A month later Vince and Shane went over to the private detectives house to
see what he found out. Vince knocked on the door.
"Vince!" the man said as he opened it.
"Frank, how are ya doin?"
"Great, yourself? Who's this?" Frank said staring at Shane with an uncertain look on his face.
"Oh sorry Frank, I'm good. This is my son Shane. He's helping me out."
"Right, hi. Sorry about that." Frank said as he shook Shane's hand.
"Hi, that's ok." Shane replied. "What'd you find out then?"
"Right," said Frank. "Come and sit down." They all sat down and Frank got out his briefcase. "Let's see, this guy Andrew Chambers." He showed Vince and Shane a photo. "Very successful business man and designer, dealing in clothes shops, he's got a whole line of them down the West. Single, never been married, no kids. Lives on his own in a fairly large house. 233 Appledown Drive, Santa Barbara. Often away on business, but I did manage to find out he's on holiday for a week in Florida, next week he's at home. Mostly drives a Mercedes but does have a jeep. Not a very popular guy from all acounts, very nasty and two faced. Likes humiliating people. Not a lot of friends, infact no one I talked to had a good word to say about him. Often on the wrong side of the law, I don't think he has insurance on anything, he's that cocky no one's going to bring him down. If you ask me, the profile I've gathered of him, he's an all round sicko." Frank concluded.
"Got that right." Muttered Shane.
"What?" Frank asked.
"Well," Vince quickly said. "Thanks for that, if there's anything I can do, you know where I am. Anyone asks, you haven't seen us." Vince said as he handed Frank a fistfull of money. "You've never heard of Andrew Chambers in your life right?"
Frank looked down at the cash Vince just gave him and looked at Vince. "Right," he smiled. "Oh, you better have this." Frank handed him all the information he had gathered on Andrew.
"Thanks." Vince said.
"Ok, look if there's anything else I can do you know where to come."
"I know. Thanks for all this. Seeya around."
"Bye."
"Bye." Shane said.
Vince and Shane got in the car and Vince dropped Shane off. They decided to go away the next week to start to finalise the plans the had in store for Andrew, Vince would take the information they managed to gather on Andrew and study it carefully. Vince drove back to his house and walked in.
"Linda?" He shouted. "Good," Vince said to himself. He went to his study and hid everything in the bottom drawer. Vince figured Linda wouldn't find them there as she rarely went through his desk. Vince walked out the room and closed the door behind him. He decided to make a start on dinner, to save Linda some trouble.
Ten minutes later Linda walked through the door. "Vince." Linda shouted as she made her way to the kitchen.
"In here."
Linda walked through to the kitchen to find Vince peeling some vegetables.
"Hi honey." Vince said with a smile.
"Ok, whats wrong? Why are you getting dinner ready?"
"Nothings wrong. I got home early so I thought I'd make a start on dinner to save you the trouble. Now go and sit down and I'll call you when dinner's ready."
Linda looked strangely at Vince. "Alright.." she said slowly. "Call me if you need any help."
"I will honey, now go and put your feet up."
Linda walked out of the kitchen and went through to the living room. She kicked off her shoes and sat down on the couch. Linda was relieved that her family took the news of her rape as well as they did, especially Vince, he seemed to be over it. She thought that it was going to be one of those subjects that came up all the time, but that wasn't the case. Vince had barely mentioned the rape since the day it all came out, she was glad that he took it so well. Linda undone her briefcase and brought out some papers and began to read. Vince came through and sat down on the couch next to her. Linda looked at him and laughed.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked.
"I just have to say you look very attractive in that flowery pinny."
Vince looked down at himself. "Yeah I do kinda, don't I?"
Linda rolled her eyes. "Whatever you say honey. What's up anyway?"
"Umm." Vince looked down. "Shane and I are going away for a couple of days next week, down to California on business."
"That's fine. What sort of business?" Inquired Linda.
"Uhh..... we're checking out some arena's to hold events in, stuff like that." Vince nervously said, praying Linda would buy his tale.
"Oh right." Linda laughed. "Don't look so nervous. What? Are you afraid I'm going to tell you not to go or something.?"
Vince nervously laughed. "No, of course not. I just wanted to make sure that you were ok with it."
"Why wouldn't I be ok with it? It's not as if it's rare, us being apart so often."
"Yeah I know. Come here honey." He said as he pulled her close and held her tightly, hating himself for lying to her.
"What's wrong with you?" Linda said as Vince held her.
"Nothing. I just don't like the fact that we're away from each other so often. I miss you when we're not together."
"I miss you too but we have to run the business successfully and if being apart is the only way to do that then so be it. Even if we don't like it."
"But it's not the only way Linda. We can be together. You can come with me to Raw and Smackdown, you can bring your work with you. Obviously you'll have to stay when you've got meetings to attend but other than that, there's nothing stopping you from coming on the road with me." Vince said excitedly. "I'd love to have you with me. You'd enjoy it, you'd get to see a lot more of the kids too. I want you with me."
Linda pulled away from his embrace and stood up. "This is about the rape, isn't it?"
"Maybe." Vince said quietly.
"And here I was thinking you were ok with it, that you'd learnt to accept it."
"Ok with it?" Vince shouted. "How could I be ok with my wife being raped?"
"Well for starters I wasn't your wife when it happened. And secondly it's got nothing to do with you, you weren't even there." Shouted back Linda.
"Let me tell you something. You were my girlfriend when it happened and thats why I'm so angry. It's the fact that I wasn't there to protect you. If I'd have stayed it would never have happened. Or at least if it had, maybe I could have helped you come to terms with it, helped you through the pregnancy and the birth."
"Oh please. If I'd have told you I'd been raped and was pregnant you would have run a mile!" Linda quickly shot back. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that." Linda said looking at the hurt look on Vince's face and immediately regretted what she said. Vince didn't say anything, he just looked at her.
"How could you think that?" Vince eventually said.
"I don't. I'm sorry, it just came out, I didn't mean it."
"Yes you do." Vince walked out of the room and Linda stared after him. Linda fell onto the couch and put her head in her hands.
"Vince!" the man said as he opened it.
"Frank, how are ya doin?"
"Great, yourself? Who's this?" Frank said staring at Shane with an uncertain look on his face.
"Oh sorry Frank, I'm good. This is my son Shane. He's helping me out."
"Right, hi. Sorry about that." Frank said as he shook Shane's hand.
"Hi, that's ok." Shane replied. "What'd you find out then?"
"Right," said Frank. "Come and sit down." They all sat down and Frank got out his briefcase. "Let's see, this guy Andrew Chambers." He showed Vince and Shane a photo. "Very successful business man and designer, dealing in clothes shops, he's got a whole line of them down the West. Single, never been married, no kids. Lives on his own in a fairly large house. 233 Appledown Drive, Santa Barbara. Often away on business, but I did manage to find out he's on holiday for a week in Florida, next week he's at home. Mostly drives a Mercedes but does have a jeep. Not a very popular guy from all acounts, very nasty and two faced. Likes humiliating people. Not a lot of friends, infact no one I talked to had a good word to say about him. Often on the wrong side of the law, I don't think he has insurance on anything, he's that cocky no one's going to bring him down. If you ask me, the profile I've gathered of him, he's an all round sicko." Frank concluded.
"Got that right." Muttered Shane.
"What?" Frank asked.
"Well," Vince quickly said. "Thanks for that, if there's anything I can do, you know where I am. Anyone asks, you haven't seen us." Vince said as he handed Frank a fistfull of money. "You've never heard of Andrew Chambers in your life right?"
Frank looked down at the cash Vince just gave him and looked at Vince. "Right," he smiled. "Oh, you better have this." Frank handed him all the information he had gathered on Andrew.
"Thanks." Vince said.
"Ok, look if there's anything else I can do you know where to come."
"I know. Thanks for all this. Seeya around."
"Bye."
"Bye." Shane said.
Vince and Shane got in the car and Vince dropped Shane off. They decided to go away the next week to start to finalise the plans the had in store for Andrew, Vince would take the information they managed to gather on Andrew and study it carefully. Vince drove back to his house and walked in.
"Linda?" He shouted. "Good," Vince said to himself. He went to his study and hid everything in the bottom drawer. Vince figured Linda wouldn't find them there as she rarely went through his desk. Vince walked out the room and closed the door behind him. He decided to make a start on dinner, to save Linda some trouble.
Ten minutes later Linda walked through the door. "Vince." Linda shouted as she made her way to the kitchen.
"In here."
Linda walked through to the kitchen to find Vince peeling some vegetables.
"Hi honey." Vince said with a smile.
"Ok, whats wrong? Why are you getting dinner ready?"
"Nothings wrong. I got home early so I thought I'd make a start on dinner to save you the trouble. Now go and sit down and I'll call you when dinner's ready."
Linda looked strangely at Vince. "Alright.." she said slowly. "Call me if you need any help."
"I will honey, now go and put your feet up."
Linda walked out of the kitchen and went through to the living room. She kicked off her shoes and sat down on the couch. Linda was relieved that her family took the news of her rape as well as they did, especially Vince, he seemed to be over it. She thought that it was going to be one of those subjects that came up all the time, but that wasn't the case. Vince had barely mentioned the rape since the day it all came out, she was glad that he took it so well. Linda undone her briefcase and brought out some papers and began to read. Vince came through and sat down on the couch next to her. Linda looked at him and laughed.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked.
"I just have to say you look very attractive in that flowery pinny."
Vince looked down at himself. "Yeah I do kinda, don't I?"
Linda rolled her eyes. "Whatever you say honey. What's up anyway?"
"Umm." Vince looked down. "Shane and I are going away for a couple of days next week, down to California on business."
"That's fine. What sort of business?" Inquired Linda.
"Uhh..... we're checking out some arena's to hold events in, stuff like that." Vince nervously said, praying Linda would buy his tale.
"Oh right." Linda laughed. "Don't look so nervous. What? Are you afraid I'm going to tell you not to go or something.?"
Vince nervously laughed. "No, of course not. I just wanted to make sure that you were ok with it."
"Why wouldn't I be ok with it? It's not as if it's rare, us being apart so often."
"Yeah I know. Come here honey." He said as he pulled her close and held her tightly, hating himself for lying to her.
"What's wrong with you?" Linda said as Vince held her.
"Nothing. I just don't like the fact that we're away from each other so often. I miss you when we're not together."
"I miss you too but we have to run the business successfully and if being apart is the only way to do that then so be it. Even if we don't like it."
"But it's not the only way Linda. We can be together. You can come with me to Raw and Smackdown, you can bring your work with you. Obviously you'll have to stay when you've got meetings to attend but other than that, there's nothing stopping you from coming on the road with me." Vince said excitedly. "I'd love to have you with me. You'd enjoy it, you'd get to see a lot more of the kids too. I want you with me."
Linda pulled away from his embrace and stood up. "This is about the rape, isn't it?"
"Maybe." Vince said quietly.
"And here I was thinking you were ok with it, that you'd learnt to accept it."
"Ok with it?" Vince shouted. "How could I be ok with my wife being raped?"
"Well for starters I wasn't your wife when it happened. And secondly it's got nothing to do with you, you weren't even there." Shouted back Linda.
"Let me tell you something. You were my girlfriend when it happened and thats why I'm so angry. It's the fact that I wasn't there to protect you. If I'd have stayed it would never have happened. Or at least if it had, maybe I could have helped you come to terms with it, helped you through the pregnancy and the birth."
"Oh please. If I'd have told you I'd been raped and was pregnant you would have run a mile!" Linda quickly shot back. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that." Linda said looking at the hurt look on Vince's face and immediately regretted what she said. Vince didn't say anything, he just looked at her.
"How could you think that?" Vince eventually said.
"I don't. I'm sorry, it just came out, I didn't mean it."
"Yes you do." Vince walked out of the room and Linda stared after him. Linda fell onto the couch and put her head in her hands.