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Chapter 20

My muscles are aching yet again from training this morning.

Z has kept to his promise, refusing to go easy on me, pushing me harder than even I thought I was capable of.

When we first started cardio, we'd run only one kilometre. Then it was back to strength and boxing the next day, with him giving me weighted exercises after sweating it out with the punching bag. The following day we'd run two kilometres, and then he had us doing burpees.

I hated burpees with a passion.

He laughed and promised a higher number the next time.

The next day in the gym he progressed the boxing by wrapping my shins and ankles with pads and bandages and having me learn to kick.

I was glad for the extra padding, but even they didn’t protect me from the bruises. At least I could still cover my legs with the cool weather. I hoped my body would toughen up by summer as I wouldn’t be able to hide them so easily.