She wasn't sure how she had managed it but somehow all three girls were in the studio and ready for their classes and she was ready for a glass of wine. Aurora had been the only one who had gotten ready without a fuss, the other two had thrown fits, refused to eat, refused to put their shoes on and whined about their Dad not being there.

The coats were piled on a chair beside her with her bag and the girls were walking around her as she re-did Vaughn's hair so it was tied back when suddenly out of the corner of her eye she noticed Murphy and Aurora go running off, "Girls, come back here." Quickly tying Vaughn's hair she turned around expecting to see Paul but when she saw her Mom she was relieved, "What are you doing here?"

Walking through the doors Linda was immediately hugged by two of her Granddaughter's and she smiled hugging them both back before she ushered them further inside, "Come on, let's get away from these doors." Reaching her daughter she smiled, "Well I do owe these three ice cream so I thought we could all go for ice cream after their classes, if you don't mind."

Three sets of puppy dog eyes were immediately looking at her and she couldn't say no even though only one of the three really deserved the treat, "I guess but only if they're good in class and they have a proper lunch first."

Linda laughed at the squeal of excitement from her Granddaughter's and the dirty looks that got thrown their way from other parents, "You have yourself a deal."

Murphy was excited but she frowned, "I wish Daddy could come."

Jumping in before questions were asked she was going to have to contact him for the sake of the girls, "I will text him and see what's going on."

Luckily for her the girls were all called into their different classes so she pulled her phone from her bag to text her husband:

When we get home I will call so the girls can talk to you as they miss you. Do NOT miss this call or blow them off or you will regret it.

Sending the text she put her phone back into her bag not caring if he replied or not, he didn't deserve to have her full attention any more as she hasn't had his for a while. Looking at her Mom she was curious about one thing, "Why are you really here?"

Linda definitely was not expecting a direct question but she couldn't tell her the truth just yet as she seemed on edge and like she could snap at any moment, "Truthfully? Your Dad is getting on my nerves so I thought I would leave him home by himself and I'd spend some time with all of you. You don't mind do you?"

As long as she didn't ask her any questions about Paul she didn't mind at all, "Not really, the girls haven't been the most well behaved this morning so maybe with you around they will behave for a few hours."

There were so many questions that she could ask but judging by how frazzled her daughter was looking it was not the best time to be asking her them, "I hope so. So can we see any of the classes?"

"Of course, come on and I'll show you."

Paul wasn't even doing anything special when his phone beeped and he saw Stephanie's name but before he read the text he said a silent prayer that it was good news and she was ready to put things behind them but as he actually read the text he sighed, if anything she was more angry than she had been.

Rubbing his temples he didn't even know what he could do to sort things out with her but it had only been a few days so he was hoping with a few more days she would have cooled down sufficiently and he would be able to talk to her properly. If she didn't cool down then he would have to take advice from somebody on how to smooth things over but he wasn't sure who he would turn to because whoever he did talk to he was going to have to admit what he had done to them.

He didn't know how long he had until she would call but it would be at least an hour so he just had to make sure whatever he chose to do he kept an eye on his phone to make sure that he didn't miss the call as she would use that against him too.

Just over an hour later and the girls were all out of their classes and they were getting ready to leave, "So who wants to come with me and who wants to go with Mommy?"

Murphy raised her hand, "I come with Grandma please."

Linda looked at Stephanie who just nodded, "That's settled, Murphy's coming with me so we will meet you all at the restaurant."

Stephanie watched her Mom walk off hand in hand with one of her daughters before she escorted the other two to her car.

Once Murphy was secured in the back of the car and she had pulled off Linda looked in the mirror at her, "So your Mom tells me you girls misbehaved this morning."

Murphy frowned, "I miss Daddy."

There were so many questions that Linda wanted to ask but she had to be careful, "Why? Where's he been?"

Shrugging her shoulders the little girl looked at the floor, "Dunno, he gone Thursday and he no call."

Now she was really confused, she was sure that Vince had told her the previous evening that he had seen Paul at the office and if he was at the office why wasn't he at home and why hadn't he called? Deciding that it was for the best if she didn't push the Paul issue as she could take it up with her own husband later she changed the subject, "So what do you think about dance?"

Murphy's face immediately lit up and she began to excitedly tell her Grandma all about it.

A few hours later and Stephanie was finally home with the girls, "Shoes off and go and take a seat in the lounge please."

Kicking off her own shoes she followed the girls into the lounge and waited until they were all sat down before she scrolled through her contacts finding Paul's name before she called it and put it on speaker phone and then placed it on the coffee table, "Be good and no fighting please or I'll take it away."

Walking into the kitchen she needed to be anywhere but in that room as they talked to Paul because if she stayed there then she would crack and she would forgive him because despite everything that he had done to her she couldn't fault him as a Father most of the time.

Every few minutes Paul was checking his phone to make sure he hadn't missed the call as it had been a few hours since Stephanie's text and he hadn't moved from his hotel room through fear of this being the only chance he would have to talk to the girls. When his phone eventually began to ring he snatched it up unsure of who would actually be on the other end, "Hello?"

The second they heard their Father's voice the girls were out of their seats and kneeling on the floor crowded around the phone with Murphy and Vaughn both talking trying to tell him everything.

Chuckling Paul had absolutely no idea what was being said as he couldn't make out much from their excited chatter but it made him feel better to hear it, "Slow down girls, I can only hear you one at a time but you'll all get a chance to talk."

Having allowed the girls a chance to talk to their Father Stephanie stood in the doorway of the lounge watching them all around the phone, the two younger girls were a lot more excited than Aurora but she assumed she was just subdued to allow her sisters chance to talk to him.

Paul was really happy talking to his daughter's but he was missing hearing from his oldest daughter, "Hey girls why don't you let your sister talk for a minute. How are you Rory?"

Hearing his voice directed at her it just angered Aurora and she jumped up from the floor, "Why do you care? You're never here." Storming out of the room she ran past her Mom and went straight up the stairs slamming her bedroom door behind her before she threw herself on the bed.

Watching her daughter leave she hated how upset she was right now, "I'm going to go and check on your sister, be good."

Making her way slowly up the stairs she wanted to give her daughter a moment to calm down before she spoke with her as her daughter had the McMahon temper on occasion.

Standing outside of her room she took a deep breath before she knocked on the door and opened it stepping inside, "Are you okay Aurora?"

Aurora turned over on her bed and looked the other way not wanting to get shouted at.

Slowly walking to the bed she took a seat beside her and rubbed her back gently, "I will go with things not being okay then. Talk to me please Aurora, I am worried about you."

Rolling onto her back Aurora looked at her Mom and frowned, "Dad doesn't care about us, he's never here. I don't know why he is pretending now, it won't last."

She wasn't even sure if she wanted to know what her daughter was referring to but she needed to hear it so that she could help her through it, "Of course your Dad is always here, you know he is only on the road for Raw, Smackdown, pay per views and then when he has the NXT television tapings and very few other dates."

Sitting up Aurora crossed her legs and held her feet, "But he's not Mom. How many times are you both in town and he isn't here when we need him the most?"

Listening to her nine year old daughter talk scared her, she was so smart and had picked up on so much that she had hoped that she was shielding her from, "I'm sorry that you feel that way about your Dad, I will talk to him about spending more time with you girls."

The little girl just shrugged, "Don't bother, he won't care. I'd rather spend time with you."

Shuffling closer to her daughter she tucked some of her hair behind her ear, "Okay. What would you like to do then? We can do whatever you want to do tomorrow."

"Bake! Can we make cookies please."

The smile on her daughter's face was something she lived for so seeing it made her feel better, "Of course. Tomorrow we can spend the entire day baking and seeing how much of it we can make edible."

Squealing with delight Aurora threw herself at her Mom wrapping her arms tightly around her, "I love you Mommy."

Falling back on the bed she hugged her daughter tightly, "I love you too." A few tears escaped her eyes as she held her daughter tightly.

Murphy and Vaughn came running up the stairs after the phone call with their Dad ended to find their Mom and sister and when they found them hugging on the bed they both clambered onto the bed wanting a part of the hug and fell on top of their sister.

Laughing under the weight of her daughters this was the best feeling and it gave her something to live for, "I love you all so very much, never forget it."

After ending the call with his daughter's he stared at his phone trying to understand why Aurora was so cold towards him but when he thought about it she was her Mother's daughter so it did make sense, that or Stephanie had said something to her to turn he against him but he really hoped that she hadn't stooped that low.

Throwing his phone down onto the bed he got up to change and go and get a workout in because suddenly he was feeling stressed out and needed to release his pent up emotions somehow because he had work that he needed to get done.

Linda arrived home and walked straight to her husband's office and went straight inside not caring to knock. Leaning on the desk she stared her husband right in the eyes, "Why did you tell me that you saw Paul in the office yesterday when he clearly wasn't there?"

Removing his glasses he placed them on his desk and looked at his wife, "Well hello to you too. I would tell you that I saw Paul in the office yesterday because I did. I saw him with my own two eyes so why would you think I can't see things clearly?"

As she looked at her husband she believed him and suddenly she was feeling weak so she grabbed a chair and sat down, "I don't understand."

Confused he got out of his seat and moved to sit next to his wife on the other side of his desk, "What don't you understand about him going to work like he is paid to do?"

"I took the girls for ice cream, I drove Murphy so it was just the two of us in the car. Stephanie had said how the girls had misbehaved so I asked Murphy about it and she said that Paul left on Thursday and that they hadn't seen him since."

Vince eyed his wife strangely, "Didn't you say that Stephanie randomly called and asked you to take the girls out to dinner on Thursday night?"

Nodding her head, "Yes she did. Paul answered the door and then when I returned there was no sign of him."

"You don't think that she kicked him out do you?"

That was the thought going around in her head but it was weird hearing it out loud, "If we were to go with that theory then why would she kick him out?"

He knew what she meant but the thoughts of what could be the cause scared him as a Father, "I don't know."

Unfortunately knowing her daughter and seeing the state she was in today and thinking back to how she was on Thursday Linda had one theory, "You don't think he could have cheated on her do you?"

He had thought that, he just didn't want to say it out loud but now that his wife had said it it seemed to give his brain permission to think of nothing but that, "He couldn't, he wouldn't . . . would he?"