Two weeks later
Linda rolled over in her bed early on a Tuesday morning and opened her eyes, expecting to see Vince next to her. Linda sat up and looked around, it took her a moment to realise where she was. Sacramento, California. She had been coming on the road for a couple of weeks now and she still hadn't gotten used to waking up in a different hotel virtually every day.
"Vince?" She called out.
No answer.
'Must have gone to see someone.' Linda muttered to herself as she grabbed the remote and switched the tv on. She turned it on to a local news channel.
"And now we go live to one of the many scenes...." The presenter said.
Vince came into the room, carrying a tray of breakfast.
"Good morning." Vince chirped.
"Morning." Linda replied. "I wondered where you went."
"Just to the door to collect the breakfast service I ordered last night."
"We normally have breakfast downstairs with everyone else." Linda replied, looking strangely at Vince.
"Well I thought it would make a change, it's nice just the two of us."
"What's this?" Vince asked placing the breakfast tray on the bed and crawling back under the sheets.
"Local news channel." Linda replied, taking a bite of her toast.
"The fifteen clothes shops, all named 'Chamber's Choice', after the founder and designer of these clothes were all set alight last night. Fortunately, no-one was hurt in any of these blazes but the whole line of clothes, and obviously the stores themselves are completely destroyed." The reporter live at one of the scenes continued as a fire continued to blaze behind her. "Ten of the fifteen stores have had the fires put out. Three are under control but two, including the one behind me, is in danger of spreading to other stores. California firefighters have battled all night. Once they put one out they have to travel to the next scene and try and put that one out. This has stretched California firefighters to the limit, as of yet there are no obvious causes to these blazes, but given the fact, they are the same line of stores, one would have to assume that this is arson and perhaps a personal vendetta against the founder of this very successful clothing chain, Andrew Chambers."
A photo of Andrew flashed up on the screen.
"Thank you very much Louise. We will keep you updated on that situation as more details become available. But now onto our next news item.."
Linda looked at Vince and Vince looked at Linda.
"It's him." Linda said slowly.
"Yeah," he replied. "Looks like he finally got his cumuppance." Said Vince with an uncaring tone.
Linda grabbed the remote and switched the tv off. She gave a sidewards glance to Vince who was flicking through the paper.
'He wouldn't' Linda thought to herself. 'If Vince was going to do anything, he'd beat the crap out of him but he wouldn't do this sort of thing. It's not Vince's style. It's too sly and underhand.' Satisfied with her own reasoning she moved closer to Vince and started caressing his muscular chest.
Vince looked at her and smiled. Linda had a playfull gleam in her eyes, Vince kissed her took her in his arms.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
Vince groaned. "Some people have the worst timing."
"Tell me about it." Linda agreed as she got up and put her dressing gown on. Vince followed suit.
Linda got to the door and hadn't even opened it fully when Shane and Paul came barging through the door.
"Do come in." Linda said in a sarcastic tone.
"Aren't you guys dressed yet?" Shane said. "You've gotta get dressed now."
"What's the rush?" Vince said.
"It's Steph, she's gone into labour and we have to get back to Greenwich now!" Paul said. "I want to be there when my kid's born."
"Oh my god. When did she start?" Linda said wide eyed.
"I got a call two minutes ago. She just had her first contraction and Marissa was about to take her to the hospital." Paul said.
"We thought we'd come and tell you, throw our stuff in a suitcase and get the next flight to Greenwich." Shane said excitedly.
"Right, I'll get dressed and phone ahead at the airport, you two go and pack. Linda you get dressed and pack our stuff. Oh, I'll also organise a driver to take us to the airport and one to meet us when we get back to Greenwich, now go!" Vince ordered.
"What about the Smackdown tonight?" Shane asked.
"You let JR know he's in charge. Any last minute changes to the script will be Heyman's call. JR will take care of it all, just let him know we're going." Finished Vince.
Linda rolled over in her bed early on a Tuesday morning and opened her eyes, expecting to see Vince next to her. Linda sat up and looked around, it took her a moment to realise where she was. Sacramento, California. She had been coming on the road for a couple of weeks now and she still hadn't gotten used to waking up in a different hotel virtually every day.
"Vince?" She called out.
No answer.
'Must have gone to see someone.' Linda muttered to herself as she grabbed the remote and switched the tv on. She turned it on to a local news channel.
"And now we go live to one of the many scenes...." The presenter said.
Vince came into the room, carrying a tray of breakfast.
"Good morning." Vince chirped.
"Morning." Linda replied. "I wondered where you went."
"Just to the door to collect the breakfast service I ordered last night."
"We normally have breakfast downstairs with everyone else." Linda replied, looking strangely at Vince.
"Well I thought it would make a change, it's nice just the two of us."
"What's this?" Vince asked placing the breakfast tray on the bed and crawling back under the sheets.
"Local news channel." Linda replied, taking a bite of her toast.
"The fifteen clothes shops, all named 'Chamber's Choice', after the founder and designer of these clothes were all set alight last night. Fortunately, no-one was hurt in any of these blazes but the whole line of clothes, and obviously the stores themselves are completely destroyed." The reporter live at one of the scenes continued as a fire continued to blaze behind her. "Ten of the fifteen stores have had the fires put out. Three are under control but two, including the one behind me, is in danger of spreading to other stores. California firefighters have battled all night. Once they put one out they have to travel to the next scene and try and put that one out. This has stretched California firefighters to the limit, as of yet there are no obvious causes to these blazes, but given the fact, they are the same line of stores, one would have to assume that this is arson and perhaps a personal vendetta against the founder of this very successful clothing chain, Andrew Chambers."
A photo of Andrew flashed up on the screen.
"Thank you very much Louise. We will keep you updated on that situation as more details become available. But now onto our next news item.."
Linda looked at Vince and Vince looked at Linda.
"It's him." Linda said slowly.
"Yeah," he replied. "Looks like he finally got his cumuppance." Said Vince with an uncaring tone.
Linda grabbed the remote and switched the tv off. She gave a sidewards glance to Vince who was flicking through the paper.
'He wouldn't' Linda thought to herself. 'If Vince was going to do anything, he'd beat the crap out of him but he wouldn't do this sort of thing. It's not Vince's style. It's too sly and underhand.' Satisfied with her own reasoning she moved closer to Vince and started caressing his muscular chest.
Vince looked at her and smiled. Linda had a playfull gleam in her eyes, Vince kissed her took her in his arms.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
Vince groaned. "Some people have the worst timing."
"Tell me about it." Linda agreed as she got up and put her dressing gown on. Vince followed suit.
Linda got to the door and hadn't even opened it fully when Shane and Paul came barging through the door.
"Do come in." Linda said in a sarcastic tone.
"Aren't you guys dressed yet?" Shane said. "You've gotta get dressed now."
"What's the rush?" Vince said.
"It's Steph, she's gone into labour and we have to get back to Greenwich now!" Paul said. "I want to be there when my kid's born."
"Oh my god. When did she start?" Linda said wide eyed.
"I got a call two minutes ago. She just had her first contraction and Marissa was about to take her to the hospital." Paul said.
"We thought we'd come and tell you, throw our stuff in a suitcase and get the next flight to Greenwich." Shane said excitedly.
"Right, I'll get dressed and phone ahead at the airport, you two go and pack. Linda you get dressed and pack our stuff. Oh, I'll also organise a driver to take us to the airport and one to meet us when we get back to Greenwich, now go!" Vince ordered.
"What about the Smackdown tonight?" Shane asked.
"You let JR know he's in charge. Any last minute changes to the script will be Heyman's call. JR will take care of it all, just let him know we're going." Finished Vince.