Chapter 14... (Thank you to MulishaMaiden for you're review, I am so happy you liked it, and to the reviews I got via Tumblr, I am so happy you like. And if you guys have a Tumblr, it is the same as my pen name, just keep in mine, I post nothing but wrestling. Sorry it took so long for Chapter 14, but here you go!)
I stood their with everybody staring at me. Nobody said anything. Just awkward silence, I didn't know what to do. I put Nahla down. She ran back to my sister who stood up. "What the hell are you doing here, you don't talk to her for six years, and have the nerve to come to her funeral." she looked at me with disgust. "I seem to remember it differently Jen." I manged to get out before she stopped me. "I don't give a damn how you remember it. You walked out on our family, and you expect to come walking back in." she said but I cut her of. "I walked out in my family, I know damn well it did not go down like that. You guys turned you back on me, you alienated me, you gave me know choice but to walk out." I began to raise my voice and I could feel myself tearing up. "Oh we did it, because Randi wasn't the center of attention like she wanted to be, and we alienated you" she said rolling her eyes.
"I know I could have never replaced you as the 'princess' of the family, but hell a little attention wouldn't have hurt, hell anything would have been better than what I had to go through. You don't know the hell I went through when mommy died." I got out before she interrupted me. "Oh Randi is the only one who should feel anything when mommy died, you know me and Drake lost our mother too Randi." she screamed.
"You think I don't know that Jennifer, you think I didn't see the hurt you and him went through. I was there for both of you, but when I asked for even the smallest bit of help it was no, we have better things to do. Everyone in the family seems to forget that I'm with the one who took care of her." she interrupted me again, "We already know this Randi, you remind us every time we talk about this." she said. I just lost it, "Shut up and let me finish for once Jen, I know you know, but you don't seem to be understanding what I am saying. I did everything for mommy, I did everything this family has ever asked of me because I didn't want to be the fifth problem child in this family. You and Drake screwed up so many times and so did they." I said pointing to my two oldest cousins. " I did everything to make everyone else happy while I went through hell. Yes we all lost our mom, but you two, hell you all fail to see that I lost my best friend. I was with her day and night for four years, you both went out with your friends and had a life. Nobody wanted to be my friend. I was the girl with the dieing mother, so lets avoid her like the fucking plague. I told mommy everything, I told her about the boys I liked I told her about my dreams I told her everything. We were best friends Jen best friends and she died she died and left me alone. And all of you just ignored me." I felt the tears run down my face.
"It was a mistake to come here, I'm sorry daddy, I tried, I wanted nothing but this to work I did, I'm sorry, Jon can we just go. And Jen, this is me walking out on you." I said grabbing Jon by the arm and walking out of the funeral home. I walked to the side of the building. I dropped everything and just fell, I couldn't believe after all these years my family hasn't changed. "Come here." Jon said as he picked me up and held me. "Six years Jon, six years and nothing has changed. Their supposed to be my family Jon, I guess I'm really all alone in this world." I said wiping the tears from my cheek. "You are not alone, you have me, you will always have me, even if it's just us, we can take on anything. If you are making the decision now to not try anymore with them, I will be here for you okay." I wrapped my arms around my neck and just laid my head on his shoulder. "Thank you" we stood their for a little while. We called a cab and went back to the hotel. As we walked into the lobby we were greeted by Seth, Leighla, Roman and Paige. "How ya doing Randi" Paige asked. "Okay, it was a mistake to go to the funeral, me and my sister got into a hue fight, I stormed out, it was just bad." I said looking down at the floor.
"Are you Randi Parker?" someone guy in a suit walked up and asked. "Ugh, yes, who are you?" I asked "I'm Ruth Parker's lawyer, are you here granddaughter?" He asked. "Yes I am, why." I was confused. "I've been looking for you, your grandma left you something in her will, theirs a video, please watch it, and here's my card call me after so I can arrange everything." he said giving me a DVD and his card and walking away. "What do you think it is?" Paige asked me. I shrugged my shoulders. "You want to play it on the laptop." Dean asked. We all went up to the hotel room. I got out my laptop and put it on the table, I sat down and everyone else gathered around me. I put the DVD in and after it loaded my grandmother's face appeared.
Hello sweetie, if you are watching this, it mean's I haven't had a chance to make amends with you yet. I am so sorry for everything this family did to you love. We pushed you away when you did nothing wrong, and I am so sorry sweetie. I know you aren't a possession person, and I know money can never buy anything of yours, but I hope somehow I can get you to release the hostility from your heart. For me and for the rest of our family. I don't know how long that is going to take, and I don't have any idea how much you make as a wrestler, so I have cashed out all of my stocks, and have left you all the money. This is July, I don't know when I am going to pass but the doctors say soon. As of now it total 6.5 million dollar, of which you can do whatever you need. Please just remember that I love you, and I miss you.
The DVD ended and I was in shock. I stood up and looked at everybody. "That is a lot of money." Roman said. "Yeah I know, I knew she wasn't hurting financially, but I never knew she had that much money." I sat on the bed. Everybody stayed and we talked for a few hours. The next day I talked to the lawyer. I decided to give half of it to charity. I'd keep the other half and keep it in the same stocks my grandma did, just in case something bad happened, I wouldn't have to worry. I did take some of the money and me and Dean bought a house, and paid off the car I had.
Everything had been good for the past few months. One day I was at the gym when I got a call from my dad. "Hey, hows everything." I said, I heard someone crying in the background. "What's wrong." I asked. "It's Nahla, she's sick." my dad said. "Sick what do you mean sick, like a cold or something." I asked, I had a bad feeling in my stomach. "No, she has leukemia, she's dying." I was in shock. "She needs a stem cell transplant, and none of us are a match." I heard him starting to cry. "Do you think you could come up to Jersey and get tested please, Jennifer doesn't want you too, but she doesn't want to loose her daughter." We have a week off, we're starting a tour next week, I'll be their as soon as possible." I said. I got all the information from my dad and told him I'd be there soon. "Dean we got to go home, I have to book a flight to Jersey." I said as he walked up to me. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Nahla, she has Leukemia, no one in my family is a match, the doctors think I might be, I have to get a test to see if I am, they think if she gets a stem cell transplant as soon as possible, that and chemotherapy can get the cancer out." I just basically threw all this information at him in about two minutes. He went to the locker room and grabbed his bag and we went home. I went and booked a plane ticket. "Jon, do you think you can call the office and tell them, if I am a mach I don't know how long I'll be in the hospital." I said as I booked a red-eye flight that left in 3 hours. I took the clothing suitcase I had packed for out U.K. Tour and had Dean drive me to the airport. "Hunter knows, he said once you know everything just call him." he said. He walked me into the airport and waited with me before I had to go through security. "I love you, call me when you land, and try and be calm, I know how you get." Dean said as he kissed me. "I will". I go through security.
I was nervous the entire plane ride, I couldn't believe all this happened in one day. For the few hours we were up in the air, I couldn't stop thinking about Nahla. I remember her being born, my sister and her boyfriend had had a fight when she was in labor, so she chose me to go into the delivery room with her. I held her hand and encouraged her the entire time. It was such a beautiful experience seeing my niece being born. I got to cut the umbilical cord, and I was the first one to hold her. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life.
We landed and I went to rent a car, I wasn't in the mood to wait around for a taxi. I put in the hospital my dad gave me. I pushed the speed limit the entire way their. I found the visitors parking, and ended up right next to my fathers car. I walked into the hospital and asked where I could find my family. The nurse took me to the floor and pointed me in the direction of the room. I walked in and everybody was sitting around the bed. Jen saw me and walked out. The doctor and her came in a few minutes later. "Hello Ms. Parker, I need to ask you some questions, I would like to get the test done as soon as possible." Jen walked back to Nahla's bedside. "Ugh, yeah soot." I said sitting on the bed next. He ran down questions of my health.
"In the last year, how many times have you been hospitalized." he asked "Twice." I answered. He asked for what. "About a year ago I was rapped, and about 7 months later I got treated for injuries suffered from domestic violence." I tried to say it as low as possible, but they heard me. I looked over to see them looking at me with faces of concern. I had told my dad what had happened, I had assumed he told them what had happened. "Okay, all I need to do is run a blood test to see if you are a match." he said. "I'll have a nurse come in here and do it, I'm putting a rush on it so if it does match we can do it today and start her chemo tomorrow." he continued. "Do you have any questions?" he asked. "Um just one, if I'm a match I'll give up my stem cells no problem, my boss just needs to know a time line to when I can get back to work." I asked, Hunter had asked for a time line for y return. "Um, it shouldn't take long, after the donation, I'll like to keep you overnight for observation, but after that you should be fine to begin traveling again, I would ask for just another day so you don't hurt the incision any more, but it heals very quick." he answered. I texted Hunter to let him know. I sat on the bed until the nurse came in and drew my blood, than it felt like forever before the doctor came in and told us the results.
"Ms. Parker, you are a match, now if it is okay with everybody, I would like to begin preparations for the procedure." I shook my head yes, he told me to get changed into a gown. When I came out they were ready to take me to the procedure room. They put me under anesthesia so I would feel them tring to get the bone marrow. It took about an hour for the procedure. I woke up and my dad was sitting bedside. "Hey sweetie, how are you feeling." my dad asked. "A little tired." I got out as Jen walked in the door. "Can I talk to Randi alone please." Jen asked. She had her hands folded across her chest. My dad left. "Nahla is get the stem cells, she wanted me to tell you thank you." she said as she turned around and started to walk out. "Typical." I said shaking my head. "What do you mean typical?" she asked. "Some does something for you, and you use someone else to thank them, why can't you just say thank you, I know you want to." I said. She walked more inwards. "I can't say thank you, because I won't mean it." sh raised her voice. "I may have just saved your daughters life, and you can't say thank you." I raised mine right back. "That's why I can't say it." she screamed. I was confused. "You saved her, I'm her mother I should have been able to save her, I gave birth to her, me not you, and when she needs me the most I can't save her." she began to cry. I understood her pain. I got up and limped over to her. I pulled her head on my chest to let her cry.