The courtroom was so tense as three separate parties waited for the results that would greatly change someone else's life. True to his word, Paul had yet to step back into a WWE ring. He missed his job and his fans, but couldn't stand the thought of working in a place that had caused so much betrayal.
Stephanie had tried and failed to talk to Paul on numerous occasions. She knew that she was wrong, but she loved her husband and didn't want things to end this way. Since the news broke, Stephanie had been confined to staying locked up in her house, with specific orders from her father to stay put.
Fans and critics alike were latched on to the story of the Billion Dollar Princes being a Billion Dollar Whore. The only good thing was that Paul had yet to resort to telling his side of the story to anyone.
Chris sat with his head in his hands. He knew all along that Aurora could possibly be his child. Him and Stephanie had engaged in an illicit affair right around the time that she was conceived. There was no real explanation for what they had done except that they were lonely and latched on to each other.
He knew that he was fortunate to have a loving wife and three children at home and even though there was a time that he was going to throw it all away, looking back he was glad that he hadn't.
That was before this had occurred. Now Jess was contemplating leaving him and Chris knew that he had deserved it. It still didn't make the pain lessen anymore nor did it stop his heart from going out to Stephanie.
Stephanie sat trying to make eye contact with Paul to no avail. He sat stone faced, staring ahead refusing to look at anyone but the judge who had just come back with the paternity results.
Everyone in the courtroom waited in complete silence waiting for the results. Stephanie said a prayer, Paul held his breath, and Chris gripped the table a little harder.
"You may be seated." The judge declared as everyone too a seat. "I know that the nature of this situation is very serious so I don't want to make anyone wait any longer. In the case of Aurora Rose Levesque, with a 99.9 percentile, the father is…"
Vanessa and John sat in the doctor's office waiting to take Angela to her normal routine check up. Angela seemed unfazed by the doctor's office as she was fascinated by the toys surrounding the bright room.
"Good morning. How are you?" Dr. Burke asked walking into the room with a big smile.
"Good."
"How is everything with Angela?"
"Well she is sitting up on her own now and she's trying to crawl, although she hasn't quite gotten the hand of it yet." Vanessa answered as she held onto Angela so she could be examined.
Dr. Burke placed the stethoscope to Angela's chest and showed a look of confusion. As he placed it to another part of her chest, he frowned and then looked down at her chart.
"Has Angela been having any trouble breathing? Is her breathing ever more rapid than usual?"
Vanessa quickly started to become worried. "No, never."
"Has anybody mentioned to you that Angela may have a heart murmur?"
"No she was perfect. I mean, she was a little late but she never had any health problems. Why are you asking me so many questions?" Vanessa felt her voice start to rise and John placed a hand on her shoulder to try and calm her down.
"Is there something wrong with Angela, Dr. Burke?" John asked. He was just as worried as Vanessa but was more able to control himself.
"Well she's got a little heart murmur and I would like for a cardiologist to take a look at Angela."
Vanessa quickly lifted Angela and placed her close to her heart. "What exactly is a heart murmur? How bad is it?"
"Well in most cases it's nothing. Heart murmurs are pretty common and normally there are one of those things that heal on their own.
Besides with Angela being in such good health and you guys making sure that she receives all of her proper shots and everything, I'm sure it is something that we can cure with some medication."
"What if medicine doesn't cut it?"
"Well then there are surgical options that can be looked into. However I don't want you to get ahead of yourself. Let's just take her to the cardiologist and see what they say first.
I want you to call a colleague of mine. Her name is Dr. Barnes. She is one of the best cardiologists in the state. I'm sure that she can see no later than next week."
Dr. Burke handed John a piece of paper with the doctor's name, number and address on it.
Vanessa handed Angela to John because she couldn't stop shaking. "So what do we do until then?"
"Nothing. There haven't been any problems so far so I wouldn't go looking for any. Just make sure that she is breathing normally. If for any reason she has trouble breathing or her lips turn blue, take her to the emergency room immediately."
Vanessa nodded numbly as she thanked Dr. Burke and turned to look at her husband who had lost a few shades of color. "Why can't we catch a break? If it's not one thing, it's another."
John placed his free arm around his wife as he kissed her temple. "You heard Dr. Burke, it could be nothing. Don't get yourself all in knots until we know for sure."
"How the hell can you be so calm right now?" Vanessa asked looking at her husband. She was sure that her heart was going to fall out of her chest and John was telling her to calm down.
"Because there is nothing we can do until we make this appointment. There is no sense in worrying ourselves into a frenzy. That won't be any good for her and you know it.
Let's just go home, make the appointment and spend the next two days at home with our daughter before we have to head back to work." Vanessa shakily nodded as she grabbed her husband's hand and walked out the door.
