It was utterly ridiculous, the urge Brendan had to apologize upon hearing that. Popping Tommy's shoulder had been a pretty low blow and he knew it, but that was the risk they took every time they got in the ring. He'd done what he had to. It wasn't at all what he'd meant in bringing the fight up now.

"Right, because that's what there was to take away from all that," he said, trying not to sound too bitter. Christ, it was like they were teenage boys again, except things had never been this tense between them when they were young. "You do that."