"I don't know, maybe we drove the poor girl mad. Or Ash traumatized her by trying to strangle you." Matt responded after a while of silence as Ashley searched her pockets for her phone… and couldn't find it.

"Damn it, Mandy!" Ashley growled.

"What were you gonna do, call your secret boyfriend to get us out of here?" Matt asked, Ashley looking at him in a startled manner. "It's obvious that you've been seeing someone, Ash." He responded.

"Don't start with the lecture, he treats me a lot better than Kyle did." Ashley replied.

"And you're okay with this new man in your life going berserk at Mandy every chance he gets?" Jeff responded.

"You shut up or I might strangle you again!" Ashley growled.

"You should watch Raw and SmackDown more, Ash, she's constantly putting distance between herself and this prick. And using concealer to cover swollen and bruised eyes… and her lower lip was split open last week." Jeff replied.

"I didn't think Jeff watched Raw and SmackDown anymore…" Amanda responded quietly, Finn putting his right arm around her as they watched Ashley walk over to Jeff.

"You listen to me and you listen good. Whatever goes down on Raw and Smackdown are none of my business. As for seeing someone, what are you going to do about it? You don't control me and you never did so…" Ashley said before shoving Jeff back "... back the hell off."

"And what, watch as Rollins beats Amanda so badly that she ends up in the hospital or we're saying goodbye to her on a slab in the morgue?!" Matt responded angrily.

"You know what? Maybe I should have died back in 2011 because at least then I wouldn't have to be dealing with this shit right now." Ashley said before Jeff slapped her across the face.

"Don't you ever say that again!" Jeff yelled.

Ashley held her hand to her face, looking at Jeff with tears in her eyes.

"You just struck your little sister across the face…" Ashley whispered.

"That's what Seth's done to Mandy… until Raw was on the air last week and he was out there with his right arm in a cast. I guess Finn lost all restraint and broke it… so when you get back to where you're staying, take a look in the mirror! And ask yourself if Seth's such a good guy or if he's lying to you!" Jeff replied, Ashley turning livid.

"You struck me?!" Ashley demanded.

"Ashley calm down." Matt said, Ashley punching him.

"Don't you dare tell me to calm down!" Ashley growled.

"Then listened to what Jeff said! When you're alone, ask yourself if Seth is actually good or if he's lying to you! But you know what, he is lying and you're deliberately ignoring what's right in front of you! What does that say about you?! He doesn't respect women and you don't care if he kills Mandy! She didn't do anything to deserve how he treats her!" Matt responded, yelling halfway through… before they heard the crate and desk being pushed aside and the door open, seeing Aestrid and Dianne.

"This was where all the yelling was coming from… are any of you armed with weapons?" Aestrid replied.

"As far as we know." Matt answered.

"Aw thank fuck, I can now leave this shithole. Matt, Jeff this has been fun but stay the fuck away from me." Ashley said.

Ashley walked outside into the hall, Dianne handing her the phone that Amanda had handed to her.

"You should question him on a few things first." Dianne responded.

"Yeah whatever." Ashley said before leaving.

When Ashley got back to the hotel, she saw Seth in their room… but TJ was there as well.

"What's going on?" Ashley asked.

"Well, he said you weren't hanging out with him tonight." Seth explained before Ashley checked her phone and saw the text sent at 9:45.

"Yeah that's because I was held hostage in a room with my brothers." Ashley said.

"Who came up with that plan?!" TJ asked.

"Amanda did." Ashley answered. "Anyone feel like getting drunk?"

"Take it that being stuck in a room with Matt and Jeff was that bad?" TJ asked.

"They started throwing bogus allegations." Ashley responded.

"About what?" Seth questioned.

"About you. But I don't care what they say, they can't control me anymore." Ashley said.

"Wooo! Preach it girl!" TJ yelled.

At the apartment, Amanda had gotten out of a bubble bath and dressed to settle into sleep before she headed downstairs… or what from Finn could see, limped. Finn walked over, picking Amanda up into his arms and putting her on the couch.

"You were right… I should've gone with the second idea to send them all to anger management." Amanda responded as Finn sat down next to her and held her close to him. "You think… she's really doubting what they said?" She asked.

"I imagine that she wouldn't have listened to anything that they said, especially after Jeff hit her." Finn said.

"I can't believe he actually slapped her… and that was just to shake some sense into her. I don't know, Finn… I might've lost my bond with them for good." Amanda replied before they stretched out on the couch, Finn holding Amanda in his arms and her head resting on his right shoulder as her bruised right arm rested on him… some were older and caused by Seth, which prompted Finn to break Seth's arm.

But the ones with a slender finger pattern were from Ashley.

"I can't believe she actually hurt you… you two are as close as sisters." Finn replied.

"Ash and I used to be. And you know… Dianne and Ace were right to free them. And after what happened tonight, the Hardy siblings need to fix their own issues, it's the only way it's gonna get solved." Amanda responded as they looked at each other… and he could tell she was hurting more than physically. "Why would she doubt it? She saw the bruises on me that her psycho boyfriend caused right as I was putting my hoodie back on." She whispered.

"She probably doesn't care about anything anymore. Losing that bond with her brothers would be causing her to lash out and not care." Finn said.

"She used to be like that a long time ago. But something happened to her in 2011 to cause her to change for better." Amanda responded.

"At some point, we'll find out… but right now, you look like you can barely keep your eyes open, Darlin'." Finn responded before he picked her up and stood up, walking upstairs with her in his arms.

Amanda didn't even wait til she was in the bed to close her eyes, Finn knowing it was out of pure exhaustion as he tucked her into it and got under the covers himself before kissing Amanda on her forehead and closing his own eyes.