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Dave flew in to the airport and saw Ashley standing at the gate. He wasn't doing good. It had been many hours since he had last used and he was already feeling the effects of withdrawl. Ashley seen him and went over to him, "You look like hell." She said to him with a laugh.
"Thanks sis, appreciate that." Dave said with a half smile.
"I didn't know how you wanted to do this, but I got you into a rehab facility that is great. I told them that I would be bringing you by tonight or tomorrow morning." Ashley advised him.
"Ash, as much as I would like to visit with you, I want to go straight there. I have a baby coming in less than 6 weeks and I would like to be straight for it." Dave replied.
"A baby? I thought you said that you were going to talk her into getting an abortion." Ashley said to him in a confused tone.
"Well when Trish got diagnosed with cancer and had to have a hysterectomy, she talked to Melissa about adopting the baby and they decided that instead of Melissa having an abortion or giving the baby up for adoption she would have Trish adopt the baby." Dave explained as they arrived at Ashley's car.
"Where are the girls? What did you tell Angie?" Ashley asked.
"The girls are all with Trish, and Trish is telling Angie and them. I told her to be honest, I don't want them being told a lie from people they know that they can trust. I would rather have them know the truth then to find out from some various source." Dave said.
They started driving and Dave explained the whole thing to Ashley and how it got so out of control and how right now he would probably be at Jamal's party if it hadn't been for Trish catching him.
"So did Trish leave you?" Ashley asked. She knew how much he loved her, but yet he always seemed to mess things up.
Dave shook his head, "No. I told her to but she wouldn't. She told me that she would stand by my side as long as I cleaned myself up. But if I screwed up once we were over." Dave looked at Ashley, "I don't deserve her Ashley, why would she put her life on hold for me?"
Ashley smirked, "Because for some odd reason Dave, she's madly in love with you."
They pulled into the facility and Ashley turned the car off. "Do you want me to go in there with you?" She asked carefully.
Dave felt nervous sitting in their parking lot, he knew that in his heart he wanted to get cleaned up, but yet he was afraid of failure. "No, I have to do this on my own." He leaned over and gave her a tight hug, "Thanks Ashley, I'll call you and give you a heads up."
Ashley nodded, "Ok." She held him back.
Dave took a deep breath and got out of the car. He grabbed his stuff out of the trunk and walked into the facility. He knew that it was time to own up to his mistakes. *~**~*~~*~*~**~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Trish walked over to the table where Brock and the girls were eating breakfast. They were all chatting up a storm. Brock could tell by the look on Trish's face that she was dreading this talk, but he didn't know what to say.
Trish walked up behind the girls and draped her arms around the both of them, "Hey girls. How's breakfast?"
Jenni smiled, "They have really good syrup here."
Aly nodded, "Yeah but the hashbrowns are better."
Trish laughed. "Has Brock been keeping you guys entertained?"
"Yeah, he's a lot of fun." Jenni said with a laugh.
Trish was glad to see that they were all having a good time. "Well guys, as soon as you guys finish your breakfast, we're going to hit the open road. We have to go up to my mom's and pick up Nattie and then head off to Raw."
"You had better sit down and have some breakfast then." Brock said to her scooting over so she could sit next to him. "You're going to need energy for all of that runnin' around."
"I'll sit down but I'm not that hungry." Trish said sitting down by him.
Brock looked at the girls, "Do you guys think that she needs to eat?"
They both giggled and nodded.
"Well, it's a unanimous decision, either you eat or I tickle you until you agree to eat." Brock said holding up his hands.
"Don't you dare Brock Edward Lesnar," Trish said narrowing her eyes at him.
"Well if you insist!" Brock said and started tickling her. Soon the girls joined in and in the middle of the breakfast room Trish was in tears from being tickled so much.
"Ok, ok, mercy, uncle anything, I'll eat something!!!" Trish exclaimed. Finally they quit and helped her back into her seat.
Trish sat down and when the waitress came over, she ordered a plate of hashbrowns and a glass of chocolate milk. "There, is everyone happy?"
The girls nodded. Aly and Jenni started asking questions about Raw and Smackdown and Brock and Trish answered them the best that they could. Trish's food came and she started eating while Brock and the girls talked about various things.
Finally Brock had to leave and Trish knew that it was time to tell the girls everything. She couldn't hold it back anymore. She looked across the table at them. They were so happy. She took a deep breath, "Girls, I have the key to Torrie's room. We need to go up there and have a little meeting."
Aly nodded and stood up right away. Jenni pondered it for a second, "Is dad going to be there?"
Aly punched her in the arm, "What do you think?"
"Girls, we'll talk about everything upstairs. Ok?" Trish said refereeing them. She walked them to the elevator and they walked down the hallway to Torrie's room.
They went inside and Trish instructed them to sit on the bed. She went into the fridge and took out some sodas that Torrie left for her. "Torrie knows how to take care of me." Trish thought to herself. She brought them over to the girls and sat down on the bed.
"Trish, if Torrie is gone, how come we get to use her room?" Jenni asked.
Aly sighed and shook her head.
Trish smiled, "Because she was nice enough to leave me her room key, and then I'll check her out and say that I'm her. No one will know."
Jenni smiled back, "That was nice."
Trish looked at Aly and then at Jenni, "Alright, the reason why I'm here is to talk about your dad and anything that you would want to or need to know. What I have to say is not easy, so you'll have to forgive me if I tear up a bit."
Both girls nodded.
"Girls, your dad.your dad is." Trish didn't know how to start the conversation, and all she could do is picture the heartbreak in their eyes when she tells them and it was causing her to get emotional. She took a deep breath, her eyes welled with tears, "Girls, your dad is going to be gone for awhile so you're going to be staying with me and Natalie."
"Why, what's going on?" Jenni asked immediately.
"It's bad isn't it?" Aly said cautiously.
"Girls, your dad wanted me to be open and honest with you, and I don't want to beat around the bush with it." Trish said cautiously. "Girls, your dad is going into rehab."
"Again?!? What did he break this time?" Jenni jumped in.
Aly's expression and demeanor totally changed. Her face got dark and Trish could practically see the steam coming out of her ears, "You mean to tell me that he can't tell us this himself?" She said gritting her teeth.
Trish reached over and went to pat Aly on the shoulder but Aly pulled away, "How about I finish explaining everything?" She said calmly. She turned so she was facing both Aly and Jenni, "Your dad got mixed up with drugs and alcohol and it got out of control. That's why you guys were finding things like the high amount of money and that's why he was sneaking out and you noticed his temper fluctuating."
Jenni's eyes filled with tears, "So the money was being used for drugs and not for your engagement ring?"
Trish smiled a little and gave her a hug, "Sorry baby, it wasn't for an engagement ring."
Aly was so mad and so hurt. She couldn't believe that her dad was a drug addict. He had always made sure to warn her that in the industry there were a lot of guys and girls who were messed up and to make sure that she didn't fall into it. She didn't know if she wanted to cry or scream. Her lip started quivering, "What kind of drugs?" She asked quietly.
Trish looked up, "I'm sorry?" She hadn't heard her question.
Aly was starting to lose her temper, "What kinds of drugs?" She asked a lot louder. "Painkillers? Steroids? Lots of alcohol? What was he using?" By now Aly was all out sobbing. She turned and looked Trish in her eyes and yelled, "What drugs were more important than his family? Doesn't he have the guts to tell us to our faces?"
Trish's eyes filled with tears, she knew that this was killing Aly, she went over to her and tried to hug her but Aly just pulled away, "Hon, he's not here because he didn't want you guys to see him sick. He was already not doing real well when I left. I don't know if you want all of the specifics on him."
Aly interrupted her, "Yeah, I do want all of the specifics." She replied sharply.
Trish looked at Jenni, she was just silently crying and rocking back and forth. Jenni was very non-confrontational, and Aly was always the one to be in everyone's face. "Well, he was using marijuana, cocaine, and something called an eightball and then he was drinking."
Aly's mouth dropped, "He was using heroin and crack too? Was he asking to die? Was he asking to injure someone? Doesn't he know how this is going to destroy the family?" Aly was in shock. She was completely numb. She was no longer crying, she was still yelling, but she felt like she was in another world.
Trish hung her head. She knew Aly was hurting. She knew that Dave was Aly's hero. "Aly, Things got out of hand. He wasn't trying to hurt anyone, but he did. And that's why he went to get help. He wants everything to be good again. He wants to be clean and sober." Trish reached out to Aly, but Aly pulled away and got off of the bed.
"Don't touch me. I can't do this, I'm not hearing this." And she turned and walked out of the hotel room.
Trish jumped up and ran out into the hallway, "Aly where are you going? We need to leave."
Aly never replied and just kept on going. She ran to the stairwell and left.
"Damnit." Trish swore out loud. She walked back in the room and found that Jenni was gone. "Jenni?"
"I'm in the bathroom." Jenni said through the sniffles.
"Hon, you can come out, it's ok." Trish said calmly.
Jenni opened the door and ran to Trish and held her, "I'm not trying to be a baby, but Trish I'm scared."
Trish held her and rocked her back and forth. "You're not being a baby, it's ok to be scared. Why don't we go and look for your sister."
Jenni sniffled and nodded. Trish grabbed the box of Kleenex and the two left in search of Aly.
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Dave flew in to the airport and saw Ashley standing at the gate. He wasn't doing good. It had been many hours since he had last used and he was already feeling the effects of withdrawl. Ashley seen him and went over to him, "You look like hell." She said to him with a laugh.
"Thanks sis, appreciate that." Dave said with a half smile.
"I didn't know how you wanted to do this, but I got you into a rehab facility that is great. I told them that I would be bringing you by tonight or tomorrow morning." Ashley advised him.
"Ash, as much as I would like to visit with you, I want to go straight there. I have a baby coming in less than 6 weeks and I would like to be straight for it." Dave replied.
"A baby? I thought you said that you were going to talk her into getting an abortion." Ashley said to him in a confused tone.
"Well when Trish got diagnosed with cancer and had to have a hysterectomy, she talked to Melissa about adopting the baby and they decided that instead of Melissa having an abortion or giving the baby up for adoption she would have Trish adopt the baby." Dave explained as they arrived at Ashley's car.
"Where are the girls? What did you tell Angie?" Ashley asked.
"The girls are all with Trish, and Trish is telling Angie and them. I told her to be honest, I don't want them being told a lie from people they know that they can trust. I would rather have them know the truth then to find out from some various source." Dave said.
They started driving and Dave explained the whole thing to Ashley and how it got so out of control and how right now he would probably be at Jamal's party if it hadn't been for Trish catching him.
"So did Trish leave you?" Ashley asked. She knew how much he loved her, but yet he always seemed to mess things up.
Dave shook his head, "No. I told her to but she wouldn't. She told me that she would stand by my side as long as I cleaned myself up. But if I screwed up once we were over." Dave looked at Ashley, "I don't deserve her Ashley, why would she put her life on hold for me?"
Ashley smirked, "Because for some odd reason Dave, she's madly in love with you."
They pulled into the facility and Ashley turned the car off. "Do you want me to go in there with you?" She asked carefully.
Dave felt nervous sitting in their parking lot, he knew that in his heart he wanted to get cleaned up, but yet he was afraid of failure. "No, I have to do this on my own." He leaned over and gave her a tight hug, "Thanks Ashley, I'll call you and give you a heads up."
Ashley nodded, "Ok." She held him back.
Dave took a deep breath and got out of the car. He grabbed his stuff out of the trunk and walked into the facility. He knew that it was time to own up to his mistakes. *~**~*~~*~*~**~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Trish walked over to the table where Brock and the girls were eating breakfast. They were all chatting up a storm. Brock could tell by the look on Trish's face that she was dreading this talk, but he didn't know what to say.
Trish walked up behind the girls and draped her arms around the both of them, "Hey girls. How's breakfast?"
Jenni smiled, "They have really good syrup here."
Aly nodded, "Yeah but the hashbrowns are better."
Trish laughed. "Has Brock been keeping you guys entertained?"
"Yeah, he's a lot of fun." Jenni said with a laugh.
Trish was glad to see that they were all having a good time. "Well guys, as soon as you guys finish your breakfast, we're going to hit the open road. We have to go up to my mom's and pick up Nattie and then head off to Raw."
"You had better sit down and have some breakfast then." Brock said to her scooting over so she could sit next to him. "You're going to need energy for all of that runnin' around."
"I'll sit down but I'm not that hungry." Trish said sitting down by him.
Brock looked at the girls, "Do you guys think that she needs to eat?"
They both giggled and nodded.
"Well, it's a unanimous decision, either you eat or I tickle you until you agree to eat." Brock said holding up his hands.
"Don't you dare Brock Edward Lesnar," Trish said narrowing her eyes at him.
"Well if you insist!" Brock said and started tickling her. Soon the girls joined in and in the middle of the breakfast room Trish was in tears from being tickled so much.
"Ok, ok, mercy, uncle anything, I'll eat something!!!" Trish exclaimed. Finally they quit and helped her back into her seat.
Trish sat down and when the waitress came over, she ordered a plate of hashbrowns and a glass of chocolate milk. "There, is everyone happy?"
The girls nodded. Aly and Jenni started asking questions about Raw and Smackdown and Brock and Trish answered them the best that they could. Trish's food came and she started eating while Brock and the girls talked about various things.
Finally Brock had to leave and Trish knew that it was time to tell the girls everything. She couldn't hold it back anymore. She looked across the table at them. They were so happy. She took a deep breath, "Girls, I have the key to Torrie's room. We need to go up there and have a little meeting."
Aly nodded and stood up right away. Jenni pondered it for a second, "Is dad going to be there?"
Aly punched her in the arm, "What do you think?"
"Girls, we'll talk about everything upstairs. Ok?" Trish said refereeing them. She walked them to the elevator and they walked down the hallway to Torrie's room.
They went inside and Trish instructed them to sit on the bed. She went into the fridge and took out some sodas that Torrie left for her. "Torrie knows how to take care of me." Trish thought to herself. She brought them over to the girls and sat down on the bed.
"Trish, if Torrie is gone, how come we get to use her room?" Jenni asked.
Aly sighed and shook her head.
Trish smiled, "Because she was nice enough to leave me her room key, and then I'll check her out and say that I'm her. No one will know."
Jenni smiled back, "That was nice."
Trish looked at Aly and then at Jenni, "Alright, the reason why I'm here is to talk about your dad and anything that you would want to or need to know. What I have to say is not easy, so you'll have to forgive me if I tear up a bit."
Both girls nodded.
"Girls, your dad.your dad is." Trish didn't know how to start the conversation, and all she could do is picture the heartbreak in their eyes when she tells them and it was causing her to get emotional. She took a deep breath, her eyes welled with tears, "Girls, your dad is going to be gone for awhile so you're going to be staying with me and Natalie."
"Why, what's going on?" Jenni asked immediately.
"It's bad isn't it?" Aly said cautiously.
"Girls, your dad wanted me to be open and honest with you, and I don't want to beat around the bush with it." Trish said cautiously. "Girls, your dad is going into rehab."
"Again?!? What did he break this time?" Jenni jumped in.
Aly's expression and demeanor totally changed. Her face got dark and Trish could practically see the steam coming out of her ears, "You mean to tell me that he can't tell us this himself?" She said gritting her teeth.
Trish reached over and went to pat Aly on the shoulder but Aly pulled away, "How about I finish explaining everything?" She said calmly. She turned so she was facing both Aly and Jenni, "Your dad got mixed up with drugs and alcohol and it got out of control. That's why you guys were finding things like the high amount of money and that's why he was sneaking out and you noticed his temper fluctuating."
Jenni's eyes filled with tears, "So the money was being used for drugs and not for your engagement ring?"
Trish smiled a little and gave her a hug, "Sorry baby, it wasn't for an engagement ring."
Aly was so mad and so hurt. She couldn't believe that her dad was a drug addict. He had always made sure to warn her that in the industry there were a lot of guys and girls who were messed up and to make sure that she didn't fall into it. She didn't know if she wanted to cry or scream. Her lip started quivering, "What kind of drugs?" She asked quietly.
Trish looked up, "I'm sorry?" She hadn't heard her question.
Aly was starting to lose her temper, "What kinds of drugs?" She asked a lot louder. "Painkillers? Steroids? Lots of alcohol? What was he using?" By now Aly was all out sobbing. She turned and looked Trish in her eyes and yelled, "What drugs were more important than his family? Doesn't he have the guts to tell us to our faces?"
Trish's eyes filled with tears, she knew that this was killing Aly, she went over to her and tried to hug her but Aly just pulled away, "Hon, he's not here because he didn't want you guys to see him sick. He was already not doing real well when I left. I don't know if you want all of the specifics on him."
Aly interrupted her, "Yeah, I do want all of the specifics." She replied sharply.
Trish looked at Jenni, she was just silently crying and rocking back and forth. Jenni was very non-confrontational, and Aly was always the one to be in everyone's face. "Well, he was using marijuana, cocaine, and something called an eightball and then he was drinking."
Aly's mouth dropped, "He was using heroin and crack too? Was he asking to die? Was he asking to injure someone? Doesn't he know how this is going to destroy the family?" Aly was in shock. She was completely numb. She was no longer crying, she was still yelling, but she felt like she was in another world.
Trish hung her head. She knew Aly was hurting. She knew that Dave was Aly's hero. "Aly, Things got out of hand. He wasn't trying to hurt anyone, but he did. And that's why he went to get help. He wants everything to be good again. He wants to be clean and sober." Trish reached out to Aly, but Aly pulled away and got off of the bed.
"Don't touch me. I can't do this, I'm not hearing this." And she turned and walked out of the hotel room.
Trish jumped up and ran out into the hallway, "Aly where are you going? We need to leave."
Aly never replied and just kept on going. She ran to the stairwell and left.
"Damnit." Trish swore out loud. She walked back in the room and found that Jenni was gone. "Jenni?"
"I'm in the bathroom." Jenni said through the sniffles.
"Hon, you can come out, it's ok." Trish said calmly.
Jenni opened the door and ran to Trish and held her, "I'm not trying to be a baby, but Trish I'm scared."
Trish held her and rocked her back and forth. "You're not being a baby, it's ok to be scared. Why don't we go and look for your sister."
Jenni sniffled and nodded. Trish grabbed the box of Kleenex and the two left in search of Aly.
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