"It used to be easy, you know." he sighed.
"What I did was easy, needed to be planned, but easy. He made it interesting, pushed me to step up my game." he took a swig from the vodka. "I think I pushed him too, to be better, he didn't beat me often. Then the deal,.." he threw the bottle against the wall, glass and alcohol spatting around.
"If we just hadn't made that stupid deal he wouldn't have needed to do it. Stupid, idiotic, self-sacrificing, heroic Scarlet." ... then in a whisper "I'm sorry, I miss you Barry."
