The phone rang loudly echoing throughout his room, rousing him from his sleep. As he woke up he looked around his surroundings groggily and realized that there were clothes thrown around his room. Hunter looked to his right as he heard a feminine groan beside him. As he turned his head to look where the noise emanated from, he noticed a blonde sleeping on the opposite side of him. He smirked as he remembered last night's events. He reached over and picked up the phone to answer it.

"Hello?" He answered roughly.

"Mr Helmsley?" Asked the man at the other end of the phone.

"Yeah, that's me! Who the hell's this?" Hunter demanded to know.

"This is Ricky Park," he informed him.

Recognition washed over Hunter's face. This was the guy he'd hired to find Stephanie for him.

"I've found your wife, Mr Helmsley," Park explained to Hunter as why he had called.

The smirk that had been on Hunter's face moments before returned greater than it had ever been. Stephanie had been found, no news had made him feel more happy than any he had heard before. How she was going to pay when he got his hands on her.

"Oh thank God! Where is she?" He asked with false sincerity.

"We had someone surveying her family at the McMahon mansion and earlier this morning a women matching your wife's description was seen at the main entrance saying goodbye to a Shane Mcmahon," Park said as he explained Stephanie's whereabouts.

Hunters smirk faltered slightly, why was she at her parents? Would she have told them what he had done to her? No, he thought, she would have been too scared.

"Was she alone?" Hunter questioned him.

"As far as my man could tell, she was. We haven't seen anyone other than her parents with her throughout the day. So we are fairly certain that she is, in face, alone." He informed him.

Hunters smirk returned full force and he could barely contain the laughter that was threatening to escape him.

"Thank you! You have have no idea what this means to me! For us! For her!" Hunter replied ominously.

"It's what I do sir. I'm just happy I could help you locate your wife," Park replied honestly.

"Well help you did. I'll transfer your money at once. Goodbye."

"Goodbye Mr Helmsley," he replied just before the line went dead.

As Hunter hung up the telephone the laughter he was holding in erupted passed his lips and into the once silent room. He flung himself back on to the pillows that lay behind him.

"What the hell are you laughing at, at such a godly hour?" A voice to his left asked him.

Hunters head snapped to where the voice had came from and took in the disheveled blonde he had bedded the night before. He had forgotten all about her when he was having the conversation on the telephone.

"None of your business sweet-cheeks," he told her as he stood up from the bed. "I'm going for a shower." Her face lit up at the mention of that. "Get up, put your clothes on and get the hell out of here before I come back," He instructed her as he made his way past her on his way to the bathroom.

Doing what she was told, she slipped on her clothes and silently closed the door as she made her way out of his hotelroom. She rued the night when she met that self-involved bastard.

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Stephanie sat at her family's kitchen table eating her breakfast, while she sat and listened to her parents talk about the day ahead of them. She smiled to herself. She had missed this, and she hadn't she hadn't even noticed it until now. Her father had moved on and was now telling them how the stock market had risen and how he was making much more money than before. Whereas her mother just sat there quietly listening to her husband's ramblings. Shane had left earlier this morning heading home to his wife. She had seen him off at the door and told him how glad she was at having him back in her life. They had hugged and had left, him promising to visit her very soon.

Just as she was finishing off the last of her breakfast, she looked towards the entrance of the kitchen and saw Chris stumble in through it sleepily. He had been sleeping for a couple of hours longer than her. She was glad to finally see he had risen even if it was nearer the afternoon than morning.

"Glad to finally see you up and about Jericho," Vince's voice boomed throughout the large kitchen.

"Well I would've been down an hour ago Vance, but I got lost in numerous hallways you seem to have," Chris replied jokingly, causing them all to laugh in amusement.

Chris came into the kitchen further and walked to the table where they all sat and took a seat next to Stephanie.

"Morning, Princess," he said to her, as he reached forward for his favorite caffeinated beverage - coffee.

"Afternoon, Chris," Stephanie corrected him as she watched him pour his coffee with amusement.

Chris looked up at the clock that was hanging from the kitchen wall in full view of anyone who needed to see it.

"It's still morning Steph, for at least six more minutes anyway." Chris told her cheekily, causing her to laugh at him.

"Did you sleep well Chris?" Linda asked him.

"Yeah, although Stephanie's snoring kept me up half the night," He told her seriously, causing Stephanie to choke on the juice she was taking a drink from.

"Chris," she screeched loudly, causing him to winch slightly. "I do not snore, take that back right now!" She demanded, causing Chris and her parents to laugh.

"OK, ok Princess, I totally take it back, you don't snore...that loudly. I actually slept well Linda. The bed was unbelievably comfortable," Chris told her.

"That's good. So what are your plans for today then?"

"Well, I don't know about Chris but I plan on relaxing by the pooll," Stephanie told her mother.

"You have a pool?" Chris asked, at Stephanie's nod he jumped up from the table. "Well what are you waiting for Steph?" He asked as he pulled her up from the table with an evil glint in his eye. "Let's get going." Chris exclaimed as he pulled her to him and lifted her over his shoulder as he made his way to the pool.

"Chris! What are you doing?" Stephanie yelped. "You better not be doing what I think you're going to do!" Her eyes widened as she saw the pool come into view. "Chris! Please! Don't do it." Seconds later she felt herself fall out of his grip and into the water below her, only having time to close eyes and mouth a mere moment before she was surrounded by the water.

As Stephanie rose up from the water, she glared over at Chris, where he stood by the edge of the pool laughing hard at what he had done to her. She looked behind him and noticed her parents also had amused looks on their faces.

"You think that's funny huh?" She asked as she swam over to where he stood. "I can see that you do! With the laughter and stuff." She raised up her arm towards him. "Help me up would you?" She asked him.

Chris still chuckling with laughter, took her hand in his. Just as he was pulling her up, his eyes widened comically as he saw her smile and then felt himself being pulled forward, and fell head first into the pool beneath him.

As he swam upwards, and got to the surface he couldn't help but laugh along with Stephanie, now they were both soaking wet and in the clothes they were in the night before.

"OK, I deserved that, are we even now?" He asked her, his voice filled with nothing but humor.

"For now." Stephanie told him as she pulled herself out of the swimming pool, and headed off to go get dried with a laughing Chris followed.

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Hunter had showered and changed about an hour ago and now here he was waiting for his plane to take off. He was was lucky that they had a few spare seats on the flight he was on, plus money always helped to sway the decision.

It would take him and hour or two to reach Connecticut and then from the airport to the McMahon mansion would take about another hour and a half. He leaned back into his seat as he saw the plane pull away and start moving forward, until it's speed increased and it was pulling back and he was airborne.

He ordered a drink and sipped at it leisurely. Thinking about what he would do when he finally reached his destination. Poor lonesome Stephanie, he thought, she had no idea what she was going to receive when he got near her. None what so ever.

For now, he would just sit back and enjoy the journey.

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The day had been a lazy one for both Chris and Stephanie. They had just lain about the pool side for the better part of the morning. Sometimes going for a swim and splashing about, playing childish games with or on each other. Linda had informed them earlier that day that she and Vince would be at a benefit function till early next morning, so they had the place to themselves.

As the day had progressed the sun had gotten increasingly brighter and hotter. So they had migrated into the house, where they were now sitting in Stephanie's parents living room, watching movies on Vince's silver wide screen plasma television. They had watched movies from all genres, comedies to horrors. Films like "The God Father" Trilogy, "10 things I Hate About You" and "Bruce Almighty." Right now though they were just watching "The Princess Bride," one of Stephanie's favorite.

"I love watching that film!" Stephanie gushed happily.

"Yeah it's alright if you like that sort of film."

""Yeah," Stephanie agreed, just as her stomach reminded her that she was hungry. "Chris, baby," she asked him as she slid up next to him. "Could you do me a really big favor?" She asked him sweetly.

"Depends on what it is?" Chris answered her back.

"Well, I'm starved and I could really go for a Big Mac, with fries and a large Coke. Could you go get me one? Please?" She asked him giving him her best puppy dog eyes, that no one could resist.

Damn, not the eyes, he thought, why the goddamn eyes! He sighed heavily. He hadn't even argued with her and she was about to win.

"Fine, I'll go get it for you!" He her as she smiled at him. "But only because I happen to like you." Love, he corrected in his mind.

"Thanks baby," Stephanie told him as she leaned over and kissed his lips.

"Anytime," he said to her as he stood up and grabbed Vince's keys. "Your dad won't mind if I borrowed his car right?" Chris asked her.

"I'm sure he will, but I'm not going to tell him, if you don't," Stephanie replied in a amused tone.

Chris leaned over and kissed her goodbye.

"I'll be back soon Princess," He told her as he left the room.

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Hunter pulled up to where Stephanie was and saw Vince's car pull away. He smiled to himself as he exited his rental car. He had seen blonde hair in Vince's car, he guessed it was Linda, which meant Stephanie was in there alone. He walked up the driveway to the front entrance and rang the doorbell.

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Stephanie was in the kitchen tidying away her and Chris's mess, when she heard the doorbell. She frowned in confusion, wondering who it could be.

She walked slowly out of the kitchen and into the main hall. Chris had probably forgotten something and came back for it, she thought to herself.

Stephanie turned the handle and opened the door with a smile on her face. As she saw who stood there her smile froze on her face and melted away as a look of absolute terror covered her face.

Hunter stood there smiling at her evilly.

"Hello, Stephanie! Did you miss me?" He asked her furiously.

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