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Unexpected

Chapter Nineteen

While he was waiting on Sydney, Mark considered calling Stephanie but decided to make sure that Sydney was okay before calling. He was quickly growing impatient that she wasn't there. He knew it would take her a while, but it wasn't calming his nerves any.

About twenty minutes later he saw his little girl. He was surprised how grown up she looked. "Hey," she said running up to him and giving him a hug. He smiled.

"Let's go," Mark said.

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When they got to Sydney's apartment it was really late, but Mark wasn't going to miss this opportunity to talk to his daughter. "What's been goin on?" he asked.

"Dad, I'm tired, I'm going to bed. I'll get you some blankets for the couch," Sydney said. She went to the closet and grabbed some blankets and pillows.

"You can't avoid talking to me forever," Mark told her.

"I know Dad but it's late and tomorrow's Sunday," Sydney told him before going to her room.

Mark wasn't sure what to make of what was going on. He wasn't sure how much Sydney knew about what was going on at home, and he wasn't sure why his daughter Seemed to be avoiding him.

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The next morning Stephanie woke to the sound of footsteps below, which was unusual in this house. She started to panic, but then calmed herself quickly. It had to be Savannah and Sierra.

She trekked down the steps, and saw to girls giggling in the living room. Two little girls.

"Aunt Stephie," Jaden said noticing her first. Stephanie gave her niece a hug.

"Where is your daddy?" Stephanie asked.

"In the kitchen," Jaden said turning her attention back to Elmo. Stephanie smiled.

"Shane-O," she said happily entering the kitchen.

"Steph," Shane said giving his sister a hug. She loved that she was looking a lot happier.

"Have you and the girls had breakfast yet?" Stephanie asked already looking in the refrigerator.

"Nope, I figured that you would be up soon," Shane said taking a bit out of the apple he had been munching on.

Stephanie pulled out the fixings for a breakfast like normal. Before she was finished Jaden, Sierra, and Savannah were all crowded around the table. She smiled. She wanted to have a large family one day, and at the rate things were going that some day would be soon.

Breakfast was a happy affair. In Stephanie's mind the only thing that could have made it better was Mark's presence and possibly Sydney's. She couldn't wait to meet the young girl.

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The next morning Mark knew he had to call Steph, or face being at the end of a McMahon temper. That wasn't something he was looking forward to.

When he found her cell phone wasn't on he called the home phone.

"Hello," Savannah said.

"Hey baby girl," Mark said. "Is Stephanie awake?"

"Yeah just a second," Savannah said before calling Stephanie to the phone.

"Hi," Steph said. He could hear the smile in her voice.

"Hey is everything okay?" Mark asked.

"Yeah, other than Shane scaring the hell out of me this morning," Stephanie said. "He got here before I woke up. How's everything over there?"

"Fine. Sydney's fine. I couldn't get a glimpse of who was following her last night. Hopefully I'll only be here a few days but I might be here for a few weeks," Mark said.

"I can hold things down here. It's not that big of a deal really. Take as long as you need," Stephanie said. "I don't want you to sit up there and worry about us."

"I just didn't want to be surprised if it wasn't back until Syd goes on spring break," Mark said.

"Sydney doesn't know about us yet does she?" Stephanie asked.

"I don't know. I haven't really had much of a chance to figure out what Savannah's told her," Mark told her honestly. "I'm going to talk to her today though, so I guess we'll find out. I'll call you later."

"Okay, love you," Stephanie said.

"Love you too," Mark said before hanging up.

He went into the kitchen to make some coffee. He was going to need it after the restless sleep he'd had the night before, and the day he expected to have today. He hoped Sydney would get up soon, so h could talk to her soon.

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