Sign the contract

In front of me was the threshold to my dream. The sign on bonus itself was huge, $15,000. I looked through the contract again and again. Even though it was paper, it felt as heavy as metal. At the very top of the first page it read Sin City Wrestling.

“ Everything alright son?” Asked a voice. The voice of the man who was potentially about to change my life. The man whom had invited me down to Las Vegas to defend my TSW word championship as I entered my seventh month as champion. Once my match ended with my title retention he had invited me to his office and handed me this contract on a clipboard.

” No sir, it’s just…” I trailed off not knowing what to say. What could I say?

” I know it’s a lot. Which is why we’re going to let you take that home with you. Think about it. Talk about it with your loved ones. We’ll give you three months, if you haven’t mailed back the contract by then, we’ll take it as you declining the offer. Of course you can sign it here and now if you like.

Three months. Three months to make the biggest decision of my life. At the surface it seemed simple. Stupid that I would even consider declining it. This contract meant I got to leave Glever Montana. That I wouldn’t go missing like Ryan had. I wouldn’t be stuck doing some menial job somewhere, just sign the contract and I’d be making more money than anyone in my graduating class right out of high school.

But I’d have to leave my home. Sure I could commute back and forth from Montana to Nevada but that would require so much gas. And I would have to make the commute weekly. I’d only get a day or two at home before I’d have to come back to wrestle. And where would I live? I couldn’t stay with Gunner and his mom forever. But speaking of Gunner, how could I leave my best friend? Or Brooklyn? Or Vala? Vala.

She aspired to follow in her dad’s footsteps and become a police officer. Sometimes she had seem more driven towards her goal than I am for mine. I didn’t want us to split apart but with her dream and this contract, making our relay work would take a lot of work. Work I wasn’t sure I could.

Sighing I picked up the pen and filled out the contract. Once I got to the last page I hesitated. I then gritted my teeth and closed my eyes. You’re doing the right thing.

I proceeded to sign my name upon the dotted line.