Chapter 19
When RAW ended that night, most of the WWF entourage had already left the building, most of the wrestlers leaving right after their matches. Now, it was just Taylor, Chris, Matt, Jeff, Amy along with Corinne who were standing in the parking lot. Julia was asleep in the baby seat in the car while everyone else was talking outside.
"So, are you guys driving down to Stamford tonight?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah, there's no point in staying here." Matt said.
"Okay... Ames, can l just get a ride from you?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah, you can ride with me, I'm leaving now though," Amy said hurriedly, as she quickly got in her car.
"Um, guess that's my cue to go with her. See you at the hotel," Jeff said, sliding into the car as well before Amy zoomed off.
"Is umm Amy okay?" Matt asked confusedly.
Taylor and Chris just looked at each other and shrugged. "Well we should be going now," Taylor said.
"Yeah, I don't want Julie to wake up in the middle of the night." Chris said.
"Listen Corinne, here's my home phone number...oh wait..Matt has all the other numbers so he can give it to you. If anything happens at all...you give me a call. Julie and I are going back home to Ontario tomorrow, but still please keep me updated alright." Taylor said as she handed Corinne a piece of paper.
"I will, thank you guys," Corinne said, as she hugged both Chris and Taylor and waved as they got into their car.
Matt and Corinne quickly got into their rental car and had been sitting for about ten minutes in silence when Corinne turned and looked at Matt.
"Hey Matt, can I have my phone back, I just want to see if he called back at all."
"He did call." Matt said simply.
"Oh, he did...can I hear it?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Cause I'm not letting you listen to that asshole," Matt said softly but with an underlying thread of steel in his voice, telling her that he was getting angry with the issue. Corinne was about push the issue further but Matt was pulling into the hotel and as he parked the car he turned to look at her.
"Look, I'm sorry I'm kind of being a jerk right now, but...you know what I'll tell you...That bastard is leaving you threatening messages, and I'm not going into details about what he said because I don't want you to be any more scared that you already are. Or upset for that matter, and I know you already are, just by hearing his voice that first time he called. I've called the cops and forwarded them the messages so we can get you a restraining order on this guy. I'm not going to let him hurt you anymore than he already has."
Corinne sat back in amazement as the full extent of Matt's tenacity in protecting her came over her. No one in her whole life had ever...especially after only a few days of knowing each other taken this much time or concern in just keeping her safe.
"So I'm sorry if I'm acting like an asshole, but I really don't want you to..." Corinne covered his mouth with her hand.
"Don't say that..."
"Don't say what?" "That you're sorry for anything." She said.
Matt was amazed when he saw her eyes beginning to fill with tears.
"Corinne, what's wrong?"
"It's just that...no one's ever treated me the way that you treat me. No guy at least. You make me feel safe and cared for and...and I don't even know how to thank you for everything that you've done for me..." she cried. Matt pulled her close and hugged her. They both jumped as a noise shocked them both.
When RAW ended that night, most of the WWF entourage had already left the building, most of the wrestlers leaving right after their matches. Now, it was just Taylor, Chris, Matt, Jeff, Amy along with Corinne who were standing in the parking lot. Julia was asleep in the baby seat in the car while everyone else was talking outside.
"So, are you guys driving down to Stamford tonight?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah, there's no point in staying here." Matt said.
"Okay... Ames, can l just get a ride from you?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah, you can ride with me, I'm leaving now though," Amy said hurriedly, as she quickly got in her car.
"Um, guess that's my cue to go with her. See you at the hotel," Jeff said, sliding into the car as well before Amy zoomed off.
"Is umm Amy okay?" Matt asked confusedly.
Taylor and Chris just looked at each other and shrugged. "Well we should be going now," Taylor said.
"Yeah, I don't want Julie to wake up in the middle of the night." Chris said.
"Listen Corinne, here's my home phone number...oh wait..Matt has all the other numbers so he can give it to you. If anything happens at all...you give me a call. Julie and I are going back home to Ontario tomorrow, but still please keep me updated alright." Taylor said as she handed Corinne a piece of paper.
"I will, thank you guys," Corinne said, as she hugged both Chris and Taylor and waved as they got into their car.
Matt and Corinne quickly got into their rental car and had been sitting for about ten minutes in silence when Corinne turned and looked at Matt.
"Hey Matt, can I have my phone back, I just want to see if he called back at all."
"He did call." Matt said simply.
"Oh, he did...can I hear it?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Cause I'm not letting you listen to that asshole," Matt said softly but with an underlying thread of steel in his voice, telling her that he was getting angry with the issue. Corinne was about push the issue further but Matt was pulling into the hotel and as he parked the car he turned to look at her.
"Look, I'm sorry I'm kind of being a jerk right now, but...you know what I'll tell you...That bastard is leaving you threatening messages, and I'm not going into details about what he said because I don't want you to be any more scared that you already are. Or upset for that matter, and I know you already are, just by hearing his voice that first time he called. I've called the cops and forwarded them the messages so we can get you a restraining order on this guy. I'm not going to let him hurt you anymore than he already has."
Corinne sat back in amazement as the full extent of Matt's tenacity in protecting her came over her. No one in her whole life had ever...especially after only a few days of knowing each other taken this much time or concern in just keeping her safe.
"So I'm sorry if I'm acting like an asshole, but I really don't want you to..." Corinne covered his mouth with her hand.
"Don't say that..."
"Don't say what?" "That you're sorry for anything." She said.
Matt was amazed when he saw her eyes beginning to fill with tears.
"Corinne, what's wrong?"
"It's just that...no one's ever treated me the way that you treat me. No guy at least. You make me feel safe and cared for and...and I don't even know how to thank you for everything that you've done for me..." she cried. Matt pulled her close and hugged her. They both jumped as a noise shocked them both.