"Jay will make it." Alanah says as she walks in our room. I smile and
lean my head against the headboard. "Don't think that's great news."
"What now Alanah?" I snap.
"Well you almost killed your best friend because you thought he was Greg Santos, a dead guy. That's not going to look great in court, will it?" She asks and sits next to me on the bed.
"Ruin the mood Alanah, go ahead. Oh, wait, too late. You already did."
"Enough sarcasm Adam. This is serious. I don't want you to go to jail."
"I won't Alanah. Trust me, I'll be fine."
"Adam the odds are against you. We have to fight this, we can't ignore it." Alanah's crying. I smile at her.
"I like it when the odds are against me."
"Goddamn you Adam! You'll never understand!" She yells as she storms out of the room.
"Maybe I won't!" I yell after her.
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"Maybe you should." Vince says to me over the phone.
"I don't know Vince. I mean I just took time off a few months ago. I don't think it's wise for me to take more time off. People could forget Edge." I say.
"People will only forget Edge if we let them. We won't let them forget him. But Adam, some things are more important than wrestling. This is one of them."
"Did your father think there were things more important than wrestling?"
"Adam this isn't the right time to discuss this."
"Did he?"
"For your information, yes, yes he did."
"Alright."
"Going to court and getting everything settled is more important. You have a wife and a baby. What good are you going to be in jail? You need to be there to love and protect them."
"It would be like I was traveling with the WWE, IF I even go to jail, which I won't."
"If you were traveling you'd come home. If you're in jail you'll never come home until you complete your sentence." Vince says. I sigh.
"Vince this isn't fair."
"I agree 100% Adam. But life isn't fair. If you are completely innocent in this case then you have to fight it. Although beating up Jay wasn't the best thing you could have done."
"I know that! Do you think I wanted to beat up Jay?"
"Not at all."
"Ok then."
"Whether you wanted to do it or not, you did it. Now you have to deal with the consequences. If you're having difficulties finding a lawyer I can find you a top of the line one."
"Thank you Vince."
"You're welcome Adam. Take care." He says and hangs up. Great. Now I'm taking even MORE time off of wrestling.
~~~~~~~~~
"Jay are you mad?" I ask as I walk in Jay's hospital room. They just want to keep him a few days for observation.
""No." He answers. I sit on a chair next to his bed.
"Are you sure? I'd understand if you are."
"I'm not. I understand you're under a lot of pressure. But this isn't going to look good when you go to court." He says. I scream and jump up.
"I'm sick of hearing about me going to court!" I scream.
"I'm sorry but it's true."
"Jay say one more fucking thing and see all these medical tubes connected to you? Yeah, these, I'll screw around with them so you'll have to eat out a tube the rest of your life."
"Sit the fuck down Adam and shut the fuck up. I'm not saying anything else about what happened. The past is the past."
"Fine." I say lowly and sit down. "Vince made me take a leave of absence."
"Because of what happened?"
"Yeah."
"Adam I think you should come clean."
"Jay! Damnit I'm not!"
"But Adam you'd get in less trouble!"
"But Adam nothing! YOU'RE the one who reminded ME about the pact, remember?"
"Fine Adam fine." He sighs. I lean back on the chair. This is not going as planned.
"What now Alanah?" I snap.
"Well you almost killed your best friend because you thought he was Greg Santos, a dead guy. That's not going to look great in court, will it?" She asks and sits next to me on the bed.
"Ruin the mood Alanah, go ahead. Oh, wait, too late. You already did."
"Enough sarcasm Adam. This is serious. I don't want you to go to jail."
"I won't Alanah. Trust me, I'll be fine."
"Adam the odds are against you. We have to fight this, we can't ignore it." Alanah's crying. I smile at her.
"I like it when the odds are against me."
"Goddamn you Adam! You'll never understand!" She yells as she storms out of the room.
"Maybe I won't!" I yell after her.
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"Maybe you should." Vince says to me over the phone.
"I don't know Vince. I mean I just took time off a few months ago. I don't think it's wise for me to take more time off. People could forget Edge." I say.
"People will only forget Edge if we let them. We won't let them forget him. But Adam, some things are more important than wrestling. This is one of them."
"Did your father think there were things more important than wrestling?"
"Adam this isn't the right time to discuss this."
"Did he?"
"For your information, yes, yes he did."
"Alright."
"Going to court and getting everything settled is more important. You have a wife and a baby. What good are you going to be in jail? You need to be there to love and protect them."
"It would be like I was traveling with the WWE, IF I even go to jail, which I won't."
"If you were traveling you'd come home. If you're in jail you'll never come home until you complete your sentence." Vince says. I sigh.
"Vince this isn't fair."
"I agree 100% Adam. But life isn't fair. If you are completely innocent in this case then you have to fight it. Although beating up Jay wasn't the best thing you could have done."
"I know that! Do you think I wanted to beat up Jay?"
"Not at all."
"Ok then."
"Whether you wanted to do it or not, you did it. Now you have to deal with the consequences. If you're having difficulties finding a lawyer I can find you a top of the line one."
"Thank you Vince."
"You're welcome Adam. Take care." He says and hangs up. Great. Now I'm taking even MORE time off of wrestling.
~~~~~~~~~
"Jay are you mad?" I ask as I walk in Jay's hospital room. They just want to keep him a few days for observation.
""No." He answers. I sit on a chair next to his bed.
"Are you sure? I'd understand if you are."
"I'm not. I understand you're under a lot of pressure. But this isn't going to look good when you go to court." He says. I scream and jump up.
"I'm sick of hearing about me going to court!" I scream.
"I'm sorry but it's true."
"Jay say one more fucking thing and see all these medical tubes connected to you? Yeah, these, I'll screw around with them so you'll have to eat out a tube the rest of your life."
"Sit the fuck down Adam and shut the fuck up. I'm not saying anything else about what happened. The past is the past."
"Fine." I say lowly and sit down. "Vince made me take a leave of absence."
"Because of what happened?"
"Yeah."
"Adam I think you should come clean."
"Jay! Damnit I'm not!"
"But Adam you'd get in less trouble!"
"But Adam nothing! YOU'RE the one who reminded ME about the pact, remember?"
"Fine Adam fine." He sighs. I lean back on the chair. This is not going as planned.