He finally calls me as I'm boarding my flight. The air hostess looks at me quickly as I cancel the call before turning my phone off and settling in my seat. I stare out of the window for the whole flight, grabbing my bag as soon as we land and heading for the door. I turn my phone back on as soon as I'm outside the airport. Nikki has sent me a text so I call her. "Lora!" she yells. "Where the hell are you? We've all been calling you!" "I was on a plane" I say, getting into a cab. "Nikki, I'm sorry, I can't explain this now. I just had to get away from there. He hates me so much!" "If you believe that you're stupid" Jon says. "I love you so much Lora. That's why I reacted the way I did, it felt like you didn't want the same things as me, wrestling and you are the only things I've ever really wanted." I can't stop the tears. "You are all I want Jon" I say. "All I need. But obviously you want more. Glad I found out now. See you around." I end the call and switch the phone off.
The cab drops me at the apartment and waits while I grab some more clothes before driving me back to the airport. At the end of my next flight, a guy is holding a sign with my name on it. I head straight for him. "Lora Good" I say, holding my hand out. He shakes it softly. "Bill" he says. "I'm gonna be your coach, or one of them, at the performance centre. We're gonna get you sorted with some accommodation now, and go through everything else tomorrow. That ok?" I nod and follow him to a car, watching as he puts my bag in before opening the door for me.
"How did Jon take the news?" he asks quietly as we drive off. I shake my head. "He doesn't know" I say. "He knows I was offered the contract, he doesn't know I've signed it." "So you've gone AWOL from your husband?" he asks. I nod. "Man I'd hate to be in your shoes when he finds out" he says. "I remember Ambrose well, doesn't take things being kept from him too well." "Why do you think I'm in this situation" I ask. "I didn't tell him about the contract. Long story short, he told me to find somewhere else to stay. I left him at the arena. Can we not talk about him now?" He nods and concentrates on driving, pulling up at an apartment block a few minutes later. "You're in 3b" he says handing me a key. "You're not sharing with anyone, thought you'd appreciate some space, especially if Ambrose visits." "Ain't gonna happen" I say, smiling wistfully as I get out of the car. He grabs my bag and hands me a card with his number on. "Call me if you need anything" he says. "Otherwise I'll see you at the centre. 9am sharp, we've got a lot to do tomorrow." I nod and wave before heading inside the building.
Unpacking doesn't take long, and soon I'm in bed staring at the ceiling. I've put the phone on silent, but every now and again the room lights up, signalling yet another call from him that I won't answer. The next time it rings I look at it, sitting up quickly as Lex's number flashes up. "Where are you?" she asks quickly. I frown. "In bed" I say. "Why?" "Didn't you go to the arena with Jon?" she asks. "Lex for fuck sake!" I yell. "Quit with the questions and get to the point!" "There's a video you need to see" she says, waiting while I grab the iPad quickly. "It's on tumblr." She gives me the name of the blog and I type it in, scrolling until I find the video. I freeze. The still is Jon and Renee putting bags in a car. "Play it" Lex whispers. I hesitate before finally clicking on it. Girls are screaming for Jon, and then it happens. "And here she is" a guy says. "The future Mrs Ambrose..." Renee smiles as Jon puts the bags in the car and quickly gets into the drivers seat. I stop it, I've seen enough. "Wanna tell me what's going on?" Lex asks. I groan. "I guess I'm getting divorced" I say, ending the call and switching my phone off.
Next morning, 9am sharp, I'm sat in the middle of a wrestling ring waiting for Bill. He comes in, arms full of papers. "Sorry Lora" he says, sitting next to me. "Insurance forms and consent forms, plus next of kin information. But I guess we've already got that on file." I shake my head. "I don't want him here" I say, filling in Lex's details. "If anything happens to me, call her." He nods slowly. "That your phone?" he asks. I listen and hear a phone vibrating. I grab my bag and groan, cancelling the call before throwing the phone back in my bag. "You can't avoid him forever Lora" Bill warns. "Watch me" I say, standing up. "Can we get started on this? I'm determined not to be here for six months." Bill nods, standing and telling me what to do. He soon has me running ropes, dropping, taking bumps, jumping back up and running again. He frowns as he writes in his notes. "What?" I ask, watching him. He shakes his head. "You ain't gonna be here six months Lora" he says quietly. I nod. "Useless am I?" I ask. "Don't wanna work with me?" "Far from it!" he says quickly. "I don't know what we can do for you here. Three weeks tops, you'll be headed to NXT."