Chapter 157

• Present-day…
• Cyrus walked into his lakefront cottage-style mansion in a remote area in Glencoe, Illinois, dropping his briefcase at the door. The massive space reeked of last night’s burnt popcorn and pizza take-out. Things were strewn about in random disarray. A button-up shirt hung off the banister of the stairs leading up to the bedrooms, and an empty beer can was sitting on the living room coffee table. Not to mention the rest of the random items he had yet to put away. A fishing pole was laying in the entryway he hadn’t picked up in weeks, making the smell of the room even more repugnant.
• Cyrus Evans, the former member of the acclaimed wrestling duo, the Doom Brothers, had moved from his quant Tennessee home to the Chicago suburb area not long after his divorce. He moved close to his niece Isis, not only to start his new job but also to have family close by. In the two years since the Doom Brothers had parted ways in the ring. He missed that time on the road traveling with his older brother, but Cyrus struggled to admit it to his family, or International Wrestling Xtream’s owner, Davis Preston.