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By the time they got around to the next evening, his ribs were still sore but he was coping well enough, sitting with Max while he wrapped his knuckles, frowning over at Jon a little. He'd heard what happened and seeing him at the ring was concerning, but it wasn't his place to comment much "Mmm... I love you." He smiled, pecking her cheek and got up, starting to stretch out and warm up a little.

Carmen frowned, laying with Luna that evening while she had some dinner, glad at least that she'd stopped throwing a tantrum over Jon going out for the night "You want a bedtime story tonight?" She asked her, kissing her head and just keeping her close

 

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Max sat watching him some and gave a small smile "I love you too baby." She said softly frowning as she saw Jon "You think he'll be okay out there?" She asked concerned about her friend's husband

Jon stood in his spot in the locker room warming up and making sure he was ready for these matches tonight.

 

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He frowned and glanced over at her "You haven't seen him fight in a while.... He's angry, last guy left here in an ambulance." He muttered frowning some and leaned back against the wall, watching her carefully.

Carmen finally got her settled and stayed in the bed with her, cuddling her close while she watched her phone for any updates from Jon about tonight. Worried about why he'd been scting so shifty the past few hours

 

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Max frowned more and gave a small nod " Well you be careful okay? Make sure to block em as much as you can." She murmured kissing him gently

Jon sighed heavily as he sat looking over what he had on hand and made his way to make a bet hoping this would help get Luna some better care

 

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He nodded some, watching Jon walka way and shook his head some "Matt! Who am I up against tonight?" He called to him, frowning some when he nodded over at Jon 'You two came up together... Thought it would look good for the bookies.' He just nodded and sighed a little frowning, glancing back up at Max, "I'll be fine, he's not gonna over hurt me." He muttered and kissed her cheek, heading up towards the cage once the bell started ringing.

 

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Max gave a small sigh but nodded giving him a good luck kiss before he got into the cage. She stood there front row watching it unfold staying quiet just like Clay liked. He never wanted her cheering it distracted him but when he fell to the mat after a series of nasty blows she screamed out to him when Jon wouldn't stop "Clay get up! Get up!!" She screamed

 

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He was dodging hits and things were going well until Jon got a few good ones in on his already damaged ribs, hitting the floor and feeling Jon going in on his head and chest some more, voices fading into the distance more and more as it turned from a match into a straight up beating, eventually feeling Jon get pulled off of him.

A couple of the guys they knew on the circuit jumped in quickly when they saw what was happening, grabbing Jon off of Clay and pulling him back, one going back to Clay and gently slapping at his face "Hey! Hey Clay look at me, open your eyes!" He yelled at him, slapping his face a little harder then shook his head "Can we get a medic in here?!" He yelled over to the ref.

 

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Max whimpered some and quickly rushed to the back once they carted him off "Let me through damn it I'm his wife!" She yelled at the bouncer before she pushed through "Clay?!" She called worriedly as she got over to him whimpering quietly

Jon was pulled off and shoved to the back area away from everyone. He didn't know what had come over him but he knew he had to win for Luna. He got cleaned up quick before making his way to the bookies office to collect his winnings

 

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"Ma'am he's pretty concussed right now, we just need to get him to the hospital soon as possible alright?" the EMT told her but let her follow as he started coming around and looking over at her confused but smiling a little, "Hey there beautiful." He slurred out, groaning when they made him lean back so they could get a mask on him, "I don't think I should tell you .... tell you that... My wife would... be so mad." He slurred, having to pause to catch his breath every couple seconds. 'Were his ribs already broken?' He asked the wife.

Carmen jumped a little when her phone rang and got up quietly, going over to the window to answer it "Hey, how'd everythign go? You okay?" She asked him, worrying, frowning when she heard him laughing "Jon what's going on? They're not gonna let you back in by the way, you're gonna have to wait til the morning." She said quietly, making sure she didn't wake up Luna.

 

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Max raised and eyebrow shaking her head some "Calm down and do what the doctor says okay? Just stay calm." She said quietly before she got in the ambulance with him

Jon laughed loudly and smiled wide "I did it babe! I hit the fucking big one!" He said happily already a few drinks in from celebrating "We got what we need for Luna."

 

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She frowned some starting to realise he'd been drinking "Baby, go home, get some sleep." She pleaded "Luna's gonna wanna see you in the morning bright and early." She told him seriously and frowned "I love you, we'll talk when you're sober." She told him seriously and hung up, going to get some sleep.

Clay frowned some watching her "But... but I wanna go home, you know yo-" He cut himself off then as he started coughing and spluttering, large amounts of blood coming up with it and they got the mask off as quickly as possible, soon having to get another one on him though as his breathing was getting worse by the second until they came to a stop 'What's going on up there?' the guy working on Clay questioned, frowning when he heard they'd hit a grid lock. "Let's get through it quick then, he's not doing so good back here... Clayton, can you squeeze my hand? Clayton try to squeeze my fingers.' He shook his head and got the stretcher flattened, ending up having to get a tube down his throat to help him keep breathing while Clay just about managed to grab at Max's hand in a panic while it went down, in more pain than he thought was possible.

 

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Max whimpered quietly crying softly as she watched him "He bruised his ribs pretty bad last night." She informed before turning her attention back to Clay "Just relax baby okay? Relax." She whispered

Jon grunted softly before he finished his other drink "Oh alright.....I'll see you tomorrow my love." He muttered before he left for the night

 

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He groaned a little, staring at her with his eyes slightly glazed until they arrived and carted him off to an emergency bay and left Max sitting in the lobby by herself for several hours.

 

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Max sat there and cried quietly while she waited for them to come get her. She was scared that this one went too far and she knew she didn't want him doing another fight again

 

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Clay didn't come around until the next morning and just groaned quietly, feeling his head throbbing and looked around the room, glancing over at where Max was asleep by his bed, just laying there quietly so he didn't wake her and tried to figure out what had happened to him.

Carmen woke up to someone shaking her and just grumbled a little, opening her eyes and seeing Jon stood there by the bed "Hey, morning." She mumbled, "Don't wake her up, she's been up and down all night, chucked up a lot." She mumbled, rubbing at her face some, sliding out the bed and slipped her arms around him tightly.

 

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Max walked into the room from the bathroom and quickly rushed whem she saw Clay was awake "Clayton? Baby tell me how many fingers." She said worriedly holding up four fingers

Jon got to Luna's room early the next morning and stood near the bed nudging Carmen some. He held her close and smiled some "Mornin beautiful." He mimbled quietly sighkng some as he looked at Luna

 

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She frowned some and sat with him, resting her head on his shoulder and just enjoying the quiet for a few minutes as she woke up. “You were pretty confusing in the phone last night. How did it all go?” She asked him quietly.

he groaned quietly and just reached up and tugged on her hand. “I don’t really care right now.” He mumbled frowning some. “Mmm... my head hurts.” He told her quietly.

 

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Jon pulled back a bit and smiled wide pulling out just one of the rolls of cash he had recieved the night prior "I got two more at home, this will be emough to cover her for now." He said softly hoping she would be happy

Max frowned softly and moved to lay next to him making sure not to hit his ribs "Thats because you have a very serious concussion, plus atleast 5 broken ribs, and they're taking you in for some scans soon to see if there is any internal bleeding." She explained taking a deep breath

 

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He grumbled a little and buried his face in her chest. “I need kisses baby.... make it all better.” He told her, closing his eyes and just lay with her as comfortably as he could manage. His chest was screaming in pain with every breath though, his ribs feeling like they might snap if he jostled them too much but he had max there and he was comfortable enough to stay dozing against her, taking her hand and putting it on his head wanting her fingers through his hair.

carmen smiled and kissed his chin, “that’s one worry ticked off the list at least.” She murmured, slipping her arms around him tightly and stayed ruled up on his lap for the time being.

 

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Max stayed put and kissed the top of his head gently before she ran her fingers through his hair softly "Clay.....I don't want you to go back." She said quietly as the night before's events played on repeat in her mind.

Jon nodded some and gave a small smile wrapping his arms around her and kissing her lovingly "I love you beautiful." He whispered

 

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He frowned some. “Don’t worry about that... not right now... not til I’m healed. Promise.” He mumbled, turning to bury his face in her chest as well

she smiled tiredly, kissing his chin. “Mmm love you too.. you still gonna go tonight?” She asked him quietly.

 

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Max frowned more and shook her head softly "No Clay....I mean at all. I don't want you there again ever." She said quietlyas she ran her fingers through his hair softly

Jon gave a small nod and kissed her temple gently "Yeah they were impressed with me last night, want me in a higher card fight." He explained

 

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She frowned and looked up at him, "Be careful. I heard Clay got hurt pretty bad last night and ended up in hospital, I don't need both of you down and out." She murmured to him, seeing Luna was waking up and looking a little chirpier than the previous evening, moving to sit with her, smiling as her little girl snuggled in close to her.

Clay frowned some, not wanting to have that discussion right now but he wasn't about to quit because of one bad fight, "My stomach hurts." He whined a little and gripped at her hand, trying to move to get comfortable again, trying to sit up and lean forward as a sharp pain ripped through his torso just groaning louder.

 

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Jon gave a nod not going to mention the part about him being the reason why Clay was in the hospital. He smiled some when he saw Luma waking up quickly making it to the end of the bed and sitting there "Hey there beautiful."

Max frowned some as she got up and moved the bed to help him sit up without hurting his ribs "Here babe, don't move okay? Is it hunger pain or something else?'" She asked quietly

 

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He frowned more, his face scrunching in pain as it continued to spread across his torso and a couple of alarms started going off on the monitors while it got harder to breathe and the color was draining from his face quickly, opening his eyes again and just managed to stare vacantly at the wall.

Carmen smiled when shereached for her teddy bear that had moved across the bed in her sleep 'Daddy they gonna give me operation to make me all better today.' She told him smiling and Carmen bit her lip, having forgotten to mention to Jon they'd moved it forward to this afternoon in all the stress.