Stephanie put her arms around her Mom and Linda carried on.
"I was a bit weird when your Dad came back, he kept asking me what was wrong but I never told him. Eventually things got back to normal, and he asked me to marry him. I know it sounds weird but I think that was the closing point, I knew that Vince would never let anyone hurt me again."
Linda looked at Stephanie, Shane and Vince. "I'm really sorry," Linda sobbed. Vince sat down the other side of Linda and Shane knelt down in front of her.
"You've got nothing to be sorry about Mom." Shane said.
"Thanks, but I have. I should have told you." Linda said, looking down.
"It doesn't matter now. And I want you to know you are the best wife and Mom in the world, no matter what," said Vince as he hugged her.
"Do you mean that?"
"Yes I do."
"He's right you know." Stephanie said.
Linda smiled. "Thanks hon."
"Best Grandmother too, the kids love you to bits and I'm sure grandchild number three will too." Marissa chipped in.
"Thanks, I hope so."
"Can we have dinner now please? Otherwise grandchild number three's gonna starve." Stephanie asked.
Everybody laughed. "Yeah, it'll be just about ready by now." Linda laughed as she got up and wiped her eyes.
"I'll come and help," Vince said, also getting up. Linda and Vince went through to the kitchen. Linda went to open the door to the oven but Vince stopped her by taking her arm.
"What?" Linda asked nervously as she smiled at Vince.
"You should have told me Lin."
"You said a minute ago, you understood why I didn't." Linda said with hurt in her voice, pulling away from Vince as she started to cry again.
"I do, I do." Vince whispered as he pulled her back into his arms. "But you should've told me. I would've made him pay for what he did, you know I would have."
"That's what scared me. I knew how you'd react, you would've killed him."
"Damn right I would have! He had no right to touch you." Vince shouted. He saw the upset look on Linda's face and immediately regreted shouting at her. "I'm sorry baby, I'm so sorry. I'm just so angry, you were my girlfriend. It was up to me to protect you and I wasn't there for you."
"It wasn't your fault."
"I wish I could agree with you but it was. When you needed me most I wasn't there for you. Even after I came back I knew there was something wrong with you. You were so distant, I just figured you were still upset about me leaving you. Then after a few months when things eventually got back to normal I thought that I was eventually forgiven. God, I'm such an idiot."
"No, please don't think like that. What's done is done, there's no going back. I just want to forget about it, I just want to move on." Linda said quietly, looking down as she began to cry.
Vince went over to her and cupped her face in her hands, and gently lifted her head up. "Ok, we don't need to talk about it again, but I think the kids might want too. Linda, I want you to know that as long as your with me I will never, ever let anybody hurt you again, I promise."
"I know, you won't. I realise the kids will probably want to talk about this, but not now, not today, maybe in a couple of days." Linda said. Vince gently wiped away Linda's tears and pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her, vowing to one day get revenge for what his former best friend had done to his wife..... The sick glint in the eye that usually appeared only in the eyes of the "Evil Mr. McMahon" character that WWF fans loved to hate slowly began to shine through in the real Vincent K McMahon.......
"I was a bit weird when your Dad came back, he kept asking me what was wrong but I never told him. Eventually things got back to normal, and he asked me to marry him. I know it sounds weird but I think that was the closing point, I knew that Vince would never let anyone hurt me again."
Linda looked at Stephanie, Shane and Vince. "I'm really sorry," Linda sobbed. Vince sat down the other side of Linda and Shane knelt down in front of her.
"You've got nothing to be sorry about Mom." Shane said.
"Thanks, but I have. I should have told you." Linda said, looking down.
"It doesn't matter now. And I want you to know you are the best wife and Mom in the world, no matter what," said Vince as he hugged her.
"Do you mean that?"
"Yes I do."
"He's right you know." Stephanie said.
Linda smiled. "Thanks hon."
"Best Grandmother too, the kids love you to bits and I'm sure grandchild number three will too." Marissa chipped in.
"Thanks, I hope so."
"Can we have dinner now please? Otherwise grandchild number three's gonna starve." Stephanie asked.
Everybody laughed. "Yeah, it'll be just about ready by now." Linda laughed as she got up and wiped her eyes.
"I'll come and help," Vince said, also getting up. Linda and Vince went through to the kitchen. Linda went to open the door to the oven but Vince stopped her by taking her arm.
"What?" Linda asked nervously as she smiled at Vince.
"You should have told me Lin."
"You said a minute ago, you understood why I didn't." Linda said with hurt in her voice, pulling away from Vince as she started to cry again.
"I do, I do." Vince whispered as he pulled her back into his arms. "But you should've told me. I would've made him pay for what he did, you know I would have."
"That's what scared me. I knew how you'd react, you would've killed him."
"Damn right I would have! He had no right to touch you." Vince shouted. He saw the upset look on Linda's face and immediately regreted shouting at her. "I'm sorry baby, I'm so sorry. I'm just so angry, you were my girlfriend. It was up to me to protect you and I wasn't there for you."
"It wasn't your fault."
"I wish I could agree with you but it was. When you needed me most I wasn't there for you. Even after I came back I knew there was something wrong with you. You were so distant, I just figured you were still upset about me leaving you. Then after a few months when things eventually got back to normal I thought that I was eventually forgiven. God, I'm such an idiot."
"No, please don't think like that. What's done is done, there's no going back. I just want to forget about it, I just want to move on." Linda said quietly, looking down as she began to cry.
Vince went over to her and cupped her face in her hands, and gently lifted her head up. "Ok, we don't need to talk about it again, but I think the kids might want too. Linda, I want you to know that as long as your with me I will never, ever let anybody hurt you again, I promise."
"I know, you won't. I realise the kids will probably want to talk about this, but not now, not today, maybe in a couple of days." Linda said. Vince gently wiped away Linda's tears and pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her, vowing to one day get revenge for what his former best friend had done to his wife..... The sick glint in the eye that usually appeared only in the eyes of the "Evil Mr. McMahon" character that WWF fans loved to hate slowly began to shine through in the real Vincent K McMahon.......