Chapter 3
A knock at the door
Matt Hardy got up from his spot at the table, where he was enjoying breakfast with his father and brother. He did this about once a month. They would hang out the whole day and catch up.
Matt opened the door and looked at the person standing on the porch. Her dark brown hair was cut short, kind of punk looking. She had a black tank top and a white one under it. She was wearing black dickie Jeans and high top black and white chuck tailors. She had earrings in. a small dangling record in one ear and a small set of silver dangling headphones in the other. She looked up at him, and Matt saw the deep blue eyes.
" Hi, I don't know if I have the right house. I am looking for Matt Hardy? My name is…" Ericka stuck out her hand but Matt pulled her into a hug.
" Ericka? Ericka…Oh My God, Oh My God? What are you doing here? Oh my God! I never thought I would see you again Oh my God" Matt Hugged his daughter then pulled her back so he could look at her again.
" I am sorry? Do I..? Have we met?" Ericka looked at him very confused. She had never watched wrestling, she had no idea who Matt Hardy was and she definitely had no idea who this man was and why he had hugged her like he just had. How did he know who she was?
"Ericka, you said you were looking for Matt Hardy, Baby Girl, That is me, Baby, I am your Father. Your mom took you from me, when I left for training. Oh wow, I never expected that it would be you knocking on my door." He looked at her and now saw tears streaming down her face.
" Baby Girl, What's wrong?" Matt held her close and she cried on his shoulder. He walked her over to the porch swing and they sat down and Matt held his daughter as she cried. They didn't talk, He just held her and she embraced his hold.
It had been a week since her Mom and her " Dad" Keith had died. She hadn't cried except for that one tear at the hospital. She had been in shock. She had gone through both funerals emotionless. Her mom and dad had died and she then meets her real dad, who is so happy to see her. Why hadn't he tried harder to find her? All these emotions swept over her as he held her.
What had really set her off was Him calling her Baby Girl, That was what her daddy had always called her ever since she could remember. That is when it had hit her that they were really gone. She would never see her mom or talk to her dad again. Now she was in North Carolina, USA with A man she did not know, that moments before her mom died had told her He was her father.
They sat in that same position for over an hour. Finally Jeff came out to see what had kept Matt, from the house. He opened the door, and they both looked up. Matt was holding a teenage girl, with beautiful eyes. Jeff looked closer, they were Megan's eyes. Ericka had finally found her dad and he could tell Matt was soaking it up. Something was wrong with Ericka, Matt didn't know what but he was holding her. Something Jeff knew, Matt never thought he would get to do again.
" Baby, This is your Uncle Jeff. Bro, This is your niece Ericka. Matt stood up with Ericka and she held out her hand for a handshake. Jeff took the handshake, and pulled her into a hug.
Finally hours later, Matt, Jeff, Glen, and Ericka had all settled on the couch. They were just hanging out and talking. Finally someone asked the question she had been dreading.
" So Ericka, what made you decide to come and find me? Where's your mom? What did it take for her to finally tell you where we were?" Matt asked. He had wondered how Megan was.
" My mom was in a car accident on New Years Day, her and my da…Keith were driving home from a party and a semi truck went into the divider and into the other lane and hit their car. The hospital called me that morning. I went and saw my mom, and that is when she told me about you. Apparently, Keith had adopted me when I like one year old and he is the only dad I knew. But that was the last time I talked to my mom, she told me she loved me and then she di…she died….." Ericka said and then burst into hears. Matt put his arm around his daughter.
Glen got up and grabbed a blanket and put it around his grand daughter. Matt held her close, she fell asleep, with her head on Matt's shoulder. "Put her in the guest room, you guys should sleep here tonight too." Glen told his son. Matt picked Ericka up and took her upstairs and put her on the bed. He tucked her in and kissed her forehead. He was doing something he never thought he would ever get the chance to do. He closed her door and then went downstairs.
" wow" Matt said
" Yeah, I feel so bad for her, that is one confused little girl, she just lost the only 2 people she knew as her parents and then meets a father she never knew about" Jeff said as he took a drink of his beer.
" So what are we gonna do?" Matt asked.
" Son, you are gonna take that girl with you and make her feel like she is a big part of your life. Just like she should have been. You are gonna take her on the road and introduce her to everyone and she is going to be involved with your wrestling and life period. That is what you are going to do. She has a hard time and now she needs you to be there for her." Glen said as he looked at his son.
" Alright, I will" Matt said. " but right now I am going to bed." Matt looked at the clock 2 am. He walked up the stairs and went into the room that used to be his. He laid down in his bed and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.
