Part 9

A couple of hours later Hunter was in his room packing, ready to move on to the next stop on the calendar, when he heard a knock at the door.

"Hang on a second, Abbie," he called.

But he didn't find Abbie at the door, instead he found his not so charming ex-wife.

"What do you want?" he asked impatiently. He was expecting Abbie to arrive and didn't want her to find him in some weird conversation with his ex-wife.

Stephanie barged in and looked around. "Not bad," she commented, "If I'd been daddy I would've made sure you're room was as ugly as you."

Hunter rolled his eyes, "I repeat... what do you want?"

Stephanie looked at him and sighed, "Kurt made me come."

"Why?"

"Because I am suppose to inform you that don't care what you do anymore... you are no longer a part of my life."

Hunter laughed, "Really?"

"Yep," Stephanie told him. "From now on you can do whatever you like and I don't care... unless you do it to me, Kurt or daddy."

"Steph, I wouldn't even waste my breath doing anything to you, Angle or Vince. In fact I would love it if you three stayed out of my life forever."

Stephanie looked surprised by his outburst, "There was no need to be rude."

Hunter opened the door and said, "Bye Steph."

"Right," Stephanie muttered leaving. "Remember..."

Hunter cut her off by shutting the door in her face. Once alone he smiled, if what Stephanie had said was true - which he doubted - then he was free. He went back to packing his things and waiting for Abbie to arrive.


Abbie stood outside of her brother's room trying to gather the courage to enter. She didn't want to have to deal with his attitude towards her or Hunter, but knew it was better done sooner rather than later. The major problem she could see, besides her brother's rampant paranoia and hatred of Hunter, was that he still though she was five years old and his responsibility and not a grown woman. If she had any hope whatsoever of convincing him to listen to her she would have to convince him of that. She knocked on the door and it was opened by Debra.

"Hey Abbie," Debra greeted.

"Hi. Is Steve here?"

"Sure," Debra answered, "Come in."

Abbie walked inside the hotel and felt nauseous, she had a bad feeling the next five minutes were going to be the worst one's of her life. She saw him sitting on the sofa.

"Hey kid," he greeted her.

"Hi."

Steve took one look at his little sister's face and knew something was wrong. "What's happened?"

Abbie took a deep breath and looked at him. "I have something to tell you... and I really don't think you're gonna like it," she said.

"What exactly about it won't I like?"

"What Stephanie and that guy she's with said... well, I am seeing Hunter," Abbie told him.

Steve sat there calmly and that scared her.

"You promised me you wouldn't," he eventually managed to say.

"I couldn't help it... I really like him."

Steve swallowed and looked right through her. "Are you going to stop seeing him?"

She shook her head, "No."

"Then I no longer have a sister."

"What?" Abbie said confused.

"You're no longer my sister. Get the hell out," Steve yelled.

"Steve?"

"Now!"

Abbie did what he said and ran from the room. She kept going and before she knew what was happening she found herself outside of Hunter's room. She knocked on the door and when he opened it, she threw herself into his arms and started to cry.