The celebration went on into the evening. One drink turned into three or four. A couple bucks turned into hundreds which were turned into thousands on the black Jack tables. After getting good and ahead the gang decided to call it a night. As for Baron, he eventually met up with the gang.
Baron: "Are you all right, Rox? You've been kind of quiet since everyone left."
Roxy: "Yeah. I'm good. Why?"
Baron: "I know I'm not exactly your closest friend, but something is on your mind. I am an excellent listener and if you're looking for an unbiased opinion I'm good for it."
Roxy: "Are you serious? You're offering to listen to me?"
Baron: "Yeah. Of course I'm serious."
Roxy: "All right. You asked for it. I haven't had an unbiased ear for a long time and I have a lot to discuss."
Baron: "Go for it."
Roxy: "Well, earlier tonight Dean was acting 50 shades of awkward around me. So Roman promoted him to talk to me and get some closure. After a few minutes, he actually turned toward me and spoke to my face without getting sarcastic first. He asked me why I had sex with you and I told him it was hormonal and he said I was full of shit."
Baron: "It doesn't sound like Dean is being very open to you and your point of view."
Roxy: "He's not being open to anything. He's just hurt and I betrayed his trust. He told me he could never fully forgive me because every time he sees your face it pisses him off all over again and he doesn't want to take his anger out on me because that's not a relationship and no way to live. I agree with that. I don't want him taking his anger out on me every chance he gets or wanting to punch you every time you walk into a room he's in. I get it. He's not going to forgive and forget. I'm not asking him to forget. I'm asking him to be the bigger man and kind of move on. Yes. We're both hurt and I did him wrong. I'm not denying that what I did was wrong. I have regrets like hell over what I did, but I never wanted him to totally hate me and never forgive me for it."
Baron: "Sounds to me like Dean is very set in his ways and he feels strongly about trust. When he trusts someone he does it with all of his heart and then someone betrays that trust and it's like you mind as well have stabbed him in the heart. It would hurt less."
Roxy: "That's pretty much it in a nutshell. He does feel strongly about who he gives his trust to and he doesn't do it easily. I've seen him turn his back on Seth and that was just over a promo. Seth damn near had to crawl back to him to convince him that promo wasn't personal. It was just WWE entertainment. It took months before Dean trusted him in real life again."
Baron: "He figured that Seth was acting on some impulse that he must secretly have been hiding for the 3 years the Shield were together."
Roxy: "Yeah, but Seth loves him like a brother in real life. He'd never hurt him or Roman for real. I've never seen a more real portrayal of brotherhood. Those three are tight like Madison Jess and I are. We'd die for each other."
Baron: "Think about what you just said right there. We'd all die for each other. I'm pretty sure when Dean fell in love with you 10 years ago he said made that statement about you too."
