Matt hit the bag one last time hard.
"No, it did not go well." He walked back and forth for a minute.
"Kyle says he is taking over running the school like some kind of dictator! I informed him that this is MINE and Nikki's school and he can't just do that. I'm not gonna bow down to him. I put a lot of blood and sweat into this place and he is not just going to toss me aside. I won't let him." He picked up Gracie and let her slobber on his bare shoulder. Matt got quieter,
"I went to go see Nikki and she was asleep. She had obviously been crying and I didn't want to wake her, she has been through so much and I just couldn't dump this on her right now. I left her alone and came here." He put his arm around Kat and copped a feel making her chuckle and smack his hand playfully.
"Let's go find something to eat."@Belle