Chris Jericho sat in his hotel room. The only thing on his mind was none other than Stephanie

McMahon. He chuckled slightly, who would've thought that would ever happen?

The truth was, he was actually worried about about her. He hadn't seen her at any of the events

in almost two weeks. Thinking back to that night where they had literally bumped into each other

in the deserted hallway, he remembered how out of character she had seemed and the way she had

held her arm just after he had touched her.

At first he thought that maybe she was setting him up for a trap, but that didn't make sense as

they were some of the last few people in the building. He just didn't know what to think at the

time.

He did feel guilty though for unintentionally hurting her, and was going to apologize at the next

show, but she had never turned up. At first he didn't think anything of it, until he realized

that a week had gone by and there was still no sign of Stephanie.

That's when he started asking if anyone had seen or heard from her. No one had seen her but

they had heard that she was on vacation somewhere. Chris had accepted that and had almost

forgotten about Stephanie's sudden disappearance until he had been passing by Triple H's

dressing-room. He knew he shouldn't have been listening, but curiosity got the better of him.

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"A vacation, that's what you came up with?"

"Oh you wanted to make it believable. Well I'm sure you managed to pull that off without any

trouble, you are a spoiled brat, what else would he believe?"

"Well I'm sure your father doesn't suspect anything and for your sake he better not. If anyone

finds out what's going on Steph you're going to be so sorry."

"Don't start mouthing off at me now, just because I'm not there. You know what will happen when

I when I get home! It won't be pretty and you'll be absent for more than two weeks."

"Yeah you better be sorry, this would never happen if you did what I told you to do! Oh but not

Stephanie McMahon, she never does what she's told, so what happens? Yeah you know what happens!

Do I need to remind you? No I thought not."

"Do you expect to be back anytime soon, I know your father's an idiot but I know he isn't stupid.

If you're not here next week then I'll just have to come and get you myself and you know how I

get if you don't do as I say!"

"There's a good girl. Well I'll see you in a week's time, then baby, and Steph, try not to be

too slutty, you know how upset I get when other men look at you!"

"Bye."

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Granted he had only heard a one-sided conversation, an unpleasant one at that, but now Chris was

sure, now more than ever, that something had happened to Stephanie that night in the hallway,

and that something was her husband Triple H. He didn't like where his thoughts were leading him,

but it was staring him straight in the face.

That explained Stephanie's behavior that night too and why she was so desperate to get out of

the arena. Damn him, he thought, he had only made things worse by insulting her and causing her

more pain that she had never deserved to begin with.

She was due at the next show, he'd talk to her then and try his hardest to get her to open up to

him. Like that was going to be an easy job he thought, first, he would have to get Stephanie

away from Triple H and alone somewhere private, then he'd have to get her to trust him and then

get her away from that asshole she called her husband. Her trust was probably going to be the

hardest thing to gain from her, he mused, but he vowed right their in his hotel room that he

wouldn't stop till she was safe.