It reached 5am at the hospital when Summer was woken up by the nurse rubbing her arm softly making her stir. "Summer sweetie time to get up" Summer groaned a little but opened her eyes to see the nurse, "Morning Summer, time for surgery" Summer didn't respond, just lay there in her bed.

Ever since it had sunk in last night that she'd be out of the ring for a year maybe more, she'd cried and cried hard. It was a big shock and made her life come to a screeching halt, the big dreams she had were shattered all thanks to Mark. He wasn't even aware that he was the cause of all this, he'd done this to her, broke her neck and shattered her dreams.

"Summer we're just gonna put the needles in your hands now" the nurse said getting the small needles ready to put into her veins in her hands. It was where they put the anesthetic to put her to sleep. The pain didn't bother Summer, even though she was terrified of needles. She had fallen into a depression and didn't want to think about anything or talk to anybody just yet. "Right Summer, time to go" Summer smiled a little at the nurse as she was wheeled out of her room but was stopped by Matt and Jeff.

"Good luck sis, we'll be here when you wake up" Matt said taking Summer's hand but being careful of the needles.

"You'll be alright Sums" Jeff said noticing that Summer did look quite scared about it.

"You will be here wont you?"

"Of course we will Summer, we're not leaving"

"And I'm gonna be okay?"

"Yes don't worry, they'll fix you up and you'll be fine" Summer smiled a little at their reassurance but had to leave them when she was wheeled into surgery. "Okay Summer we're just injecting the anesthetic now, count to ten and you'll soon be asleep" Summer barely even got to 3 before it hit and she was out like a light, and the surgery began.

Mark hadn't slept all night and he was slowly feeling the effects, he hadn't had a good nights sleep for 3 days now and it was getting to him. But he couldn't sleep, especially now that he knew he'd been tricked and made to look like a fool. Dawn had brain washed him for 3 months now, making Summer's life a living hell for no reason. She was a sweet young woman just making her way through life and he'd been nothing but a thorn in her side, calling her names and making her feel like crap. It pained him every time he thought about it, he was ashamed of himself.

"You screwed up big time Mark," he said to himself as he sat on the edge of his hotel room bed. Another night without sleep and he could certainly feel his energy levels slipping to an all time low. But he was thinking about Summer, her face was imprinted in his head, the look of horror on her face when he tore that picture up and then he laughed. He actually laughed at her crumpled crying form on that floor as her heart was breaking holding the remains of the picture.

He'd broken her heart when he destroyed that picture and he wished he could take it back, take it all back and make everything different. He wished he never believed Dawn in the first place, he wished he'd never brought her back to his hotel room and slept with her. She wasn't worth it at all; even if he paid her she couldn't satisfy him. All she wanted was his money to buy gifts for herself, every night she'd come to him asking her a 'little treat' and then he'd basically hand her his wallet. She'd brainwashed him completely, and now he felt ashamed to even look at himself in the mirror.

Mark needed to go and apologise to Summer about everything, but would she forgive him? "Of course not you ass clown, look what you've done to her," Mark said to himself as he walked into the bathroom. "She'd never forgive you for doing all of the things you did, exposing her secrets and personal life to friends and work colleagues, you're a disgrace Mark Calaway"

Mark looked at himself in the mirror and nearly growled, he was an evil man and couldn't see a way out of this mess. He'd screwed up big time, "I can't even face going to see her in her hotel room" when Mark said that he froze as he started to head out of the bathroom, he remembered the conversation he had with Steve last night, telling him that Summer was getting ready for neck surgery.

"No… I couldn't have done that… no" Mark said slowly as the images flashed into his mind, he had completely screwed that match up, Summer was only doing as she was told but he didn't want her anywhere near him. So to piss her off and get revenge he decided to tombstone her to get his point across, but he'd done more harm than good. He didn't want to admit it before but he had slipped with his knees and her head and neck took the weight of both herself and Mark. Then he watched Summer walk around trying to prove to everybody that she wasn't injured but now he realised that she really was, and injured badly.

"Oh man" is all Mark said before heading back into the bathroom to empty the contents of his stomach into the toilet. He was ashamed of himself but now he realised he'd broken a young woman's neck he felt even worse. Mark felt he was a complete disgrace and didn't feel like showing his face at work ever again. But he had to get his head out of the toilet, as there was loud banging on his door, so he slowly got up off the floor after flushing the toilet, then he quickly washed his face and headed out to answer the door.

The person was hammering on the door until Mark answered it; "Steve" is all he managed to croak out before heading back into the bathroom. Steve watched him run into the bathroom and heard him throw up.

"He ain't giving me no sickness bugs," Steve mumbled as he cautiously walked toward the bathroom, "Mark, you alright?" he said through the door after hearing the toilet flush. Mark came back out looking like shit, the bags under his eyes were dreadful, his eyes were bloodshot and he looked pale and completely out of it.

"Stomach flu?" Steve asked as he took a step back from Mark who frowned a little, "No, no stomach flu… I've just realised what an ass hole I've been" Steve felt like giving Mark a standing ovation at that statement, he'd finally realised and come to his senses. "I've been an ass hole Steve I know, you don't have to come out with any remarks"

"Tough shit I'm gonna, you put that girl through hell"

"You barely know her"

"I know enough Mark, she's told me everything from day one, you're a disgrace you should be ashamed of yourself"

"I am Steve, look at me! I've barely slept for 3 days straight, I haven't eaten and I realised last night that Dawn had been playing me as a fool"

"How?"

"She came to me with Torrie, they were both crying so I asked them what was wrong and they made up that Summer had beaten Torrie up after the match"

"That's bullshit, she was carted off on a stretcher"

"I know I saw it, that's when I realised and my world came to a screeching halt, they had lied to me for 3 months"

"So what happened?"

"I got angry, walked into the bathroom and threw a bowl of water over Torrie and watched her 'bruises' slowly melt away"

"Glad to see you've finally realised"

"But I feel awful Steve"

"So you should"

"I know I deserve it"

"You deserve your damn ass kicked, but frankly I haven't got the time to do that, I need to be back at the hospital in 2 hours and that's not enough time to get the job done" Mark looked at Steve and then looked at the floor, he knew he deserved a good punishment from everybody.

He'd take a million punches to the face to prove how sorry he was but he knew it still wouldn't be enough for Summer to forgive him.

"How is she?" is all Mark could get out before walking back over to his bed to sit down so he could settle his stomach.

"She went down for surgery an hour ago, the doc said another two hours and it should be over"

"How bad was it?"

"Neck broken in 4 places and a hell of a lot of ruptured disks" Mark felt himself sink lower into the hole he'd dug himself into. "You know how dangerous tombstones can be without proper authorisation, yet you foolishly did it anyway"

"I was angry"

"Why?"

"Because Dawn had been saying all this shit and it was getting to me"

"By saying what?"

"That Summer was saying I couldn't wrestle and keep up with the younger generations"

"So?"

"So? Steve that's one of my biggest fears, if I can't keep up with everybody then it's time to hang the boots up, I don't wanna be known as a has been still trying to prove I can wrestle, I would like to leave this business with at least some dignity and pride"

"You deserve nothing but a slap in the face right now and then your ass kicked in the ring by everybody when its Smackdown tapings" Mark again looked down at the floor.

"Why so gullible Mark? Why didn't you just listen to Summer instead of biting her head off? We didn't name you leader of both locker rooms to start hating on people. You were judgemental before you knew her, snorting and laughing at her when she was having fun with her brothers"

"I don't know what I was thinking Steve! Dawn just got under my skin, clawed at my weaknesses and used them against me, kept saying that Summer was telling everybody I was old and washed up. I was afraid that people would agree with her so I lashed out"

"And started to tell people Summer's real personal secrets, Mark she's the talk of the locker room now. You better think of something good to sort this mess out"

"I will don't worry, I'll speak to Vince about it"

"Vince wants to do the same as we want to, kick your ass and fire you. He threatened to cut your salary and suspend you because you were behaving that badly. I know your divorce was hard on you but not all women are like that"

"My divorce nearly made my whole world crumble down, she aborted my kid Steve"

"What?"

"Sara fell pregnant with my child, but she didn't want it. I thought I'd convinced her to keep it but then when I took her to her first scan, the doctor told me they couldn't see anything on the screen. That's when Sara admitted she'd aborted it and lied to me the whole time, I was about ready to buy clothes and toys, but then she ripped my heart out and then said she found somebody else, so then came the divorce and Sara was trying to claim for all kinds of things. Wanted half my wages, wanted the house, my belongings and everything else. It was tough, that's why I hated women and lashed out"

"Still doesn't give you the right to treat Summer like shit. Yes I feel sorry for you about the divorce but you're not using it against me to try and make me take your side, you screwed up big time Mark. Lost some friends and lost all of your respect, it'll take a miracle to earn that back"

Mark sighed and ran his hand through his hair knowing that Steve was right, he could tell people all these sad stories but it wouldn't make any difference. He still screwed up and needed to fix things.

"Can I come with you to the hospital?" Mark asked looking back at Steve who shifted in his chair and said, "I don't see why not, but others may disagree"

"Why? Who else is there?"

"Matt and Jeff obviously, their dad is flying out soon, Rey and a few others"

"Wow"

"Yeah so if I were you I'd tread carefully"

"Oh"

"Plus Shawn and Hunter are flying out to see her to apologise as well, they were also victims in this little scheme you had if you remember"

"So many things were happening I don't know who was involved"

"You were spreading rumours to Hunter saying that Summer was gonna expose his relationship with Stephanie and then you or Dawn made a scrap book with pictures of Shawn and Rebecca but Summer's picture was replacing Rebecca, it had little slogans saying that Summer wanted to be Mrs Michaels and all that crap. It hit Shawn hard and he lost it and went crazy at Summer"

"What happened?"

"He said his bit and then Summer said it wasn't true and proved it wasn't her handwriting in the book, but it was too late, Shawn had blew it and now Summer won't talk to him like she won't speak to Hunter"

"Oh"

"So yeah it won't be easy getting forgiveness, Shawn can pray as much as he wants to, somehow Summer isn't going to forgive him, so your chances are pretty slim too"

Mark sighed again but said "Still I've gotta try though, I feel awful"

"Again I agree with you, you should feel awful but if you want to try and apologise then get your shit together and I'll drive you to the hospital, but I'd wear protection if I were you, Matt and Jeff are quite likely to lash out"

Mark knew he had a shit load of people waiting to kick his ass when he told them the truth about everything, so he had to brace himself and take what punishments they gave him. "Come on Mark we haven't got all day, get yourself together" Steve said noticing that Mark hadn't moved a muscle, but slowly he got up to get changed to head towards the hospital to go and see Summer.

"Man I hope she's okay" Jeff said as he ran his hand through his hair, he and Matt had been sitting in the waiting room for almost 3 hours now and hadn't heard a thing.

"Don't worry Jeff she's gonna be okay" Matt said trying to reassure his brother who was turning into a nervous wreck.

"I hope so, that's a our sister man"

"Well spotted Jeff, I haven't been living under a rock for the past 25 years"

"You know what I mean"

"I understand bro, I know it's difficult but we gotta stay strong, she'll need our love and support when she wakes up" Jeff nodded and tried to hold it together for his sister. When they were growing up, Summer and Jeff were more like best friends. They were together everyday acting like little rascals and always getting up to mischievous things, they shared the same interests in everything and it was like they were twins. Summer was close to Matt as well, but he was always her protector and they didn't share that special bond like she and Jeff shared.

"You're right, we just gotta stay strong," Jeff eventually said after a few minutes of silence. But nearly growled when he heard some familiar voices, "You guys ok?" Jeff looked up to see Shawn and Hunter standing next to both he and Matt.

"How do you think we are Shawn? Our sister is having serious neck surgery" Jeff replied scowling at them.

"You've got some nerve coming here" Matt said before neither could reply.

"Look we're not here to argue" Shawn said trying to calm the situation down before it got out of control and ended up with them all being kicked out. "We know we screwed up big time"

"Oh you certainly did, breaking our sisters heart like that, how could you? She loves you!" Jeff said trying to control his temper before the nurses came to kick them all out.

"I know Jeff we screwed up and we're sorry"

"You better be more than sorry, that girl has been through enough these past 3 months thanks to that bastard Mark"

"I know and again I'm really sorry, I've been asking the lord for forgiveness for the past week"

"It's not him you need forgiveness from" Jeff grumbled making Shawn frown.

"I'm asking for forgiveness for my sins Jeff, I've done some terrible things, I will be praying for Summer's forgiveness too" Again Jeff grumbled something but nobody heard him.

"I really don't know how she'll react to us being here, I know it's gonna be hard for her to even look at us let alone speak to us" Hunter said as he eased himself into one of the tiny chairs in the waiting area. Matt just looked at them and knew they were truly sorry but his brotherly instincts were still high so he didn't want to make peace just yet.

"How long she been in there?" Shawn asked breaking the deadly silence that had occurred.

"Almost 3 hours"

"Wow, pretty serious then"

"Yup, 4 breaks and some ruptured disks, the doc said summat about putting a metal plate in"

"Ouch that must hurt"

"Hopefully it'll be alright"

"Jeff she'll be fine"

"Shawn don't act like we're best friends, not after what's happened"

"I understand Jeff, it'll be hard to build those bridges again"

"You hurt her badly Shawn, she loves you, worships the ground you walk on, and you turn around and fall into Mark's trap"

"I know it was foolish and stupid but he was sucking everybody in, I just freaked out that's all" Jeff didn't answer him, as he was too frustrated.

And his frustrations were about to grow even more when he saw who walked through the door, "Oh hell no, get your ass outta here! You think you can come in here and make some more comments? Whose Summer supposedly beaten up this time!?" Jeff shouted as Mark headed towards him.

"Hush your mouth boy" Mark growled at the young man who was glowing a shade of red.

"Back off you ass hole, we don't need you here" Mark was expecting all of this and found it hard to control all of his emotions.

"Mark isn't here to cause a scene" Steve said interrupting the fight that was gonna break out if somebody didn't step in, "Mark has realised his mistakes and wants to apologise like the rest of you" Jeff was about to say something but then stopped, Mark had seen sense?

"What do you mean you've seen sense?"

"I've realised that I was brainwashed by Dawn for 3 months, she's done nothing but cause trouble and I already feel like shit so anything you say to me couldn't possibly make me feel any worse" again Jeff stopped himself from saying something, was this the real Mark he was looking at?

"So you've seen sense?"

"Yes"

"That you were and are a complete ass hole"

"Yes"

"And that you broke my sisters heart"

"Yes"

"And turned all her friends against her"

"Yes"

"And spread personal things to everybody"

"Yes"

"And actually broke her neck"

"Yes"

"And then spent weeks denying it saying she was just faking the injury for attention"

"Yes"

"And have put her out of action for a year when she's only worked with us for 3 months"

"Yes"

"And that I really would like to kick the living shit out of you right now"

"Yes Jeff I know I've got a pretty big list of people waiting to kill me and I know I've done some stupid shit"

"When did you realise?"

"Last night when Dawn and Torrie came to my room"

"Why?"

"They were faking injuries, saying Summer had beaten Torrie up, but I knew Summer was being taken to hospital after the show, so I threw water over Torrie and her suspected bruises were just make-up"

"So you have sorted everything out?"

"How'd you mean?"

"Apologised to everybody at the arena, apologised for nearly breaking marriages up, ruining friendships, causing backstage bitching and everything in between"

"No not yet, I wanted to start with the people who meant most to Summer"

"Aww isn't that touching" Jeff said sarcastically making Mark twitch with anger.

Jeff wasn't going to forgive anybody just yet; he'd hold this grudge for as long as he lived. Nobody treated his sister like shit and got away with it.

"Jeff I know you hate me"

"Hate isn't the word Mark, there is no word to describe how I feel about you"

"Okay"

"In fact I've thought about killing you these past few weeks, you've hurt my sister too much and its not right, I had to sit in a locker room night after night hearing her cry, comforting her after all the shit you said to her, reducing her to tears right before match time, spreading rumours, destroying her belongings! And then breaking her neck with that damn tombstone and then completely denied it! And then having the nerve to try and put her in a match next week! Mark if could have killed you I would!"

Mark knew Jeff meant business and just sank down in one of the chairs and couldn't find anymore words to say. Saying sorry wouldn't mean a damn thing right now, so he remained quiet.

Jeff and Matt were still sitting there glaring at the 4 men in front of them, but were distracted when the doctor finally came out of the surgery "Jeff, Matt?"

"That's us" they both said together scrambling out of their seats and the doctor smiled. "She's just fine, the surgery was a great success, she's not awake yet but there seems to be no damage, so she'll heal just fine"

"Thank you doctor, thanks a lot"

"No problems, you can come and see her when she wakes up and she'll be wheeled back into her room" then he walked back into surgery to wait for Summer to wake up.

"Well?" Steve said noticing the relieved looks on their faces. "The surgery went well and she's just fine" Steve grinned and everybody else sighed in relief, especially Mark.

Summer felt extremely groggy when she woke up and opened her eyes, a bright light filled her eyes and she had to close them again to block it out. Memories came flooding back to her with where she was and what had just happened, so she did the only thing she could think of, wiggled her fingers and toes. Relief spread through her when she could feel everything working and moving properly and that meant she was not paralysed.

"Summer you with us?" came a male voice and Summer opened her eyes again to see a doctor standing next to her, soon smiling "Morning sleepy head, the surgery went as planned, you'll heal just fine sweetie"

Summer smiled a little out of relief but said "Where's Matt and Jeff?"

"They're outside waiting for you, I'll bring them in now" Summer smiled again but then slowly lifted her arm up to see it was covered in drips to help with the pain. She couldn't feel anything at the moment though, her neck just felt like deadweight and her ears were ringing. But they were soon filled with the voices she loved to hear, "Sums, thank heavens you're okay"

"Nice to see you to Jeff" she replied smiling when he squeezed her hand gently.

"You okay little one?" Matt asked taking her other hand.

"I think so, can't move my head but other than that, fingers and toes are still moveable so I think I'm good to go"

"Long road of recovery to get through yet sis"

"I know but I'll manage"

"We'll be here for you every step of the way"

"Thank you"

"What are brothers for? We'll help you with everything"

"Will I be able to walk soon?"

"Yeah but just take it easy for the first couple of days, I don't know how long the hospital plans to keep you"

The doctor overheard and said "I was going to recommend about 3 or 4 days just to heal properly without hassle from fans, a bit of trouble occurred when people heard you were here"

"That's fine"

"And you can start walking tomorrow I'd say, but nothing to strenuous, no walking up and down stairs until a couple days"

"Okay, what about food?"

"Well with the neck brace I'd say soft foods and soup, it might affect your throat restriction"

"When do I have to wear that then?"

"As soon as you're wheeled back into your room and have been sat up" Summer yawned and felt her eyes closing again as the anesthetic was still lingering.

"I don't think you'll get her to wear that just yet doc" Jeff said stroking his sister's hand as she fell back to sleep to sleep off the anesthetic.

"That's quite alright, keep the guards up around her bed so she doesn't roll out though and she should be fine until she wakes up for some food"

"We'll watch her"

"Right, now that everything is checked and sorted, it's time for her to be wheeled back to her room" then the doctors and nurses helped push Summer bed back to her room.

"Told you there'd be a shit storm coming your way" Steve said after watching both Matt and Jeff go into the surgery room to see Summer.

"I know Steve I'm expecting it" Mark replied as he rubbed his temples.

"How could you?" he heard someone say and he looked up to see Shawn staring at him with hateful eyes. "Never in all my years of being a Christian have I had to pray like that to get forgiveness, you screwed everything up, put my marriage on the rocks and ruined my friendship, I hope you're proud of your self Mark William Calaway"

Mark looked down at the floor and sighed, "Saying sorry wont mean a thing right now Shawn as you wont accept it"

"You're damn right"

"Which is why I'm staying quiet"

"Why did you do all this though? Why believe Dawn? You of all people knew she was a no good excuse for a woman yet you chose to sink to her level"

"I don't know Shawn, she was saying all the things I feared, she got under my skin and revealed my darkest fears"

"Nobody in this business thinks you're old and washed up, especially Summer, she loved you ever since she was a little kid. Whenever we practised matches and I trained her she imitated you and laughed and had fun, but you did some awful things to that girl just because she didn't introduce herself to you on her first day"

"Yeah Mark that is pretty stupid" Hunter said as he eyed Mark up, "You sucked us all in and turned everybody against her, I've lost both mutual and business respect for you, it's gonna take years to build up the bridges we had again" Mark looked down at the floor feeling ashamed of himself.

"You deserve it son," Steve said noticing Mark slowly cracking with pain and sadness, "You probably can't even look in the mirror can you?"

"No, and I can't keep any food down either"

"That why you're looking so pale and tired?" Shawn said noticing just how big the bags were under Mark's eyes.

"Yes I feel terrible okay? And I haven't slept or eaten in days" Shawn tried to remain angry but he knew Mark was suffering for his actions; it would take a miracle for Summer to forgive him.

"I understand you're going through hell Mark and you've got every right to, but I've never been a man to hold a grudge or stay angry at somebody so I have no feelings towards this anymore, you've said your apologies to Hunter and myself, I don't accept it but I respect you've said it"

Mark nodded a little and said "That's all I ask for, at least for now anyway" Shawn nodded in return but looked over to the surgery room when the doors opened to reveal Summer being wheeled out with her brothers by her side. She was asleep and had her hands covered in drips but hadn't got a neck brace on as the doctor was carrying it in his hands.

"She looks so fragile" Shawn said softly noticing how small she looked in the bed.

"I know, but she'll get through this" Hunter said with hope in his voice.

"With all our love and support she'll heal in no time" Steve replied getting up and stretching. Mark however looked on at Summer being wheeled towards her room, feeling his heart ripping into shreds.

"You better pray and pray hard for forgiveness Mark" is all he heard Shawn say before they walked off to follow Summer back to her hospital room.