The court date against Trish Stratus was settled for December 26...the same day as as the funeral.
and now.
Chapter 11
"Through teary eyes."
December 25
Christmas Day
It was Christmas Morning, and Stephanie was still asleep.
Hunter thought about waking her up, but then he thought against it.
It wasn't like a regular Christmas. There was no openeding gifts. No christmas carols. No Christmas cards. No Christmas cookies. Nothing.
It rained all day, as Hunter laid in his bed, and listened to the rain. He had brought Elizabeth in their room, so that he would hear when she cried.
Stephanie had been asleep all day, which was unlike her. Hunter had nothing else to do but lay next to her, hoping she would wake up.
Suddenly the phone rang. Hunter sighed, he didn't want to talk to anyone right then, but when the phone rang for the second time, he kissed his wife's forehead, and quickly answered the phone.
After he talked to X-Pac and Tori, they wished Stephanie their blessing, and said that they would call later.
Hunter then went back to the bedroom, and tried to make the most of their terrible situation.
It was the first time on December 25, that all he felt like doing was sleeping.
December 26
Hunter woke up, and next to him, Stephanie was gone, he wondered where she was, untill she heard the shower running.
He sighed, and got up, and walked over to the bathroom, the shower finaly stopped.
"Hey." he said to her as he saw his wife, get out of the shower, and get dressed.
She smiled.
"Good Morning, I'm glad to see that you are up, and the baby don't worry Ms. Green already dressed her." Stephanie smiled.
She was wearing a black long sleeved sweater, and a black skirt.
Hunter looked confused at his wife, had her father not just died?
"Are you ok?" he asked her worried, as he touched her wet hair.
"uh huh." she smiled, as she combed her hair into a ponytail.
Hunter frowned, just 48 hours ago she had been devastated...and now this, it was scary.
"Wait, what are we going?" he asked, still thinking he was dreaming.
"To court silly." she said, as she stared back into the mirror.
Hunter waited for a second.
"Aren't you still a little upset, about...Vince?" he asked quietly.
Stephanie stuck a black pin in her hair, and, started putting on lip stick.
"No." she said as she walked past Hunter, and grabbed her gold purse.
Hunter followed his wife out of their room, into the kitchen, where Ms.Green was feeding the baby.
"Good Morning, Mr. and Mrs Helmsley." Ms. Green said obviosly very suprised at her cheerfullness.
Stephanie walked past the kitchen table, as her heel clicked against the hard wood floor.
"Steph." Hunter said, grabbing her arm.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked, looking into her eyes, he knew that something had been totaly off about her,why was she acting like nothing happened.
Stephanie kissed her husband's lips. "Nothing." she said assuring him.
"What do you mean nothing, Steph...Vince is dead." Hunter said to her now geeting worried.
Ms. green witnessed this and was also getting concerned.
"I know." Stephanie said, as she turned to face them both, my father was a terrible, horrible person, and I'm glad he's dead." Stephanie said,a s if she was talking about the weather.
"Are you crazy?" Hunter asked.
Stephanie laughed.
"No it's not funny, everybody is very upset about this, I thought you would be too." Hunter said, as he grabbed her waiste.
"But I'm not." Stephanie said, as she put her fingers on Hunter lips, and sat on his lap.
"Now, don't get me wrong, I am thankfull, that he made me, and gave me money, and I' glad that now he is dead, Shane is going to stay in the WWF!" She said excitied.
She then pushed away from Hunter, and disappered into the living room.
Hunter just watched after her not beliving what he heard.
"Listen, Mr. Helmsley I hate to get in your buisness, but Mrs. Helmsley...I mean I was just like her when my mom died...I hated her my whole life...then when she died, I was angry at first." Ms.Green said.
"Because she was dead?" asked Hunter.
"No, because I didn't want to take off from work...but then at the funeral...i felt, it...she was really dead, and I broke down, in front of everybody...it was like i had just found out all over again...I'm just afraid that Stephanie will get out somewhere and realize that Vince is really gone and break down, my thereapist said unfourtunetly it was normal." said Ms.Green.
Hunter sighed, He just hoped that she would not get to the funeral and realize that Vince was really dead.
The Trial
"Order, Order, the horable judge Maxwell Scott, is in the court room." said the bailiff.
Stephanie had been eyeing Trish the whole trial, As Hunter put his arm around her to comfort her, before she was called to the stand.
"In the case of Hunter and Stephanie McMahon Helmsley VS Trish Startus, and Robert Ewing, Ms. Stratus is charged with slander, theft, filing a false police report, 1st degree murder, 4 charhes of attemted murder, 1 charge of harrassment, blackmailing for money, hiring a hitman and attempted murder, drug posession, lying in court, entering the country of Canada illeagly, and stalking." said the ballif.
"Mrs. Helmsley in your own words explain what has happened to you in the last coupel of months in result of Trish Stratus." said Stephanie's lawyer, as Hunter, and Shane sat at the defendent's desk.
"Well, I was put through hell because she commited slander, calling me a slut on the by spray painting it on the walls, I fainted because of her, I was diagnossed with anxiety because of all the stress she put me through she constantly tried to flirt with my husband, and I also think that she is the reason I was kidnapped this year...and my baby was born premature, and she went in my own home and kidnapped, my baby and put my nanny in a coma...she admitted to me that she killed her own sister, and she admitted that she hired her hitman, to try to kill me, and my baby, while I was pregnant." Stephanie said.
Trish's lawyer rolled her eyes.
"Thank you, Mrs. Helmsley, would you explain the relationship that your husband had with Trish Stratus?" asked the lawyer.
"My husband had no attratction twards her, she was the one, who was obssessed with him." Stephanie said, as Hunter watched her, with Sean and Tori.
"One last thing Mrs. Helmsey in detail could you tell exactly what happened on the night you were kidnapped.
Stephanie sighed, and told the entire story.
"It as a cold night, and I was visting a friend, at a library becasue she wanted to tell mea secret, when i left the library, My friend, went on and left but I stayed a little longer, and I should not have because, when i got out to my car, a man jumped out of some bushes, with a ski maske on, and drug me in his car, we sped through the traffic, and finaly came to a house, he beat me repeatly, untill I was uncotious, and then after i talked to him for a while, he admitted to me, that he was a hitman for Trish, I got him, on the same page as me hoping he would let me go, but he did not, I then found a cell phone, and tried to call 911, and I succeded, but thrn he found out what I was doing, and he grabbed me and slung me hard on the ground..." Stephanie started to cry. "But then the next thing I knew I was in a new house because the polie had tracked the call...he beat me again, and I felt that my baby was dying, so then he said that he was going to kill my baby, and that's when I tried to get out...we were actually fighting, and then he pushed me up against the wall, and was choking the life out of me, I thought I was going to die, when my husband finaly came to save me, he was tring to kill me, your honar, and my baby...becuase of Trish Stratus." Stephanie said as the tears silently fell from her face. The jurry gasped, as the grusome details of the kidnapping, that they did not know about.
"Thank you, Mrs. Helmsley, no further questions, your honar." said Stephanie's lawyer, as Stephanie stepped down off the stand.
Stephanie hugged Hunter, and kissed him, as the lawyer said.
"Your honar I would like to call my next witness Victoria Waltman to the stand." said the lawyer, as Stephanie, and Tori hugged, as she went on stand.
"Mrs. Waltman, do you sware to tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God?" asked the baliff.
"I do." said Tori.
"Mrs. Waltman...do you know the defendent, Trish Stratus?"asked the lawyer.
"Yes." answered Tori.
"Explain, what role you have in this case." said the lawyer.
"Gladly your honar...I was Stephanie's best friend, since highschool, when she was dating Hunter Helmsley, and I noticed that even back then Trish Strtaus was obsessed with Stephanie's boyfriend, it went on further, when they got married, because she forced me to help her break them up, by having proof of an abortion I had, and then threating to tell my fiance'. She then killedd her own sister, and framed me for the murder, after her sister told us that Trish's hitman, was the one who had kidnapped Stephanie." said Tori.
"Thank you, Mrs. Waltman." said the lawyer.
As Tori stepped down, and Trish held her gead down in her orange jumpsuit.
"For my next witness I call Hunter Helmsley to the stand." said the lawyer, as Stephanie kissed Hunter.
Hunter swore to tell the truth, and the questions began.
"Mr. Helmsley...can you point out the man, that you found, attacking your wife, the night, that you broke into the shaft?" asked the Lawyer.
Hunter looked into the crowd, and pointed to Robert Ewing.
"Right there." he said.
"In your own words, what happened that night?" asked the lawyer.
"My 2 month old pregnant wife, had been missing for a very long time, and I went to visit a phycic the night before who told me that the numbers 25, and 32 were important to her case, so I drove around, and found a house at that same address, I broke in, and found my wife." said Hunter.
"Thank you mr. Helmsley you may step down." said the lawyer.
"Your honar, you have heard from the victim, the framed, and the whitness, Your honar I rest my case." said the lawyer, as he sat down and the jurry clapped.
"Order, Order, in the court!" yelled the judge, Mr. Smith you may start your case.
"Thank you, your honar." said Trish's lawyer, as she stood up, and walked over to Trish.
"Now remember, if we want to win this case all we have to do is lie, lie, about every thing I ask you, don't admit, to anything, and if you have to admit, say it was your sister, Olivia you look just alike, it could help us win this case." the lawyer whispered to Trish, as Trish made no expression, and contoinued to stare straight into space.
"Ms. Stratus, would you please take the stand." she said, as Trish, and the police crew got up, and followed her up to the stand.
"Ms. Stratus to you sware to tell the truth the whole truth so God?" asked the ballif.
Trish looked around the court, her hair looked like it had not been combed which was blonde again, and her make up, looked like it was put on by a blind sunday school teacher, and she looked like she was on drugs.
"Yes." she whispered.
"Ms. Stratus how do you plead?" asked the judge.
Trish looked around the court room, her eyes caught Stephanie's and then Hunter as she finaly focused on the judge's question.
'Not Guilty!' mouthed the lawyer.
"Guilty." Trish finaly whispered, as the entire court room, gasped, including Steph, Tori, Hunter, and Sean, Shane and the lawyer.
"Oh My God?" Shrieked the lawyer.
"What are you doing?" yelled The lawyer.
The judge yelled order, and then turned his attetion to Trish.
"Ms. Stratus you admit, to all the crimes charged against you!" the judge asked shocked.
Then Trish started to cry.
"Yes, I did it, everything...and I'm so sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me, no one has ever loved me my entire life...I just wanted to feel what Stephanie and Hunter felt, I just wanted to be like Tori and Sean, and I couldn't." Trish sobbed.
Trish's lawyer, threw her head on the table, as Trish continued.
The judge sighed, "Is there anything you would like to say?" the judge fibnaly asked.
Trish nodded, and then stood, up.
"I want to apoligize to Stephanie...I put you through so much, and I'm sorry, I never in my right mind would have done those things, I'm sorry, I just wanted to be you, I'm sorry Hunter, for virtualy ruining your reputation, and marrige, and I'm sorry Sean and Tori for framing you, for my sister's murder, because I killed Olivia Stratus." said Trish as the tears started to come down her eyes alot faster, and the jurry freaked out, with shock.
"Alright, Ms. Stratus had admitted to all charges, so we will take a short recess, and the jurry will have Ms. Stratus's sentence." said the judge, as Hunter and Stephanie, along with Shane, Sean and Tori watched Trish walk back down off the stand.
Tori patted her eyes, with a napkin, and Sean hugged her.
Stephanie laid on Hunter's chest, and shane put his hand on Stephanie's shoulder.
This very sad moment for This whole family, would only bring them closer.
After about 10 minutes of silence, the judge came back into the court room, and sat back down.
"Jurry have you reached a verdict?" asked the judge.
"Yes your honar...we find Patricia Stratus guilty of all charges, and a conviction of 32 years in the county state prison." as Trish's lawyer groaned, Trish did nothing, and Hunter, and Stephanie sat emotionless.
"But we also find Patricia as a new plea...insanity...which cuts her sentence in half to 5 years in a mental instistution, then 11 years in prison." said the jurry.
"Thank you, jurry, this court is abjourned." said the judge, as everybody got up to leave, and the balif hauled Trish away, she didn't even struggle.
"At least she apoligized." Hunter said, as he, and Stephanie, Shane, Sean, and Tori got up to leave.
"Yeah but now an innoceont girl is dead." said Tori.
"So you guys want to head on over to the cemetary?" Shane asked carefully, putting his arm around Stephanie.
"Uh, you guys go ahead, I need to do something before I go." Stephanie said as she stopped walking. "What are you talking about, Stephanie our father just died, Trish is in jail and now we an return our focus to our real problem." Shane said angrily.
"Save your breath, Shane I don't know what is wrong with her." Hunter said as Sean and Tori, looked on supisiously.
"I AM FINE, OK I do not want to go early, I will go just like everyone else, now get off my back.' Stephanie said.
"Get off your back, what the hell is wrong with you don't you even care that he is dead!" yelled Shane.
"You know what, he was the one that had me kidnapped, by The Undertaker, so you know he got what he deserved!" Stephanie yelled.
"DON'T YOU EVER talk about your father like that, do you understand me!" yelled Shane.
"Stephanie, I love you, but Shane's right." Hunter said, as he stood by Shane.
"Oh My GOD, Tori can you beleive them." Stephanie started.
"Look, Steph, I just don't think that you are thinking all that clear." Tori said. "Right." aggreed Sean.
STephanie looked at all her closet family...aginst her, even her husband, he was supposed to stand by her forever, what was he doing, and Tori? so much for a best friend.
"You know what, Fine since you all think I am being such a horrible person, I...Just...I just won't go to the funeral!" Stephanie yelled.
"Ok, Steph, let me break this down to you...you're going to this funeral early, if I have to tie you to the front of the limo." Shane said as he grabbed her arm.
"No I'm not, don't touch me!" Stephanie yelled.
"I can't beleive you are acting like a selfish brat!" yelled Shane.
"Look, Stephanie, why don't you think, baby you are not thinking straight." Hunter said as he touched her waiste.
"No, no, stop tring to make this about Vince Ok, because this is about me, this about me reaching my goals, and now that he is dead, I can finaly reach those goals I can finaly do what I want to do, and I'm happy!" Stephanie said as she pushed away from Hunter.
"Stephanie." said Tori, as she reached out to Stephanie.
"No, and you...so much for a best friend, just leave alone...Ok, all of you, I am 23 years old and I do not need any of you to tell me what I need to do, with my life, because that is all Vince has done my entire life is tell me what to do, and now that he is dead, I AM HAPPY, and if do not want to attend the funeral, I do not need your approval!" Stephanie yelled.
Shane, Tori, and Sean then all started to walk away.
"Wait where are you going, we can go and do something." Stephanie begged, as her family started to walk away.
"I can't beleive her." muttered Tori.
"She's so selfish." said Shane.
"I can't beleive she did that." said X-Pac.
"Hunter wait." Stephanie called.
Hunter turned around. "Steph...I love you, but that was wrong." he said, and with that he walked away.
Stephanie watched her best friends, her brother, and then her husband walk away from her.
Stephanie's tears started to slip down her face.
She sat down on at a bench.
She tried to stop them, but the tears kept coming faster , and faster.
"Well, I guess my nightmare has come true, My Daddy left me, my best frieneds have, Shane has, and even Hunter...I really am alone...I don't have anybody anymore." she said silently.
At The Funeral
Hunter, Shane, Sean, and Tori, all stood together, in the grave yard.
"I'm so worried about Stephanie I can't even concentrate." said Hunter.
"I am too." said Shane.
"God, I have never seen her like this...ever since I've known here, from the second grde, she has always loved her Dad more than life itself." said Tori.
"I just hope she's OK." said Sean.
"Yeah." agreed Shane.
After about 25 minutes the ceremony started out very nice, people who knew Vince came up and said words about him.
It was very depressing, people were cring, and the music they played was worse.
It was a cold dreary night, There were at least 500 people there.
Then Shane and Linda, made a speech about him, but as they were sitting down, Linda asked.
"Shane where is Stephanie? where is my little girl?" she said as she dabbed at her eyes.
"Um...Mom, Stephanie is..." Shane started.
But then he looked up, and saw stephanie walking twards the cemetary.
"She's going to be late." Shane said, as he went back and sat down.
She sat down next to Hunter, and in front of Tori and Sean.
"I knew you'd comeback." Hunter said, as he kissed her forehead.
"Yeah I'm here, and I am going to stay.'" Stephanie said.
I don't know what I was thinking." Stephanie said, as she wiped away all the tears, from her pretty face, as the cermony began.
Stephanie could feel Hunter's arms around her, and she knew that if her father did leave her, Hunter would always be there for her, no matter what.
"Today we say goodbye to one of the world's greatest entertainers. A father. A husband. And a leader. Vincent K. McMahon"
After about 35 minutes, the pastor continued to talk about how wonderul, Vince was, and then they started showing pictures of him,. when he was younger, when he first married Linda, when he bought the WWF, back in the 70's, anmd back when he and his wife, Linda, had there first child, Shane, and eventualy, there second child, a daugther, Stephanie. It showed up into the 80's and early 90's of all Vince's accomplishments and how he contributed to The world of Sports entertainmet.
Shortly after Linda, and Shane got up, and said a very nice goodbye eulogey, It was Stephanie's turn to say something on her father's behalf.
Hunter was prepared, to tell the pastor, that Stephanie had been shock, and had not written, anything, but Stephanie whispered to him, that while she was at the park, she had written, a poem, for her father.
"Are you sue you're going to be OK up there." Hunter asked her, concerned.
"Yeah I know I will, but can you come with me?" she silently whispered.
"Of coarse." Hunter said, as he walked with Stephanie up the asile, to the front of the church.
Stephanie finaly reached it, and started to pull out a peice of paper.
"You know my father was like my night and shining armor, when I was a little gir. He protected me, and loved me, and I just can't believe he's gone. So Daddy I wrote a poem, for you.
It's called, some people." Stephanie starte, as more people started to cry silently.
Hunter held Stephanie tightly, still a little bit concerned, that she was under shock, but she would be OK. He was sure of it.
"Some people come into our lives and quickly go"
"Some people move our souls to dance."
"They awaken us to a new understanding, by the passing of their wisdom"
"Some people make the sky make more beautiful to gaze upon"
"They stay in our lives for a little while"
"They leave leave footprints in our hearts"
"And we are never ever the same again." Stephanie muttered out, as shestarted to cry.
"that was beautiful." Hunter whispered in her ear.
Stephanie nodded, then looked up,m and saw Her brother, smiling at her, and her mother was too, through teary eyes.
"My father was one of those people and I will love him, and miss him, for all the days of my life." Stephanie started as she then started to break down, as Hunter started to walk her off the stage, Linda and Shane quickly, but quietly, helped them...When instantly.
"DON'T WORRY FAMILY...DADDY IS BACK AND HERE TO STAY!" they heard a person yell, The McMahon family turned around, and they could not believe their eyes...through teary eyes, they saw VInce McMahon, riding up to the ceremony, in a black limo, and getting out.
"OH MY GOD!" shrieked Linda.
"What the hell is going on?" Shnae yelled, thinking this was some kind of sick joke.
But Hunter and STephanie just stood, side by side, as Vince McMahon, stepped out onto the dirt.
"Now don't worry, you know Vince McMahon would never die." Vince said, as he went up to the podeom.
"I know what you all are thinking...but the reason, I just faked my death, is a good, one, now all the stocks are raised, 75 and now I know how wonderful, my family and friends really think that I am." Vince said.
Most of the people in the church, just kept staring at him, and screaming, and some just freaked out, and ran away.
But Stephanie suffered the most.
"You...you son of a bitch how could you do this to your family?" Hunter yelled, as Linda, started to cry, and Shane held her.
"OH MY GOD, my chest." Stephanie muttered, as she clutched her chest, then, she fell, right on to the ground.
"Oh my God she's having a heart attack, somebody call 911." Hunter ordered,as Linda, started screaming, and tring to revive Stephanie.
Shane called 911, and V ince crawled over to his daughter."Baby what's wrong, I didn't scare you that bad did I?" Vinced dared to say.
"YOU bastard, don't you ever put you rhands, on my wife again!" Hunter asid, as Shane, and mhe quickly help the ambulance get Stephanie into the truck.
Hunter rode in the back of the truck with Stephanie, holding her hand, but she would just not open her eyes.
Hunter sighed, and thought about how much of his marrige had been spent in hospitals. At least 4,5,or 6, and it was rediculous, he kissed Stephanie's hand, and before he knew it, theyn finaly, reached the hospital.
Which they had seen, more than, half the time, that a normal, person should ever see a doctor...OMG, the nurses, and doctors, must have thought they were crazy.
As soon, as they reached, the hospital, the people in the truck jumped, out, stuck an oxygen mask on Stephanie, and rushed, her into the emergency room.
They told Hunter that he would have to wait in the waiting room, but all he could do is angrily pace back and forth.
How could Vince do something so stupid. But Hunter knew the truth, he realized exactly why Vince faked his own death. Stephanie had found out that Vince was the one, who had had her kidnapped, Linda was dovorcing him, Shane was leaving The WWF, and his reputation, was going down the drain. Ted Turner was winning, the stock.
But what could Vince do to double his stock percent, and, get America, and his family back on his side, fake his death...and dammit it worked.
Hunter hoped Vince was happy. And really Hunter was sure that he was, he had finaly got what he always had wanted, he killed WCW, and Ted Turner with his death ratings, his stock went, up, and his family was back on his side. How great a man, Vincent K. Mcmahon was? He accomplished all that, and he didn't even loose anything.
He just sacraficed his entire family...and now his innocenot, daughter, Hunter's wife could possibly be in that hospital bed loosing her life because of her selfish, stupid father.
Hunter made a decision, right then and there, that if anythinmg had happened, to Stephanie..,if she was hurt extreamly bad, or worse...he would kill Vince McMahon, and he promised himself this over and over and over, untill:
"We finaly got here." Shane said, as he fianly ran into the hospital.
"What's going on?" Linda said.
"She's had a major heart attack." Hunter said, as he started straight ahead.
Through all the craziness, Sean and Tori just finaly ran into the hospital.
"How is she?" they both said at the same time.
"She had a heart attack." Hunter said, again, as the doctor came into the waiting room.
"Hunter guys...I have some news."the doctor said, as Hunter looked up, afraid to know what the news was.
"Don't worry, Stephanie is fine...major or minor heart attacks, just do not affect young kids." The older doctor said.
"IS my wife awake what's going on, can I see her?" Hunter yelled, almost jumped, out of his chair, and down, the doctor's throat.
" Well, she breifly went into cardiac arrest, we revived her, gave her a GYOB, and she came back to us...and YES, you can all see her...just no more than you guys." said the doctor.
"Is she going to be alright?" Linda asked.
"She'll be fine." assured the doctpr, as Hunter, Linda, Shane, Tori, and Sean, all ran in, to Stephanie's room.
"Oh My God, Baby are ytou alright?" Hunter said, as all of them rushed, in to the room.
They all showered her with sympathy, asking nif she was OK, and shew knew that she was, but she couldn't hold on tyo the grasp, that she had had a heart attack!
After about 3 hours, everybody, left, then news reporters, and detectives, swarmed, the room. Hunter threatned all of them, untill they left, then finaly turned his atttention, back to his wife.
"Sweetheart are you OK?" Hunter aske, as he rubbed her head.
"I'm OK." Stephanie said, "are you sure?" Hunter asked her.
"Yes I am sure." Stephanie said.
"Baby is there anything you want anything at all...tell me right now, and I will do it." Hunter begged her.
Stephanie looked down at her husband, and through teary eyes began to speak.
"Hunter I have had all the hospital stay in the world...I have my medication,. all the risks, and all, the requirments, I know what I need to do, when I get back to our house...SO hunter the one thing that I want more than anything is to just go home." Stephanie said.
"Anything." Hunter said, as he pulled out the release forms, the doctor had already gave them to him, again because Stephanie was not that seriosly hurt. But he still had expected to not be signing them for a coupel days, but he reluctantly, grabbed a pen, and signed his whole name on the X.
"Don't worry...baby we're going home"
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