Finally an update. I'll be updating more often lately. I had writers block for a month..but I am back now. :P
This story is almost over...maybe another chapter or two...we'll see. :)
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It seemed as if the room was quiet for hours. Everyone sat there unable to say a word. Finally Vince spoke up.
"What?" asked Vince as he glanced over at Stephanie, then over to Hunter.
Stephanie at that point was so angry at Chris. It was certain that her fate was sealed as soon as she was alone with Hunter. Not only that, but to top it all off...now Vince knew. Which meant EVERYONE was going to know eventually.
"You heard me." Chris said as he glanced over at Vince. "Stephanie, I'm sorry... but it has to come out now." Chris said as he looked over at Stephanie, who seemed to have a blank expression on her face.
"Steph? What is he talking about?" asked Hunter, who was surprisingly calm.
"I..I...I don't know." said Stephanie, who decided she was going to lie. Her life was far too important, and at that moment, all that crossed her mind was her sitting upwards in a casket while the worms devoured her life-less body.
"STEPHANIE...don't back down now just because Hunter's here." said Chris, as he turned to her and pointed.
"I..I..I don't know what your talking about. He never hit me." said Stephanie as she tried to play it off.
"Yeah, see...your out of your mind, and I would appreciate if you stay away from my wife." said Hunter as he stood up.
"Yeah, Hunter would never harm Stephanie. He loves her, that's how I know that's a complete lie, right Stephanie?" asked Vince as he looked over at her.
"Yeah, right..." she said, as she slowly moved her eyes down at the table.
Vince thought Hunter was the GREATEST guy that ever walked the planet. Never in a million years would he think Hunter would lay a hand on Stephanie. He just didn't buy it. Of course Stephanie was denying it anyways.
"Get out of my office, and stay away from her." said Vince as he began to get rather upset.
"Alright, you don't wanna believe me, FINE! But Steph..." Chris said as he paused and looked at her. She shamefully looked up right into his eyes. "...whenever he continues to hit you, you know where to find me." Chris said as he was fuming, and he slammed the office door behind him.
Stephanie felt SO bad. She didn't want to leave Chris hanging like that, but she had no choice. She was already going to get a beating... and no telling how much worse it would have gotten if she had admitted the truth. She knew Chris was angry at her...she just hoped he didn't hate her for this. He just didn't understand...she couldn't tell anyone.
"What a jack-ass. I can't believe he'd lie like that!" fumed Vince.
"Yeah well...he obviously was trying to cover up whatever happened last night between the two." said Hunter angrily as he glanced over to Stephanie and gave her a death glare. "You ready Steph?"
"Yeah, I'm ready." she said softly. Boy was she dreading what was coming to her.
"Oh you two... you guys have a meeting in the morning with Vic in Stamford. So you guys go ahead and go to Stamford and I'll see y'all there.
"Who all is in this meeting?" asked Hunter.
"Just some top WWE stars." said Vince.
"Oh alright. Talk to you later, Vince." smiled Hunter.
"Bye daddy." said Stephanie. Vince could tell she was upset about something. He was going to ask her about it privately tomorrow morning at the meeting.
Hunter and Stephanie exited the office and headed for the airport. No word was spoken until they were on their way.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" asked Hunter out of the blue. Here is comes, thought Stephanie.
She didn't know what to say... all she could manage to say was "I don't know."
"You don't know, huh? You've been going to Jericho the whole time for a little comfort? And not only that but you told him about what goes on behind our closed doors."
"I...I wasn't thinking." Stephanie said softly. Almost so soft you couldn't hear her.
"You damn right you weren't thinking. And tonight, I'm going to show you just what happens when you reveal our personal business." said Hunter as they finally reached the airport.
Stephanie was nervous and shaky all day. She knew she was going to get the beating of her life. She couldn't help but block out those thoughts with Chris. She knew how upset he must be. She didn't mean to hurt him. If anything, she admired him. He saved her. And how did she repay him? By calling him a liar. She felt lower then low. She felt like dirt. Now there was no one who could save her. She was all alone in this world.
The day went by pretty fast. That night is what she feared. As soon as they were behind closed doors in their hotel room, he let her have it. He really messed her up this time. She had marks all over her body that were now bruises. She had a black eye in her right eye. He kicked her back pretty hard so she was weak. She could barely move. Hunter had told her that morning before the meeting that she was to stay behind and he'd cover for her. She had no choice, so she agreed.
As Hunter arrived at the meeting, everyone was already there. Hunter walked on in and sat down across from Chris. It was the only seat available.
"So...where's Stephanie? If I heard correctly, she was suppose to be here as well." Chris said as he stared a hole into Hunter.
"She didn't feel well this morning. I think it's the flu or something." Hunter said.
"Bullshit." Chris said out-loud so that everyone heard.
"What, you think I'm lying? I have no reason to lie asshole. Call her up yourself and ask. She's been puking all morning." said Hunter as he stared at Chris with an extremely evil look on his face.
"Yeah, puking from you keeping her so stressed. I bet she isn't here because you beat the hell out of her." Chris stated.
"Let me tell you something you son of a b–-" Hunter began to say as Vince interrupted.
"ENOUGH you two. I want you BOTH here after the meeting. I want to speak to you both privately." Vince said.
Everyone in the office looked at each other funny. They wondered what they had been missing. Jericho defending Stephanie? What was going on? Did Hunter really abuse the bosses daughter? No one thought he'd be that stupid. Would he?
After the meeting everyone exited the office.
"You two take a seat." Vince said.
After they were seated, Vince began to speak.
"What the hell is going on here?" asked Vince.
"Sir, Hunter is abusing your daughter. Why do you think she isn't here this morning? Because Hunter beat the shit out of her and she's at home probably in bed not able to move." Chris said.
"Oh go to hell. You don't know what your talking about." said Hunter.
"The hell I don't. Who's the one Stephanie ran to all those nights after you hit on her? ME. Who's the one she ran to to cry on? ME. Who's the one she confided in? ME.
"Alright... well then why is she lying about it?" asked Vince.
"Because she's scared to dead that Hunter is going to kill her." said Chris.
Vince looked over at Hunter.
"Vince, you know me... this is such bull. I love Stephanie, I'd never lay a hand on her." said Hunter.
"I know that. I want to believe that. But why else would Chris be saying this?" asked Vince.
"Because he hates us. He's out to get me and what better way to do so they say I'm abusing the bosses only daughter. I mean COME ON...it's so obvious what he's doing." Hunter said.
"Ok... get Stephanie on the phone." said Vince.
"Alright." said Hunter.
After Stephanie answered, Hunter gave the phone to Vince. "Hello?" Stephanie answered.
"Steph? You alright? How are you feeling?" Vince asked.
"I'm fine daddy...just been puking all morning. I am sick. I must have the flu or something." Stephanie lied. Hunter had already told her what to say just in case Vince called.
"Are you lying?" asked Vince.
"What?" asked Stephanie.
Chris and Hunter just watched Vince as he spoke to her on the phone.
"Were gonna confirm this now. Has Hunter ever put his hands on you? Or pushed you? Anything?" asked Vince.
"What? Of course not." Stephanie said as she kept her cool.
"You can tell me if he is... I'll make sure to it you never see him again." said Vince.
"Dad...no... Hunter loves me. He'd never do that." Stephanie said as she felt terrible for lying.
"Alright. I'll talk to you later. Call me when you feel better and we'll grab some lunch or something." said Vince.
"Ok daddy...I love you." said Stephanie.
"Love you too. Bye." said Vince as he hung up.
Before he even hung up, Chris done lost it.
"That's BULLSHIT. OH MY GOD....WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK HUNTER IS A GOD-DAMN ANGEL??!! Atlease I am smart enough to see RIGHT THROUGH HIM." Chris yelled at the top of his lungs. Took both Hunter and Vince by surprise. Chris immediately headed for the door, then stopped and turned to Hunter and pointed directly to him. "Also, let me tell you something... I am in love with your wife...if I EVER hear of you hitting her again...I'll kill you myself." Chris said as he then slammed the door behind him.
Vince and Hunter stared at each other a second. "The man is nuts." Hunter said as he shrugged.
A few days went by. It was time for Monday Night Raw. Hunter had never told her about what Chris had said. So she had no idea how Chris felt about her... and she honestly never gave it much thought as to how she felt about him. All he told her was to stay away from Chris. Her bruises had cleared up...her black eye was still kinda noticeable but luckily Vince wasn't there that night. Make-up covered a lot.
Stephanie and Hunter were in their locker-room. They were minding their own business and watching the show when all of a sudden there was a knock on the door. Stephanie went to get up to get it when Hunter stopped her.
"Sit down, I'll get it." Hunter said as he walked over to the door. Stephanie just watched. A part of her wanted it to be Chris. As he went to open the door, sure enough, it was Chris.
"What do you want dousebag?" asked Hunter as he glared at him. He noticed Chris stuck his head in to see Stephanie looking back at him.
"I want to talk to Stephanie." Chris demanded.
"Well I don't think that's such a good idea." said Hunter as he pushed Chris outside the door and closed it behind him. "She told me to tell you to stay away from her. So leave us alone." Hunter said.
"I don't buy it." Chris said.
Suddenly security came up. "Is everything alright here?" asked the tall man.
"I was just telling Chris he needs to go and leave my wife alone." said Hunter.
"Chris...you wanna follow me?" asked the man.
"Yeah alright... but you can't keep her locked in there forever." said Chris as he turned to walk away.
"What happened?" asked Stephanie.
"Nothing. I told him to stay away from us.... that you never wanted to see him again." Hunter said as he started to get ready for his match with Kane.
"Why? Hunter...I dont want him to think I hate him." Stephanie said sadly.
Hunter got angry that she was defending him. Although now days it seems like ANYTHING she said set him off.
"Oh so what...are you in love with him too?" snapped Hunter.
Stephanie sat there a second. "What?"
"What?" asked Hunter.
"You just said am I in love with him too... does he love me or something?" Stephanie asked carefully.
"Forget it." said Hunter.
"But--"
"DROP IT!" Hunter yelled.
Stephanie didn't say anything after that.
Later that night Hunter went out for his match. He had guards surrounding the door so that Chris couldn't get in. Chris, being the smart guy he was, brought some friends along to take care of the guards. Once all the guards were lying on the ground, he had his friends block the door. He entered slowly. He didn't see Stephanie anywhere. He walked over to the bathroom door and heard Stephanie yelling like a blooming idiot. She was just screaming at the top of her lungs. It also sounded like she was crying. He lightly knocked on the door. Stephanie suddenly froze. He spoke up.
"Steph? Are you ok?" he asked. Now knowing it was Chris, she quickly opened the door. It had seemed like MONTHS since she had seem him. She honestly had thought Chris hated her for her lying.
As she slowly opened the door, she stuck her head out first. "Chris?"
"Hey. Are you ok? What's wrong?
She didn't even say anything, she quickly grabbed him and hugged him tightly. Chris kinda stood there shocked.
"Chris...I'm SO SORRY...I didn't want to lie and make you look stupid...I was afraid... I'm so sorry...please dont hate me." she said as she started crying.
"Steph...are you crazy? I could never hate you. I mean, I was disappointed that you lied... but I know your afraid." said Chris as he still held on to her.
"Really? You don't hate me." asked Stephanie as she looked up into his eyes.
"NO...of course not. I've missed you like crazy. I've been so worried about you. What did he do to you that day?" Chris asked as he recalled the day he let out the secret.
Stephanie looked down. "He...he pretty much beat the shit out of me. That's why I didn't come to the meeting...but I'm ok now." she said as she looked back up and smiled.
"Your eye...he punches you in the eye? I can tell it's alittle black...make-up cant cover all of it." Chris said as he sadly looked at her eye.
"Yeah, it hurt like hell...but it's much better now." she smiled at him.
Chris got lost in her eyes. He couldn't help but run his hand down her cheek. He loved her so much. And there was no way he could let Hunter touch her again. "Stephanie... why don't we both take off tonight? We can run and he'll never find us." Chris said, being VERY serious.
"Are you crazy? That man is powerful, he'd have us found in a few hours." Stephanie said. "Speaking of Hunter...what are you doing here? He's probably already finished with his match...you have to go."
"Stephanie...I can't leave you. I'll kill him if he ever touches you again. I can't take it." Chris admitted.
"Chris...I don't want to watch him hurt you...he's crazy when he gets angry...trust me, I know." Stephanie said.
"Yeah, and he takes it out on the weak...he wouldn't dare lay a finger on me because he knows I'll kill him." Chris admitted.
"Come on Chris...you have to go. I don't want you getting hurt. PLEASE." begged Stephanie.
"Alright. But Stephanie....here..." Chris paused as he gave Stephanie his number. "Hide this...and you call me if ANYTHING happens, ok?" asked Chris.
"I will. I promise." smiled Stephanie.
"Alright. I love you." Chris said as he reached in for a hug. He didn't realize he said it.
"What?" she asked.
"What?" Chris repeated.
"You...you just said you love me." Stephanie said as she smirked at him.
"Oh...I uh..." he stopped as he chuckled at himself. His face turned bright red.
"Awww...Chrissy loves me?" said Stephanie as she started laughing.
"Yeah yeah... umm.. I got to go...call me." Chris said as he smiled, hugged her one more time and then left.
Stephanie stood there staring at the door that he had closed behind him. Did she just hear what she thought she heard? Is Chris IN love with her...or does Chris just love her as a person? Whatever it meant, she loved it. It felt nice to hear someone say that...even if he didn't mean it like that.