Once again, Drake’s specialty was ‘Bad Life Choices’. But, as he glanced at Bradley, he figured she might enjoy this one. ‘Please don’t let her tell her father,’ he thought, sending a quick prayer to that god his grandmother believed in and he didn’t. When Tony Milligan was involved, anything was useful - even a prayer to a non-existent god.
Drake didn’t typically mix his teaching career with his side business, but he had a feeling Bradley was going to find the ring somehow anyway. Might as well introduce her to the thing when he was there.
The building was already filled with rowdy men and women, yelling and screaming at the people already in the ring. Drake knew one of them - Travis had told him the man was arrogant and an asshole. “Who isn’t in this business?” Drake had responded, but he knew what Travis meant. The guy spelled trouble and - if he got out of hand - it’d be up to Drake or Travis to knock him down several pegs.
He led Bradley over to the stairs. People rarely went up there - mainly because there was a large Samoan man guarding it. Drake nodded at Elijah, who unlocked the chain to let them up the stairs. “Best seats in the house,” Drake said to Bradley once they climbed the stairs. Travis was already waiting on the catwalk, near Drake’s office. He jerked his head and Drake nodded. “It seems I have business to attend to. Tell me how it ends,” he said to Bradley, before walking down the catwalk towards Travis.