Chapter Eighteen.

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Odessa didn't know how to feel about Kreese. Johnny trusted him. He knew him better than any of them. But she was skeptical. He was peculiar. Off putting. The way he spoke and the things he did made her uncomfortable. She was convinced she was just being crazy. "You gotta understand, the Mogadishu in the 90's was a hellhole. Warlords controlled whole swaths of the city. My team and were charged with cleaning the place up." The man told the Cobra Kai students.

Odessa sat on the floor with Miguel as they listened to his 온라인카지노게임. Eli and Oliver stood on either side of Kreese, his 온라인카지노게임 amazing them. "How many warlords did you kill?" Asked Eli.

"You keep track of every ant you stomp on?" Kreese asked.

Oliver thought it was the coolest thing ever. "Whoa." He said with wide eyes.

"That's badass." Grayson added from on the floor.

"They were outgunned. We were outmanned," the man continued. "I tell you. . . Rwanda was no joke."

Miguel narrowed his eyes for a split second and stood from the floor. "Don't you mean Somalia?" He questioned. "Mogadishu's in Somalia. Rwanda's a whole different country."

Kreese eyed the boy blankly. Odessa felt off putted again. "Of course. Somalia." He corrected himself. "I've spent so much time in the sandbox it all kind of bleeds together you know?"

"Listen up!" Johnny's voice echoed through the dojo. He looked around and didn't recognize some of the new faces that showed up. "I see we've got some new recruits. Everybody fall in. Neat rows and lines. Time to see what you're made of."

The students quickly lined up in their usual lines. At the sound of voice, a lot of the new comers looked nervous.

"Straighten up, ginger twins." He said to a pair of red headed boys he passed by.

Oliver scoffed. "That's an offensive term."

"Can it, Orphan Annie."

A snort came from Grayson and the red head quickly punched his arm. Johnny eyed an older man standing in the midst of them all. "Sorry, parents can't stay for class. It's an insurance thing." He informed him.

"I'm not a dad. I—I am here to kick some ass, sir!"

He eyed him suspiciously. "Do I know you from somewhere?"

The man nodded with a smile. "Oh, yeah. The, um. . . I sold you the mirror. We kinda bonded, talked about rock bands."

Odessa pulled a weird face.

Johnny nodded slightly. "Look, you're a little old. This is a class for teenagers." He said with a sigh.

"Well, I can. . . I can take them." The man said with a laugh. "I'm not afraid of kids, sir. And my mom, she doesn't charge me rent, so I got a lot of cash to burn." He continued and pulled out a wad of cash from his pocket.

"Well, you always said you wanted a sugar daddy, Hails." Oliver said with a laugh.

Hailey scrunched her nose. "I was thinking more Cillian Murphy."

"Definitely Robert Downey Jr." said Odessa.

"Ooh, him too."

"We'll consider this a trail run," Johnny confirmed and he walked back up to the front, noticing the two girls whisper about their celebrity crushes. "What would your mom think if she heard you taking about older men?"

Odessa just shrugged. "She had a crush on Ryan Reynolds."

"Who doesn't have a crush on Ryan Reynolds?" Oliver questioned with a scoff.

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