When Taylor Swift suddenly arrived in Havana, Coach West and his crew also reached Havana. Since it was a short trip from Miami to Havana, they took a ferry across the Florida Straits. The group included more than twenty people, with Reggie, Mario, and other boxers and apprentices from the gym all coming along.
Two familiar faces from the Miami Herald's sports section, Rafael Varane, the editor, and the reporter Simmons, were also part of the group.
Mr. Rafael Varane was a thin, elderly Caucasian man with designer sunglasses and a black pipe, accompanied by a beautiful young girlfriend, much in the style of an early 20th-century French intellectual.
When he talked, he did so with a heavy French accent, occasionally using obscure French words, like when he praised Link's last match as 'impressionnant' instead of 'impressif'.
"Link, your last match gave us a big surprise, we predicted many outcomes, but never thought you would win the match that way, it was spectacular."
