Melanie paced the floor like a caged animal. Raw had already started and it opened with the footage of Sasha's attack.
Michael, Byron and Corey were all extremely somber as they recapped the events that happened prior to RAW going on the air.
Melanie and Roman's phones had been ringing off the hook but Melanie refused to speak to anyone unless it was Seth, Sasha or her father. Anyone else was immediately silenced and sent to voicemail.
Roman sat on the chair facing her, watching her pace as he spoke to his father.
"How is she?"
"Pissed, angry, furious, I've never seen her so out of sorts but then again you saw what they did, and that is the cleaned up version. They didn't even show everything."
Sika sighed "What is she going to do?"
"I don't exactly know, but what I do know is I'm not even sure God himself would be able to save them from her wrath."
"Let me speak to her, I want to make sure she is thinking clearly, because if she isn't she could get herself hurt and wind up in the hospital room right next to Mercedes."
Roman stood and walked over to Melanie, and gently grabbed her hand. Dropping the phone from his mouth and holding it out to Melanie he said "Baby it's my dad he wants to talk to you."
She nodded and held the phone up to her ear.
"Sika?"
"Yes Pele(dear one) I won't patronize you and ask you how you are doing. I saw the footage; I know how much you love Mercedes. I promise you I will make this quick, I just want you to listen to me for a second okay?"
"Okay"
"What they did was heinous, there was no excuse for it, but you have to know that this wasn't just about business it was personal. They fear you and Mercedes but they also hate you and are jealous of you at the same time. Professionally Mercedes has something they want, the title. But by attacking Mercedes they knew they were essentially killing two birds with one stone. You see they hate Mercedes not just because she has the title, not just because the WWE Universe loves her but because they knew that you would be beside yourself after finding out what happened. They know that the relationship that you and Sasha have is deeper than any blood bond could ever be and they hate it. They hate it because you two aren't selfish, you encourage each other to be your very best, and neither of you are so blinded or driven by your own career ambitions that you would ever turn on each other to enhance your own careers and they don't understand that. They don't understand the deep seeded level of loyalty you two have for each other, and you know what they say pele, people fear what they don't understand. So they did the only thing they could think of. They knew they couldn't get you to turn on each other so they decided to try and divide and conquer and by doing so they want you to be so blinded by your rage that you can't even see straight let alone think logically. Trust me when I tell you they know you are coming for them, they are waiting on it but you have to be smart, don't walk into their trap. You can't afford to let your emotions cloud your judgement. Be smarter than them, Show them who you are. You show them why you are one of the baddest wrestlers to ever step foot in that squared circle, and why messing with you and Mercedes was the worst mistake that they could've ever made."
Melanie wiped away the tear that fell down her cheek. Sika was right she couldn't come at them head on, that would be what they were expecting and that would be a suicide mission. Instead she would have to be very systematic about the whole thing. She needed to get her game plan together.
She allowed a few more tears to drop from her eyes before deciding it was time to reign in her emotions. She could cry later but for now she needed a solid plan. Sniffling one final time she took a deep breath.
"Thank you Sika."
"Any time pele, just do me one favor."
"Name it."
"Show no mercy" he growled into the phone.
A slow evil smirk made its way to Melanie's face "Consider it done" she said handing the phone back to Roman.
She sat down on the bench and put her head in her hands. She needed to think of what she was going to do.
She felt Roman reach around her waist and pull her into his lap.
She turned her body so that she was sitting sideways. She wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head onto his chest.
She had to find a way to pick them off one by one.
Roman kissed her on the top of her head and immediately a knowing smile spread across her lips.
"Le"
"Yeah baby?"
"I need your help."
Without hesitation he replied "Name it."
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"I'm joined now with Alexa Bliss who is scheduled for action in a one on one match up later tonight against Bayley." Turning to Alexa Charly continued "Alexa as much as I would like to start this interview off asking you about your upcoming match I have to put those questions on the backburner and ask you the one question that has been on the minds of the entire WWE Universe."
Alexa smirked nonchalantly "And what would that be Charly?"
"That question would be why Alexa? Why would you so viciously attack Sasha banks?" Charly asked as she tilted the microphone towards her lips.
Alexa smirked "Isn't it obvious? Sasha has what I want, not only that since she and that Pauper Queen Melanie seemed to be joint at the hip it just seemed like the logical thing to do. You see by taking out Sasha I also took out Melanie's sole source for back up, leaving her completely vulnerable, and exposing her for the weak little girl that she truly is." She finished to a loud chorus of boo's.
He stood leaning up against the wall his body facing forward as he watched Alexa speak. He knew he unnerved her because the minute he showed up her eyes immediately drifted over to him even though she was in the middle of an interview. She covered well and made it seem like she was waiting for the Boo's to die down but he knew better. He knew he had distracted her. So he decided to keep pressing her buttons, he winked at her.
Alexa shifted her stance from one foot to the other as she looked directly at him and said "You see soon enough you all are going to realize what I have known the entire time. Melanie is no Queen; she is a fake, a phony, an imposter and a thief. She's merely a little girl who's playing dress up, but I have news for her and for these idiots in the WWE Universe who cheer for her." She said as she waved her hand up and around as if the crowd was in front of her "Tonight all of you are going to have to accept the cold hard facts, that you're Queen." She sneered as she used air quotations "Is nothing more than a filthy peasant who has been riding on the coattails of her Legendary Uncle Ric and his daughter Charlotte for her entire career. She isn't strong enough to stand on her own two feet, and she damn sure isn't strong enough to go toe to toe with me, Charlotte or any other woman worth mentioning in the WWE."
Charly tilted her head in confusion "With all due respect didn't Melanie beat you and Dana last week in a handicapped match?"
That one question made the arena erupt into cheers.
"Alexa snapped her head to Charly and narrowed her eyes in thinly concealed anger. "That was luck, but tonight if she manages to work up the courage to confront me" she said pausing to let out a small laugh "I promise you I am going to make what I did to raggedy ann, Sasha no money banks….. look like child's play." She said dangerously eyeing Charly up and down before walking away towards the perfectly chiseled man of her dreams.
"Hey there Ro, like what you see?" she said as she trailed her hand slowly up his arm.
"What in the hell?" Corey said from the announce booth the confusion on his face reiterated by the sound of his voice.
"Your guess is as good as mine, did he and Melanie break up?" Michael asked as they looked on in stunned silence.
Roman held eye contact, shrugged nonchalantly and slowly licked his upper lip. "Why wouldn't I like what I see?" he asked slowly lifting his head to gaze over Alexa as she smiled dreamily at him.
"Especially when I have the perfect view of the empires Queen."
Alexa looked perplexed as he stared at something over her head. He pointed at what had caught his attention and she couldn't help but notice the unmistakable twinkle that was in his eye as the arena spontaneously combusted into cheers.
"It was a trap! It was a trap! Melanie is right behind her!" Michael said excitedly as the crowd's raucous cheers turned into uncontrollable chaos.
Alexa couldn't shake the sinking feeling she had in the pit of her stomach, slowly turning around she came face to face with Melanie who had the most alarmingly serene look on her face.
Before Alexa could even blink she felt a searing pain against her neck. Her first instinct to grab at her neck proved to be wrong as she again felt another searing hit this time against the other side of her neck.
"A KENDO STICK! SHE JUST HIT HER WITH A KENDO STICK!" Michael Cole screamed
Stumbling backwards away from Melanie Alexa didn't know what hit her. Bent over and gasping for air she tried to get away but was blinded by the pain as she stumbled along the wall. Quietly Melanie walked up alongside of her and kneed her in the stomach. Before taking her weapon of choice and smashing it down along her back.
"How much of a coincidence is it that Melanie is using the exact same weapon on Alexa that Alexa wielded against Sasha?" Byron asked
Alexa screamed and arched her back in pain as the crowd's chant of "THIS IS AWSEOME! THIS IS AWSEOME!" reverberated through the arena.
"Coincidence my ass! I can damn near guarantee you that Melanie grabbed that Kendo stick to use against Alexa on purpose." Corey said
Taking the stick Melanie rained down hit after hit on Alexa, connecting with her thighs, back and neck before finally delivering a blow to her lower back that broke the kendo stick in half.
But much like Alexa earlier in the day Melanie wasn't done.
She grabbed Alexa by her face and yanked her up so she was standing straight up.
"Where is YOUR back up now Alexa?" She said angrily into her ear before whipping her forward into a rising steel door. Picking her up again this time by the back of the neck she whipped her in the opposite direction into the steel door behind her.
As Alexa bent over on the ground in pain Melanie stalked over to her and kneeled down next to her head and yanked her up by her hair "I'm going to show you the same mercy that you showed Sasha."
Melanie tilted her head to the side and looked at Alexa as if she were deep in thought "Oh wait…..you didn't show her any!" she said angrily as she bounced Alexa's head against the steel door, her head making an even more sickening sound than Sasha's did when it bounced off the mat.
"OH MY GOD did you guys hear that? The way her head bounced off that unforgiving steel you know Alexa has to be hurting right now" Michael Cole said
Melanie pulled her up by her hair so that her head and shoulders were off the concreate but her body was crumpled on the ground "In case you forgot let me remind you of who I am!"
Taking a few steps back she watched as Alexa slowly tried to push herself up off the ground. She knew Alexa's vision was blurry because she kept squeezing her eyes open and shut as she whimpered in pain on the floor. Waiting until Alexa was on her hands and knees Melanie stood up, took another step back and then leaped forward right foot first, taking three steps until she lifted her left leg so that it was perfectly positioned above Alexa's head.
Melanie brought her foot down with as much force as she could muster and curbed stomped Alexa into the cement floor.
Melanie heard a sickening crack but she couldn't bring herself to give a damn as she laid down next to Alexa saying "Oh and her name isn't Raggedy Ann, it's The Boss…..Sasha Banks your WWE Raw Woman's champion, and I'm Melanie the Queen of Souls. Next time you mention our names I suggest you do so with the respect that not only we deserve but that we've earned!" Melanie said shoving Alexa's head roughly against the wall, watching as it lulled listlessly onto the ground.
Pushing herself up off the ground, she took a step over Alexa's lifeless body and headed down the hallway. Turning to look over her shoulder at the camera she said "One down, two to go"
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"Making her way to the ring from Cleveland Ohio DANA BROOKES!"
As Dana's music hit she nervously made her way down the ramp and to the ring.
"Dana has got to be just a little paranoid knowing that tonight, Melanie is out for blood." Byron said to his colleague who simply nodded his head
"If I were her I would be. You saw what she did to Alexa; she showed no mercy, she was ruthless, calculating, cerebral - " Michael said ticking off each descriptive word on his fingers.
"Can you blame her?" Corey interrupted "Sasha isn't just a coworker or a colleague she is her best friend they have both on many occasions called each other sisters. If someone attacked your sister as viciously as they did to Sasha wouldn't you respond in the same way?"
Dana entered the ring and quickly ran the ropes not even bothering to acknowledge the crowd as they attempted to boo her out of the arena. Putting her head down she exhaled a deep breath and shifted from side to side as she stood there with her hands on her hips waiting for her opponent to be introduced.
JoJo lifted the mic to introduce Alicia Fox but only silence greeted them as she spoke into the mic. You could see her mouth moving but no sound was being emitted through the arena. Confused she again lifted the mic and attempted to speak but again no sound could be heard.
"It looks like we are having a few technical difficulties ladies and gentleman please bear with us while we get JoJo another mic." Michael said smoothly.
Dana rolled her eyes in irritation at the malfunction as JoJo stepped out of the ring to grab another mic just as the lights went out.
Less then 10 seconds later the lights came back on and the minute they did the crowd came alive.
Dana had her back to the ramp and was looking at JoJo who was staring past Dana into the Ring.
"Gentleman…business just picked up and Dana has absolutely no clue" Michael said
"Michael she has to know by the huge reaction of the crowd that this reaction isn't for her!" Corey said as Byron nodded in agreement
Just like Alexa earlier Dana got an extremely uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach as she listened to the crowd scream and holler as the chant that she dreaded hearing the most began to get louder and louder.
"QUEEN OF SOULS! QUEEN OF SOULS!"
"You have to wonder what's running through Dana's mind, is she going to turn around or is she going to make a run for it?" Byron said.
They got their answer as Dana tried to make a break for it through the ropes. But it was all in vain as Melanie made sure to account for the possibility that Dana could run and made sure that she was standing within an arm's reach of her. The minute she attempted to escape Melanie grabbed a fist full of her hair and yanked her backwards with so much force that her back bounced off the mat and she rolled backwards. Once she finished rolling she ended up on all fours looking up at Melanie who simply stood there in silence.
"It looks like Dana's worst fears have been realized, not only that she sees that Melanie came bearing gifts." Byron said
Melanie never let her eyes leave Dana as she adjusted the steel chair in her hands.
Dana was alternating between slowly scooting backwards and holding her hands up in surrender. Pleading for mercy she said "Melanie please, please don't hurt me, I swear it was all Charlotte and Alexis's idea! I didn't want to do it but they didn't give me a choice!"
Melanie lowered the chair to her side.
"Do you think Melanie is going to let her go?" Michael asked
They weren't left to wonder long as they watched Melanie swing the chair as if she were making an underhand throw, connecting the back of the metal chair with Dana's chin, the force of the hit sending her sprawling backwards. Melanie swung the chair again this time connecting with the side of her head with so much force that Dana's upper body continued the swinging momentum only coming to a stop when her body bounced up and down on the bottom rope.
"Does that answer your question?" Corey asked.
Dana cradled her head in her hands and groaned in agony as she lay with her shoulders on the bottom rope.
Melanie grabbed her by her ankle and pulled her off the rope and further into the ring.
"MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET BETTER FRIENDS! OR LEARN TO THINK FOR YOURSELF!" she screamed raising the chair above her head and connecting it with the small of her back.
Dana rolled around the ring arching her back in pain.
Melanie threw the chair down next to Dana and pulling her up by her hair delivered a northern lights suplex to Dana onto the steel chair. Standing to her feet she lightly shook her head.
The screams of the crowd echoing in her ear as they chanted "THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME!""
"You got to think that Melanie might of rung her own bell a little in the process of delivering that suplex" Byron commented
Stepping over Dana who was still writhing in pain Melanie propped the steel chair up in the corner.
Again lifting Dana up to her feet and supporting her body weight with her own strength since Dana could barely stand, Melanie held her head face down under her arm, threw Dana's arm over her neck and grabbed a fistful of her tights, pausing to let the crowd soak in what she was about to do she suplexed Dana into the corner and into the steel chair.
"My GOD! Melanie is trying to break her in half!" Michael said
Melanie popped up and removed the steel chair from the ring post.
Picking up Dana's body as if she weighed nothing she propped her up in the corner with a leg hoisted around the second rope on the right and left. Then she did the same with Dana's arms wrapping them up and over the top ropes guaranteeing that she was securely in place. Taking the steel chair she swung the chair like a baseball bat into Dana's left knee.
Dana let out a blood curdling scream.
Unfazed by her outburst Melanie swung the chair a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth time, until the chair was so dented she knew it was no longer doing the damage that she intended to be done.
"HOW DOES IT FEEL DANA? HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE IN SO MUCH PAIN THAT YOU ARE BEGGING FOR IT TO END?" she screamed as she grabbed Dana by the throat and with one hand pulled her straight up so that her legs and arms were no longer hooked on the ropes.
Yanking her forward she watched as her body hit the mat with a thud and crumpled into a heap near the corner.
Melanie rolled out of the ring and in each hand pulled on one of Dana's ankles so that she had one leg on either side of the ring post. Extending back the leg that she had just finished abusing with the chair Melanie looked towards the crowd who broke out into a yes chant.
"YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!"
Pulling back as far as she could she looked up into the ring to see Dana weakly shaking her head no.
"DID SASHA SAY NO BEFORE YOU WRAPPED HER KNEE AROUND THE POST?! DID SHE BEG FOR YOU TO STOP?! DID SHE?" Melanie screamed as she swung Dana's leg as hard as she could, slightly scaring herself at the immense pleasure that she felt at the sound that it made when it collided with the steel post.
Dana tried to pull her leg back but she was too weak and nowhere near fast enough to get away from Melanie.
Pulling back the same leg Melanie waved her index finger at Dana before again slamming it into the ring post.
She pulled her knee back a third time but a smirk made its way onto her face seeming to give way to the fact that she had a better idea.
Stepping up onto the mat Melanie carefully and skillfully lifted Dana's legs before quickly wrapping her up in that oh so familiar family leg lock and lowering her body to the ground so that she was upside down over the edge of the ring.
The crowd was quiet they couldn't believe what they were seeing.
Seemingly out of nowhere it seems that they all came out of their shocked daze at the exact same time and started screaming in unison.
"HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!"
"I CANT BELIEVE IT! SHE LOCKED IN THE FIGURE FOUR UPSIDE DOWN!" Byron screamed
Dana's screams were relentless but Melanie tamped down the section of herself that would normally be sympathetic to someone else's pain and instead pushed herself up with her arms, so that she was in a handstand. Arching her back she tightened her legs, giving herself more leeway to add pressure onto Dana's knee.
Only once Dana was completely silent did Melanie release her from the submission.
Standing up she watched as Dana lay there motionless, her legs dangling over the side of the ring her one leg dangling at an awkward position, Melanie nodded her head and let her tongue curl up and touch the tip of her top lip. Heading to the opposite side of the ring to grab a microphone, she rolled under the bottom rope and stood in the middle staring at Dana's limp body.
Slowly raising the mic to her lips
"Two down, one to go…Charlotte! I'm coming for you!"
Dropping the mic in the middle of the ring Melanie eased herself under the second rope and headed up the ramp as the medics rushed past her on their way to the ring.
The minute she walked back into the dressing room Roman was standing there with the phone in his hand. Removing it from his ear he put it on speaker.
"She's back"
"THAT'S HOW WE DO MEL!" Seth screamed through the phone.
Melanie let a small smile claim her face as she shook her head. "Don't get ahead of yourself I still have Charlotte to take care of and we all know she isn't going down without a fight, wait a minute" she said scrunching her face up "How do you know what happened?!"
"Your dad pulled some strings and had Sasha put into a private room with a tv. Sasha is pissed as hell that she had to miss the second half of you annihilating your cousins little sock puppet."
"Why where is she?" Melanie asked shoving a piece of hair behind her ear.
"They came and took her for an X-Ray right when you started suplexing her into the ring post."
"Where's my dad?"
"He went with her"
Even though he couldn't see her Melanie still nodded her head.
"Okay, Seth I got to go I need to get myself together before I have to get in the ring with Charlotte. When Mercedes gets back tell her I love her and give her a kiss for me okay."
"Got it, Love you Mel, remember what I said, be careful"
"Love you too Colby, and I will"
Roman disconnected the call and tossed it into the chair.
Pulling Melanie into his arms he felt her put her face into his chest.
He laid his head down on top of hers as she slipped her arms around his waist.
"I'm here, let it out."
Those five words were all it took for the façade to fall and the dam to break as Melanie broke down into tears in Roman's arms.
Slowly stroking her back he waited for her to calm before sitting down and pulling her into his lap.
Taking his hand and caressing the side of her face he tilted her face up towards his lips and kissed her on the forehead.
"I needed that Le, thank you." She hiccupped.
He hummed his response and pulled her even closer into his body.
"You want to talk about it?"
Melanie shrugged looking up at him her eyes filled with an angry determination "What's there to talk about. They hurt my sister. They put her livelihood and her life in jeopardy, and when you do that, when you hurt my family, I no longer care about your pain or your feelings. I don't care about your career, I don't care that you said you felt pressured, I don't care whose idea it was. All I care about is that you participated in the act that put my sister in the hospital and that makes you a viable threat to my family, and when you are a threat to my family it now becomes my job to eliminate your very existence."
Roman couldn't argue her logic as that is exactly how he felt last week with Samoa Joe. Speaking of which, he knew he was going to have to deliver the news sooner or later so he figured sooner would be much better than later.
Gently pushing the hair out of her face he said "I have to tell you something, but I don't want you to worry yourself about it because I'm going to take care of it."
"I want you to know that when you tell me not to worry…I worry"
"Dually noted"
Biting his bottom lip in apprehension he came to the decision that he wasn't going to beat around the bush, he was going to give it to her straight and they would deal with the aftermath together. "I don't know exactly how to tell you this so I am just going to say it. SJ is here"
He watched as the color drained from her face as she dropped her bead back in disbelief.
"He is supposed to be suspended for 3 weeks!" Melanie says her aggravation building as she attempted to lift herself from Roman's lap.
"He is suspended" Roman responded while simultaneously pulling her back down onto his lap.
"Then why is he here?!" Melanie said angrily delivering a solitary clap in-between ever word.
"Charlotte hired him to be her personal body guard, which means -"
"He will be at ringside during the match…this is great, just fucking great" she muttered a lump forming in her chest with growing frustration at the entire situation.
Melanie grated her teeth together, today just kept getting worse and worse.
Roman remained quiet for a moment allowing her some time to cool down, he kissed the back of her shoulder blade and rested his face in the crook of her neck. Pulling her deeper against his chest and jostling her slightly around the waist he mumbled against her skin "Do you trust me?"
"Of course I trust you." Melanie answered without any hint of hesitation.
"Then know he won't get within 10 feet of you before I am there and laying him on his wide round ass."
Placing a kiss to her neck he lifted his head and spoke into her ear "Besides I have a plan."
Even though the entire situation just seemed to keep going from bad to worse the corners of Melanie's lips turned up into a smile as she shook her head at him. Taking a deep breath she reached up with one of her hands and ran her fingers along the outline of his chiseled chin.
"Oh yea and what might that be?"
Before he could even open his mouth to explain their door was swung open and her Uncle Ric came storming through.
"Mel please just hear me out."
Melanie leaned her head back onto Roman's shoulder and closed her eyes. Slowly opening them she stood to her feet as Roman did the same.
Lightly pulling on her wrist to make her turn to face him he said "I'm going to give you two some privacy, I'm going to go and change out of my ring gear."
Nodding she waited until the bathroom door closed behind him before turning to face her Uncle. Standing with her feet shoulder width apart she crossed her arms tightly across her chest as she waited for him to speak his peace.
"You and Char are blood you two grew up together this shouldn't be happening….not like this." Ric said as he shook his head from side to side.
"You should've had had this conversation with Charlotte before she decided to try and end Sasha's career!" Melanie angrily replied.
"I know she was wrong, and I know you're upset but please, please don't do this" he begged holding his hands in front of his face in a praying motion. "This is going to break my heart to watch you two go against each other tonight." He said his heartache at the conflict between Melanie and his daughter painfully etched along every inch of his face.
Melanie felt her heart contract in her chest. Hurting her uncle Ric was not a part of the plan but somehow that is exactly what was happening.
"It was bound to happen Uncle Ric" she tried to reason.
"Yea but not like this, this isn't in pursuit of the title, this is personal tonight one of you could really get hurt in this match."
"Oh I'm banking on it." Melanie said still refusing to budge.
Ric stepped forward and gently grabbed her face between his hands.
"Mel I'm begging you please…please back out of this match. What do you want me to do? Do you want me to get down on my knees and beg because if that is what it takes to stop this madness I will!" he said dropping to one knee.
Melanie reached out and gently pulled him back up, she could see this was tearing her uncle apart. She loved him like a father, she truly did. He had always been good to her, spoiled her, and corrected her when she was wrong but never did so without also teaching her a valuable lesson, and above all else he always made time for her. Regardless of where he was in the world and what time it was he was never too busy or too tired to talk to her. This is why looking into his eyes tore her apart knowing that the one thing that he asked her for would be the one thing that she would have to deny him.
"I love you, you know I do, and under any other circumstances I would do as you ask no question asked, but I can't let this go." She whispered her words of refusal burning a hole through her heart as they passed through her lips.
She heard the door to the bathroom open and then quietly close behind her. She didn't hear any footsteps but she knew he was there.
"She went too far Uncle Ric, yes by blood Charlotte is my family" she said as she tapped her finger on her chest "But my heart doesn't give a damn about genetics, my heart doesn't give a damn about who's related to me by blood. In my heart Sasha is my sister, and in here that means more than any blood bond ever will, that bond with Sasha…..that can't be severed, that bond with Sasha when put to the test, when I'm asked to choose, when I'm forced to make a choice….." she said her voice cracking on her final word "It will always be Sasha every single time!"
Looking him in the eye she said "You, mom and dad always taught me that you go to the ends of the earth and back for your family. That you protect them at all costs, no matter the opponent, no matter the threat, no matter the consequences and that….that is exactly what I'm doing."
Ric lowered his head "My words have come back to bite me in the ass" he said with a small humorless laugh before letting out a sigh of defeat. Lifting his head he looked into Melanie's eyes her tear filled green ones reflecting the same emotions as his tear filled blue ones. "I hate this, I feel like I have to choose between my only niece and my only daughter and I don't know what to do." He said as a single tear made its way down his cheek.
Melanie shook her head and gently wiped it away "I'm not asking you to choose, I would never ask you to choose, but I am asking you to respect my decision."
Ric kissed her on her forehead. "You've always done me and your mother proud, I love you kid, always have and always will, but I can't watch this." He said as he shook his head and placed one final kiss against her forehead.
Melanie nodded in understanding, kissed him on his cheek and watched as he turned on his heel and left as quickly as he came.
Turning to look at Roman who as she had already suspected was still leaning up against the wall near the bathroom door, she motioned towards the closed door as it slammed behind her Uncle, looked up into his eyes and said "That bitch is going to pay for that too."
A/N
Happy Sunday my Lovelies! I am sorry this is posting so late this weekend I wanted to get this out Friday or Saturday but my Tendinitis in my hand is trying to flare back up so I have only been writing in short spurts because I am trying to keep it from completely flaring up...that ish is painful and I cant use my right hand for a week atleast when it is 100% in effect. Anyway enough about that.
Thank you to all of the new favorites/followers and to all of you guys who commented thank youuuuuu! To all of my silent readers thank you too! I appreciate you all from the bottom of my little heart.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter It kind of was a myriad of emotions. I'm not going to lie to you her and Sika's conversation in the beginning gave me my WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE! I love how he looks out for her and treats her like one of his kids.
Mel is still pissed but seeing her uncle Ric so distraught over the whole situation broke her heart but fueled her anger all at the same time. I told y'all Mel was going to get loose and she did! but wait until you see what she does to Charlotte in the next chapter :D
CTINA: I know *le sigh* I wanted to get this out earlier but my hand was bothering me. Hopefully I can control it enough to get another update out to you all this week before the weekend :D
ReignsBalorRollinsStylesOrton : Hey SUG! Mel and Roman are absolute goals! lol which is shameful because they are not a real couple lol and I hear you I get pissed every time I read the end of Chapter 54...but atleast with this one I gave you 2/3 of her destruction so how is it so far?
Wrestlechic1: Heyyyyy! I love them so much. Melanie adores Jo and it gives me the feels when they are together. Now that she is fully embracing how she feels about Roman its game over they will go to the ends of the earth for each other. Taker and Seth are so much fun to write especially together because they are like oil and water but push comes to shove Taker will have Seth's back because he knows how much he means to his daughter and he knows how much Seth loves his be honest I think Charlotte, Dana and Alexa have lost their damn minds with the way they were coming after Sasha, but I am lying if I don't admit that I am loving writing how Melanie is picking them off one by one. Next chapter is going to be a complete hot mess and I cant wait!
Not-that-kinda-gurl: Hey boo! no worries I was just checking on you because I hadn't heard from you in a while. What do you think so far? Personally I think they bit off more than they could chew because Melanie didn't come to play with these broads. They went to far when they went after Sasha now Melanie is making them pay for it.
Samr09 : Thank you! I love that I can take you on an emotional roller coaster! To be honest I should be ashamed of myself I hate it when other writers leave me with a cliffy but yet I do it all the time lol! Next chapter its definitely about to get real. I had alot to fit in this chapter which is why I couldn't put the Charlotte match into this chapter as well. Also I didn't want to cheat everyone out of the destruction of Alexa and Dana by making them short drive by paragraphs just to get to Charlotte I wanted them to each have alot of detail and reflect how pissed off Mel is.
Levesque-Rollins823: Thank you! I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well :D
KiaraKitty08: That is coming up in the next Chapter I promise you! I just hope I don't disappoint everyone since everyone is waiting for that altercation!
aussieKayz: Thank you!
Madjai6: M6! I knew you would be lol like I said though I guess that means I am doing my job :D Don't be disappointed though I had to leave Charlotte's part out and put it in the next Chapter because I didn't want to skimp on the Alexa and Dana destruction. Melanie made it known she was out to destroy them I hope that came across in this update. Hopefully now you aren't so angry and this update has appeased some of your blood lust lol
caleb's babe: Hey love! thank you so much! well in this chapter its 2 down and 1 to go soooo next chapter comes the real showdown. What she did to Alexa and Dana was just a warm up.
Talk to you all later!
XOXO
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