Laughlin City the second time around is just as fuckin� depressin�. Let me give you the grand tour: one gas station, one greasy spoon diner and one glorified dive bar with a steel cage for fight night. Same cheap women, too. One asked me where my tag was while she was wrappin� her arms around me. �Sexiest thing about the Wolverine is his collar,� she whispered, then made a move that used to get a rise out of me. I pried her off me, put her back on her barstool, looked her up and down. No thanks. You�re not Marie. �You have another waiting at home, and yes, she matters to you�

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