Chapter 53

• Moving like lightning, I reach for the lock, but the door starts to open. Oddly, I’m not scared. I feel a sense of calm as my mind goes to Sandra Bullock’s character in Miss Congeniality when she does the SING self-defense sequence for her talent—Solar plexus, Instep, Nose, Groin.
• I toss the phone, drop to the floor, and punch hard and up, my fist landing right between the motherfucker’s legs. A muffled curse word fills the room. I expected it to be louder, but it’s like he’s trying to be quiet. I look up and see Mateo, holding his nuts, his teeth clenched together.
• I just punched my sex bucket list partner in the balls. This would happen to no one else but me.