***Chapter 14***

Well like clockwork, I showed up at my dad's place, I turned down the long dirt road leading up to my father's house, and thought I saw a familiar vehicle sitting in the drive way…I was right it was Shane's black BMW SUV…I couldn't believe my eyes, I thought maybe I was seeing things. I walked inside and said, "Dad?" He said, "We're in the den." I knew I wasn't seeing things then…I walked down to the den and said, "Hey dad." I went over and we hugged and he kissed my cheek. Dad said, "I'm going to go check on dinner, why don't you two get re-acquainted." He walked out of the room…

Shane had a smirk on his face as he watched my dad leave the room, I reached over and pinched his arm as hard as possible…Shane said, "Ouch!  What was that for?" I said, "What the hell is going on?" Shane said, "You got me, you father called me up and invited me for dinner…" I said, "Why did you come, you knew that Friday's were the days I came home to see him…you knew I'd be here." Shane said, "No, he said, you weren't going to come this weekend." I said, "You dumbass, in the 9 years that you've known me, has there ever been one time in my life where I haven't come to see my dad on Fridays?" Shane gave a sheepish grin and said, "No, I guess not…" I said, "Right!  Then why would I start now dingus!" And I smack Shane's arm.

My dad re-emerged from the kitchen and said, "Dinner's ready, c'mon you two." We walked into the dinning room behind my dad, and I shoved Shane out of the way…I ate quietly and just looked down into my soup bowl…listening to my father talk business with Shane…Finally dad said, "Now onto more important business…Michelle, when are you going to give Shane a second chance to make up his minor mistake? You guys have been together way to long to let something as trivial like that get between the two of you, and ruin your perfectly good future together."

I stood up and started walking around the dinning room and I said, "You know something dad, I love you, but this is way too much…Shane cheated on me, he FUCKED someone else and could have given me some disease from the little whore he screwed, I was lucky I found out when I did. We got divorced…why can't you accept that? I don't love him anymore…I haven't loved him for a long time…and I lost all my respect for him to be a good husband when I found out he'd been sleeping with other women. And he obviously didn't respect what we had together otherwise he wouldn't have ever done what he did."

My dad said, "Michelle Ann, Shane slipped, god help him he slipped, he made a small mistake, and at some point you'll have to forgive him." I stood there for a second, my hair hanging in my face and finally moved my hair out of the way and said, "Dad, I love you, but why can't you take my side on this? He hurt me…he broke my heart into a million pieces and didn't even look back to make sure I picked it all up to get it glued back together."

Shane said, "You didn't give me much of a chance to look, you filed for divorce the day after you found out, and then wouldn't even accept any calls from me."

I leaned against the table looking at Shane and said, "And did you really expect me to just roll over and let you treat me like that? Just brush off the fact that you cheated on me, with god knows how many women for god knows long…and just welcome you back with open arms?? Because if you did, then you are not only the Chief Executive of the WWF, you're also the Chief Executive of Fantasy Land. We've been divorced for 4½ years, there's no chance in hell for a reconciliation…I don't even love you…I love Paul and at some point (looking at my dad) DAD, you're going to have to accept that Paul is part of my life, and is going to be part of my life for a long damn time."

My dad said, "Why? What has he done for you? I mean other then taking you away from your husband." I said, "He never took me away from my husband…my husband did that on his own…without no one's help but his own…It was Shane's decision to sleep around, I was perfectly content being married to him for the rest of my life, but I was deluded to the fact that he didn't love me enough to be faithful."

My dad started to say something, when I interrupted him and said, "Dad, I love you and you know that, but I don't think I'll be coming here on Friday's anymore, I don't like it when you make me feel like my marriage failed because of me, not when it was really Shane's fault…every time I come see you, you make me feel lower and lower, and for absolutely no reason at all I let you get to me…I don't love Shane, I love Paul, someone who loves me as much as I love him…if you can't get past the marriage thing, then there will be no reason for me to come over to see you anymore, cause the longer I'm with Paul, then there's a chance I can find happiness again…and I live my life for me…not you, or Marie, or anyone else. Bye Dad." I kiss the top of his head and left.