed on in the first place ? steve had declined to dignify that editorial with a response , but no doubt there would be another . chandler had probably just finished reading the email , and was already drafting an i-told-you-so editorial about wrestlinghotlines failed attempt to take on the ftg . and that would be just fine . steve began the arduous and slightly heartbreaking process of taking down all the references to the ftg from his web site . an hour later , wrestlinghotline.com was ftg free . not that this was over . he opened another email message and addressed it to anti-ftg an address list of his six most loyal supporters in the campaign . to : anti-ftg from : steve @ wrestlinghotline.com hey guys . as you are sure to hear soon on wrestlingdailytribune , this morning i was served with a court order to cease and desist all my ranting on the family television group from my web site . as such , youll notice that all the ftg stuff is now gone . before you guys get all belligerent on me for caving so easy , just hear me out . this is not bad news . the campaigns started , and it doesnt have to stop . there are enough of us to keep this thing going without me ranting all over the web . the fact that the ftg has taken such a keen interest in what were doing is the most exciting thing thats ever happened to wrestlinghotline . its proof that they have something to hide . so , i need you all to help . someone else needs to spearhead the information campaign , as i am now legally restricted . set up anonymous web sites , post on bulletin boards , do whatever you can do . what happened to me today is proof that we have the power to do this ! call me for more info . im totally stoked about what were onto here . peace , steve he clicked send and stood up . it was time for a shower . maybe after his shower hed go downstairs and make peace with his mom . shed be happy to hear that he was doing just what the court order requested . chapter 19 there is a specific silence to the open road that comes about after ones brain has assimilated the hum of the engine and the beats of the tires on the asphalt . the air conditioner , the radio , the blast of wind from an open window they all become a part of this silence that is immune to every attempt at covering it , save one , companionship . joeys world as a traveler , a showman on the move , was exquisitely changed with the addition of jade to his passenger seat . traveling alone for a year in the southeast wrestling league and a month in the gwa had given joey much more solitude than his disposition required . now , driving a rented ford expedition on highway 187 through west texas , into the purple of the fading sunset , with open prairie on either side and no taillights obstructing the view in front of him , joey felt profoundly different about his place in the wrestling world , and wished he had taken on a traveling partner sooner . they had spent the rest of tuesday relaxing in and around the hyatt in houston . they had surfed the internet for over an hour , finding pictures and articles about their tryst on virtually every wrestling web site . wrestlingdailytribune.com was particularly brutal . the kid in the trench coat who had followed joey to the hotel apparently worked for this virtual rag , as it was the one that showed a full splash of pictures of joey in his underwear . the captions pointed out that joey was standing in front of the room registered to jade wilcox , where he had spent the night . the little snoops had successfully re-created joey and jades entire monday night , showing pictures of them leaving the arena , waiting in front of the hospital , talking at the coffee shop , and entering the hotel together . jade was entirely unfazed by the photo spreads . she told joey it was part of being a star , and he should be flattered . she told him that she had been aware that this sort of attention was a possibility , but wanted to spend the night with him anyway . the web sites were most fascinated that joey was sleeping with goliaths ex on the same night that he laid him out in the ring . more than one webmaster had opined that joeys kick was purposeful , and that there was backstage friction between him and goliath , centered around jade .	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a notably horrendous site called thefigurefive.com was covered in stories about backstage confrontations between joey and goliath dating back two weeks , each story beginning with the ominous , sources say ... another interesting take was that everything , from goliaths injury to joey and jades tryst , was an elaborate work , which , in wrestling lingo , meant that the company was pretending all this was real when in fact it was scripted . the rationale behind this theory was that the gwa wanted to set up a storyline involving joey , goliath , and jade . as joey read the fervor with which this hypothesis was proclaimed , he wondered if it wasnt such a bad idea . wouldnt that get people talking , if all of this were just an angle , right up to the backstage relationship between joey and jade ? if only duke could be persuaded that jade should become part of his main event angle . sadly , joey knew that duke would hear nothing of it . for whatever reason , duke was very clear that jade wasnt to be involved with joey at all , in real life or on television . joey had not mentioned dukes orders regarding his relationship with jade . everything he told jade about his conversation with duke was grayed in a web of half-truths . he told her duke was considering turning goliaths injury into part of the story . he also told her that duke was considering an end to joeys push altogether . both these stories were true , but didnt make any sense to jade . how , she asked , could duke consider ending joeys push at the same time he was pondering a main event storyline for him ? joey said he didnt know , a lie . dukes commandment to joey , his insistence that joey not speak to jade , was the missing piece . joey tried carefully to cover its absence while still telling as much of the truth as possible . he envisioned a scenario in his mind whereby jade would never find out the whole story . the scenario required joey to continue hinting at the possibility that duke might end joeys push out of sheer disgust at the whole goliath fiasco . after this seed had been planted in jades mind , joey would return to work on friday , with jade at his side . when duke saw joey and jade still together , in defiance of his order , joeys push would end . jade , and the rest of the wrestling world , would believe that joeys mistake on monday night , combined with his shrinking status backstage , spelled the end for his push . only joey and duke would ever have to know the real story . there was some relief in those thoughts for joey . even if he wallowed at the bottom of the card for the rest of his contract , it was only for a year . maybe at this time next year hed be wrestling for revolution . maybe jade would join him there , and all this crap would be in the past . the goliath fiasco would be forgotten , there would be new rookies to take the brunt of the backstage jealousy , and joey would be free to do what he loved , free to wrestle . why did you get into this business ? he asked jade . she smiled at him , perhaps surprised at the question , perhaps surprised that this was the first time it had been asked . she sat quietly for a minute , too relaxed to just leap into an answer of such importance . she had rolled back into the passenger seat , her bare feet on the dash , her thighs spilling from her denim shorts . as she prepared to speak , she sat up . my dad and i watched wrestling together when i was a kid , she said . actually , it was his thing , i didnt really get it . but i knew he liked it , and i knew he liked it that i watched with him . i didnt realize it at the time , but he needed me to watch with him and to talk to him about it . in the eighties , wrestling was practically a kids show . if i didnt watch it with him , he didnt have any excuse . i dont have any brothers . a lone car approached them going the other way . jade paused as it passed , its lights briefly invading their private space . so it was our saturday thing , she continued . and he loved to talk about it . when he talked to me about wrestling , he talked to me like i was his equal . i loved it when we talked about wrestling . he never acted like i was a little kid who couldnt understand that it was staged . hed get really critical of the booking and the writing and really excited about things he liked and id just listen . i dont know if he ever knew how wonderful it was for me that he trusted me to listen to all his opinions . she trailed off , her eyes out on the road , lost in some memory . who was his favorite wrestler ? barry wayne , she said without hesitation . dad loved the shoulderbuster . definitely a classic , joey said , thinking of barry waynes signature move , an impressive piledriver-like maneuver in which he used his knee to crush his opponents shoulder .	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the move was outlawed in every north american promotion now less than perfect execution and the recipients neck gets snapped but back in the day , when barry wayne swung some unfortunate soul upside down , the crowd went nuts . when i was in fifth grade , dad and i went to the cottonwood theater in north dallas to watch the 1986 gwa championship series on closed circuit tv . i remember he had to pay twenty bucks for our two tickets , which seemed like a fortune to me to pay for wrestling . do you know the 86 championship series ? oh yeah , said joey . well , we had told my mom that we were going to the zoo . she didnt care much for wrestling , and definitely wouldnt have approved of dad taking me to see it on the big screen and spending twenty bucks . i dont know what you think of the 86 series , but its my favorite pay per view of all time . shane walker versus tank willis , red jackson versus barry wayne , the lyon brothers versus havoc that was just a great show . and my dad was so happy , so at home to be watching it with all the other fans , cheering for the same good guys , talking to each other about the booking . i was really proud that day . i felt like i was at least partly responsible for giving this to him . thats just awesome , said joey . he imagined how thrilling it must have been to watch the 86 championship series live when it happened . that show truly was one of the all-time greats . the match between red jackson and barry wayne was a thirty-minute masterpiece that joey had watched so many times he had it memorized . on the way home , dad and i got our stories straight for mom , said jade . we planned out what wed say about all the different animals at the zoo to make sure the lie was genuine . looking back , it almost sounds kind of dysfunctional , but it was so important at the time . i cant even begin to describe how special it was to me that dad and i were breaking the house rules together . so you decided then that you wanted to be a wrestler ? you know , i dont remember making a decision . i dont remember a moment when i said , okay , im going to be a wrestler . but at some point after that day , i knew . by the time i was in high school i was already making plans . so you knew for a long time that this was what you were meant to do . were you just , totally certain ? did you ever think of doing anything else ? well , there was a time , in high school , when i learned that i needed to keep my plans secret from my mother if they were ever going to happen . when i was a freshman i signed up for gymnastics and track and basketball and volleyball one after the other , and my mom asked me if maybe i shouldnt slow down some , and i told her i needed to get in shape and learn how to be physical because i wanted to be a wrestler . she laughed it off and told me i was dreaming , but that night after i went to bed , i heard her giving my dad hell . she was telling him that it was time for him and me both to quit watching wrestling . she said it had gone too far , and we were both too old for it , and it embarrassed her , and she wanted it to end . after that it was never quite the same . my dad was always busy with something on saturday mornings and id watch alone , or hed find something for the whole family to do and i wouldnt watch at all . that was pretty much how it was for the rest of my time in high school . but i cant remember ever thinking that i didnt want to be a wrestler , that i didnt still love wrestling . joey nodded as he listened . jade spoke so matter-of-factly about her past . it was obvious that she was meant for this business , and that was why she was such a success . then you went to texas star , he said , continuing her story for her . he knew from his days as a fan that jade attended wrestling school at texas star in san antonio . she was the first woman ever to go through the prestigious program there . i went there right after high school . as you might imagine , there was all sorts of shit in the house over that one , but in the end , my dad won out . he told my mom that if i could get in and pay my own way , then there was no reason i couldnt go . you paid your own way ? texas star was the most expensive wrestling school in the world ; it had turned out more superstars than anywhere . goliath , deep six , lord mayberry , flash martin , bret stevens , butterfly johnny grace , and jade were the current crop of major stars who were graduates of the school . the stars legendary training regimen was just two years of instruction and practice , but it was brutal . those few who made it all the way to the end were guaranteed a spot in one of the major promotions . i paid my own way with a lot of work and a lot of debt , said jade .	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i worked at macys every summer in high school and saved every penny . that paid for the first year . the second year i scammed a bank into giving me a student loan . i was so proud of myself at the time , but it turned into a nightmare . i applied and got into ut san antonio , applied for and got a student loan at bank south , used the check to pay for wrestling school , and disenrolled from the university . when the bank found out that i wasnt going to ut , they started applying this jacked up interest rate right away . i was a big dummy who hadnt read the contract very carefully and certainly hadnt thought everything through . i had to take a night job at a call center to make the payments , and even then i was using credit cards and borrowing from friends and not eating just to hold everything together . had i not gotten a job with gwa right after i finished at star , i would have had to declare bankruptcy . gosh , said joey . so you really got lucky ? he was amazed that every wrestler , no matter how rich and famous , at some point in their past , had been flat broke . you could say i was lucky . i signed on with duke because he offered me a huge signing bonus . at the time , i also had an offer from max zeffer , who didnt even have a promotion yet . he had the bold idea of assembling a core group of wrestlers around whom he would center his new promotion . he wanted me and crystal waters to be the first two in his womens division . she signed on . she got stock options when the company went public and is now a millionaire a hundred times over , plus shes wrestled in some of the greatest womens matches ever . im a magazine centerfold with a hundred bra and panties matches in my book . man , if crystal and i were in the same promotion , touring the country , wrestling ... wed change womens wrestling forever . wed put it on the map . so , its not too late , said joey . you both are still young . shes not going anywhere , and im stuck here for another two years on the damned contract i signed when i wasnt thinking straight . joey wanted to tell her that it didnt have to be this way , that there must be some way out . it was crazy to him that duke , for whatever reason , didnt want her to work here , and she didnt want to be here , but they both were slaves to this contract they could end if theyd only talk to each other . for just an instant , joey considered telling jade everything duke had said . all of a sudden it wasnt fair for him to hold back this info that duke had something against her , something so strong that he was going to end joeys push just for being with her . she was too good at what she did , too meant for greatness , to be stuck working for someone who didnt appreciate her . and why the hell didnt duke like her ? she was the greatest womens wrestler in the world , and had been for six years now . she had the look , the microphone skills , the mat skills , the fans loved her . was it her thing with goliath last year ? was there more to this story that he didnt know ? jade , can i ask you something ? they had slept together all week . they were traveling together to the next show . why was he afraid to talk to her ? i need to preface this by saying that i know its none of my business , and this is not at all motivated by jealousy , at least not consciously -- you want to hear the scoop about me and goliath , she interrupted . there was bemusement in her voice . she was so confident in herself . no wonder the world was in love with her . of course you realize what it means if i tell you all this . i promise i wont tell a soul . what you say in here stays between us . no , you goober . i know you wont tell anyone any of this shit . what i was going to say is that , if i tell you , it means you and i are for real . joey turned his head to look at her . his face must have been confused because she elaborated . joey , when you asked me out a couple weeks ago , i assumed you were just another wide-eyed rookie who hadnt figured out yet that youre my colleague now and not my fan . it happens all the time , and i always say no . i have no idea why i said yes to you , but i did , and here we are . anyway , youre ten years younger than me , youve got a huge future in this business , you and i have already caused some waves with what weve done , i just want to make sure you know what youre doing . of course i know what im doing , said joey , with some legitimate frustration in his voice . if only she knew how much he was willing to give up for her .	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im just saying ... theres stuff about goliath that i wouldnt tell to just anyone , but i want to tell you . i dont want to have secrets from you , and frankly thats a little scary to me . whys it scary ? joey knew the answer ; he felt the same way about the secret he was holding . its scary because telling secrets is what people in real relationships do , and i know very well that this business isnt a friendly one for people who want real relationships . i tell you my secrets , and then you tell me yours and before we even get to albuquerque were in love and we want to watch out for each other . then one of us gets hammered in some backstage political powerplay of the week and the other one of us gets involved because we wont stand for our lover getting hammered and before you know it its us against the world . then one or both of us gets de-pushed or fired . then we grow resentful because wrestling was our lives and we gave our lives up for each other and found out we miss wrestling . by the time were done , we hate each other with a passion , and it all started because i told you my secrets . jade furrowed her brow in displeasure at the question . of course i want to tell you . then you should tell me . she took a deep breath , as if steadying herself for a big story . a personal story . then she began . he was so huge , so instantly over with the fans . he was just like you -- jade stopped short , her face showing surprise . he was just like you . i didnt realize that until now . why would it scare me ? because , i must have a type . you and goliath are my type . your type is wrestlers who are over ? i guess so what are you laughing at ? jade , youre so worried about everything being right . you have this vision in your head of what a functional relationship is like -- and this isnt it ? i never thought id be into a guy ten years younger than me whos wrapped up in this tabloid conflict with my ex-boyfriend . joey laughed again . its not just that , he said . youre scared to tell me anything personal because you think well get too close too soon -- ive told you all sorts of personal things tonight . okay , you have , im sorry . i was thinking of how you didnt want to tell me about your relationship with goliath . by the way , you still havent . well , thats because you interrupted me . i didnt interrupt you . you stopped to ask me if i was scared that you had a type . jade grinned and looked down at her lap . oh yeah , she said , playfully , then sat silently for a minute . well ... urged joey . are you sure you want to hear all this ? yes , i want to hear it . she took another second to compose herself . well , unlike you , goliath didnt come onto me . joey considered disputing whether hed come on to her , but decided not to interrupt . i was married to jonathan at the time . that was a flop . we both knew it was a flop . he was hanging around because i had just signed on with playboy for a ton of money . i was just into goliath . it was obvious he was going to be the world champion , like i said , he had it . i dont know why , i just wanted to be near it . i started talking to him backstage , then i started hanging around with him after shows . i bummed a ride off him from tacoma to sacramento . that night , i went to his hotel room , uninvited , let myself in , and the shit started . she shook her head and stopped talking . thats what youre so worked up about telling me ? i could have guessed something like that . your marriage wasnt working , you were on the road -- its more than that , joey . its ... i really wanted it to be real , and ive never told that to anyone . far from it , joey thought . jade and goliath both had gone out of their way to portray their affair to the media as a horrible lapse in judgment on both their parts , and the few times joey had seen them interact with each other were miserable affairs of anger and denial . so you really liked him ? yeah , or , i thought i did . it was a really bad time , and now i look back and see that i was mixed up . its a terrible thing to screw up a marriage , at least for a woman . i felt like id failed at the most important decision of my life . i felt like i was letting my parents down . it sounds like your marriage went really wrong really quickly . i had barely been married a year when i made a pass at goliath . it was like , i knew , even when i was in my wedding dress saying my vows , i knew that this was horribly wrong . i said the vows anyway .	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we honeymooned in greece , and literally on the first day , on the plane , we got in a fight . it was just ... i dont know . have you ever jumped into something even though you knew it wasnt going to work out ? i have , said joey , thinking of his mindset when he started wrestling school . he was ready to give it a shot , fail , and then get a real job . now , two years later , he was a headliner for the gwa . so you know what im talking about , said jade . i guess what it all boils down to is i had a hard time adjusting to fame . maybe i still do . when things really started to blow up , and i was on talk shows and in tabloids , i got scared , and i think thats why i jumped into a bad marriage . i was just desperate for something secure and private , you know ? im starting to see what being famous does to your personal life . youre right , everything changes . and i think thats also why i allowed myself to get involved with goliath . it was a huge mistake , but , i just didnt know what i was doing . jade seemed extremely pleased to have a listener who understood her so well . do you feel different now , like you know more about how to be famous ? yeah , well ... no . jade laughed at herself . i guess i know more about how to deal , personally . i know how to protect myself , how to keep it from getting to me . but i dont know how i should behave , how to keep the negative spotlight off me . just look at the mess ive gotten you into . oh no , said joey . the only mess im in is my own doing . im the one who screwed up that match with goliath . the stuff with you and me would just be idle gossip if i hadnt knocked out the champ , who just happens to be your ex-boyfriend . well , i still feel bad . joey wanted to tell her to forget it , that it was all his doing , that he was the one who had dragged her into the muck . but it wouldnt be honest . something about her , about her past with duke , was dragging joey down , better , was going to drag joey down . i hate to be nosy , joey said , but i want to hear more about you and goliath . i feel like i still havent heard these secrets youre so nervous about telling . my goodness joey hamilton , arent you the bold one ? ive already told you the big secret . maybe its not as shocking as i think it is , so you didnt even notice . i guess i didnt . its all been pretty tame . well , maybe thats a good thing , i dont know . the big secret is that i thought i was in love with goliath , for real . there was a time that i thought my relationship with him was the real deal . and when it ended , even though i ended it , i was hurt . and here i am , with you , in a relationship , are we in a relationship ? i think so , said joey . were driving between shows together , and im hoping that well keep on driving between shows together . i think thats a relationship . okay then , i do too . jade laughed at the awkward turn the conversation had taken . joey laughed with her . anyway , onward . onward , joey agreed . what im trying to say is , jade laughed again , nervously , i guess ... i dont want to get hurt again . thats fair , said joey . and , i guess im nervous to talk to you about this because ... well , i can see myself getting hurt again . do you think i would hurt you ? because i guarantee you my intentions -- no , its not that i think your intentions are bad , or that youd ever want to hurt me . its that , if things dont work out with us , for whatever reason , and i admit im nervous about the way things have started , what with our pictures all over the internet , she paused , and exhaled , as if tired . if things dont work out , she said , i think im going to get hurt , because i really like you . her sincerity was brutal . it was a blameless indictment of joey and his secret conversation with duke . i like you too , he said . an awkward silence took them a few miles before the conversation started again . this time the conversation was about impersonal things , like crummy jobs theyd held before wrestling and stories about their friends . they talked until they reached albuquerque , four hours later . they checked into the wyndham hotel near the airport , where the gwa travel office had reserved rooms for them . i show two rooms , one for joseph hamilton and one for jade wilcox , said the receptionist . just one room for us both , said joey , remembering how duke had found him in jades room on tuesday morning . is there a way to get both our names on the room ?	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sure , if youd like , said the receptionist . we would , said joey . chapter 20 to : steve garcia from : ntaylor @ powervolt.net steve , sorry , i dont have anything new for you on the ftg . honestly , i didnt spend any time this week looking . i got ta tell ya steve , i think youre laying too many eggs out on this one . no ones really interested . well , were all interested , but not enough to be a part of this big campaign . i admit , i thought it was cool when they got the lawyers on your ass , like wed found something , but then i thought about it some more , and its obvious that we havent found anything , and were not going to . theyre probably not hiding anything . they just dont want their donors names posted on the web . its bad pr . if you ask me , i think you should consider dropping this whole ftg thing . i dont think its good for your column or your site . just get back to commenting on the wrestling , man . its what youre good at . nick steve closed the email . he wouldnt reply . this just sucked . nick was his most reliable email resource for tips and tidbits . if nick wasnt interested then no one was . only four days had passed since steve had been served by the 8th circuit court of illinois , and already his campaign against the ftg was dead . he had sent an email to his most loyal supporters on tuesday morning , begging them for whatever info they could gather on the ftg , and had received a resounding nothing . nick , reliable nick from long beach , who owned the largest collection of indie wrestling bootlegs in america , was the only one to respond . steve slouched in his chair . the fat on his belly rolled out from under his t-shirt like a balloon being squeezed . in high school , steve was an honor student . he graduated thirteenth in a class of four hundred . he could have been number one if hed wanted it . his only bs were in his senior year , when he had discovered ditching and apathy . he went to northeastern illinois university on a presidential scholarship , which he lost in his sophomore year , after two semesters on academic probation and his fourth change of major ( engineering to business to economics to communications ) . his remaining three years at niu were financed out of his mothers checking account , which was filled mostly with child support payments from his father . steves parents divorced when he was twelve . his father , a certified financial planner , had decided to replace his current wife with a client he had been sleeping with for two years . as an only child , steve suffered the feelings of responsibility and guilt that might be expected . as a very intelligent only child , he used those feelings to exploit his father for a loot . between the finalization of the divorce and steves thirteenth birthday , his father bought him a bicycle , a bowie knife , a twenty-inch television , a vcr , a nintendo , eleven nintendo games , and a set of golf clubs . the next year saw a super nintendo , a 3-wheel all-terrain vehicle , and a computer . as the years passed , and steve became increasingly belligerent toward his father , the presents became even more extravagant . on steves sixteenth birthday , his father took him to the ford dealership and told him to pick a truck . steve picked an explorer . when he wrecked the explorer a year later ( he ran a stop sign and found a chevy caprice in his passenger seat ) , his father bought him another one . steve lived at home during college , and upon graduation decided to take a summer off before venturing out into the real world . two years later , that summer still hadnt ended . at twenty-four , steve was no longer eligible to be the object of legally enforced child support payments , but the money kept coming . steves father had a lifetime of guilt and a pile of money . steves mother didnt mind getting the checks at all . sometimes steve wondered if his mother wanted him to remain a loser because she liked that he was a disappointment to his father . steves five-year high school reunion had just passed . he hadnt attended . many of those people had kids by now . they all had real jobs . some of them probably had good jobs . at one time steve had a good group of friends . they were all misfits and nerds , but they stuck together and had fun . kyle , austin , andrew , zack , and irene were their names . the group had formed in middle school by default , the six least popular kids , and had remained close through their senior year . they played dungeons and dragons at lunchtime ; they went to movies together ; they talked about books , video games , and television . college broke the group apart , sending them all over the country , and steve had lost touch with all of them .	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sometimes he thought about looking them up , especially irene . irene , what a waste . irene had been confined to thick glasses since childhood , and was scourged with acne in adolescence , but was brilliant , and nice . looking back , steve could safely say that he had loved her since seventh grade . but he had never said anything . back then , it wasnt even an option . social misfits arent allowed to date until college , when their peers are finally adult enough to let them lead normal lives . college was too late . irene went away to carnegie mellon to study computer science . steve never made an effort to stay in touch . no doubt she had found someone already . someone worthy of her . someone who had a job . steve opened his internet browser and went to a popular jobs search site . he did a search on all jobs in greater chicago . twenty-nine thousand matches came up . out of twenty-nine thousand there should be at least one good job . telemarketing , receptionist , truck driver , telemarketing , telemarketing , home-based business ( read email spammer ) , commission based sales , telemarketing , telemarketing , what would irene think of him if he took one of these jobs ? what the fuck was he qualified for anyway ? his resume was blank . maybe it was time to go back to school . maybe graduate school . maybe he could become a professor . maybe he could write a screenplay . the futility of these thoughts was more than steve could bear . maybe it was time to take a nap . the email icon appeared in the corner of his screen . steve opened his email . to : steve garcia from : anonymous98 @ freemailforu.org dear steve , keep digging into the backgrounds of the ftgs donors . this is where youll find the good stuff . anonymous steve clicked on reply . to : anonymous98 @ freemailforu.org from : steve garcia dear anonymous , do you have anything more to add ? he clicked on send . probably one of his readers just yanking his chain . nick was right , this ftg crusade was ruining steves reputation on the internet . it was time to bag it . hell , it was time to bag the whole thing . he thought about the self-help gurus on tv , who all had some story about hitting rock bottom before they turned their lives around and made a fortune . maybe this was steves time . maybe this was rock bottom . he could drop the column , and the life associated with it right now . he could just stop , no explanation , no apology , no warning , just stop the column , quit watching wrestling , get a job , move out , get in shape , get a girlfriend , get married , have kids , live a normal life . it wasnt too late . by the time he was thirty , he could be caught up with the rest of his generation . another email icon appeared in the corner of the screen . to : steve garcia from : anonymous98 @ freemailforu.org dear steve , heres something to whet your appetite . anonymous attached was a pdf file named saxon fund prospectus . steve double-clicked to open the file . it was a 30-page document . the design was spartan , with black text on a white background , and no graphics or font highlights to assist in the reading . the document was amateur , nothing like one would expect from a corporation , who would at least put their logo on the front page . anonymous was definitely someone fucking around with him . the table of contents wasnt even in hypertext . hed have to go page by page to sort through this thing . page one was headed , about the fund . the saxon fund was created in 1999 to serve high-end , invitation-only clients . the fund is managed by payne shaiman and seeks out the strongest growth investments for -- blah , blah that was enough of that . why did he get this ? this was the most boring prank steve had ever heard of . page two was headed , investments . it was a slew of financial gobbledy-gook . risk/reward ratios , earning per share requirements , stocks , bonds , commercial paper . steve scanned through the next five pages , seeing nothing of interest . page seven was headed with clients . the saxon fund serves high-end investors who seek a low-risk environment for long-term growth and wish to partner with respected investment strategists steves eyes involuntarily shot to the middle of the page . andrew smith . jonathan taylor . jeremy washington . these four names were listed sequentially in the middle of a long list . these four names were burned into his brain . he had typed each of them into every search engine on the web , in every combination and advanced search algorithm he could think of , and had found nothing .	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andrew smith and jonathan taylor were the founders of americans for productive & responsible entertainment & media . jeremy washington and peter jackson were behind the betsy piper foundation . these were the largest donors to the family television group . how could this be the first time he had seen this ? the names were right in a row . surely one of the search engines would have seen ... wait a minute , steve said aloud . a hastily thrown-together site . an anonymous email . someone had put a lot of effort into this prank . steve opened a new browser window and went to www.fwyn.com , his favorite search engine . the find what you need logo was decked out in mexican garb to celebrate cinco de mayo . steve typed in andrew smith jonathan taylor jeremy washington peter jackson and clicked search . no documents found . he knew that would be the case . he had done that search before . he typed in the saxon fund and clicked search . this had to be a hoax . what kind of investment fund doesnt have a web site ? a fund that has something to hide . steve went back to the email from mr . he clicked reply . to : anonymous98 @ freemailforu.org from : steve garcia dear anonymous , ive gone through this document and believe ive found what im supposed to see . can you tell me more ? steve garcia he clicked send , then went back to the saxon fund document for a thorough reading of the whole thing . chapter 21 friday nights house show was at the pit in albuquerque . joey and jade had arrived together . they entered on the south side and walked together to the locker rooms , where duke spotted them . duke was standing in front of the entrance to the visitors locker room , talking to mike clarke , a gwa road agent . he eyed joey and jade as they passed , but didnt say anything to them . its done , joey told himself . he hoped that would be the extent of his contact with the boss that night . two hours later , duke was in his face . the pop guitar riff of jades music was audible through the walls she had just entered the arena for her match . duke had found joey alone , pacing in the back of the locker room . do you realize what youre giving up for that woman ? he was standing a foot away , looking up . joey had never realized duke was so short . yes , ive thought about what im giving up , and frankly , i was ticked that youd even asked . to hell with my push . joey was amazed that he was speaking this way to this man . to hell with your push ? kid , this is your one and only chance . were talking about superstardom or jobber obscurity . duke said love like it was the most childish notion hed ever heard of . im not talking about this , said joey . you do what you need to . im not talking about my personal life with my boss . joey started to leave . duke grabbed his arm and pulled him back . tonight , you were to go over raptor . switch that . put him over . go find him right now and tell him that youre putting him over on my orders . you two work out the match . you are now a jobber , joey mayhem . if you want to continue working for me , youll make my stars look good as they kick your ass . fine , said joey , and again turned to leave . this time he got two steps away before duke called after him . another thing , joey . the gossip about you and jade on the internet isnt good for my business . consider yourself gagged . i dont want you saying a word to anyone in the real press or on the internet about anything regarding this company . i also dont want you talking to anyone within the company about any of our recent conversations , including this one . that includes your girlfriend . but it wasnt fine . where did duke get off telling him what he could and couldnt say to jade ? revolution wouldnt want him to be a jobber . hed do as he pleased and if he was fired so be it . find raptor . work out a good match . youre on soon . duke waved him away like a housefly . joey felt like he was being thrown out of the locker room . he found raptor sitting with a group of wrestlers in a makeshift common area just before the arena entrance . raptor , whose real name was eduardo baca , had been a huge star in mexico before signing with gwa for much more money than he was worth . unlike most wrestlers in mexico , raptor wasnt a skilled acrobat . he got over with the fans due to his charisma , which hadnt translated well in america , mostly due to his poor english .	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as joey approached , all the conversation in the common area stopped . raptor , i need to talk to you about our match , said joey . in private , said joey . half an hour later , after a brutal conversation about re-working the match ( raptor barely understood what joey was asking him to do , much less why ) , joey did the job for raptor in front of fifteen thousand fans . they reacted worse than joey expected . raptor was popular in new mexico , but not popular enough to go over joey mayhem . the boos were extraordinary . the displeasure of the fans brought about a slurry of questions when joey returned to the backstage area . why did they get booed ? did raptor go over ? was that planned ? joey refused to answer anyone , which only made everyone more curious , including jade . she asked , following him to the locker room . she had to run to keep up , he was moving so fast . i cant talk about it now , he said . joey expected her to protest , or ask why he couldnt talk about it , but she didnt . yeah , let me just ... ah fuck it , ill take a shower at the hotel . joey ran into the locker room and came out with his bag . still wearing only his tights and boots , joey walked out of the arena.jade followed him to her car . ill drive , she said . thank you , said joey . she let joey in the passenger seat , closed the door after him , ran around the front of the car to the drivers side , and hurriedly drove out . they came to a red light and cars pulled up on either side of them . joey slouched in his seat . they cant see you , said jade . i got these windows tinted in arizona because thats the only state where its legal to have them this dark . yes , im serious , she said . joey laughed , quietly . the wyndam hotel was only three minutes from the arena . it took most of the drive for joey to find and put on a t-shirt from his bag . they said nothing as they arrived , walked through the lobby , rode the elevator , and entered the room . do you need the bathroom before i shower , said joey . let me take a shower , then well talk about it . joey smiled at her before shutting the bathroom door . he sat on the toilet seat and began unlacing his boots . hello , he heard jade answer . shit , it was for him . if it was duke , hed tear this room apart . why dont you give me your number , and if he wants to talk to you he can call you back , she said . she wouldnt say that to duke . he finished unlacing both boots and took them off . the smell of feet , or wrestling locker rooms , filled the bathroom . he heard jade hang up the phone . some kid from pro wrestling newsletter . he wanted to talk to you about your match tonight . since when do wrestling journalists give a shit about what happens at the house shows . doing the job to raptor , even at a house show , was big news , and duke knew it . thats probably why joey wasnt supposed to talk to anyone . he opened the door and walked out into the room . well , even if i wanted to talk to him , which i dont , im not allowed . asked jade . she was sitting on the bed , having kicked her shoes off and let her hair down . tonight duke told me i wasnt allowed to talk to anyone about anything , including you . is that why youve been so quiet ? i just wasnt in the mood to talk , im so pissed . im going to talk to you about whatever the hell i want . duke can kiss my ass . jades eyebrows shot up . what happened tonight , joey ? joey sat down in an easy chair by the bed . im being de-pushed . jade sat quietly for a minute , then said , is it because of your match with goliath ? joey thought for a minute before answering . he could continue the lie , or come clean . jades question would force him to choose . well , no , he said . its because duke told me to do something , and i didnt do it . thats why im in the doghouse . but i dont know why he told me to do it . jades face was overcome with the horror of recognition . what did he tell you to do ? she asked , obviously anticipating a particular answer . he told me to stop seeing you , joey said . she stood up from the bed , and looked around in a fury , as if ready to kill something , if only she knew what it was . she grabbed the phone off the nightstand , ripped it away from the wall , and threw it across the room as she screamed , god dammit !	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the phone collided with the bottom of the entertainment center in a muddle of bells and clatter . jade fell back on the bed , this time flat on her back . i knew hed pull something like this . he told you on tuesday , right ? at your lunch meeting . yes , said joey , wondering if shed known the whole time that he had been lying . well , i thought id just take what was coming and tell you i was being de-pushed because of my screwup with goliath . i didnt figure id get this pissed about it . now i want to tell you everything just because duke told me not to . joey , you cant do this to yourself . you need to go to duke tomorrow and tell him youll do whatever he wants . like hell ill do that ! he has no right to ask , and even if he did ... am i that unimportant to you ? no joey , youre not unimportant . its that youre giving up so much . i dont want to be responsible for that . youre on your way to being the biggest wrestler in the world . youre talking about fame , and money , big money , hundreds of millions of dollars over time you cant give that up for me . this whole thing isnt what i wanted . i wanted to make it to the top , but i didnt want to do it with everyone in the locker room hating me , and my promoter telling me who i can and cant be with . if this is what it takes to be on top -- joey , this is what it takes to be on top . im sorry to be the one to tell you that . youll never make it in this business if you dont play the game . theres never been a world champion who wasnt envied by every has-been in the locker room . and theres never been a world champion who didnt do what duke asked . thats his way . he only gives you what you want if he gets what he wants . well what he wants is stupid . who cares if theres some gossip on the internet about us ? it doesnt mean i should have to stop seeing you . its more than the gossip on the internet , joey . jade was slouched on the edge of the bed , looking down at her feet , tears now running down her face . what , is it something to do with you and goliath ? jade sat silently for a minute before saying , no , its not about me and goliath . jade tensed up , as if joeys question were a threat . her cheeks reddened , and she looked around the room , her eyes stopping in several places other than on joey . finally , she looked down at the floor again and began speaking . last year , after my shit with goliath went sour for everyone , jumbo started ... i had this thing ... with jumbo . it started with him following me around . he acted like i needed an escort , like he would protect me from goliath or anyone else who happened to look at me . my relationship with goliath had ended badly , and , well you know , goliath isnt a totally safe person . it didnt seem so bad that the biggest guy in the company wanted to be my bodyguard . any girl could see what he wanted , where this was headed . anyway , one night after a big show , the storm pay per view in new orleans , jumbo tried to come into my room with me . he wouldnt take no for an answer , and before i knew it , he was pushing me into my own hotel room , closing the door behind him , and forcing himself on me . i screamed bloody murder as loud as i could before he covered my mouth . thankfully some guy in the hotel heard and started banging on the door and asking if everything was alright . that distracted jumbo enough for me to scream some more . i yelled to the guy at the door that i was being raped and he should call the police . even a dolt like jumbo could figure out he was had . so he got off me , and left . the guy who was banging on the door , i dont even know who he was , but he stuck around even after seeing jumbo leave , can you imagine seeing this seven foot tall monster come out ? but the guy stayed at the door and asked if i was alright . i told him i was , and thanked him , and told him everything was fine and he could leave . i wish id let him call the cops . everything might have been different . the next morning i called duke and told him everything . he told me to meet him in his suite to talk about it in private . i was sure he was going to listen and he was going to make things right and fire jumbo . but he didnt make things right . i remember his fat face and his fucking gold teeth that afternoon . he asked me if anybody knew , and i said no , not yet , and he said to keep it that way for now while he figured out how to handle it .	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