Stephanie enjoyed the rest of the day with her family as after them initially asking a lot of questions about Paul and looking at her really sympathetically they had relaxed and just focussed on all of the kids so she was an after thought which allowed her to relax.

Looking at her watch she was surprised to see the time, "Okay it's getting late so we really should be heading home as the girls have school tomorrow. Girls come on and get ready to leave please." There were pouts and whines from all six of the children but when she gave the girls the look that showed that she meant business they relented and got their shoes on ready to leave.

Soon they were all at the front door hugging and saying goodbye, "It was really good to see you Shane, you shouldn't leave it so long before you come out to visit."

"Pfft, you can always come and visit me, I work as hard as you do."

Stepping between them Marissa pushed her husband back by the chest, "We could make more of an effort to come out and see everyone so shush."

Gently pushing his wife aside Shane wrapped his arm around his sister's shoulders, "I do need to come by more but you know I'm always at the end of the phone and if you need me I will be in a heartbeat for you, unless I'm in China and that will take a little longer than one heartbeat for me to be here."

Elbowing him in the ribs she shook her head, "You're a dork."

Kissing the side of her head he smiled and pulled away, "Well duh, you have known me all of your life so you should know this already."

Pushing her brother away from her she moved to hug her sister-in-law before she hugged her nephews and then her parents, "Thank you so much for lunch and I will talk to you soon." Ushering the girls out of the house she was exhausted and couldn't wait to go home and get the girls into bed and then collapse on the couch.

As soon as Stephanie had pulled out of the drive in her car the door was shut and Shane sent the boys back off to play, "We need to leave really soon so let's go into the lounge and I will explain this as fast as possible."

Everybody made their way into the lounge and took a seat eager to hear what Shane had found out.

Sitting down Linda was first to speak, "I want to make my disapproval of your methods noted. If things kick off and Stephanie finds out what you did and how you did it then I want you to tell her that I disapproved and told you not to do it and you did it anyway."

Nodding his head he was more than willing to take full responsibility, "Absolutely, I will happily take all of the blame for this." Taking a deep breath he had to try and remember what little details he had given him, "He admitted to cheating, he said she wasn't special and he met her at the Concussion Legacy thing, he said it started off with just talking and then it progressed to sex." Taking a moment to block the anger out so he didn't miss anything he had felt the desire to punch Paul rise so knew he needed the moment. After he had composed himself again he continued, "He said it had been going on for three months and that she meant nothing to him. When I asked him what Stephanie had done that was so wrong that pushed him into the arms of another woman he said that it was nothing and that it was to do with the pressure he was putting on himself to be perfect as when he was with the other woman he didn't have to be perfect anything, he was just Paul. I'm not exactly sure what part of my conversation with him angered me more, finding out the details that he would give me or him basically asking me to help him get Stephanie back. He is lucky I didn't have him abducted and thrown in the sea somewhere with heavy metal blocks tied to his arms, legs and neck."

Vince clenched and unclenched his fists as he listened to his son talk, "Are we sure Steph would kill me if I fired him? I don't think I can face him tomorrow and not punch his lights out."

Turning to her husband Linda shook her head, "This is exactly the reaction he wants, he wants you to punch and/or fire him, it would make him feel better if he got a reaction. Right now he's not receiving a reaction at all and that is probably making him feel worse about it all."

"So you are saying that I should just act normal with him and that will make him feel worse?"

She was surprised at how quickly her husband had come around to her way of thinking, "Exactly that. I'm not saying treat him like your son-in-law normal, just every other aspect of normal."

"A son-in-law that gets put in a cage match with Lesnar out of nowhere?"

Smacking her husband's arm she shook her head, "No, no and no again." Turning back to her son she knew he had to leave to get his family home, "So do you think he is really sorry and do you think he really does want her back?"

"I have done nothing but think about this all day long and I have to say that I kind of believe that he is sorry, whether he is only sorry because Steph found out though I wouldn't like to say. I am not going to comment on whether he really wants her back, I think only time will tell with that one, if he really wants her back he will put up with the shit she will throw at him."

Looking at her watch Marissa stood up, "We really need to go as we need to get the boys home and to bed as they have school tomorrow."

Whilst Shane was getting ready to leave his parents and head home Stephanie was just arriving to her own home with the girls, "First thing I want you to do when you get inside is take your shoes off and head upstairs ready for your baths please."

The whines that came from the back of the car told her exactly how badly her evening was going to go, "No arguments, you all have school tomorrow and I will not have you being tired just because you don't want to go to bed." She winced as the car doors slammed as they all climbed out of the car but at least they were moving.

The shoes and coats were in a pile by the stairs and normally she would tell them to pick them up and put them away but she was tired as she couldn't remember the last good nights sleep she had actually had so it was easier to just put them away herself after.

Ushering the girls upstairs she allowed Aurora to watch some television in the master bedroom whilst she bathed her sisters and then once they were in their pyjamas the girls swapped places so Murphy and Vaughn watched television whilst she bathed Aurora.

Once all of the girls were in their pyjamas she turned the television off, "Alright girls, Aurora and Murphy you may read your books for a little bit until I come in and tell you that you need to go to sleep and Vaughn I want you to go and jump into bed and I will be in in a minute."

The youngest of her daughter's promptly put her hands on her hips, "I want Daddy."

"Well Daddy isn't here so I will have to do. Now get into bed before you start tomorrow in time out."

Jumping off the bed she stormed out of the room, "I WANT DADDY!"

Squeezing her eyes tightly shut she was going to ignore it and hope that she was just kicking off but as she walked into the bedroom she saw her sat up in bed with her arms crossed looking incredibly determined, "Now please lay down and go to sleep."

"I. Want. Daddy."

She was already exhausted and stressed so her reaction to that was not how she would normally react. Pulling her phone from her pocket she unlocked it and scrolled through until she reached her husband's number and called it before she tossed the phone onto the bed, "There, if he is so much more important to you than I am then have your Father."

Storming out of the room she swung the door shut behind her not even caring when it slammed. All she wanted was to take a minute to herself but as she exited the room she saw Murphy stood there, "Shouldn't you be in bed?"

"I want Daddy too. If Vaughn gets him then I should get him too."

Throwing her hands up in the air in surrender she shook her head, "Fine, if you want him too then you know where your sister's room is, you can join her in bed and I don't give a fuck if either of you are tired tomorrow." Normally she didn't swear around her daughter's let alone at them but there was no denying she wasn't herself right now.

Stephanie hadn't noticed if she was around or not but she guessed that Aurora was stood in the hall and would follow her sister into Vaughn's room so she hurried down the stairs angrily wiping at the few tears that fell down her cheeks.

Paul was trying to get his stuff together ready for Raw but in the back of his mind constantly were images of Vince's face and he looked like he was about to blow his top. Throwing his bag onto the floor he sat down heavily on the bed, ever since he had met with Shane he had just wanted to speak to Stephanie and see if he had said anything to her about their meeting and he also wanted to speak to his daughter's but he didn't want to call as he knew that they were at Vince's and he didn't want to interrupt or make things awkward.

Looking at his watch he needed to text her soon as the girls would be in bed and he needed to apologise for not calling and find some excuse for forgetting that she would buy and wouldn't get him deeper in her bad books. He was about to abandon the packing in favour of a shower when his cell phone began to ring so reaching across to the bedside table he picked it up surprised to see that Stephanie was calling him, "Hello?"

Vaughn excitedly picked up the phone when she heard her Dad's voice just as her older sister entered the room, "Daddy!"

Laughing softly he couldn't help but smile as he heard the obvious excitement of his youngest daughter quickly followed by an excited shout from one of the other girls but he couldn't figure out which as they were so far away, "Good evening baby girls." Looking at the clock again to double check the time he was confused, "What are you still doing up? Shouldn't you be in bed and asleep by now ready for school tomorrow?"

Murphy clambered onto her sister's bed almost squashing her and not caring about her groans of protest, "We missed you Daddy, we wanted to talk to you."

Sighing softly he missed them too, "I miss you girls too but I only saw you yesterday, it wasn't that long ago. You really shouldn't play up for your Mom to try and get your way, you should do as she says as she only wants what is best for you."

"You's best for us Daddy."

Running his hand over his head he sighed heavily feeling bad for his wife, she was obviously trying her hardest and after a day of dealing with her family and explaining the mess he had created she had come home and the girls weren't doing as she asked. Turning his attention back to his phone if he could do anything from afar he was going to make sure that the girls went to sleep as he wanted them to be wide awake for school as much as she did, "I know you girls love your Mom too and you should be nicer to her. Why don't both of you lay down on the bed and close your eyes ready to go to sleep and then I will read you a bedtime story but you've got to promise to apologise to your Mom the very next time you see her."

"We will, we will."

Murphy cuddled up to Vaughn as they both lay their heads on the pillow, "We listening Daddy."

Trying to block all concern for his wife from his mind he desperately tried to think of a one of the many stories he had read to them over the years so he had somewhere to start and only needed to make up a middle and end to a story.

When she reached the bottom of the stairs she began to pick up the shoes and coats to keep her mind occupied so she didn't cry but it wasn't working because as she made her way to the closet her vision was getting blurrier from the unshed tears that were forming in them. Quickly dumping the shoes and hanging the coats up she made her way through to the den and shut the door so that she could cry in private. Collapsing on the couch she grabbed a cushion and held it to her chest as she gave in to the sobs that were threatening to break out.

She didn't know how long she had been on the couch for, all she did know was that her eyes were hurting and she was all cried out for now. Sitting back up she put the cushion back in place on the couch before she got up and reluctantly made her way back upstairs to check on the girls.

Paul didn't even know what the end of his story was going to be but there had been no noise from the girls from a few minutes, "Murphy, Vaughn, are you awake?" When he received nothing but silence in response he was satisfied that they were fast asleep, "Goodnight my beautiful baby girls, sleep well." Ending the call he put his phone down beside him, he almost felt like he should send Stephanie a text but he wasn't sure what he would even say to her or how she would take it so he abandoned that idea and turned his attention back to the packing that he needed to get done.

Her hand hovered over the doorknob to Vaughn's room, she needed to go in and check on the girls but she really didn't want to have to hear Paul's voice tonight. Taking a deep breath she slowly turned the handle and pushed the door open surprised to see that there were only two girls and that they were both cuddled up together and fast asleep. Walking over to the bed she picked up her phone lighting up the screen to see that the call had obviously been ended so sliding the phone into her pocket she bent down and kissed them both on the top of the head before she went to check on Aurora.

Entering Aurora's room she wasn't surprised to see her fast asleep with a book on her chest, she had always loved reading and now she could do it by herself sometimes you were lucky to get her head out of a book. Placing the book on the bedside table making sure to keep the place she was at she pulled her daughter's cover up a little bit higher before she kissed her on the top of the head and quietly left the room.

Standing in the hallway she didn't know what to do with herself, there were so many options but she was just feeling at a loss. Making her way to her bedroom she hoped to find inspiration for what to do really soon as she was going to go crazy if she was left alone with her own thoughts tonight.