It was close to four before he went upstairs. He stood watching Linda sleep. How she puts up with me, I'll never know. He thought. She's right, but then again she always right. She truly knows what best for me better then I do.

Linda got up at seven, Vince was already up, showered and on the phone. She walked behind him to see what he was writing down and smiled to see that he had agreed with her. Vince hung up the phone and turned around to her. "Thank you" he said wrapping his arms around her. "So what's happens now?" She asked. "We go to Chicago, This afternoon, the quicker I get this done with the better. But I'd really appreciate it if you were by my side when go through this." "Vince, I won't let you go through this by yourself, I'll be there, so Chicago, huh?" "Well about five years ago, she and her mother moved to Chicago and that was the last time I heard from them. The courts were going to give her to her god-parents, for all they know I don't really exist and that's why we have to get there today to stop it from happening," he said jumping up. "All right, let me make a few calls and I'll get ready to go," She had to smile the goofy grin on his face always made her smile. "Thank you" He said. "I honestly don't know what I would without your guidance" "You would probably run with your tail between your legs," she smiled as she left the room. "That's the truth," he responded after she left.

The plane landed smoothly and Vince stepped out into the sunny afternoon in Chicago, IL. He slipped his glasses on and carried on down the stairs. He stopped at the bottom waiting for Linda. "You ready for this?" She asked standing next to him. "Well there's no turning back now is there. Guess I'm ready as I'll ever be." He opened the door and followed her as she climbed into the back of the limo. "So what's her name?" Linda asked as they started on their way. "Sarah Matthews, I believe she turned thirteen in June" "And her mother was?" Linda asked taking notes on this for her to remember. "Emily Matthews" "Right, now let me ask you this. What if she doesn't like me, I mean she knows who you are, I assume. But what if she doesn't like me?" Linda asked. "She knows who you are, and I'm sure she'll love like everyone else does, and I so do," Vince said looking over at her. "I don't know" Vince took her hand, "Don't worry about it, I'm positive she'll like you. My problem is her hating me, like most people in this world. Look this is it." He looked out the window as they stopped at the front of the lawyer's office who was handling things. "All right, let's do this" He opened the door and stepped out, then lent a hand for his wife to follow. "Mr. McMahon I suppose, I'm Wendy Nelson, Mr. Prescott's assistant," a Young woman said stepping out the front office door. "Nice to meet you Wendy, I'm Linda McMahon, and this is my husband Vince" "Yes, Nice to meet you both. Mr. Prescott is waiting for you inside, if you both would follow me please" she turned and started to lead them inside. Vince stopped short in front of the door and pulled Linda back a bit. She had to laugh at him, "There is no turning back now. So be the big man you are, and we know all know you to be and suck it up and go in there and get this done," she smiled He smiled back, she could always knew how to make him feel good about things, even when times were at there worst.

They sat down in the office and waited. "Mr. and Mrs. McMahon I'm glad you can make it here on such short notice but given the circumstances." he said sitting down across from them. "Yes, well this is a very important matter and we needed to get it done before anything else could happen" Vince said. "And I understand totally. Since I last spoke to you this morning I have indeed contacted the God-parents of Sarah, and I informed them of the situation. And luckily they have agreed to corporate fully. They want no problems and they understood that you being the father have all rights." "So there will be no problems?" Linda asked "None that I can see, but I guess we won't really know until this is all done with," Mr. Prescott said standing up. "At the moment, Sarah is staying at her God-parents house and that's where you can pick her up. Also this letter was to be sent to you but since your here I'll kill two birds with one stone." he said handing him the letter. Vince stared at the letter for a brief second before putting it into the inside pocket of his jacket and forgetting about it. "Let's go," He said standing up. Vince climbed into the back of the limo and ran his hands through his hair. "Don't worry so much at least that's what you told me" Linda said sitting next to him. "I just feel sick, I'm so nervous and I'm scared. I've never been so scared" Vince started to break out in a sweat. "Vince, Relax. You're making yourself sick," she said running her hand through his hair. "Mr. McMahon we're here" The driver said opening the door. Linda stepped out, with Vince behind her. He stood next to her and took a deep breath. "Come on, don't prolong this anymore," she said taking his hand. They followed the sidewalk up to the house. By his grip Linda could tell he was scared, but so was she. This was something new, something so unexpected. But with Vince she learned to expect the unexpected, that's one of the things she loved about him. How would the rest of the family handle this? She hadn't thought about it till now. Could this have major effects on how their family? It could ruin them. "What's wrong?" Vince asked grabbing her out of her thoughts. "Nothing I was just thinking" she said.

They sat in the dinning room, "Mr. McMahon, I'm Ryan Rogers and this is my wife, Carol" A very big man, with an athletic build said stepping into the room. Vince stood up to greet the man. The two of them looked as though they were in a competition. Both of them looked as though they were ready for a fight. "I'm Vince and this is my Wife Linda" "It's nice to meet you both" His wife said "Same here" Linda smiled. "Its really sad what has happened to Emily, she was a good person, also what's going to happen to Sarah is a sad thing also" Ryan said still standing, keeping his ground. Linda could feel the tension between the two men. "Listen I don't want any trouble, I've come to take care of things," Vince said. "Well here's how I see it, there's nothing we can really do to stop you, according to the law, and you have so called rights. But what I don't understand is why they would give you, a man who cheated on his wife and has this child with another woman and then for the last five years has no contact with her at all. Why they would let an asshole like you raise such a good kid, I don't know." Vince stepped back, his face grew a bit red, and his hands clenched into fists. "Listen here" He said with intense anger in his voice. "Whatever the hell happened is none of your damn business. I'm telling you I'm not looking for trouble. I do not have to explain anything to you, nothing. You better damn well watch yourself before you find yourself from the ground looking up" "That would look real good for you, so go on hit me" Ryan said stepping up. "All right, Vince go outside and calm down, breath a little" Linda said stepping in before an all out war started. "Ryan, Go up-stairs and get Sarah" Carol said. "I do apologize for him, he's just stupid sometimes" Linda smiled. "Don't apologize Vince is the same way, I don't understand on how in a time like this, people could act so stubbornly." The two women sat and talked things out. Ryan came back ten minutes later. Vince sat outside; the man was lucky I didn't kick his ass he thought, bastard, looking for trouble, talking about me and my life like that. Who the hell does he think he is? The door behind him opened. He was hoping for it to be Ryan so he could kick his ass. "Vince" Linda said from behind. Vince stood up, he knew this was it, he straighten himself and turned around. His heart stopped, he started to sweat, and he became so nervous he could barely speak. There standing in front of him stood Linda and besides her stood his daughter Sarah. "Hi" he smiled. "Hey." Sarah said. A few moments of silence passed making Vince more uncomfortable. "Man I hope you didn't travel all this way just to say hi, cause if so that would a short trip and a waste of time" Sarah said breaking the silence. Vince laughed, "Yeah that would be, but the truth of the matter is, I came her to take you home, with us. That is if you want to stay here, by all means, I won't force you, but I'm kind of hoping you would come," he said a bit nervous. "It's not like I'm going to turn down your offer, why you so nervous? I don't get much of a choice in situations like this," she asked "You don't have to if you don't want to, I wouldn't force something like that, but I'm nervous cause its been awhile. I don't know how your staying so calm," he said. "Well it's like this, you live life once, live it to the fullest and you'll never regret a thing. So I try not to waste moments in my life with useless nonsense, you never know when you won't have anymore" "That's very true and its good to know at a young age. I learned that the hard way, and that wasn't very fun. But any how the driver will put your bags in the back and we'll go" Vince said opening the door. "After you." Sarah stepped in, followed by Linda and Vince. "Are we flying out tonight or should we leave in the morning? It didn't take as long as I expected, so we should be home early this morning, which equals out to a long day" Vince turned and asked Linda. "Shane and Marissa are coming over tomorrow, I don't know when, so I'm guessing we should fly out," she sighed and leaned her head against Vince's shoulder. They bordered the plane and it was past mid-night when they took off. "Look she is passed out, but the again I'm sure this has been a long day" Linda said nudging Vince "I can see a lot of you in her, that quick sense of humor is so you. And she has a great outlook on life for someone so young it's amazing. I guess you learn that when you live the life she's had" Vince leaned over and kissed her "I love you; I can never give back everything you have done for me. This is a huge change and you've stuck with me through it all." "Vince, I know I can't change what happened, cause it happened, But the fact of the matter is I love you and I love how you love Sarah, cause I can see it, I saw it as soon as you saw her."

"This is it", Vince said opening the front door "Your new home" Linda walked in and put her bags down "I'm sorry, but I'm beyond tired. Sarah anything you need Vince knows where it is just tell him and he'll get it for you, that's his job. Welcome home and I'll see you in the morning" Linda said. "I'll be in later," Vince said. "Good-night" Sarah said. "So you want to late night tour, or would you rather wait till tomorrow," Vince asked going up the stairs. "I can wait till tomorrow, look its already four in the morning. I'm not even going to get up tomorrow, sleep all day that's it" Sarah said. "Believe me we all will, well here's your room, fully stocked bathroom, window looks out into the back yard, walk in closet, we'll add more to it as we go on, but for right now it'll work," Vince said opening the door. "Thanks" Sarah said walking in and putting her bag down. She looked out the window. "Yeah know I should have never let your mother take you like that, I should have stopped her." Vince said standing behind her. Sarah stood there silent. "I really am sorry." He said "It's nothing to worry about, forget about, there's nothing to be done about it now, right?" Sarah said "But there is something I can do; I'm going to make up for not being there. I promise" Vince said. "Ok, now wait a second, if this requires a lot of those boring bonding deals, I don't want it honestly. We can chill now and then. Yankee's, Notre Dame games that's all good and cool, but please no family history stories, meet and greet nothings." Vince laughed and hugged her "Ok, when ever you need someone to play basketball, soccer, tennis or anything with tell me all right. But if you want to shop, don't call me, I repeat don't call me, call Steph, Linda will more then be happy to go, just not me" Sarah Laughed "Who plays tennis? It's lame. But you can count on a soccer game." "I play tennis" Vince grinned. "Tennis is good. for you" "All right then, we'll stick with soccer."