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"When's Daddy coming home?"

Pulling her youngest daughter onto her lap Stephanie kissed her cheek, "I don't know, I'm sure he'll not be too long though. Am I not good enough for you?"

Violently shaking her head the little girl wrapped her arms around her Mom's neck, "No no Mommy, lots good."

Kissing her daughter's cheek she distracted her from thoughts of her Father.

The garage door opened and she was abandoned by the little girl on her lap to greet her Dad before he even said that he was home. Taking a deep breath she was not looking forward to this evening at all but she had to do this.

Walking into the lounge with his daughter in his arms he kissed her cheek one more time before he set her on the floor, "Why don't you go back to what you were doing so Daddy can say hello to your sisters too." Making his way over to the two older girls he bent down and kissed them both on the top of the head, "Did you have a good day?"

Murphy lifted her head to look at her Dad, "Yes thank you."

Aurora sat there silently focussed on her colouring and not the commotion that was being created by her Dad returning.

Paul noticed that Aurora didn't pay him much attention but he needed to shower so he would talk to her after, "Well I am going to go and shower before dinner, I will be back in a minute."

He was halfway to the door when a little voice stopped him, "What 'bout Mommy? Doesn't she get a kiss?"

"Of course she can have a kiss, I was just going to wait until you guys weren't around as I know how much you dislike me kissing her in front of you but seeing as I have your permission to kiss her." Walking back to his wife he bent down over the back of the couch and kissed her cheek, "And now I will go and shower."

Passing the front door he groaned when the doorbell rang but seeing as he was there he went and opened the door confused by who was stood in front of him, "Linda, we weren't expecting you were we?"

Standing there in front of her son-in-law she couldn't help but sense some tension and it was almost like she wasn't welcome, "I was in the area and thought I would take my Granddaughters out for dinner, if that is okay with you?"

Paul shrugged, "You'll have to talk to Stephanie."

Walking out of the lounge Stephanie was so relieved to see her Mom, "Hi Mom. Come in, don't stand out there."

Smiling at her daughter she walked inside and immediately embraced her.

Hugging her Mom she whispered 'thank you' in her ear before she pulled back, "Let's see if the girls want to go for dinner. She didn't even get to ask the question as they had heard the voices in the hallway and had all come out to see what was going on, "We go with Gramma."

Paul went from going for a shower to helping get his daughter's ready to go out for dinner with his Mother-in-law, she didn't normally just drop by on a week night to take the girls out for dinner but he wasn't going to cause an argument in front of their children over it.

Five minutes later and the girls had left so now he was going to ask, "That was nice of your Mom to take the girls for dinner but I'm no sure it was a wise thing to do on a week night"

She didn't have to put on a front any more, she didn't have to keep the peace so she didn't upset the girls so she could be honest, "It wasn't a spontaneous visit, I asked her to take the girls out for a few hours." Brushing past him she made her way up the stairs.

Confused he stood there for a moment before he hurried to catch up with his wife, "What do you mean you . . ." He stopped dead in the doorway when he saw the state their bedroom was in with suitcases and boxes strewn everywhere, "Damn Steph, clearing out much? Exactly how much is left in this room?"

Shrugging her shoulders nonchalantly she turned to face him, "Oh you know, just all of my stuff."

His mouth fell open, "What do you mean 'all of my stuff'? Where the hell is my stuff? Why are you clearing my stuff out?"

Waving her hand around she motioned to the suitcases and boxes, "Here is all of your stuff, I kindly packed it all up for you figuring that you would like to take clothes with you when you leave."

"When I leave?! I'm not going anywhere, we don't have Raw until Monday and I don't have NXT for a few weeks."

Looking at her husband she didn't even recognise the person stood in front of her, "No trust me you are leaving, I refuse to share the house with a cheater."

Internally Paul was panicking but externally he tried to remain calm, "I'm not cheating on you Steph, you know I love you and the girls."

"I thought you loved us Paul but clearly you don't." Walking over to the bedside table she opened the top drawer and pulled out a piece of paper before she walked back to her husband and thrust it in his face, "I'm not stupid Paul, I found this and it very clearly shows that you are cheating on me. For one this was a secret credit card and then there is the dinners I didn't go on with you, the hotels we didn't stay at together and the flowers that I definitely didn't receive. Feel free to try and explain this but I won't believe you."

Faced with the credit card statement it was hard to deny the truth but if he apologised she would forgive him, she had to forgive him. Taking the paper from her hand he threw it somewhere letting it float down onto the bed and took her hands in his, "I do love you Stephanie, you are my everything and it was just a stupid mistake."

Snatching her hands away she was getting angrier the more he spoke, "A 'stupid mistake' would be drunkenly kissing someone in a bar, a 'stupid mistake' is not a secret credit card and repeated dinners, stays in hotels and who knows how many bouquets of flowers."

She was never meant to find out, he didn't plan out the end of it all but he didn't want her to find out about it, "Stephanie please, I am begging you not to do this. I will do whatever you want me to do. I will cut up that credit card right now and you can have possession of all other cards in my wallet and just give me an allowance. Steph I will do anything if you'll please just forgive me."

Taking a deep breath she couldn't do it, she couldn't be around him, "Just leave Paul, go before the girls get home and you have to explain to them why I'm kicking you out."

"What about Joe?"

Rolling her eyes she crossed her arms, "I texted him and told him one of the girls wasn't well and we had to cancel so he isn't coming for the gym session tonight so you can leave."

He was running out of excuses as to why he should stay, "Please Stephanie, I'll sleep in a guest room or on the couch or anything."

Groaning she picked up two of the suitcases, "No you won't, you will leave."

Taking the suitcases she headed for the door in the hopes that he would get the hint but if not she would take all of his things downstairs and pack the car for him if she had to.

Clearly the McMahon temper had kicked in and he wasn't going to get anywhere with her today so he had to relent and do what she wanted and come back to talk to her again when she had calmed down. Grabbing a few of the boxes off the floor he took them down the stairs and made his way to the garage to try and pack all of his stuff into the car, "I'm not going to give up on us Steph."

"Yeah yeah yeah, whatever, I think you gave up the minute you started your affair so why don't you go to her, I'm sure she'd love to have you full time."

Ten minutes later and his car was packed and she was stood waiting for him to leave, "Goodbye Paul."

Walking over to his wife he bent down to kiss her lips but she quickly turned her head away from him and he kissed he cheek, "No matter what my actions say I love you very much. Give the girls each a hug and a kiss and tell them I love them."

Snorting she crossed her arms, "Whatever you say. Just leave Paul, they will be home soon."

Reluctantly he climbed into the car and started the engine before he started the garage door rising taking one last look at his wife before he drove out.

Waiting for him to close the garage door she walked back into the house and locked the inside garage door making sure that he couldn't get back in that way before she went to the cupboard and retrieved a wine glass and then took the wine from the fridge pouring herself a large glass before she took the glass and bottle of wine into the lounge to sit down and try to regain her composure before the girls came home.

She didn't know how long she had been sat in silence or how many glasses of wine she had had when the doorbell rang and she knew exactly who it was and she couldn't wait to see her baby girls again. Setting her glass down on the coffee table she quickly made her way to the door throwing it open and smiling when the girls all hugged her tightly. Forcing a smile on her she was not going to let them see that something was wrong, "Hey, did you have fun with Grandma?"

Murphy was quick to speak up, "Gramma wouldn't let us have ice cream but she said she'd take us for some on Saturday."

Laughing softly at the pouts on her daughter's faces she looked at her Mom with a raised eyebrow and she shrugged, "I thought with school tomorrow you would prefer it if they weren't bouncing off the walls from a sugar high so I promised them they could have ice cream at the weekend to make up for it. You don't mind do you?"

Shaking her head she was actually quite relieved that they would hopefully go straight to sleep, "Not at all. Girls say goodnight to Grandma and go and get ready for your baths please and I will be up now."

All three turned to their Grandma and there was a chorus of 'Goodnight Grandma' before Aurora and Murphy took Vaughn's hand and led her towards the stairs.

As soon as the girls were out of sight Linda looked at her daughter seriously, "Are you okay? Where's Paul?"

She hadn't told her Mom why she wanted her to take them out to dinner and she wasn't about to now, "I'm fine, honestly. I'd better go and get them all ready for bed but thank you Mom, I will talk to you soon."

She didn't know what it was but she could sense something wasn't right with her daughter so she pulled her close for a tight hug, "If you say so but your Dad and I are here for you whenever you need us, at any time of the day or night. Take care of yourself and I love you."

Gulping she was not going to lose it, "I know. I love you too Mom." Watching her Mom walk away she shut and locked the front door flipping the dead bolt so nobody could open it before she headed for the stairs, "Are you ready yet?"

Reaching Vaughn's room she noticed all three girls sat on her bed, "So are you all too old to have a bath together tonight?"

All three girls shook their heads as they knew it meant they could bathe in the huge bath in the Master en-suite so weren't disappointed when she herded them all to the Master en-suite, "Please be careful whilst I run this bath."

Leaning over the bath Stephanie could hear the whispers and turned to face her daughters eyeing them suspiciously, "What are you three up to?"

"Where's Daddy?"

She should have known that question would come from his mini-me, she was very much a Daddy's girl and she knew that this would hit her the hardest which was why she was going to try her best to shield them all from it, "He was called away on an emergency, he's not sure when he'll be back."

All three girls looked disappointed at that news because they all loved their Dad, even Aurora who wasn't getting on with him, "Oh."

Turning the taps off she motioned to the bath, "Come on and jump in and no, I don't mean literally so please be careful."

Well over an hour later and finally all of the girls were in bed, she wasn't convinced that they were all fast asleep but they were in bed and on their way to being asleep and that was good enough for her tonight.

Making her way back downstairs she poured what was left of the bottle of wine into her glass and downed it all in two mouthfuls before she took them into the kitchen placing the glass in the dishwasher to be washed and dumping the bottle in the recycling. Ensuring that the doors were locked she turned off the lights and made her way back upstairs, she had work to do but she really wasn't in the mood so she was going to get an early night and everything would feel better in the morning.

Walking into the bedroom she opened a drawer to pull out something to wear to did but she was it by the smell that was distinctly Paul and suddenly she wasn't feeling like going to bed. Closing the drawer she opened the one beside it and pulled out some workout gear because a workout would make everything better.

Five minutes later and she was walking into the gym as she finished off tying her hair back into a ponytail almost being knocked over by the dog as he followed her, "Seriously Bluto? Just lie down and stay out of my way."

She needed to forget so Stephanie added more weights than she had ever done before to the dog sled and began to push it before she moved on to something else not even caring if she was doing things in the right order tonight, she just needed to forget.