CHAPTER 4
One Week Later . . . . .
Vince McMahon stood at the podium as flashes of light went off all around him. He
looked straight at the crowed that was gathered.
"I called this press conference today, to answer the many questions that everyone had
been asking me and my family. Yes it is a truly happy occasion in the McMahon family.
Nineteen years ago, a horrible crime was committed against us. One we chose to keep
secret, for the safety of our youngest daughter Milia. One May 27th, 1983 our she was
kidnapped from a hotel room. We were told to keep it quiet, or that she would be killed.
Fearing that the threat would be carried out we kept quiet. And we prayed that she would
be alright, and would be returned to us. We put up the ransom, and they were able to slip
by the police with the money. And we never heard from the kidnappers again. But our
prayer has finally been answered and she has been returned back to our family." Vince
said finishing his speech. He then answered various questions before he left.
"Hell, how could someone keep quiet about something like that all those years?" Trish
Stratus asked looking around at the locker room full of people that had gathered to watch
the press conference.
"Taker you've been in the business the longest, did you know about this?" Matt Hardy
asked.
The Undertaker shook his head, and looked over at him. "I had heard rumors, that the
McMahons had another child but I never knew if it was true or not."
"I wonder what she's like, Paul have you met her yet?" Jeff asked.
"No, but they're having a family dinner tomorrow night, so I guess I'll meet her then."
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The next night . . . . .
Paul looked down at the petite girl that he was being introduced too. He held out his
hand to shake hers but she didn't respond. She just stood there looking down at the floor.
She was unbelievably good looking. Steph was pretty but Milia, whoa. Her hair was light
brown and curly. She had beautiful green eyes, and a tan complexion. There were only
some small bruises on her face now. She was dressed in a long black skirt, with a long
short sleeved blue shirt. She looked over all uncomfortable.
"Let's go to the dining room." Linda said softly pushing Milia along with the others.
Milia didn't say one word during dinner. She just looked down and ate little. Paul began
to see her as a puzzle. He couldn't help but be sorry for her, and wonder what she had
been put through all the years.
After dinner, Linda went to take a business call, while Steph, Shane, and Vince began to
talk about the business in the den. Milia got up and went into the living room. Paul saw
this as a good time to talk to Milia alone. When he stepped into the living room, she was
at the window looking out.
"Must be quite an adjustment coming here." Paul said startling Milia. She turned around
to look at him, not saying anything.
"The McMahon family can be quite hard getting used too. Trust me I should know." He
said sitting down on one of the couches.
"I'm still not used to them." He said with a laugh. He could tell that she was starting to
relax.
"So you don't want to talk huh? That's okay I can talk enough for the both of us." Paul
said chuckling.
And for the first time, Milia smiled. He can tell that she was slightly amused at the
comment.
"Hell ya he can." Shane said. Paul and Milia looked over to see Vince, Shane and Steph
standing at the door. Milia's smile faded, and she got that distant look in her eyes again.
Steph looked over not to please at the sight she was seeing. For some reason Paul had
taken a interest in her sister, and her sister was responding to him.
"Paul, we should go, we don't want to tire poor Milia out." Steph said. Paul agreed and
got up. Vince followed him to the door.
"I don't know how you did it Paul, but thanks for making Milia smile." Vince said
before he closed the door.
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Three weeks later . . . .
"Milia, I thought that maybe we could fly out to Atlanta, to see Vince, Shane and Steph.
You can meet some of our friends, and see what we do." Linda said pulling Milia's hair
up into a pony tail. They were going to fly out in a few hours.
Milia had been watching every wrestling show with Linda over the past weeks. She
really got caught up in it. Loving the tails of good and evil, and the heroes. She even had
favorite wrestlers, even though she didn't tell anyone. She liked Paul's character, The
Rock, The Undertaker, Edge, Trish, Lita and the Hardy Boys. She loved to watch the
drama of it all.
Milia smiled up at Linda, and Linda smiled back. They had made alot of progress of the
past weeks also. Milia began to smile alot now. And she was much more comfortable
around everyone, she didn't even flinch anymore.
Three and a half hours later, Linda and Milia arrived at the arena in Atlanta. Milia
walked in after Linda. She stuck close to her, as she felt all of the wrestlers eyes on her.
She looked around kinda excited to be around the people she saw on the shows every
week.
Linda opened the door to Vince's office. He was in the middle of a meeting with Paul,
and Dwayne, aka the Rock. Vince got up and came over to hug both women, giving each
a kiss on the cheek.
"Dwayne, I would like you to meet my youngest daughter, Milia. Milia this Dwayne, or
the Rock." Dwayne held out his hand, so Milia did the same and shook hands with him.
"Nice to meet you Milia. If you need anything please just ask me." Dwayne said getting
up. He then left the family alone.
Vince reached down and took Milia in his arms hugging her again. Finally letting go, and
going back to desk to sit down.
"Hi, Linda. Milia." Paul said acknowledging both of them. Milia went to sit down
beside of them. She yawned tired from her flight. It was her first time on a airplane, and
she sat awake in fear of being in the air.
Linda and Vince began talking about business. Something about a new angle. They
were beginning to have problems with one of their sponsors. As they talked business,
both Paul and Milia began to get bored.
"Hey Milia, Do you feel like a tour?" Paul whispered. Milia shook her head yes.
"I'm gonna take Milia on a tour around the arena, we'll see you in a little bit." Paul said
going out of the door quickly before Linda or Paul could protest. They had been very
protective of Milia, and understandably so.
Paul put his arm around her shoulder, as he steered her through the halls. "Now Milia, if
any of the wrestlers give you any trouble I want you to come to me, okay." Milia shook
her head yes. They turned the corner, and ran into Dwayne and Trish. Paul introduced
Milia to Trish.
"Listen, Paul, we really need to go down to the ring to go over the moves for tonight."
Dwayne said.
"Okay, I'll just show Milia the way back to Vince's office."
"Wait, Paul. I will you two go ahead." Trish said.
"Okay. Milia, I'll see you in a little while." Paul said. Then he was surprised when
Milia reached up and hugged him. He smiled as she pulled back, and she smiled back.
Then he walked away with Dwayne.
"Has Paul introduced to the other girls?" Trish asked. Milia shook her head no. "Would
you like to meet them before we head to Vince's office?" Milia then smiled at Trish and
shook her head yes.
Trish hooked her arm into Milia's and began to lead her to the women's locker room.
They found Stacey, Terri, and Amy. Trish introduced all of them. Milia liked all of
them except for Stacey. For some reason, Milia just couldn't stand Stacey.
The others didn't seem to mind that she didn't speak. They still included her into their
conversations, and she would just shake her head yes or no.
"Oh Milia, I really do need to go and meet with someone. Amy can you take her back to
Vince's office for me?"
"Sure no problem, see you later Trish." Amy said. Trish turned and walked out of the
door.
"Come on Milia, let's go." Amy and Milia walked out of the door. They began walking
down the hallway. They made a turn into another hallway, and stopped as they heard
laughter coming out of one of the rooms. Amy went over to one of the doors and looked
through the little window.
"Should have known." Amy said shaking her head. "Come on there is some people I
want you to meet." Amy grabbed Milia's arm and pulled her into the room.
Two guys were jumping on a trampoline. They were doing various flips. One went for a
unusual looking twist, and ended up doing it wrong, belly flopping onto the trampoline.
The other guy stopped to laugh, as well as Amy.
"Great twist there Jeff, your going to have to do that more often." Amy said getting the
guys attention. They got off the trampoline and came over to where Amy and Milia were
standing.
"Milia, this is Matt and Jeff." Amy said, but Milia had already recognized them as the
Hardy Boys. "Matt, Jeff, this is Milia. She's the Vince and Linda's daughter."
"Hi, Milia. It's nice to meet you." Matt said. Milia smiled at both of them. They had
many questions that they wanted to ask her, but they didn't.
"So would you like to give the trampoline a try?" Jeff asked with a grin. Milia shook her
head no, and continued to smile. "Oh, come on, it's fun." Jeff said as he began to pull
her to the trampoline.
He put his hands around her waist and lifted her up onto the trampoline. He pulled
himself up beside her. He stood up and held out his hand to help her up. As soon as she
was on her feet, Jeff began to jump making her go up and down as well. Her smile began
to get bigger, and she began to jump too. Soon Jeff began showing her little tricks, and
Milia began to try them. She was having so much fun, that she began to laugh. And as
soon as she started she just kept on laughing.
Matt and Amy stood back watching the spectacle happen, and smiling. Soon the door
open and in walked Vince and Shane. The first thing they noticed was Milia laughing.
Something that she had never done since being back with them. Vince smiled with
happiness.
"How did he do it?" Shane asked astonished.
"Do what?" Amy asked from beside them. They were all still watching the scene.
"That's the first time Milia has laughed since being found. Actually it's the first sound
that's came from her mouth." Shane answered with a smile.
"I hope that this breakthrough will open her up even more now." Vince said.
By this time Milia hopped off of the trampoline, along with Jeff. With a big smile on her
face, she went to stand beside of Vince.
"Milia, Mom is wanting to talk to you about something." Shane said leading Milia out of
the room. Milia looked back and waved at Amy and the guys.
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"So what do you think, you, me, and Step going for a spa weekend, just to relax?" Linda
asked. Milia shook her head yes, even though she wasn't sure what a spa was. But it
seemed to make Linda happy.
Then to door busted open, and in walked Vince, Shane, Paul, and Steph all arguing.
"How in the hell were you able to lose four writers, Steph. That leaves us with only
one." Shane yelled at his sister. This got everyone to start in at once.
"What is going on?" Linda yelled over all of the voices.
"Steph through a tantrum, causing four of our writers to quit." Paul said staring at Steph.
"Well if they can't stand criticism then they shouldn't be in the business." Steph said.
"You did not need to yell at them the way that you did." Vince said. "That's not your
job, that's mine."
"Steph, what did I tell you about watching what you say." Linda said.
That caused Steph to start in again. Which caused Shane to start arguing, Paul then
jumped in, and soon Linda and Vince were in the mix also.
All the shouting and yelling were starting to make Milia nervous. She kept her eyes on
the door, wishing she could get out of the room. She soon realized there was no way she
could get out, so she did the only thing she knew to do.
"Shut up!" Milia screamed overtop of everyone's voices. Everyone stopped talking, then
looked over at Milia, astonished.
"Thank you." She said quietly this time, looking back down to the floor.
Linda came over quickly, and hugged her. "We're sorry for the fighting Milia." She had
decided not to make a big deal out of her speaking. She didn't want to rush it. Milia
broke away, and ran out of the room.
"I'll go find her." Paul said leaving the family to sort things out.
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He found her ten minutes later, hiding behind some mats. She had her arms around her
knees, and her head buried into her arms. Paul felt her jump as he sat down beside her.
Milia looked over at Paul, and wiped the few tears from her eyes. "Sometimes it feels
like I can't breath." She said.
"When?" Paul asked.
"When people get too close. When I open up like I am right now." She said taking deep
breaths.
"Your safe with us, you know. You have made Vince and Linda so happy with your
return. And I know you've just been thrown into all of this, and there is so much that you
don't know, but if you open up, maybe you'll find what you need."
"Maybe."
"Is being scared of being close to people, why you wouldn't talk?" Paul asked.
"Half of it. One of the guys that I lived with for a while wouldn't let me talk, and if I did,
well it wasn't pleasant." Milia said looking down. "I just got so used to it, then I
realized when you don't talk, you kind of become invisible, and sometimes people will
leave you alone."
"You don't have to do that here. No one will hurt you here. Just give it a chance, get to
know everyone."
"I'll try."
"Good, now I know that there is four people waiting to get to know you." Paul said
standing up, and holding out his hand to help Milia up.
Milia took his hand, and began to follow him. On their way back to Vince's office, they
ran into Amy.
"Hi, Paul, Hi Milia." Amy said stopping.
"Hi Amy." Milia said with a smile. Now that she had spoken, she found it such a relief
to be talking to people.
"Well I'm so glad to hear you talking." Amy said with a smile.
Milia went to say something and stopped as she saw the Undertaker walking down the
hall. She looked up at him amazed. He had such a presence about him, and he seemed
so much like his character.
He walked up to them. "Hi Paul, Amy." He said. He looked down at Milia.
"Mark, this is Milia." Paul said introducing her.
"So your the famous Milia." Mark said looking at her again.
"Your Bad Ass." Milia said with amazement. Paul and Amy busted out laughing. Mark
smiled at that comment.
"I see if you seen my character, or my reputation has preceded me." Mark said.
Milia blushed and began to hide behind Mark. "Sorry, it's just I'm not used to this." She
said explaining herself.
"It's okay, little one. I'll talk to you more later." And with that he was gone.
"Well we gotta be going too." Paul said to Amy.
"Okay. Milia I just wanted to tell you if you have nothing to do later, come and find me.
We can hang out."
"That would be great. See you later." Milia said as she walked off with Paul.
When they walked back into Vince's office, all activity ceased. Milia went to turn, but
Paul blocked her way.
"I'm sorry for running out, I know this has been difficult for you too." Milia said.
Vince stopped her before she could say anything else. "Milia, we do this on your time
table. No one else's."
"Thanks. And I'm going to try to open up more." Milia said going up and hugging them.
"Milia, honey. I'm not going to be able to do the spa thing this weekend now, because
I'm going to be busy helping clean up this writer's mess."
Milia looked rather disappointed. That means she would have nothing to do. She would
only be in the way.
"Well do you mind if I go ahead and go, and take someone with me, I have nothing else
to do. Then maybe you could join me on Sunday, and we could spend the day together."
Milia asked.
Linda couldn't hide the joy she felt, that Milia wanted to spend the day with her. But she
was worried about sending Milia somewhere without one of the family members. Linda
looked over to Vince, who nodded yes to her. Linda could tell that he felt the same way
though.
"That's okay, if you let us send a bodyguard with you." Vince said.
"That's fine. Thank you Daddy." Milia said hugging him again. Everyone was amazed
to see Vince's eyes begin to tear. He never got emotional. But to hear Milia call him
daddy for the first time, was one of the greatest moments of his life.
"Anytime baby, anytime." Vince said slightly rocking her.
"I just have one question?" Milia said. Everyone looked over at her waiting to see what
it was. "What's a spa?" She said completely serious.
Shane broke out laughing, and everyone looked over at him. "Trust me, with Mom and
Steph around you will come to know what it is very well." This caused all the guys to
start laughing. This made Milia even more confused.
Paul couldn't help but hear the groan that Steph let out, and the hateful glare that she was
giving Milia.
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One Week Later . . . . .
Vince McMahon stood at the podium as flashes of light went off all around him. He
looked straight at the crowed that was gathered.
"I called this press conference today, to answer the many questions that everyone had
been asking me and my family. Yes it is a truly happy occasion in the McMahon family.
Nineteen years ago, a horrible crime was committed against us. One we chose to keep
secret, for the safety of our youngest daughter Milia. One May 27th, 1983 our she was
kidnapped from a hotel room. We were told to keep it quiet, or that she would be killed.
Fearing that the threat would be carried out we kept quiet. And we prayed that she would
be alright, and would be returned to us. We put up the ransom, and they were able to slip
by the police with the money. And we never heard from the kidnappers again. But our
prayer has finally been answered and she has been returned back to our family." Vince
said finishing his speech. He then answered various questions before he left.
"Hell, how could someone keep quiet about something like that all those years?" Trish
Stratus asked looking around at the locker room full of people that had gathered to watch
the press conference.
"Taker you've been in the business the longest, did you know about this?" Matt Hardy
asked.
The Undertaker shook his head, and looked over at him. "I had heard rumors, that the
McMahons had another child but I never knew if it was true or not."
"I wonder what she's like, Paul have you met her yet?" Jeff asked.
"No, but they're having a family dinner tomorrow night, so I guess I'll meet her then."
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The next night . . . . .
Paul looked down at the petite girl that he was being introduced too. He held out his
hand to shake hers but she didn't respond. She just stood there looking down at the floor.
She was unbelievably good looking. Steph was pretty but Milia, whoa. Her hair was light
brown and curly. She had beautiful green eyes, and a tan complexion. There were only
some small bruises on her face now. She was dressed in a long black skirt, with a long
short sleeved blue shirt. She looked over all uncomfortable.
"Let's go to the dining room." Linda said softly pushing Milia along with the others.
Milia didn't say one word during dinner. She just looked down and ate little. Paul began
to see her as a puzzle. He couldn't help but be sorry for her, and wonder what she had
been put through all the years.
After dinner, Linda went to take a business call, while Steph, Shane, and Vince began to
talk about the business in the den. Milia got up and went into the living room. Paul saw
this as a good time to talk to Milia alone. When he stepped into the living room, she was
at the window looking out.
"Must be quite an adjustment coming here." Paul said startling Milia. She turned around
to look at him, not saying anything.
"The McMahon family can be quite hard getting used too. Trust me I should know." He
said sitting down on one of the couches.
"I'm still not used to them." He said with a laugh. He could tell that she was starting to
relax.
"So you don't want to talk huh? That's okay I can talk enough for the both of us." Paul
said chuckling.
And for the first time, Milia smiled. He can tell that she was slightly amused at the
comment.
"Hell ya he can." Shane said. Paul and Milia looked over to see Vince, Shane and Steph
standing at the door. Milia's smile faded, and she got that distant look in her eyes again.
Steph looked over not to please at the sight she was seeing. For some reason Paul had
taken a interest in her sister, and her sister was responding to him.
"Paul, we should go, we don't want to tire poor Milia out." Steph said. Paul agreed and
got up. Vince followed him to the door.
"I don't know how you did it Paul, but thanks for making Milia smile." Vince said
before he closed the door.
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Three weeks later . . . .
"Milia, I thought that maybe we could fly out to Atlanta, to see Vince, Shane and Steph.
You can meet some of our friends, and see what we do." Linda said pulling Milia's hair
up into a pony tail. They were going to fly out in a few hours.
Milia had been watching every wrestling show with Linda over the past weeks. She
really got caught up in it. Loving the tails of good and evil, and the heroes. She even had
favorite wrestlers, even though she didn't tell anyone. She liked Paul's character, The
Rock, The Undertaker, Edge, Trish, Lita and the Hardy Boys. She loved to watch the
drama of it all.
Milia smiled up at Linda, and Linda smiled back. They had made alot of progress of the
past weeks also. Milia began to smile alot now. And she was much more comfortable
around everyone, she didn't even flinch anymore.
Three and a half hours later, Linda and Milia arrived at the arena in Atlanta. Milia
walked in after Linda. She stuck close to her, as she felt all of the wrestlers eyes on her.
She looked around kinda excited to be around the people she saw on the shows every
week.
Linda opened the door to Vince's office. He was in the middle of a meeting with Paul,
and Dwayne, aka the Rock. Vince got up and came over to hug both women, giving each
a kiss on the cheek.
"Dwayne, I would like you to meet my youngest daughter, Milia. Milia this Dwayne, or
the Rock." Dwayne held out his hand, so Milia did the same and shook hands with him.
"Nice to meet you Milia. If you need anything please just ask me." Dwayne said getting
up. He then left the family alone.
Vince reached down and took Milia in his arms hugging her again. Finally letting go, and
going back to desk to sit down.
"Hi, Linda. Milia." Paul said acknowledging both of them. Milia went to sit down
beside of them. She yawned tired from her flight. It was her first time on a airplane, and
she sat awake in fear of being in the air.
Linda and Vince began talking about business. Something about a new angle. They
were beginning to have problems with one of their sponsors. As they talked business,
both Paul and Milia began to get bored.
"Hey Milia, Do you feel like a tour?" Paul whispered. Milia shook her head yes.
"I'm gonna take Milia on a tour around the arena, we'll see you in a little bit." Paul said
going out of the door quickly before Linda or Paul could protest. They had been very
protective of Milia, and understandably so.
Paul put his arm around her shoulder, as he steered her through the halls. "Now Milia, if
any of the wrestlers give you any trouble I want you to come to me, okay." Milia shook
her head yes. They turned the corner, and ran into Dwayne and Trish. Paul introduced
Milia to Trish.
"Listen, Paul, we really need to go down to the ring to go over the moves for tonight."
Dwayne said.
"Okay, I'll just show Milia the way back to Vince's office."
"Wait, Paul. I will you two go ahead." Trish said.
"Okay. Milia, I'll see you in a little while." Paul said. Then he was surprised when
Milia reached up and hugged him. He smiled as she pulled back, and she smiled back.
Then he walked away with Dwayne.
"Has Paul introduced to the other girls?" Trish asked. Milia shook her head no. "Would
you like to meet them before we head to Vince's office?" Milia then smiled at Trish and
shook her head yes.
Trish hooked her arm into Milia's and began to lead her to the women's locker room.
They found Stacey, Terri, and Amy. Trish introduced all of them. Milia liked all of
them except for Stacey. For some reason, Milia just couldn't stand Stacey.
The others didn't seem to mind that she didn't speak. They still included her into their
conversations, and she would just shake her head yes or no.
"Oh Milia, I really do need to go and meet with someone. Amy can you take her back to
Vince's office for me?"
"Sure no problem, see you later Trish." Amy said. Trish turned and walked out of the
door.
"Come on Milia, let's go." Amy and Milia walked out of the door. They began walking
down the hallway. They made a turn into another hallway, and stopped as they heard
laughter coming out of one of the rooms. Amy went over to one of the doors and looked
through the little window.
"Should have known." Amy said shaking her head. "Come on there is some people I
want you to meet." Amy grabbed Milia's arm and pulled her into the room.
Two guys were jumping on a trampoline. They were doing various flips. One went for a
unusual looking twist, and ended up doing it wrong, belly flopping onto the trampoline.
The other guy stopped to laugh, as well as Amy.
"Great twist there Jeff, your going to have to do that more often." Amy said getting the
guys attention. They got off the trampoline and came over to where Amy and Milia were
standing.
"Milia, this is Matt and Jeff." Amy said, but Milia had already recognized them as the
Hardy Boys. "Matt, Jeff, this is Milia. She's the Vince and Linda's daughter."
"Hi, Milia. It's nice to meet you." Matt said. Milia smiled at both of them. They had
many questions that they wanted to ask her, but they didn't.
"So would you like to give the trampoline a try?" Jeff asked with a grin. Milia shook her
head no, and continued to smile. "Oh, come on, it's fun." Jeff said as he began to pull
her to the trampoline.
He put his hands around her waist and lifted her up onto the trampoline. He pulled
himself up beside her. He stood up and held out his hand to help her up. As soon as she
was on her feet, Jeff began to jump making her go up and down as well. Her smile began
to get bigger, and she began to jump too. Soon Jeff began showing her little tricks, and
Milia began to try them. She was having so much fun, that she began to laugh. And as
soon as she started she just kept on laughing.
Matt and Amy stood back watching the spectacle happen, and smiling. Soon the door
open and in walked Vince and Shane. The first thing they noticed was Milia laughing.
Something that she had never done since being back with them. Vince smiled with
happiness.
"How did he do it?" Shane asked astonished.
"Do what?" Amy asked from beside them. They were all still watching the scene.
"That's the first time Milia has laughed since being found. Actually it's the first sound
that's came from her mouth." Shane answered with a smile.
"I hope that this breakthrough will open her up even more now." Vince said.
By this time Milia hopped off of the trampoline, along with Jeff. With a big smile on her
face, she went to stand beside of Vince.
"Milia, Mom is wanting to talk to you about something." Shane said leading Milia out of
the room. Milia looked back and waved at Amy and the guys.
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"So what do you think, you, me, and Step going for a spa weekend, just to relax?" Linda
asked. Milia shook her head yes, even though she wasn't sure what a spa was. But it
seemed to make Linda happy.
Then to door busted open, and in walked Vince, Shane, Paul, and Steph all arguing.
"How in the hell were you able to lose four writers, Steph. That leaves us with only
one." Shane yelled at his sister. This got everyone to start in at once.
"What is going on?" Linda yelled over all of the voices.
"Steph through a tantrum, causing four of our writers to quit." Paul said staring at Steph.
"Well if they can't stand criticism then they shouldn't be in the business." Steph said.
"You did not need to yell at them the way that you did." Vince said. "That's not your
job, that's mine."
"Steph, what did I tell you about watching what you say." Linda said.
That caused Steph to start in again. Which caused Shane to start arguing, Paul then
jumped in, and soon Linda and Vince were in the mix also.
All the shouting and yelling were starting to make Milia nervous. She kept her eyes on
the door, wishing she could get out of the room. She soon realized there was no way she
could get out, so she did the only thing she knew to do.
"Shut up!" Milia screamed overtop of everyone's voices. Everyone stopped talking, then
looked over at Milia, astonished.
"Thank you." She said quietly this time, looking back down to the floor.
Linda came over quickly, and hugged her. "We're sorry for the fighting Milia." She had
decided not to make a big deal out of her speaking. She didn't want to rush it. Milia
broke away, and ran out of the room.
"I'll go find her." Paul said leaving the family to sort things out.
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He found her ten minutes later, hiding behind some mats. She had her arms around her
knees, and her head buried into her arms. Paul felt her jump as he sat down beside her.
Milia looked over at Paul, and wiped the few tears from her eyes. "Sometimes it feels
like I can't breath." She said.
"When?" Paul asked.
"When people get too close. When I open up like I am right now." She said taking deep
breaths.
"Your safe with us, you know. You have made Vince and Linda so happy with your
return. And I know you've just been thrown into all of this, and there is so much that you
don't know, but if you open up, maybe you'll find what you need."
"Maybe."
"Is being scared of being close to people, why you wouldn't talk?" Paul asked.
"Half of it. One of the guys that I lived with for a while wouldn't let me talk, and if I did,
well it wasn't pleasant." Milia said looking down. "I just got so used to it, then I
realized when you don't talk, you kind of become invisible, and sometimes people will
leave you alone."
"You don't have to do that here. No one will hurt you here. Just give it a chance, get to
know everyone."
"I'll try."
"Good, now I know that there is four people waiting to get to know you." Paul said
standing up, and holding out his hand to help Milia up.
Milia took his hand, and began to follow him. On their way back to Vince's office, they
ran into Amy.
"Hi, Paul, Hi Milia." Amy said stopping.
"Hi Amy." Milia said with a smile. Now that she had spoken, she found it such a relief
to be talking to people.
"Well I'm so glad to hear you talking." Amy said with a smile.
Milia went to say something and stopped as she saw the Undertaker walking down the
hall. She looked up at him amazed. He had such a presence about him, and he seemed
so much like his character.
He walked up to them. "Hi Paul, Amy." He said. He looked down at Milia.
"Mark, this is Milia." Paul said introducing her.
"So your the famous Milia." Mark said looking at her again.
"Your Bad Ass." Milia said with amazement. Paul and Amy busted out laughing. Mark
smiled at that comment.
"I see if you seen my character, or my reputation has preceded me." Mark said.
Milia blushed and began to hide behind Mark. "Sorry, it's just I'm not used to this." She
said explaining herself.
"It's okay, little one. I'll talk to you more later." And with that he was gone.
"Well we gotta be going too." Paul said to Amy.
"Okay. Milia I just wanted to tell you if you have nothing to do later, come and find me.
We can hang out."
"That would be great. See you later." Milia said as she walked off with Paul.
When they walked back into Vince's office, all activity ceased. Milia went to turn, but
Paul blocked her way.
"I'm sorry for running out, I know this has been difficult for you too." Milia said.
Vince stopped her before she could say anything else. "Milia, we do this on your time
table. No one else's."
"Thanks. And I'm going to try to open up more." Milia said going up and hugging them.
"Milia, honey. I'm not going to be able to do the spa thing this weekend now, because
I'm going to be busy helping clean up this writer's mess."
Milia looked rather disappointed. That means she would have nothing to do. She would
only be in the way.
"Well do you mind if I go ahead and go, and take someone with me, I have nothing else
to do. Then maybe you could join me on Sunday, and we could spend the day together."
Milia asked.
Linda couldn't hide the joy she felt, that Milia wanted to spend the day with her. But she
was worried about sending Milia somewhere without one of the family members. Linda
looked over to Vince, who nodded yes to her. Linda could tell that he felt the same way
though.
"That's okay, if you let us send a bodyguard with you." Vince said.
"That's fine. Thank you Daddy." Milia said hugging him again. Everyone was amazed
to see Vince's eyes begin to tear. He never got emotional. But to hear Milia call him
daddy for the first time, was one of the greatest moments of his life.
"Anytime baby, anytime." Vince said slightly rocking her.
"I just have one question?" Milia said. Everyone looked over at her waiting to see what
it was. "What's a spa?" She said completely serious.
Shane broke out laughing, and everyone looked over at him. "Trust me, with Mom and
Steph around you will come to know what it is very well." This caused all the guys to
start laughing. This made Milia even more confused.
Paul couldn't help but hear the groan that Steph let out, and the hateful glare that she was
giving Milia.
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