Disclaimers- This story is fiction completely for entertainment purposes. No money is being made off of this story. I own only original characters.
Note- This story is the third in the series. It is a sequel to 'Just When They Thought It Was Over'. The story will make more sense if you read the previous two stories first. First in the series is 'Mountain Murders'. Second is 'Just When They Thought It Was Over'.
Warning- Some parts of this story will contain mature content. I warn at the beginning of graphic chapters so readers can use caution as needed when reading.
June 19th, 0730 Hours
John Layfield walked in to the station to find Seth in the break room watching TV. The chief was in his office on the phone. He nodded to him and walked on to the break room and sat down at the table with Seth.
"Any sign of the newlyweds?" Seth asked.
"I haven't seen them today but I am sure they will be in." John said.
"I know they are back from their honeymoon. They called me Friday night to let me know they were home." Seth said. "I kinda miss taking care of the animals, even if Jack did try to kill me a few times."
"They had such a nice wedding, my wife is still talking about it." John said.
"I have missed Trina around here." Seth said.
"Of course, you haven't had anyone to bicker with." John laughed.
Jerry walked in. "John, you got a call. I need you to get out to the new Angle house."
"Oh hell, I am sorry I got out of bed. What's going on?" John asked.
"I don't know all the details but Kurt just called saying Karen was causing some kind of problem." Jerry said.
"I swear that woman is gonna make me an alcoholic." John sighed as he headed out to respond to the call.
"Anything serious happen overnight?" Jerry asked Seth.
"No it was a pretty quiet night except for a drunken brawl at Almost Heaven. Randy had it taken care of before I got there." Seth explained.
"I really appreciate you helping out with extra shifts so Trina could go on her honeymoon." Jerry said.
"I was glad to do it." Seth said.
They heard laughing and looked up to see Steve carrying Trina into the building. Seth raised an eyebrow as he watched them.
"Steve, the tradition is you carry the bride over the threshold of your home, not her workplace." Trina giggled.
"Well I carried you over the threshold on the cruise and at the farm when we got home. So why not first day back to work?" Steve kissed her.
"Looks like the honeymoon ain't over." Jerry chuckled as he walked out to join them.
"Are you two gonna be like all sappy in love for the next six months?" Seth chuckled as he followed the chief.
"Jealous Rollins?" Steve asked as he set Trina's feet on the floor.
"At this point I am turning diabetic." Seth laughed. "Glad you are back."
"Yeah, we missed you guys…a little." Trina hugged them.
"Well you look so happy, I can tell it was a great honeymoon." Jerry smiled.
"I am surprised you can still walk." Seth winked. "I mean after all, you cut Steve off in March."
"Very funny Seth." Steve rolled his eyes.
"So tell us all about the honeymoon." Jerry said.
"Just the dirty stuff." Seth sat down at his desk.
"I would Seth but then you would feel incredibly inadequate." Trina laughed. "Anyway, it was great. We had beautiful weather and the cruise ship was amazing. Even the days we were just at sea were fun. And Hawaii was just gorgeous."
"So you all moved in at the farm?" Jerry asked Steve.
"Oh yeah, my boys helped me move the last of my things while they were in for the wedding." Steve said.
"A California city slicker living on a West Virginia farm." Seth laughed. "Sounds like a reality show."
"Well I never expected it, but I am so happy about it." Steve kissed her forehead.
"Oh I am gonna be sick." Seth laid his head on the desk.
"I better get to the station. I am sure I have a back log of work to catch up on." Steve kissed her.
"Okay, I'll see you tonight." She smiled. "Love you."
"Love you too." Steve said. "See you guys later."
Steve walked out and Trina sat down at her desk, firing up her laptop. "So what did I miss while I was away?"
"Nothing exciting. Your wedding was the big news in town, you know how it is in small towns." Jerry said.
"Yeah there was even a huge write up about it in the local paper, Mr. Heenan himself wrote it. We kept a few copies for you." Seth said.
"Let me see, he told me at the wedding that he was going to put the wedding in the paper but I thought it would be under the weddings/engagements section." Trina said.
"Well considering how quiet things have been around here lately, the wedding was practically headline news." Jerry said as Seth handed her one of the saved newspapers.
Trina opened the paper to the second page where there was a picture of the bridal party standing in front of the arch. Steve, Trina, the boys, Naomi, and Seth. The headline read 'County Detective Marries Davis Officer at Canaan Valley Resort'
June 3, Wedding bells were ringing for two Tucker County civil servants as they exchanged vows surrounded by family and friends at the Canaan Valley Resort in a double ring ceremony. County Detective Steve Borden and Davis Officer Trinvilla Conley (prefers to be called Trina) were engaged this past New Year's Eve. The wedding was officiated by the Rev. Ted DiBiase Jr. Brides attendants were Officer Seth Rollins (a long time close friend of the bride whom she insisted stand with her on her special day) and Maid of honor Naomi Knight. Sharing the duties of Best man were the groom's sons Garrett and Steven Borden.
The wedding was held outdoors at the Canaan Valley Resort overlooking the mountains. Beginning at 4:30pm, the bride was given away by Davis Chief Jerry Lawler and Lt. John Layfield both close friends of the bride. The happy couple chose to exchange traditional vows along with rings. Local music teacher Lilian Garcia sang a beautiful rendition of 'The Rose' during the ceremony.
The reception followed the ceremony, held in the conference room of the resort lodge. Guests were treated to a large buffet dinner. Many toasts were given for the happy couple including by both Best men, the maid of honor, Tucker County Sheriff Flair, Parsons Officers Jey and Jimmy Uso, DA Damien Sandow and Tucker County Coroner Dolph Ziggler. The newlyweds shared their first dance to 'It's Your Love' sung by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Afterwards others joined the couple on the dance floor for dancing and celebration. Steve and Trina had a beautiful four tiered wedding cake covered in daisies and butterflies that they cut and fed to each other, playfully smearing a bit of icing as they did.
Later in the evening the bride gathered all the single ladies on the dancefloor for the traditional tossing of the bouquet. While the DJ played 'All the Single Ladies' Trina tossed her bouquet and it was caught by Lilian Garcia who had sang during their ceremony. A chair was brought to the dancefloor for Trina to sit on as Steve removed her garter with the DJ humorously playing 'Whatta Man' by Salt-N-Pepa. The single gentlemen then took to the dancefloor and when Steve tossed the garter it was caught by family friend Dean Ambrose. As is tradition, Dean then put the garter on Lilian's leg and in a show of fun bravado gave her a quick kiss.
As the evening wound down, guests gathered outside the resort to see the couple off. Steve and Trina walked through a tunnel of their friends blowing bubbles as they left for their honeymoon, a Hawaiian cruise. Detective and Mrs. Borden will live in Tucker County following their return. All of us here at the Davis Gazette wish them all the best.
"What a nice write up, remind me to send him an extra thank you card." Trina smiled.
"Well I am gonna get back to work. Let me know if there is anything I need to look at." Jerry said and walked back into his office.
"Glad to be back to work? Or wish you were still on your honeymoon?" Seth asked.
"I am glad to be back. We did miss everyone but it was an amazing trip. We took all kinds of pictures. I will have to show you some when I get them printed." She smiled.
"So…Mrs. Borden…."
"Actually I am gonna be a hyphen. Mrs. Conley-Borden, that way I am still Mrs. Borden but when we work together we don't both look every time someone says 'Hey Borden'." She laughed.
"Makes sense I guess." Seth shrugged.
"Oh good, the wedding photos have been uploaded for me to look through. Come look with me." Trina told him as she looked at the wedding photographer website.
"Where did you find that photographer? He was a loon." Seth said.
"Yes he was offbeat, but when I visited his studio over in Petersburg and saw how beautiful his work was, I knew Enzo would be a good choice. I guess he is one of those eccentric artist types." Trina giggled.
"Enzo Amore…. I hope that is some kind of professional name." Seth shook his head.
"Oh look, there is Steve, the boys and the twins helping them get ready." Trina said.
"Yeah, the twins said Steve was a bundle of nerves."
"He was? Why?"
"Steve, relax. You love her, why are you nervous?" Jimmy asked as he helped Steve with his boutonniere of daisies.
"Trina has waited on this day her whole life. What if I drop the ring? Or step on her dress? Or mess up my vows?" Steve said.
"Were you this nervous when you married mom?" Garrett asked.
"Yes but for different reasons. Trina endured a bad relationship before I moved here. I just want this day to be perfect for her." Steve said.
"It will be. She loves you so much you could walk out there in a potato sack and she'd still be happy." Jey assured him.
"I am so glad that Trina went with our dress uniforms. Saved all that tux rental crap." Jimmy said.
"I am too. She really likes our dress blues." Steve smiled.
"Oh that is so cute. I didn't know he was nervous." Trina smiled.
"What is Naomi doing in that picture?" Seth asked.
"Putting my garter on me."
"You look gorgeous. Steve is gonna be speechless. The V-neck, cap sleeve dress was the right choice. It looks like it was made for you." Naomi smiled.
"Glad I went with no train. I think it looks nicer for an outdoor wedding." Trina said.
"Ms. Hewlette did a great job with the flower arrangements. The yellow and white daisies look beautiful everywhere." Naomi said. "And Kelly did a great job on our hair. Your veil looks great."
"Okay, I got something new with the beautiful earrings you got me. Something old, Mrs. Layfield gave me an old coin to wear in my shoe…something about good luck. Something borrowed…. Seth loaned me his me cross necklace, I tied it in my bouquet." Trina said.
"Something blue, let's get your blue garter on you." Naomi picked it up from the table. "Let's be careful to not wrinkle your dress."
"You look beautiful. I am so glad you are gonna be here with me for this." Trina told her as she knelt down to slid the garter on her.
Naomi was wearing a short yellow lace dress. She carefully slid the garter above Trina's knee. She stood back up and made sure both their dresses were perfect.
"I am thrilled to be here." She hugged her. "Now let's get you married before Summer sweeps in and kidnaps the groom."
"Naomi would've killed Summer if she had so much as shown up at the wedding, let alone tried anything." Seth laughed.
"Oh the ceremony was so pretty." Trina looked at the pictures.
"Yeah and you only cried twice." Seth said.
"So nice…these pictures of Steve and the boys are so nice." Trina said.
"How does it feel to be a mom?" Seth asked.
"It is something I am still adjusting to. I mean I love the boys, but I want to be very careful not to upset the good balance we have and make sure they understand I do not want to replace their mom." Trina explained.
"Oh look, it's some of the funny pictures we posed for." Seth laughed.
They laughed looking at the pictures of the guys with their guns, John and Jerry 'threatening' Steve, Naomi making Seth pose with her bouquet, Trina laying across the laps of all the guys.
"Oh there are the pictures they took of us on the ski lifts. Only time I have ridden the ski lifts around and round 5 times." Seth laughed more.
"I am glad, look how pretty they turned out. I love this one of me and Steve kissing on the lift." Trina said.
"There is one of me with Naomi on the ski lift." Seth said.
"Look how pretty the ones by the river turned out." Trina smiled as they looked at the pictures.
"You and Steve look so happy." Seth commented at one picture of them gazing at each other by the river.
"We are; I love him so much." Trina smiled.
"No kidding, look at you guys dancing at the reception…. was Steve singing to you?" Seth asked.
"Yeah. That was when he surprised me by having the DJ play 'My Girl'. Trina smiled.
"Oh yeah…that was when Naomi began gushing about how great Steve is."
"How incredibly sweet is that man?" Naomi watched them dancing.
"I have to admit, he certainly is on his game today." Jey laughed.
"Look at Trina, I think she is walking on air." Naomi said. "That man is something special."
"I feel like I am in a Lifetime movie." Seth chuckled.
"I love them both, I am happy for them." Naomi said.
"Let's take bets that she comes home from the honeymoon pregnant!" Dean Ambrose popped up.
"Dean, how many have you had to drink?" Jimmy asked.
"I don't know. I did a round of shots with the sheriff and then there was the toasts. I had a drink with some cougar and another one with Seth's mom." Dean laughed.
"You were drinking with my mom?" Seth stared.
"Oh sure, nice lady and she was all teary eyed over the happy couple." Dean laughed.
"Wait…was your mom the cougar?" Trina laughed.
"Don't even go there." Seth glared. "And what the hell are you two doing in that picture?"
"Oh…. Enzo told us to do a naughty pose." Trina chuckled.
"So you grabbed each other's boobs?" Seth stared at the picture of the girls laughing and joking grabbing each other.
"Oh please, it's Nae. Who do you think helped me shop for my honeymoon lingerie?" Trina rolled her eyes.
"Why wasn't I allowed to participate in that bridesmaid duty?" Seth asked.
"Because you were at Steve's bachelor party buying him a triple lap dance."
"Hey the twins bought him a lap dance with that girl with her clit pierced." Seth protested.
"I hate that woman! I can't take it anymore." John stormed into the station.
"What on earth happened?" Trina was confused.
"John got another call about Karen Angle." Seth snickered.
"Oh dear, with Kurt's wedding this Saturday I can't imagine what insanity Karen is up to. What was it this time? Setting the church on fire?" Trina asked.
"No, that would've been easy I could've just called Zenk." John reached for his coffee. "Karen showed up at Kurt's new house demanding that he let her see their daughter's flower girl dress. Now Kurt and his fiancée have shown Karen the dress several times in the catalog…and they paid for it themselves. So I pulled Karen aside to ask her exactly why she needs to see the dress…. she tells me she doesn't believe they bought the dress they showed her and she is afraid they will dress the girl in something inappropriate."
"I don't think they even make inappropriate flower girl dresses." Trina frowned.
"So then I asked the fiancée why they didn't just show Karen the dress…apparently they were afraid she would damage it. Throw a drink on it or something on it. Finally, I got Karen to agree to leave if Kurt showed her the dress from behind a closed door. So the fiancée brings the dress to the door, Karen sees it is the one from the catalogs they had showed her…and storms off." John gulped down the rest of his coffee.
"You know there will be more antics before the wedding." Trina laughed.
"Oh you missed it last week when that poor Bayley girl working at the gentlemen's shop had to call me because Karen was in there insisting she didn't want her son wearing green 'because he doesn't like that color' meanwhile green is the wedding party colors." Seth laughed. "Apparently Karen was trying to make changes behind the bride and groom's back."
"This woman is nuts. We should get Jerry Springer here to film this craziness." Trina chuckled.
"Oh you hush. You weren't here for two weeks having to deal with Karen's anti-wedding antics." John said. "Like when she tried getting herself invited to their pre-wedding counseling at the church."
"Why in the world did she want to go to their counseling?" Trina asked.
"Something about she felt she needed to be included since they would all three be raising the children." Seth said.
"That is actually a good point." Trina said.
"Karen tried giving the preacher a list of her rules for how the children were to be raised and wanted the preacher to tell the engaged couple that since she was the mother, she got final word." Seth said.
"Well she had a good idea for about two seconds." Trina sighed.
"I am so glad Trina's wedding didn't have any of that stupidity." John said.
"No they just had the bride and maid of honor wrapping their legs around Randy." Seth glanced at the picture Trina was looking at.
"Oh we were just goofing around with Randy." Trina laughed. "Enzo said to do some funny poses with friends."
"Is that why you were kissing Roman in the last one?" Seth asked.
"Oh yeah, he was a good sport about the whole thing." Trina laughed.
1700 Hours
"Trina, how many times are you gonna look at those pictures?" John laughed.
"I am having such a hard time deciding which ones I want in what sizes. Of course I want Steve's input as well." She said.
"That Enzo guy must have taken about three hundred pictures." John said. "He took pictures of everything from the minute we got to the resort to the moment we left."
"That is exactly what I wanted. I want to remember every second of that day." She smiled.
"Dear god she has the dreamy look on her face again." Seth walked in.
"Thought you were home sleeping?" Trina asked.
"I couldn't sleep so I decided to come back." Seth said. "Must be all these Cubs' victories keeping me awake."
"Rollins so help me, you are gonna be nutless like Daniel." She glared.
"Oh here we go." John sighed.
"Way out in first place. I told you, this is the year of the Cubs." Seth smirked.
"And it doesn't mean a damn thing because they spent more money buying all-stars than the entire net worth of Microsoft!" Trina shot back.
"This coming from the woman who is cheering for the entire national league minus the Cubs." Seth raised an eyebrow.
"That's right, that's how much I hate that team. I don't care who beats them as long as someone does!" she narrowed her eyes.
"Have I mentioned how great Kris Bryant is doing this season?" Seth chuckled.
"And if you do one more time I am gonna use my service weapon to change you from a rooster to a hen!" she glared.
"Well I see it didn't take long for Trina to get back in the swing of things…at least not when it comes to arguing with Seth." Steve laughed as he walked in. "I love those crazy things she says."
"Steve, if he doesn't hush about the Cubs I am going to strangle him." Trina said.
"Seth, you are upsetting my bride." Steve deadpanned.
"Of course, all while you two were steaming it up on your honeymoon, the Cubs have been continuing their winning ways. Your libido isn't the only thing on fire these days." Seth laughed.
"Oh brother." John shook his head.
"Did you see any games while you were on your honeymoon?" Seth asked.
"Oh of course. I would turn on the TV and let Steve take me doggy style so I could watch baseball!" Trina said sarcastically.
"Trinvilla!" Steve rolled his eyes.
"Hey, if the Cubs get on a losing streak, you might have to do that! I ain't missing the Cubs choke!" Trina winked.
"Were you two siblings in a past life?" John groaned.
"Steve, here is the newspaper with the article about our wedding in it." Trina handed him one of the saved copies.
"Oh good. I was so busy catching up on stuff today I didn't get a chance to read it." Steve said as he began reading.
"We should be heading home. I need to get some work done in the garden." Trina started gathering her things.
"How goes the plans for the new barn?" John asked.
"Just fine, should be able to start building as soon as I get the lumber." Steve frowned. "Trina, did you see this article about this guy trying to bring major MMA events to West Virginia?"
"Just what I need, Rousey coming to my home state." Trina frowned as she looked over Steve's shoulder. "I didn't notice that article, I was too busy reading about the wedding."
"You're just mad because Rousey is more popular than the guy fighters." Seth said.
"No, I am pissed as hell because she is a sorry excuse for a human being. I mean she was a bully, refusing to shake hands, making fun of people…truly believed her own hype that she was unbeatable…. then she loses and can't handle it and was suicidal!" Trina said.
"Seth I will pay you a hundred dollars if you can go one day without fussing with Trina." John sighed.
"Where is the fun in that? And Trina, you shouldn't pick on someone struggling with mental problems." Seth said.
"I ain't. First of all, if you can't handle losing along with winning, you are not meant to be an athlete. Every athlete has a mindset that you win and you lose. Second…. I really wonder if she was even suicidal. To me a lot of her bullshit she started saying when she finally came out of hiding was a plea for sympathy. Like every other bully, they get knocked down and can't handle it." She said.
"Who is this Lesner guy anyway?" Steve frowned as he read.
"From what we have seen on the news and such, he is a business man. He is hoping to cash in by working with West Virginia officials and venues to bring big MMA events here. You know UFC, Bellator, that kind of thing." John explained. "He has been to Wheeling, Morgantown, Charleston even Huntington trying to get investors and meet with people."
"That bald big mouth ain't gonna bring the UFC here." Trina shrugged.
"Why would a business man want to bring MMA here? Doesn't seem smart." Steve folded up the paper.
"Oh who knows? You know some people are always looking for a way to make a buck." Seth shrugged.
"Okay, Mrs. Borden are you ready to go? Jack and Wonder have missed us and Daniel keeps following me around." Steve said.
"Yes, Mr. Borden. And I promised you grilled chicken for dinner." She wrapped her arms around him.
"Are all newlyweds like this?" Seth raised an eyebrow.
"Just the happy ones." John said.
2000 Hours
Steve walked onto the back porch and saw Trina was still in the garden. Jack was sitting at the edge watching closely everything she did. He smiled and sat down on the porch swing. She looked over and saw him and decided she had worked enough for the evening. She walked over to the porch and smiled at her new husband.
"How was everything on the phone?" she asked about the phone call that Steve had taken earlier.
"The sheriff wants me to do some traveling." Steve said. "I told him I would have to discuss it with you first." Steve said.
"Traveling? What's up?" she climbed the stairs and sat beside him on the swing.
"Well, the sheriff feels that as the county detective I should be attending various training and seminar sessions and then holding sessions here to train the county officers. He thinks it would be a good way to help keep updated with the progress and new technologies." Steve explained.
"Well it is an election year, but that seems to make good sense. Being a rural county we don't have the budgets that other places do. This would help us stay current." Trina agreed.
"And with all the negative things going on with police around the nation right now that would be a positive step for us and could help us stay out of those messes." Steve said.
"So how often would you have to leave home?" Trina asked.
"He has lined up some seminars and classes over the next several months. I would be gone at various times for maybe a week or so at a time."
"And how do you feel about it?"
"Like you said it makes sense, and if he had asked me this last year I would've jumped." Steve told her.
"So why aren't you jumping now?"
"Because I have a new bride. How do you feel about all this?" he took her hand. "I would never make a big decision like this without talking to you."
She smiled. "We're married but we are still civil servants. And if this is going to make us better officers, it is for the good of the county."
"But how do you feel about me leaving you alone here and there while we are still in that 'honeymoon phase'?"
She chuckled. "Baby I plan to be in the honeymoon phase for at least ten years. I will be fine. Besides, I like the thought of being married to smart sexy detective. And you start training us back here…. I can play 'Hot for Teacher'."
"Just what I need." Steve shook his head fondly. "You're really okay with this?"
"I'm fine. Part of what I love about you is that you are such a dedicated detective. And I know how much you are encouraging me to further my education. I am doing the same for you." She squeezed his hand.
"Okay…but if you change your mind, just say so."
"Oh I will be fine. If I get lonely I will just have an affair with Seth." She winked.
"I can see it now. He wears a Cubs cap to bed and you try strangling him with your bra." Steve laughed.
"Sounds like something we would do." She laughed and kissed him. "I love you so much."
"I love you too. Come on, let's go enjoy this honeymoon phase." Steve picked her up.
"Wait, I am sweaty and gross from working in the garden." She giggled.
"Sounds like we should start in the shower." Steve managed to pull the door open.
"I like how you think." She laughed.
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