Abandoned Baby
Chapter 23
2 weeks later, Drew and Bless were back to work after she had some time to cope with her sister's loss. Bless knew she had to get her head back in the game despite her still grieving but she had to move on somehow and work was the only thing that would help her focus.
After dropping off Catherine at day care, She sat in Drew's locker room doing work while he was getting ready to meet with the guys just to hang out before any of them had a match. She knew Drew needed a little freedom and get to hang out with friends while she worked.
"Honey, don't work too hard okay. Just relax."Drew told his girlfriend to take care of herself after he got dressed in his wrestling gear to walk over to give her a kiss.
"I promise."She swore not to work too hard or she would be stressed out.
"Alright. If you need me, call me and I'll be right in."He took both her hands and kissed both of them before kissing her lips again.
"Drew, I promise I'll be okay babe."Bless reassured her boyfriend she'd be fine as she thought it was sweet he was so protective of her since he knew she was still grieving.
"Just go do whatever you need to do. I'll be fine by myself."She told him as she leaned up to kiss his chin as he hovered over to her just to embrace her.
"Okay. I trust you."He nodded leaning down to kiss the top of her head as she shooed him out of the room.
"I understand how it is not to be loved."He playfully pouted that his own girlfriend was kicking him out of his own locker room.
"Babe...you know I love you. Like I said, don't worry about lil' old me and go hang out with the boys that way I can get some work done that I need to catch up on."She said reassuring everything would be okay as he leaned on the doorway understanding.
"Alright then. I should be back in a few hours then. I love you too."He gave her one last kiss before leaving the room to leave her to her peace and quiet that way she can get back to her work.
Bless giggled to herself at how sweet and protective Drew could be but she needed her space sometimes just to get her head back in the game where it needed to be.
While Drew was in the hallways, he spotted his best friends Stephen (Sheamus) and Stu (Wade) were talking and laughing with each other.
"Hey guys."The Scot greeted his mates.
Stephen was the first to hear the familiar voice of his best pal.
"Dude, you're back. Welcome back!"The Irish man rejoiced glad to see him back so soon.
"Of course I'm back you big goof."Drew joked patting the older man's back and man hugging him.
"Where's the Misses and little one?"Stu too was surprised to see his best friend back while asking him.
"Bless is in my locker room busy at work she needs to catch up on and little one is at day care with the rest of the kiddies."The brunette said to the tall man.
"How is she?"Stu asked since he and Ste knew about her sister's passing.
"She's still grieving but I can tell she's trying to put on a brave front. "Drew explained to his friends how the situation was.
"She's a tough cookie. I'm sure it'll take some time to cope. Just try to be there for her."Ste told him patting the young man's shoulder.
"I am when she needs me too. She seems so lost like a little puppy without her best friend. She broke down yesterday and all I could do was comfort her."Drew said to his friends how fragile his girlfriend was.
You're doing the right thing mate. Just be patient with her."Stu said agreeing with Stephen and knew it could take time for Bless to grieve for her sister and it would take time and patience till the coping process began.
"So I've heard you two have been feuding. Seems like old days."Drew mentioned to his best buds.
"You've got that right. Feels like the old times. I kinda miss you being my tag partner though to take this fella down."Stu said to Drew since they were pretty close since their CZW (Combat Zone Wrestling), IWW (Irish Whip Wrestling), OVW (Ohio Valley Wrestling), and FCW (Florida Championship Wrestling) days.
"Hey..."Ste pouted at his friend popping on the head.
"Just joking man."Stu chuckled.
"Stu's right man...we both miss you and it sucks you're stuck over in Superstars but hopefully one day you'll be feuding or teaming with either or us."The Irish man said missing their friend dearly as the British man nodded along agreeing.
"Missing you guys too. I'm glad you two are shining out there."Drew was happy for his friends though he kinda felt left out of the trio but knew one day they'd be back together.
"Oh by the way Stu, Bless finally made her decision. In two weeks, we're planning to move out of the apartment and planning to move in with you,Heath,and Justin."Drew wanted to tell him the great news.
"That's great man. Finally I can hang out with my favorite brother. Come here man."Stu then grabbed Drew and gave him a noogie.
"Dude, the hair...the hair..."Drew laughed as Stephen was laughing and so was Stu who had him in a playful headlock.
"Do you two need any help with the moving?"The former brawler asked his best friend after their playful banter.
"You and Bless are moving in with the troublesome three some?"The Irish man chuckled wishing his friend good luck hoping everything would go well.
"Yup we are. We decided maybe it's better if we had a little change of scenery plus the guys could babysit Catherine when either of them are in the house plus travel wouldn't be too much of a hassle."The Scot explained to the tall man.
"Good for you man. At least we can bond again like old times plus I don't live too far from Stu either so maybe we can hang out on weekends or something or you could invite Bless and the lil' one to come down."The Irish wrestler suggested.
"That sounds like a great plan man. I'll have to talk to B about that."Drew thought that was a good idea.
After the guys talked, they headed out to the ring to do their own thing. Ste was feuding as usual with Stu while Drew was on his own for Superstars later after the show had ended.
Meanwhile back in Drew's locker room, Bless was getting hungry while working. Stopping what she was doing, she decided to grab her cellphone to text Drew to let him know where she was going just incase he happened to not find her in his locker room and headed off to catering and saw a few superstars and divas amongst the crowd that sat at tables like cliques in high school.
"Hey girl."The redhead known as Alicia Fox greeted the raven haired beauty as she appeared in line to also get herself something to eat.
"Hey Al."Bless greeted the young woman with a small smile while grabbing a sandwich and a bottled water when she saw the redheaded Diva Alicia Fox come up in line.
"You okay sweetie?"The redhead asked since Bless looked sad and she looked like she needed a friend to talk too.
"Yeah. I'm okay thanks. Bless reassured the redhead that she was fine putting on a small smile.
"Well okay. If you need to talk, don't be hesitant to ask."The redhead felt genuinely concerned for the PA putting a hand on her shoulder with a gentle smile.
"Thank you Ali and I'll make sure to take you up on your offer."Bless knew Alicia was a genuine and sweet girl and liked her as a great friend.
"Any time sweetie."Ali said to her as Bless walked away after grabbing her food not wanting to really want to talk since she just felt like she still needed some space to grieve.
Making her way back to Drew's locker room, she just kept focused on her task at hand to get her work finished.
While on her laptop, she was checking her e-mail when she saw and never got to open and to see it was her sister Evelyn's mail.
Bless opened the e-mail to see a photo attached to see a photo of her baby sister that looked like her almost like in a mini me in a way but a little shorter than she was posing with her white coat lab on and had her hair flowing in curls and her brown eyes glistening like stars. Evelyn was around 5'6 while Bless was around 5'8 . She looked so genuinely happy and carefree in the picture with a warm smile looking back at her in the screen. Below was a caption that read:
Ate (Big Sis), here is a photo of myself with my lab coat on...I hope you're going to be very proud of me!"
I miss you and Kuya (Big bro) Drew already. Hope to see you soon. Hugs and Kisses! Love,Evelyn
Tears came to Bless' eyes looking at the picture. She slowly touched it wishing she was alive.
"I love you."Bless said sniffling while looking at her baby sister's pic.
A few minutes later Drew came back in the room after watching the guys match when he heard his girlfriend sniffling tears back and seeing her like that broke his heart.
"Baby, what's wrong?"..."Drew spoke in a soft tone as he walked over and kneeled down at her level.
"I miss her so much..."She told Drew about her sister as she wrapped her arms around his neck letting her cry.
"Shhhhh...It's okay sweetie...I know."He whispered into her soft hair while running his fingers through her long locks just holding her.
Drew could feel his girlfriends hot tears soaking his neck but he didn't really care. All he wanted to do was just hold her letting her know he was there in need since she needed him the most.
"She sent us a picture which I didn't get to see which was just from a few days ago. Why did this have to happen to her?"She sobbed onto him frustrated to wonder why it had to happen to her baby sister of all people.
"I don't know baby...I wish I could answer that."He said looking up at her with sad eyes as he took his knuckles and gently wiped away her tears.
"I love her so much..."She whispered shaking against him as his hands caressed hers in a gentle motion.
"I do too and she felt like a part of us."Drew had to agree that he always wanted a baby sister of his own and he felt his dream was crushed and wanted Evelyn to be with them.
"I just want justice for my baby sister."She barely got out but a whisper wishing she could find the guy that killed her only sibling.
"I know honey. I would too if I were you."Her boyfriend agreed with her that he hoped justice was found for Evelyn and for themselves to find some sort of peace and closure to all this.
"I just want to go home and lay down."She said to Drew softly as she wiped her red and swollen eyes.
"Let me finish up my match then I'll get Cat and we'll head back home early okay?"He suggested taking her hands into his trying his best to comfort her.
She nodded as he leaned up to give her a kiss on the forehead then leaned in to kiss her mouth.
"Be careful out there."She said to him as she kissed him while he slowly got up as he told her he would try as he gave her another kiss before leaving the room.
Bless sat in the room all alone as tears came to her eyes once again. She hated crying and it just added to her stress.
She knew she needed to go out and needed some air to relax. Taking her cell phone with her, She left Drew a text to let him know where she was going before taking her jacket putting it on to take a walk just to relax.
Her heels clicked outside the hallway of the arena when Stu (Wade) caught up to her.
"Hey baby girl."He called out to the raven haired beauty but she just kept walking away past him with her head down. He wondered what was wrong and jogged up to her to catch up with the young PA.
"Baby girl, wait up..."Stu called out to her walking beside the young woman.
Bless felt the English man's presence but just wanted to be alone to think. She loved the guy but she needed the space to get her head on straight.
"Baby...at least talk to me."The big wrestler pleaded to the PA hoping to hear a word from her since he was worried about her.
"Stu...I just...don't want to talk right now...I need some space."She spoke up looking up at him with her red swollen eyes which shocked him to see and mascara was too running down her eyes mixed with her tears.
"Love,come here."He beckoned softly opening his arms out to her as she looked up at him and embraced him while sobbing.
"It's okay baby...cry it all out."He whispered knowing her heart was broken after her sisters accident and it tore his heart out to hear her sobs.
"I know love...everything's going to be okay."He whispered as he stroked her hair back and just embraced the little woman in his arms letting her cry it all out.
"I'm sorry Stu..."Bless apologized as tears soaked his t-shirt after she broke away from their embrace.
"Don't be honey. I know what you're going through at this moment and I understand that but you don't need to try and put up a strong front for us. All you have to remember is Drew,myself,and the guys are here for you when you fall and we're here to help pick you back up."He told her in his soft tone putting his hands to her shoulders looking into her brown eyes that shed more tears of a broken heart deep inside.
"I know. Right now I just need some space to think. Thank you though Stu."Bless felt she needed some time away from everybody and everything at work to just be by herself but she felt grateful to the big man that he was there to comfort her and it warmed her heart that he cared so much.
"Any time love."He nodded understanding wishing he could take her pain away but understood that she was still grieving which would take time until she coped with the pain.
He watched her walk away out to the back exit to have some breathing space. While walking out, when she saw a familiar figure by the lamp post leaning against it. She figured it could've been Justin because he was always out thinking after a match and didn't want to disturb him.
As much as she loved the guy like an older brother, she didn't want to talk to anybody at the moment. She walked to the dark corner of the door to sit by the wall and just to have some peace and quiet.
Bless was trying to comprehend everything that happened since the day at the hospital visit and she dreaded every single moment of it. She placed her head in between her knees and let out a good cry hoping no one would see because she hated the pity of everyone around her.
She was always the strong one but couldn't hold up that strong front that she held that caused her walls to break down and to be weak and vulnerable.
Justin had just finished his match and wanted to wind down afterwards so he needed the air and peace and quiet. Knowing Heath would be waiting for him, he decided to go back in the arena when he heard sniffling and soft mewing sounds of sobs of a female.
He wondered who would be out here especially in this cold weather. He then saw a figure of a small girl curled up in a ball hiding in the shadows by the other side of the door and looked to be distracted and upset.
The African man got closer to inspect who the girl was when he saw the wild curls of the familiar woman. It was Bless sitting by herself curled up in a ball as sobs racked her body and she was shaking as well.
That poor girl. He felt for her after happening to find out what happened to her sister. He didn't blame her one bit for being upset and wanting to be alone but the main thing that concerned him that she could get sick out here and she was only wearing a thin jacket.
He slowly sat down by her not saying a word while offering his jacket as he sat beside her as he felt her lay her head on his shoulder feeling his presence was near.
Bless felt grateful Justin didn't say anything which he didn't need too and felt just his comfort was all she needed.
"You okay?"He asked softly lacing his hands with hers as her sobs died down to little sniffles.
"I will be."She reassured the African man with a small smile.
"Do you want to go back inside to talk plus I don't want you getting sick out here."He felt concerned for her and knew she needed someone to just hear her out, anything that would help her.
"No...I just want to be alone and think for a while."She felt grateful for Justin but she just didn't want to face anybody inside the arena that had everyone looking at her with pity in their eyes.
"Honey...you're going to freeze out here. Come on...why don't you just come in my locker room and we'll talk over some hot cocoa or coffee. I won't say anything but I am a good listener."He told with a small chuckle hoping she'd say yes.
He heard her sigh in defeat and felt her nod against him.
"Alright then. Come on love."He helped her up from the ground as they both went inside the building to talk one on one and maybe he can just break her out of her shell a little in hopes of getting her to try and feel better. Being like a big brother to her, he felt the need to just be there for her in time of need and to help her cope with her loss and maybe he was the one thing she needed at this time.