I was sitting in my room brooding when I heard a tap at the door. Shane peeked around the door. "Is it safe to come in?" he asked. "Yea. I guess." I said. I need to explain Shane. Those nasty McMahon genes seemed to skip over him. He was really nice. He's the only one around here who ever treated me like a person. He came in and shut the door and sat on my bed. "Do I get a hug sis?" he asked. I wasn't one much for hugging and such, probably cause no one had ever thought to show me affection as a small child. Shane leaned over and wrapped his arms around me. I gave in for a moment and hugged him back. Then I pushed him away. "Enough of that sappy shit." I said. He just laughed. "I heard what Vince is doing to you." He said. I just shrugged like I didn't care. "You know you're probably better of Hailey. You would be miserable here." He said. "Mark's a nice guy." He said. Yeah I thought him and Vince are trading stock options for a child, sounds like a real upstanding guy. "You're growing up so fast. You're so beautiful Hailey you look just like your mother." He said. "You knew my mother?" I asked. "I remember her. She was beautiful." He said. I had looked at myself plenty of times searching for some sign that I was a McMahon. I sure didn't look like them. I had straight black hair and dark brown eyes almost black and my skin was tan like I had a suntan all the time. My Mother was Native American, which I guess is where I got my dark looks. "Come on down for dinner." Shane said. "I don't want to." I said. Talk about hell on earth go to a McMahon family dinner. "Come on don't get the old man started." Shane said. I reluctantly got up and checked my self in the mirror. I had on Black flair leg jeans a white wife beater. Each one of my ears had 4 piercings. The older girls at school had done them for me. I tied a do rag on my head to complete the look. "You really like to pull the old man's chain don't you?" Shane asked laughing. I just smiled and said. "Let's go to dinner."
I walked into the huge dining room with Shane. Everyone else was already seated. "You're late." Vince said. "So sorry to keep your majesties waiting." I said. I sat down next to Shane and across from Stephanie and her loser boy friend Triple ass as I liked to call him. "Do you have to dress like that?" Vince said starting in on me. "Like what?" I asked as I shoved roast beef in my mouth. "Like a thug or something?" he said. "Yea pretty much I do, I'm expressing my individuality." I said. "Daddy she eats like a pig." Stephanie whined. I just grinned at her and kept shoving food in my mouth. "Hailey stop that it's rude." Linda said. Oh so finally the queen mother speaks I thought. I swallowed my food. "Your not my mother don't tell me what to do." I said. "Hailey." Vince said with a warning in his voice. I decided to change tactics. "So Triple ass I mean H, I seen you got your ass kicked by RVD last week?" I said. Paul turned red in the face and that vein in the side of his head started throbbing. I really liked to watch that. "Daddy make her stop." The bitch whined. "What I'm just trying to make conversation." I said. Vince didn't say anything. I had the feeling he wasn't crazy about Paul either. "As anyone hear the new Eminem song 'Superman'.?" I asked. I decide to belt out the unedited version for them. Hey I was just trying liven dinner up a little. I was only half way through when Vince jumped up to grab me. I grabbed a piece of cake and took off for my room and locked the door when I got there. Whew that was close. I lay back on my bed and laughed another warm and fuzzy McMahon family dinner. And people wondered why I was so screwed up. I ate my cake and packed my bags for the trip tomorrow. Shane was right it had to better there than it was here. I took a shower and got ready for bed. There was knocking at the door. "It's me Shane." I opened the door. He came in. "I just wanted to tell you goodbye. I probably wont see you for a while." Shane said. He handed me a slip of paper. "It's got my cell number on it. If you ever need anything call me. I'm going to miss you kid." He said. "Why I'm a menace." I said. "You're a breath of fresh air around here." He said smiling. "I want you to remember something Hailey, you deserve better than what you got here. I hope you can be happy." He said. He hugged me tight then and this time I didn't push away. I lay there against him. Shane pulled back. "Remember no matter what anyone says you'll always be my little sister." He said. "Kay." I said. He turned and left and I went and climbed in the bed. Tomorrow was the start of a new life for me and I felt like I was ready for it.