Ending The Day As A Loser… Again

The walk back to camp was a moment of reflection for Tom. Three challenges and now two losses. Perhaps Blake was right, this was a mistake, sure Tom made a few mistakes himself but his team was truly dragging him down. And now… Blake was paying the price.

As the trio got back to camp, Tom looked back at his wife and saw Blake covered with BNWO tattoos. Blake scrunched her face then in anger.

Blake: This… is… your… fault.

Blake huffed off to their tent, leaving Tom by the fire. Nigel then walked up and slumped down by the fire next to Tom.

Nigel: I think… we all made a mistake coming here. I mean no couple has ever won the game, how did I ever convince myself that me and Vi had what it took?

He said more to himself.

Tom took a deep breath, he saw Blake angry in her tent, Nigel sulking next to the fire, and there was no sign of David. Tom could give up here, but Blake was still here with him. She was pissed but she hadn’t given up on him and he would keep fighting.

Tom: Whatever mad hope led us to this game is all we got Nigel. Your wife may be at the Bull Camp but she’s still your wife. You can’t give up hope, neither of us can!

Tom kept himself busy then, working around the camp, getting dinner ready, and just trying to be productive.

But that’s when at the edge of camp David came back. Nigel and Tom rushed over and even Blake finally sat up too. David still seemed shell shocked, and it was clear he had been crying.

David: She… she finally did it. I… I don’t why it hurts so much. She’s been talking about it for years, for years I was able to prepare… but… a part of me, somehow thought it wouldn’t happen. That she wouldn’t get her dream coming out into the Spade lifestyle. She… just kept blowing them on the beach for hours…. Her and Vi-Violet. But then when the work at their camp was finished those fuckers said it was time for me to piss off so they could really have fun. And you know what I did? I… I came back here…

Tom and Nigel walked David back to the fire and tried to comfort him. But what could you do for a man in his position?