Chapter 6
The first thing Marie and John did was catch up with the Raw roster...Marie knew they were in Detroit, Michigan for Monday Night Raw. John had stopped to see a few people and Marie was walking around the arena trying to find her father. She finally found him talking some sense into Jason Reso (Christian).
Marie walked up and touched her dad's forearm and when he looked over...the look in her eyes was all he needed to know she needed him. He excused himself from his conversation with Jason and walked with Marie...as soon as they turned the corned away from everyone, she immediately threw her arms around his neck as tears streamed down her cheeks.
Steve held his daughter close to him, trying to whisper calming words in her ear, while rubbing her back...She finally calmed down and pulled away looking into the eyes that looked so much like his, the next words out of her mouth were almost surreal.
Marie said, "You're not my biological father." Steve cocked his head and looked at Marie...he knew she was telling the truth...Steve said, "What did that bitch tell you?" Marie pulled away and said, "You knew? But how...Camille said she never told you."
Steve nodded and said, "I knew and Camille didn't have to tell me...After a few years you're Uncle Dan came clean with the truth...When I asked him what was going on...he told me all of it...I always wondered why your mother didn't tell me."
Marie cringed and said, "Please don't refer to that woman as my mother...The reason she was trying to have me killed was because she couldn't bring herself to tell me the truth about you not being my father...I don't want to talk to her or see her ever again...I told her I wouldn't even plead her case if she came around to get parole...Why didn't you ever tell me?"
Steve ran his hand over his bald head and said, "Because I loved you...To me it didn't matter if I was you're biological father or if it was Dan...You were my daughter...You're first word was when you started talking…you called me Daddy. I couldn't ever bring myself to break you're heart like that...I loved you with everything I had in my heart. It's one of the reasons I never asked Camille to marry me, because she sat there and lied to me all those years."
Marie said, "Is it okay that I still call you dad?" Steve's heart nearly broke at her request and said, "I'd be really disappointed if you called me anything but dad." Marie's eyes whipped up a fresh batch of tears as she hugged her father again and said, "Why would she do this? Wouldn't it have just been easier for her to tell her own daughter the truth rather then try to have her killed?"
Steve rubbed her back and said, "I don't know kiddo...I wish I had all the answers for you...but I don't...which sucks, cause I'd give anything in the world to help you get rid of the pain."
Marie said, "You're my dad...you're already my pain reliever...I don't need anything else...just you...and of course John." Steve chuckled at her and said, "You guys are getting awful serious." Marie pulled away and smiled and nodded and said, "I really love him...Everything about him just fits with me...We might come from two different worlds...but I can't imagine my life without him in it."
Steve said, "Lord...you're gonna marry this one aren't you?" Marie laughed and said, "Well...Not tomorrow...but I'd like to hope eventually."
Steve laughed hard and said, "C'mon kiddo, let's go find that future husband of yours, I think it's time for some dinner..." Marie smiled as her dad kissed her forehead and they walked off to find Johnso the threesome could go out to dinner.