Lost, Confused, Unkind (Sequel To "Freaked")
Chapter 20
The next day was supposed to be Matt's day off, but his cell phone rang at 8:30am, Shane McMahon asking if he would do a couple of P.A.'s inn town as Brock had to go & see a specialist. Of course Matt agreed and Adam picked him up at 10am, leaving me alone in the hotel room. He did ask if I wanted to go along with him but the mere thought of being surrounded by so many people all clammering for autographs made me cringe! I just couldn't face it! To be honest the fact that Matt would be giving his attention to so many people while I stood there in the background being ignored, being nobody, had a lot to do with my reason for not going with him! It was a completely stupid emotion, jealousy! Don't get me wrong, I wasn't jealous of Matt's carreer or his fame & money, I was jealous of the fans, the people he devoted his life to. It sounds pathetic when I think about it now but I just couldn't help my feelings. I was insecure & although he didn't give me any reason to be, he didn't exactly give me reason not to be either!
By 10:15am I'd read the same paragraph of some stupid woman's magazine that I found lying around 6 times! By 10:30am I'd drank 2 cans of Pepsi & a small bottle of water. By 10:45am I'd made the bed twice and rearranged all the little bottles in the mini refrigerator! By 11am I'd had enough & decided to go & try to find Jeff before the hotel hired me as a maid! I was pretty sure Matt had mentioned Jeff's room was 3 doors down the corridor so as I knocked on that door I just prayed I'd heard right!
Thankfully I had & Jeff answered the door in jeans & no shirt with a towel in his hand drying his hair!
"Oh er…I'll come back later, sorry!" I turned to leave.
"Hey no! Come in! I was only drying my hair, I'm not busy!"
Jeff smiled & stepped aside, gesturing for me to go in so I did! "So where's Matt?" He said as he sat down on the bed & put the towel over his head.
"Work!" I said a little too depressingly! "Um Shane called, he had to go do some autograph session with Adam & Shannon!"
"Ah right! So nothing to do then huh?" He took the towel off his head & grinned at me!
"Ok!Ok! I admit it! I was going out of my mind with boredom so yes you are being used to save my sanity!"
"Ha! Well you've come to the wrong person for that then!" Jeff laughed & then his face became more serious, "So, what happened at the arena last night?"
I rolled my eyes! "Your brother has a big mouth!"
"Ah see that's where you're wrong cause it was Adam that told me!" He patted the bed beside him & I sat down. "But I take it from that comment that Matt knows all about it now?"
"Yeah…well…no actually not all of it!"
Jeff raised his eyebrows, "So which parts does he know….exactly?"
I looked away, "Well he only kinda knows about last night…" Jeff sighed, "But he doesn't NEED to know Jeff! He already thinks I'm psycho please don't make him have me committed!"
"Ok! Ok!" Jeff held up his hands, "So what did he say about last night and what exactly happened anyway?"
I proceeded to tell Jeff what had happened when I'd gone outside for a smoke in the parking lot. The hairs on the back of my neck stood on end as I recalled that voice!
"…..So then Adam took me back to the locker room & Matt….well Matt thinks it was the wind!" I sighed.
"Hmm….a whisper in the wind!"
"THAT is not even funny Hardy!"
"I know! I know! I'm sorry!" Jeff smiled, "Still, it's weird though!"
"Tell me about it!"
"No I mean a whisper in the wind!"
"Jeff I already said that wasn't funny man!"
Jeff turned to me, "No I'm not trying to be funny….and I could be way off the mark here, but who did they try to frame for this the first time?"
"I don't know what you……ooooh right! But come on Jeff, not even Steve is as smart as to connect that with a whisper in the wind!"
"Hmm maybe you're right but it's something to bare in mind! Just incase!"
"Hmm yeah I guess!"
"So, do you think it is him, Steve I mean?"
"Yeah I do!" I looked at my feet, "It all makes sense, he's out to get me for having his sorry ass thrown in jail!"
"So," Jeff paused, "what did the cop say?" I just looked away. "Ok!" Jeff stood up & went to the bedside cabinet. He came back to me & thrust his cell phone under my nose. I took it from him & just looked at it. "Don't know the number?"
"No." I said quietly.
"Ok.." He took the phone from me & pushed a couple of buttons then held it to his ear. "Hey Pops it's me!……….Yeah everything's fine! You?….good!…..Yes he's fine!….Dad listen have you erm got the number for the police station?….no no nothing's wrong! I just…erm I kinda thought one of the sergant's was cute!…..YES IT'S A GIRL DAD! Jeez!" Jeff rolled his eyes & I laughed quietly. He jotted down the number and said his goodbyes to his dad and then he sat back down next to me. He punched in the number on his cell phone, pressed call & handed me the phone! I just looked at it! "Go on!" he said as he waved the phone at me again. I reluctantly took the phone from his hand & held it to my ear.
"Hello Cameron Police department." I gulped,
"Erm…hello! I was wondering if I could speak to um….Sgt Smithurst please?"
"Hold the line please!" there was a series of beeps as I was patched through to Smithurst's desk & I looked up at the celing. Jeff took hold of my hand and squeezed it tightly.
"Hello?"
"Yes!"
"I'm sorry Ma'am, Sgt Smithurst isn't at her desk right now, could I take a message?"
"Oh erm…hang on!" I took the phone away from my ear, "She's not there! Should I leave a message?"
"Yes leave a message you dork!"
"Um can you get her to call…er…" Jeff pointed to himself, "erm…Jeff Hardy, on…" Jeff mouthed his number & I repeated it, "Yes today if possible! Or just as soon as she can! It's regarding a previous case she was involved in! Ok thankyou!"
Chapter 20
The next day was supposed to be Matt's day off, but his cell phone rang at 8:30am, Shane McMahon asking if he would do a couple of P.A.'s inn town as Brock had to go & see a specialist. Of course Matt agreed and Adam picked him up at 10am, leaving me alone in the hotel room. He did ask if I wanted to go along with him but the mere thought of being surrounded by so many people all clammering for autographs made me cringe! I just couldn't face it! To be honest the fact that Matt would be giving his attention to so many people while I stood there in the background being ignored, being nobody, had a lot to do with my reason for not going with him! It was a completely stupid emotion, jealousy! Don't get me wrong, I wasn't jealous of Matt's carreer or his fame & money, I was jealous of the fans, the people he devoted his life to. It sounds pathetic when I think about it now but I just couldn't help my feelings. I was insecure & although he didn't give me any reason to be, he didn't exactly give me reason not to be either!
By 10:15am I'd read the same paragraph of some stupid woman's magazine that I found lying around 6 times! By 10:30am I'd drank 2 cans of Pepsi & a small bottle of water. By 10:45am I'd made the bed twice and rearranged all the little bottles in the mini refrigerator! By 11am I'd had enough & decided to go & try to find Jeff before the hotel hired me as a maid! I was pretty sure Matt had mentioned Jeff's room was 3 doors down the corridor so as I knocked on that door I just prayed I'd heard right!
Thankfully I had & Jeff answered the door in jeans & no shirt with a towel in his hand drying his hair!
"Oh er…I'll come back later, sorry!" I turned to leave.
"Hey no! Come in! I was only drying my hair, I'm not busy!"
Jeff smiled & stepped aside, gesturing for me to go in so I did! "So where's Matt?" He said as he sat down on the bed & put the towel over his head.
"Work!" I said a little too depressingly! "Um Shane called, he had to go do some autograph session with Adam & Shannon!"
"Ah right! So nothing to do then huh?" He took the towel off his head & grinned at me!
"Ok!Ok! I admit it! I was going out of my mind with boredom so yes you are being used to save my sanity!"
"Ha! Well you've come to the wrong person for that then!" Jeff laughed & then his face became more serious, "So, what happened at the arena last night?"
I rolled my eyes! "Your brother has a big mouth!"
"Ah see that's where you're wrong cause it was Adam that told me!" He patted the bed beside him & I sat down. "But I take it from that comment that Matt knows all about it now?"
"Yeah…well…no actually not all of it!"
Jeff raised his eyebrows, "So which parts does he know….exactly?"
I looked away, "Well he only kinda knows about last night…" Jeff sighed, "But he doesn't NEED to know Jeff! He already thinks I'm psycho please don't make him have me committed!"
"Ok! Ok!" Jeff held up his hands, "So what did he say about last night and what exactly happened anyway?"
I proceeded to tell Jeff what had happened when I'd gone outside for a smoke in the parking lot. The hairs on the back of my neck stood on end as I recalled that voice!
"…..So then Adam took me back to the locker room & Matt….well Matt thinks it was the wind!" I sighed.
"Hmm….a whisper in the wind!"
"THAT is not even funny Hardy!"
"I know! I know! I'm sorry!" Jeff smiled, "Still, it's weird though!"
"Tell me about it!"
"No I mean a whisper in the wind!"
"Jeff I already said that wasn't funny man!"
Jeff turned to me, "No I'm not trying to be funny….and I could be way off the mark here, but who did they try to frame for this the first time?"
"I don't know what you……ooooh right! But come on Jeff, not even Steve is as smart as to connect that with a whisper in the wind!"
"Hmm maybe you're right but it's something to bare in mind! Just incase!"
"Hmm yeah I guess!"
"So, do you think it is him, Steve I mean?"
"Yeah I do!" I looked at my feet, "It all makes sense, he's out to get me for having his sorry ass thrown in jail!"
"So," Jeff paused, "what did the cop say?" I just looked away. "Ok!" Jeff stood up & went to the bedside cabinet. He came back to me & thrust his cell phone under my nose. I took it from him & just looked at it. "Don't know the number?"
"No." I said quietly.
"Ok.." He took the phone from me & pushed a couple of buttons then held it to his ear. "Hey Pops it's me!……….Yeah everything's fine! You?….good!…..Yes he's fine!….Dad listen have you erm got the number for the police station?….no no nothing's wrong! I just…erm I kinda thought one of the sergant's was cute!…..YES IT'S A GIRL DAD! Jeez!" Jeff rolled his eyes & I laughed quietly. He jotted down the number and said his goodbyes to his dad and then he sat back down next to me. He punched in the number on his cell phone, pressed call & handed me the phone! I just looked at it! "Go on!" he said as he waved the phone at me again. I reluctantly took the phone from his hand & held it to my ear.
"Hello Cameron Police department." I gulped,
"Erm…hello! I was wondering if I could speak to um….Sgt Smithurst please?"
"Hold the line please!" there was a series of beeps as I was patched through to Smithurst's desk & I looked up at the celing. Jeff took hold of my hand and squeezed it tightly.
"Hello?"
"Yes!"
"I'm sorry Ma'am, Sgt Smithurst isn't at her desk right now, could I take a message?"
"Oh erm…hang on!" I took the phone away from my ear, "She's not there! Should I leave a message?"
"Yes leave a message you dork!"
"Um can you get her to call…er…" Jeff pointed to himself, "erm…Jeff Hardy, on…" Jeff mouthed his number & I repeated it, "Yes today if possible! Or just as soon as she can! It's regarding a previous case she was involved in! Ok thankyou!"