It took a whole year for the adoption process to go through. I know it was just a piece of paper and it shouldn't really matter but I wanted my name to be the same as Mark's I wanted to be his kid and put my crappy family behind me. It was about a week before it would be official and we would go for Mark to sign the final papers that Stephanie started in on me again. She had left me alone for almost two years now. Not even speaking to me. Her and Triple ass had been broken up for a while. That seemed to change her nasty mood to overdrive nasty and she turned it on me again. I was walking down the hallway to bring Scott some script changes when she popped out of no where. "Well well well. I heard Mark is going to adopt you. That's kind of dumb. You don't look nothing like him. Nobody will ever believe you're his kid." Stephanie said. "Yea well no body will ever believe those are your boobs but that didn't stop you from getting implants did it?" I asked laughing. "You always got a smart answer you little bastard. You know what Hailey? Mark can adopt you but that aint going to change the fact you'll always be a little half breed bastard." She said. I wanted to hit her but over the last few years I had learned to control my temper somewhat. "What's wrong Stephanie are you a little ill because Paul finally found a real woman to screw instead of your sorry ass?" I said. It was well known that Paul had started cheating on Stephanie with Trish Stratus a fact which Stephanie couldn't stand to be reminded of. Stephanie was mad I could see the steam rolling off her head practically. Stephanie hauled back and punched me right in the eye. I fell down. "At least my mother is not a slut and a whore." Stephanie said. That was it to hell with controlling my temper. Unknown to me Scott and Vince had witnessed the whole thing. They were standing in the hallway. I guess they came out when they heard us yelling. They had both started down the hallway when Stephanie hit me but they wasn't fast enough. "Fuck this shit!" I said I jumped on her like a wildcat and pulled out a hunk of her hair. I was determined to hurt her. She wasn't exactly no slouch when it came to fighting and she was a good bit bigger than me. She managed to punch me again and I had several scratches from her long nails. I busted her pretty little face up good though. By this time Vince had grabbed her and Scott had grabbed me. Vince finally managed to pull her off of me. "What the hell are you doing Stephanie; just leave her the hell alone. She's just a kid." Vince said. Well that shocked me so bad I stopped struggling against Scott. Why the hell was he defending me? I could see it got to Stephanie too. "Daddy I can't believe you're taking her side. Look what she done to me." She whined. "You started it. Just leave her alone." Vince said turning and dragging her off. "But daddy." I heard her whining. I was still so mad I couldn't see straight. Scott pulled me down to his office. I whirled on him as soon as we stepped in the door. "You can yell at me or beat me or what ever I don't give a damn. I'm not taking that fucking shit off no one!" I yelled at him. "Mind reader now or are those suggestions?" Scott asked. "Sit down so I can clean those scratches up." He said. I had two long ones on my arm. I sat down and Scott got some soapy water and a wash cloth and cleaned them up. He then put antibiotic ointment on them. "Your going to have quite a shiner." He said. Mark was in the next city doing an autograph signing so I was staying with Chris. "You really lost it Hailey." Scott said. "She was talking shit about my mother. I don't care what you say. I had the right to beat her ass." I said. I was shaking I was so mad. "Calm down Hailey." Scott said. He reached over and hugged me. I wrapped my arms around him. I was so sick of the damn McMahon's I wanted them out of my life. "You know all that stuff she said is a bunch of bull Hailey. She's just jealous of you." Scott said. Scott pulled back and looked at me. "Did you notice Vince's reaction?" He asked. "Yea weird huh?" I said. "You know Vince has been to me twice telling me what a good job your doing. He watches you out there when you're wrestling. He's a business man if nothing else. He knows you're a valuable asset. We can use this to our advantage." Scott said. I nodded in understanding. Vince was letting his guard with me that was a definite advantage to our plan. "So am I in trouble?" I asked. Scott looked at me for a minute. I seen him wavering. "Ya know I'm 12 now. I'm really too old for spankings." I said hopefully. Scott burst out laughing. "Good try." He said still laughing. I shrugged ya can't blame a girl for trying. "I wasn't planning on spanking you. Are you scared of me?" He asked looking at me. "Well yeah duh Scott." I said. "Hailey I don't mean to be so harsh sometimes. I know it seems like I'm mean sometimes. I just want you to be the best at everything you do." He said. "I know that Scott. I don't never stay mad at ya long." I said grinning. Scott smiled back. "I'm sorry about all them special words I was throwing around earlier. Sometimes when I lose my temper my mouth gets ahead of my brain." I said. Scott nodded. "That happens to all of us sometimes." He said. "Say I heard about Chris. Him and Jess are getting married." Scott said. I frowned. That little bimbo had him snowed. I couldn't believe Chris couldn't see right through her. She couldn't stand me but she went to great lengths to hide it around Chris. "I see you don't look too happy." Scott said. I just shrugged. Scott would think I was silly if he knew I was in love with Chris. "Love can really suck sometimes Hailey." Scott said. I looked at him surprised. "Don't look so shocked. I would have to be blind not to see the way you look at him." Scott said. "I guess you think I'm a stupid little kid." I said. Scott shook his head. "Love is love Hailey no matter what your age." He said. Scott come and put his arm around me. "Don't let this get you down. Things usually happen for a reason." He said. I nodded but my heart was really breaking. Just then Chris walked in. "Hey kid ready to go?" he asked. When he seen my face he freaked. "What the hell happened to you?" he asked. "The million dollar bitch attacked me." I said. "You wait till I get my hands on that bitch." He said. "Don't Chris. I took care of her. I'm not a baby I can handle my own problems." I said. Chris just looked at me. "I'm serious Chris, let it go." I said. He came over and lifted my chin to look at my eye. He kissed my eye and grinned. "There all better now." He said. I rolled my eyes. "Am I two or what?" I sad laughing. "A kiss from the king of the world can cure anything." Chris said. "You are so lame." I said. "You love me." He said putting his arm around me. I looked up at him. "Yea I do." I said quietly. Chris looked at me oddly for a minute then he smiled. "Come on kid. Let's get to the hotel and eat. I'm starving." He said. "Bye Scott." I said. "Bye Hailey." Scott said.
Scott watched them leave. Poor Chris didn't know what he was in for. When Hailey wanted something she made appoint to go after it. He imagined Hailey when she was about 18 and started laughing. Poor Chris wouldn't know what hit him.