Me and Chris's wedding was a quite family affair at the family home in Texas. It was just Doc and Mark and Scott and little Lucas. It was beautiful. We were married out back of the house in the fall of the year. I'll never forget the way he looked at me or held my hand that day. Some memories just stick with you so clearly. Maybe I also remember it because right after the ceremony Doc decided to tell us she had been in labor for a while and Little Chesney Renee Callaway was born right there before mark had time to even take her to the hospital. Me and Mark had time to get her in the bedroom before Chesney made her quick appearance Mark catching her and me cutting the cord. We all three sat there and cried as we looked at little Chessy as I called her from the moment I seen her it stuck and was her name after that. I smiled down at Doc and told her it was the best wedding present I got. Me and Chris spent our honeymoon there watching after Lucas so Doc could get some rest. Chris didn't complain once. I watched him with Lucas and Chessy and knew he was going to make a wonderful father.
The next year Vince came to me one day. He said he needed to talk to me. We went to his office. Vince was still involved in the running of WWE. I was in control but I never tried to stop his involvement in the company that wasn't my purpose in the first place. Any decisions he made had to go through Scott and he knew it and I guess had become resigned to it. I thought he wanted to try to get me to turn control back over to him but that wasn't what was on his mind.
"What's on your mind Vince?" I asked.
Being Vince he cut right to the chase.
"I hear you pregnant. I hope you won't be wrestling during your pregnancy that could be dangerous." Vince said.
Indeed I was. I was 3 months along. I just looked at him for a minute. Why the hell did he care.
"No I have no plans to wrestle. Chris would kill me not to mention Mark. I'll be traveling with Chris though." I said wanting him to get to the point.
"That's good." He said.
I had long ago got over my intense hatred of this man even learning to work with him. I wish I could say the same thing about Stephanie and Shane but there was still a lot of hostility between us kids there always would be unfortunately.
"Vince what do you want?" I asked.
"I'm sorry Hailey for what I done to you for how I treated you. I was wrong. I have to tell you the truth about your mother. She wasn't a one night stand. I was in love with her. We met at one of the house shows and when I looked in her eyes I knew. I told her the truth up front that I was married and I had two children. We loved each other that's all that seemed to matter. I told Linda and I moved in with your mother. When she told me she was pregnant I was ecstatic. The only problem was Linda was dragging her feet on the divorce. We didn't let it bother us we were in love. When you were born we were a family marriage or not. We had a happy year together as a family then your mother was in that car accident and died. I fell apart not able to function or move or think. Linda came and took over. She helped me make the funeral arrangements hired someone to take care of you helped me to get past my grief. She told me she wanted me back. Told me how Stephanie and Shane needed me. She said I could even bring you home on one condition that I couldn't acknowledge you as mine because it would bring shame on Shane and Stephanie. I know I should have taken you and told her to go to hell but I was afraid of being alone. I agreed. Every time I looked at you I seen your mother and it hurt like hell. I begin to close you off so I wouldn't feel anything anymore." Vince said.
I don't know what I felt right away. I looked at Vince and seen a man broke down by his life. He had let Linda ruin our relationship. He had been weak and I had paid the price.
"Thank you for telling me Vince." I said.
"Hailey I know Mark is your father. I know its to late for us to go back to that. But I would like to be…" He trailed off.
I looked at him. Vince looked like a broke man. I had wanted that more than anything at one time. Now I didn't know.
"Friends" I finished for him.
"Maybe in time I don't know Vince. I can tell you I will try. But I still have a lot of resentment toward you. Time will tell." I said.
"That's all I ask." Vince said.
I walked out of his office and went straight and called my daddy.
"Hey baby girl." Mark said.
"Hey daddy. I just wanted to hear your voice." I said.
"Anything wrong." He asked.
"Naw, I just love ya and miss ya. Grandpa." I said.
He laughed. "When your due date gets close I want your ass here at home." Mark said.
"Yes sir." I said smiling.
"ya sure nothings wrong." Mark asked.
"I'm sure I just miss ya. I think in a couple of weeks I'll come home and stay for a while." I said.
"Little girl that would be great. I miss ya girl." He said quietly.
"I'll call ya later this week with the arrangements." I said.
We hung up. I needed to touch base with my family. I needed to spend time with daddy. Somehow he always made things right.