Chapter 14

Stephanie smiled a small smile as she walked towards the bed to rescue the poor nurse who looked like she was at her wits end with Hunter. She shook her head and giggled as she remembered the look on his face.

"Stop giving the nurse problems." She said to get his attention.

"Steph, baby, I was wondering where you were." Hunter said as his eyes lit up.

"We need to talk Hunter." Stephanie said with a frown as she nodded to the nurse who left the room. "The doctor said you lost some of your memory."

"I did?" He asked confused as he tried to think.

"Yeah, we aren't married anymore." She blurted out because she couldn't figure out how else to tell him. She could see the confusion cloud his eyes over as he tried to remember and tried to make sense of what she had just told him. She felt the pain in her heart as she watched the pain cross his face as he tried to make his brain work but knew it wasn't working.

"What do you mean?" He asked. "What happened?"

"The doctor said I can't tell you because then your memory might not come back then. The only thing I am allowed to tell you is that we are divorced, everything else you have to find out on your own." She said although it was killing her to tell him this.

"What if I never remember?" He whispered to her.

"I don't know." Stephanie said as some tears fell from her eyes. "I want you to know that we have been hanging out together lately since you are going to see that on TV and what happened to you tonight, this is all my fault. You always were protective of me." She said knowing that she was going against what the doctor wanted but not caring because she wanted to be honest with him.

"This is because even though we aren't married I am trying to keep you safe?" Hunter asked confused. "Please just tell me everything Stephanie." He whispered to her as he stared into her eyes.

Stephanie desperately wanted to give in and tell him everything he wanted to know but she knew she couldn't risk it. If she told him then he might not remember anything and that would just kill him on the inside. To be told something and never actually remember experiencing it, that had to be the worse feeling in the world, she thought. She smiled softly and shook her head side to side to let him know she wasn't going to tell him anything.

"Look I want you to take some time off and rest, maybe when you're by yourself you might be able to see things a little more clearly, you might be able to remember. That means that you have to stop looking out for me and start looking out for yourself." Stephanie said with a sigh. "I am going to have to go back to work at some point and you have to rest. You have to take care of yourself more than anyone else right now."

"Why have I been looking out for you over myself if we aren't married anymore? What has been happening to you that would make me worry?" Hunter asked getting frustrated with not knowing. He knew the answer was locked inside his brain but for some reason it wasn't getting out.

At that moment the doctor walked in and smiled at the two of them, clearing his throat her motioned for Stephanie to leave the room since she wasn't immediate family anymore. Slowly Stephanie got to her feet to leave the room when she felt Hunter's hand on her arm, the look on his face told her what she needed to know. He didn't want her to leave the room because as far as he was concerned she was his immediate family, his last memory was that they were married.

"She can stay." Hunter said simply to the doctor.

"All right. I wanted to make sure you didn't have any questions for me." The doctor said simply.

"Why is it that the last thing I remember is being married to Steph?" Hunter asked with an arched brow.

"Because Mr. Hemsley, your mind is trying to most likely tell you something. I can not be sure but sometimes patients that lose part of their memory remember the last time they felt really happy or they remember something that their mind wants them to replay for some reason." The doctor said with a small frown. "If you and Ms. McMahon got divorced, which I know you did because she has informed me that you divorced her, then maybe your mind wants you to evaluate your time together."

"I divorced her? Why, I mean I love her more than anything. That's why I really did what I did to get us married." Hunter said turning towards Stephanie. "I always loved you."

Stephanie couldn't take it anymore and left the room before he could see the pain and the tears. She knew it had always been her fault, the divorce and pain that she caused him, but to actually see the confusion on his face and hear him say that he had always loved her, even before they were married only made matters worse. She looked up when she felt like someone was watching her but didn't see anyone. The uneasy feeling continued and the only thing she wanted to do was run back in the room and have Hunter protect her but she knew that was wrong. He had to think about himself right now and not worry about her at all. She gulped as she turned in a slow circle trying to figure out who was there and couldn't see anyone. She decided she needed to leave at that moment before something really did happen, she no longer had Hunter on her side and that meant she had no one to keep her safe.

He watched her from his hidden corner and saw the fear on her face. This was going to be the funniest thing he had ever done. Mr. McMahon gave him an order and he intended to follow through with it. This was going to be even better than wrestling and taking her out in the ring. He would make her feel horrible about herself and he would break her spirit. The best part is that Triple H wouldn't get in the way, he wouldn't even remember anything about what was going on, he didn't know the danger that his precious Stephanie really was in. He laughed silently to himself and formulated his game plan in his head. Now it was time to show the world what he could really do.