Max had always known a day like this would come.
One of these days, the business he'd been building on the side, dealing with the rejected crops, was bound to clash with what he was trying to create through the Billion Bloodline.
He just hadn't expected it to happen so soon… and definitely not right now, in the middle of everything.
"You need me? Right now?" Max asked, the phone pressed tight against his ear.
The arena still had a string of fights lined up, and no one could predict how long they would last.
Joe, who had been standing nearby, glanced over with concern. "Is something up?" he asked, narrowing his eyes as he read Max's expression.
'What happens if I leave now, in the middle of the event?' Max thought.
'Can they win without me? Jay's probably the strongest fighter we have, but he'd be forced to fight twice. Rick might've been embarrassed by his match earlier, but he wasn't injured and he isn't tired either.
