“Fine. You beat the top-ranked ex-instructor, a scary-ass motherfucker in a cockpit. I don’t care what you call him. You beat him. And on top of all of that, he’s your old man.” I got up on my knees on top of his mattress. “If your chest ain’t puffing out and you aren’t feeling like you’re the biggest badass at NAFTA tonight, then maybe I need to go track down the guy who does feel that way, ’cause I wanna fuck him.”

