They rode in silence for about ten minutes until Shane pulled his car to a
stop in front of Stephanie's huge, two-story brick house. He followed her
as she walked in through the garage and unlocked the door. Once inside, she
threw her keys on the kitchen table and motioned for Shane to follow her
into the living room.
"So, what's going on?" He asked, once they were both comfortable and situated. She bit her lip. "Or do you want to tell me the whole story around you getting that surgery first?"
Stephanie had to restrain herself mentally from saying anything to him that would cause him to become upset. "The only reason I got them done in the first place was because I knew that without them I couldn't get Hunter away from Joanie." Shane opened his moth to say something but Stephanie cut him off. "And now that I'm not with him anymore-I guess I don't need them to make me feel good about myself." She leaned back and winced at the immediate pain doing so caused.
Shane looked confused, which Stephanie didn't take as a good sign. "That's the only reason you got them done in the first place?"
"Yeah, what'd you think?"
He shrugged. "Not sure, but I always thought it'd be a better reason then that." Stephanie's eyes narrowed and he snapped his mouth shut.
"Listen Shane, I had them done because of him so I can have them taken out because of him, sure I thought they'd improve my figure, make me look more proportioned, more beautiful, but I heard the comments in the arena, I heard the comments backstage, I heard the comments on the internet, so I decided to have them taken out because I was sick of defending myself when people asked why I had them done in the first place, so you don't you dare tell me there should be a better reason than that!!"
Shane let silence fall between them, allowing her to calm down and gather herself again. He decided not to touch on that subject again for a while.
"So Steph why did you want me here?"
"Shane, I know you want your slice of the company now and you know that I want mine, unfortunately because of our deal with Flair that doesn't look likely to happen for an extremely long time, I wanted to know if you're interested in a take over"
"Hold it Steph" Shane cut in "Haven't we been here before? Or have you conveniently forgotten last year's invasion that resulted in Dad humiliating and kicking us out with nothing? Don't you think he's ready for something like this after last time?"
"But you're forgetting that we haven't got nothing, we've got talent in the company who I know are loyal to us; people like Booker T, Rob Van Dam, Christian, Test and more, they all have the same ambition as us; they want to be at the top, if we took over and we tipped them off and swayed their support, we'd already have people on our side!"
Shane looked at her carefully, she was serious, that spark was back in her eyes and excitement in her voice. The idea of a take over was tempting and what she said about the talent was true, some of them would be on their side because of what they did for them during the Invasion.
"True, but how exactly do you plan to take over? Dad's contracts are covered in red tape, it would take a team of executive lawyers years to unravel it all"
"Ah, but he reckoned without a little tool called the internet and a computer major who learnt more than computer basics in her class, you're looking at an A class hacker" she spread her arms out, a wide grin on her face
"You're saying you can take over the company using the internet?"
"Think about big brother! We can take over the computer system and gain everything, everything!, right from under Dad's nose! He won't know until you and I hijack a Raw and announce it to the whole world!"
Steph suddenly grimaced; pain had just poured into her chest. She hurriedly got up, leaving Shane to think about her offer as she grabbed a glass of water from the kitchen. As she sat down again, she emptied a couple of pills out of a bottle and swallowed them with a gulp of water. Shane looked at her questioningly
"The doctor gave them to me, to take for the pain that should only last a couple of days anyway" she said dismissively
"I gotta ask Steph, why have you thrown Hunter out?"
"Because he decided that he'd rather be married to the business than me" she scowled "he chose the Undisputed title over having me in his corner and Stephanie Mcmahon is never left behind, from anybody"
Shane nodded and flicked open his pocket organiser, like Steph, he liked to plan everything so that he felt in control. Tapping a couple of buttons, he looked over to his sister.
"Tell you what Steph, you use your hacking skills and grab those contracts and you've got yourself a deal"
He held out his hand, which Steph gripped firmly, shaking it. As her soon- to-be-ex husband would say, let's play the game.
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"So, what's going on?" He asked, once they were both comfortable and situated. She bit her lip. "Or do you want to tell me the whole story around you getting that surgery first?"
Stephanie had to restrain herself mentally from saying anything to him that would cause him to become upset. "The only reason I got them done in the first place was because I knew that without them I couldn't get Hunter away from Joanie." Shane opened his moth to say something but Stephanie cut him off. "And now that I'm not with him anymore-I guess I don't need them to make me feel good about myself." She leaned back and winced at the immediate pain doing so caused.
Shane looked confused, which Stephanie didn't take as a good sign. "That's the only reason you got them done in the first place?"
"Yeah, what'd you think?"
He shrugged. "Not sure, but I always thought it'd be a better reason then that." Stephanie's eyes narrowed and he snapped his mouth shut.
"Listen Shane, I had them done because of him so I can have them taken out because of him, sure I thought they'd improve my figure, make me look more proportioned, more beautiful, but I heard the comments in the arena, I heard the comments backstage, I heard the comments on the internet, so I decided to have them taken out because I was sick of defending myself when people asked why I had them done in the first place, so you don't you dare tell me there should be a better reason than that!!"
Shane let silence fall between them, allowing her to calm down and gather herself again. He decided not to touch on that subject again for a while.
"So Steph why did you want me here?"
"Shane, I know you want your slice of the company now and you know that I want mine, unfortunately because of our deal with Flair that doesn't look likely to happen for an extremely long time, I wanted to know if you're interested in a take over"
"Hold it Steph" Shane cut in "Haven't we been here before? Or have you conveniently forgotten last year's invasion that resulted in Dad humiliating and kicking us out with nothing? Don't you think he's ready for something like this after last time?"
"But you're forgetting that we haven't got nothing, we've got talent in the company who I know are loyal to us; people like Booker T, Rob Van Dam, Christian, Test and more, they all have the same ambition as us; they want to be at the top, if we took over and we tipped them off and swayed their support, we'd already have people on our side!"
Shane looked at her carefully, she was serious, that spark was back in her eyes and excitement in her voice. The idea of a take over was tempting and what she said about the talent was true, some of them would be on their side because of what they did for them during the Invasion.
"True, but how exactly do you plan to take over? Dad's contracts are covered in red tape, it would take a team of executive lawyers years to unravel it all"
"Ah, but he reckoned without a little tool called the internet and a computer major who learnt more than computer basics in her class, you're looking at an A class hacker" she spread her arms out, a wide grin on her face
"You're saying you can take over the company using the internet?"
"Think about big brother! We can take over the computer system and gain everything, everything!, right from under Dad's nose! He won't know until you and I hijack a Raw and announce it to the whole world!"
Steph suddenly grimaced; pain had just poured into her chest. She hurriedly got up, leaving Shane to think about her offer as she grabbed a glass of water from the kitchen. As she sat down again, she emptied a couple of pills out of a bottle and swallowed them with a gulp of water. Shane looked at her questioningly
"The doctor gave them to me, to take for the pain that should only last a couple of days anyway" she said dismissively
"I gotta ask Steph, why have you thrown Hunter out?"
"Because he decided that he'd rather be married to the business than me" she scowled "he chose the Undisputed title over having me in his corner and Stephanie Mcmahon is never left behind, from anybody"
Shane nodded and flicked open his pocket organiser, like Steph, he liked to plan everything so that he felt in control. Tapping a couple of buttons, he looked over to his sister.
"Tell you what Steph, you use your hacking skills and grab those contracts and you've got yourself a deal"
He held out his hand, which Steph gripped firmly, shaking it. As her soon- to-be-ex husband would say, let's play the game.
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