"Please babe" I whisper. "I don't want to talk about it. It's not happening, so can we just get over it and forget about it?" He glares at me, eyes burning in pure rage. "I give up!" he yells. "Secrets ain't healthy in a marriage, she says, keeping a secret. One rule for you, and another for me, right Lor? I can't fucking deal with this now!" He punches the wall, turns around and runs out of the room. I groan as I hear the door to the locker room slam shut behind him. Seconds later, Colby is in the bathroom next to me. "Spill it Lora?" he says quietly. I shake my head, sliding down off the counter. "I need to go find my husband" I say, pushing past him and heading after Jon.
He's easy to find. Just follow the yelling and crashing sounds coming from further down the corridor. "Ambrose!" Hunter yells. I groan, spotting Guy rubbing his hands with glee, the footage he's getting here is pure gold. Jon stops, eyeing Hunter furiously. "The fuck did you say to my wife?" he growls. Hunter shakes his head as he looks up the corridor to me, watching as I shake my head. "My office" he says. "Both of you. Now." I watch as Jon pushes past him and heads straight for the office. "Please don't" I whisper to Hunter as I follow him. He glares at me. "I'm not having my talent talk to me that way Lora" he warns. "And I am not going to lie to him if he asks me what was said. You owe me nothing, well, I owe you nothing too." I slow down, watching as he walks into the office, holding the door open for me to follow him in. I take a deep breath, my knees turning to jelly as I see Jon leaning on the desk. He's shaking in temper. I stay away from him, sensing it's safer that way. He looks at me in alarm. "Stand next to me?" he asks. I hesitate, only for a second, but it's enough. "I scare you?" he asks quietly. "Lora, I would never hurt you. Fuck! I love you so much! I just wish you'd be honest with me!" "I haven't lied to you Jon" I counter. "I turned the offer down..." "Offer?" he asks quickly. I glance across at Hunter and know it's useless. I have to tell him. "Baby" I say. "Hunter watched Guy's footage. The training from the desert. The messing about by the pool. He's offered me a developmental contract. But I turned it down." Jon looks at Hunter quickly, shaking his head as Hunter nods. "Give me a minute with my wife?" Jon asks. Hunter opens the door and steps outside. Jon waits for the door to close before looking at me again.
"You were gonna tell me this when?" he asks coldly. I shake my head. "I wasn't" I admit. "It's not even an option Jon. Doesn't even warrant being repeated. Please, I..." "You what, Lora?" he spits. "You're given a way for us to be together constantly, working, travelling, living, and you pass it up. We're married Lora..." "Exactly!" I yell, not caring who hears now. "We are married. I don't need to work here to do all those things with you! I can do them anytime!" "But you don't" he says, staring at me. "You don't travel with me, the only reason you're here now is the DVD filming. Fuck Lora, don't you see how good this could be? To actually share something with my wife, that would mean everything to me." "We share a hell of a lot Jon" I yell. "We live together, I share my body with you, my life with you! I don't need to work with you!" "Maybe you just plain don't need me" he says. I stare at him, not knowing what to say. "I'm not doing this now" he says. "I don't even know what to say to you. I think it's best if you stay somewhere else tonight." I watch through tear filled eyes as he opens the door and storms out of the office. Hunter walks in and closes the door quietly behind him. I close my eyes, feeling the tears making their way down my cheeks. "Lora" Hunter says quietly. I shake my head. "Where do I sign?" I ask. He grabs the contract off his desk again and I grab it, signing it quickly. "You can be the one to break it to my husband that our marriage is on hold for six months" I say, throwing it back at him before getting out of the office as fast as I can.
I decide against going back to the locker room, heading for catering instead. Nikki grabs my arm as I'm halfway there. She shakes her head as I look at her. "Jon is down there" she says, putting her arm around me and leading me to the divas locker room. "So?" I ask, frowning. "He's my husband Nikki. I can't avoid him forever." She groans. "I know" she says. "But it's probably safer. For now, at least. Trust me, ok?" I nods tears falling again. "He doesn't want me anywhere near him" I say. "I, uh, need to go book a flight home or something." Nikki shakes her head. "You're staying with John and I" she says. I smile. "Thanks Nikki" I say quietly. "But I really just want to go home." I pull away from her and head for the locker room, knowing he's not there so it's safe. I phone the airline and book a flight as I make my way through the door. Colby and Joe look at me as I throw my phone in my bag and start grabbing my clothes out of Jon's suitcase. They watch in silence as I put them in my bag quickly, struggling to do the zip up. "Here" Colby says quietly, taking the bag from me. I let him zip it up and take it back with a smile. "See you around guys" I say before heading out of the locker room, and the arena.