Chapter 13- Confrontation

"What the hell are you doing here?! " Kane yelled but Roman just charging his way inside. "Where's Dean? " The Samoan kid asked roughly.

"Whoa ,whoa , hold on for a second, " Kane rushed towards Roman who already reaching the couch where Dean was lying in. Roman's two cousins hurriedly followed him. "You can't just come barging into people's house like that, " He rebuked, but Roman ignored him. He stared at Dean who was still sleeping, apparently oblivious to the noise surrounding him.

"What did you do to him? " Roman demanded, turning to Randy who now was standing up to face him.

"He's sick, idiot, " Randy answered, "Can't you see he was trying to sleep? "

"We did not do anything. He had a fever, we are taking care of him, " Kane said angrily. He turned to look at both of Roman's cousins who were a couple of inches taller than him.

"We told you buddy. Dean's gonna be alright, " One of the bigger Samoan said to Roman, " I told you The Authority boys would not make Dean their dinner and eat him raw, " He shook his hand, placing a hand on Roman's shoulder. Kane's eyes widened.

"Did he really think that? " He glared at Roman who did not seem to look afraid at all. "And how the hell you people know Dean was here? "

"Well, " One of the Samoans answered, "Our little cousin made us return to the mall after we left. He wanted to find Dean, since his friend was out there on his own. He was worried about him. So we asked the mall security where Dean was, and he told us you gave him a ride back home. We figured out you boys , uh, no offense, trying to kidnap him or something. So here we are, " He shrugged.

"Really? Really? Kidnapping a boy ? Why do you think we are kidnapping him? To demand a ransom from his parents? Do we look like we are living in criminals neighborhood? " Kane was fuming with anger.

"Hey, take it easy man. We are sorry alright? Kid's just looking out for his chum, no need to get angry, " One of the Samoans held up their hand, "I'm Eddie and this is my cousin Matt. Roman's our family." He introduced themselves.

"Kane. And that's Randy, " Kane replied despite still fuming, but his rage slowly dissipating when he saw Eddie and Matt's sincere attempt to be friendly. Anyway Randy had gotten bored with the Dean stuff, so he ignored them and ran off upstairs to his bedroom.

"And we are sorry for that earlier incident, " Matt added, embarrassed . "I mean, we are a couple of grown ups should have try to resolve the matter in much adult like, but we kinda lost. We apologized, " He flustered.

"Hey, don't sweat it. I think I was supposed to get the blame too, " Kane cracked up a smile, feeling completely cooled off from his rage just now.

"Eddie, please take Dean home with us, " Roman interrupted, tugging at Eddie's pants. "I can't leave him here. Seth and his brothers are going to hurt him, " He begged.

"Roman , buddy, ' Matt said exasperatedly, " Kane seemed like a nice person, he would not allow his brothers to hurt Dean. Besides, you know that we can't take Dean with us. Remember the last time Dean had a sleepover at your house? You don't want history repeated itself , do you?" He cupped his little cousin's face to soothe him. Roman shook his head, but he was looking really disappointed.

"Hold on. What happened the last time Dean slept at your house? " Kane interjected. Matt sighed as he swapped glances with his cousin.

"There was this time, "Eddie began, " Dean's mother had forgot to pick him up from school. Roman asked us if we could take Dean home along. We had no idea how to contact his mom so we told the school principle to leave his mother a message that her son is with us. We took him home with Roman, and he slept there overnight. The next morning we had cops visiting us, accusing us of child kidnapping. Turns out Dean's mother lodged a police report saying we are kidnapping her son. She even threatened to sue the school for letting us taking Dean when all we tried to do is just looking out for him. "

"She is some kind of racist bitch with a cold heart. She did not like us Samoan people, she said we are just like Mexican immigrants latching to rich people like her son for our own benefit. Since that, Roman's dad never let Dean into our house. I mean, we never stop Roman from being friends with Dean, but that was the limit. We don't want that bitch to call the cops to our house again accusing us of abducting her child just because our skin color is darker."

Kane's mouth gaped open in disbelief. " Did she just do that? Instead of thanking you for what you did, she screwed your family? That was a royal bitch man. If she even try to do that to our family, she was going to regret it."

"Believe it or not, that's what happened. That's why we don't want to get involved in this Dean's matter. It's just.. we are feeling sorry for our little buddy here. He was too concerned about Dean, but I don't think we can do much. I think it's better to leave him to your family, you guys will know how to handle it, I think," Matt said.

"So what are you going to do with him? You said he was sick, " Roman asked.

"Here's the thing ,kid. Right now Dean is sick and he's not going anywhere. Look, my parents will be back soon and we are dealing with this. Okay? We'll try to call his mom and get her to pick her son up. " Kane assured, " Until then, I promise not to let Seth or Randy touch him, " He held up both of his hand as a gesture of promise.

"See Roman? Kane promised not to hurt Dean. He was going to be fine." Eddie added. "I believed his parents will take good care of him."

"Fine, "Roman said unhappily. "I'm just worried about Dean. He looked ill and I could not do anything to help him." He added in a sad voice.

'No, you done enough to help him. You came back to the mall, searching for him and barging into my house because you are afraid we'll eat him raw for dinner, that was more than enough, kiddo. Anyone would appreciate that kind of friend. You helped him the best that you could, no one can ask for better friend, " Kane said, touching Roman's shoulder to comfort him.

Roman nodded, but he did not say anything.

"Let's go home, shall we? ' Matt asked . "Kane, thanks for looking out for the kid. We appreciate that." He shook hands with Kane, who grinned in response.

"No problem, man. Really glad to meet you guys, I hope someday we can hang out, " He said. Eddie and Matt laughed. "Sure thing, why not, " Matt agreed.

Just then Seth appeared from upstairs and were bouncing his way down happily but stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Roman Reigns standing in the living room with his two cousins. He stood there frozen for awhile as Roman staring at him,then Seth dashed back upstairs as if he was terrified by the Samoan kid.

'Let's just get home before Dean wakes up, " Eddie said, sensing the uncomfortable silence hanging when Seth showed up just now.

"Wait a minute. " Kane said. "Since you are here, Roman.. I think we need to talk a little. You know, this thing between you, Dean, and my bro there..What exactly happened between you boys? I know Seth told me that he was making some new friends and Dean start to hate him, but I'm just wondering just why Dean hate him so much? What had actually happened? " He asked Roman.

"I thought Seth told you. "Roman answered calmly, "I thought you knew what he had done to us."

"What did he do? He never told me except for the part he's hanging with a couple of new friends, " Kane asked, getting more intensified.

"Why don't you just ask himself." Roman said, "I think it's better for you to know that way ," He turned to his cousins. "Can we go now? I'm a little bit tired," He pleaded. Matt and Eddie looked at Kane, but then they nodded.

'Alright, we are leaving now before the soap opera continues, " Matt joked. "See you around, Kane, "

"Right. Nice to meet you guys, " Kane smiled and watched them leaving.

A few minutes later after they were gone, he heard Hunter's car pulling over in the garage and went to open the door for them.

"Who's just leaving our house ? " Stephanie asked once she went inside. "And where are Shane and Marissa?"

"Long story Mom, Dad, " Kane answered and at the same time Shane appeared. Stephanie and Hunter beamed when they saw him and immediately rushed towards him. "Shane! " Stephanie cried in delight when she saw her brother.

"I miss you sister, " Shane smiled as he embraced his sister happily, then turned to his brother-in-law to hug him as well. "Hey, hey there Mr. Game, " He laughed as he hugged Hunter. "Hey, yourself, " Hunter laughed along.

"Oww, look at your baby.. Hayley's all growing up. Isn't she's the cutest little thing in the world, " Stephanie lifted Hayley up to carry her when she spotted Dean lying on the couch and she was stunned. "Who's that? " She was even more surprised to find it was none other than Dean Ambrose , the kid that always bullying her youngest son at school.

''Why he was here? Kane? Did he hit Seth again today?" Hunter was shocked as well. Kane sighed as he took a seat beside Dean who now was stirring in his sleep, probably disturbed by the sound of loud talking around him.

"Dad, Mom, he was sick. "Kane said, and Stephanie's raging expression began to lighten up a little bit as she realized the child was indeed looking ill. "Mom, please don't get mad at me. I took Seth and Randy for lunch at the mall as you had asked me. Turns out Dean was there too. Except he came by himself with no one accompanied him. And there was also his friend Roman Reigns there. The next thing we knew, Dean tried to launch himself on us. He attacked us by throwing food and drinks to us. They called the security to the scene and made me pay a fine for the mess. " Kane paused for awhile.

"Then we are just about to leave, and I noticed that Dean was all alone and no one was picking him up, so I offered him a ride home. Halfway through I asked him where he lived, but he fell asleep in the car. Then Shane called us, and we have to get home, so I figured out I'll just bring Dean along and afterwards drive him home. But then we realized he had gotten sick the moment we are home. I don't know what to do about him, mom. I mean. I'm just trying to help him." Kane finished.

"You mean , you boys getting involved in food fight at the mall? " Stephanie said, "And what makes you decided to offer him a ride home? Maybe his mother was there, who knows? "

"Mom, he was there by himself. Even the security said that. If his mother was there, how come she doesn't notice her son was missing and inform the mall security about it? " Kane argued.

"Steph, sweetheart, " Shane wrapped an arm around his sister's shoulder, "I really think Kane was doing the right thing. I mean , if it it was you, how'd you react if a kid around Seth's age wandering in the street alone with no one accompany him? Can you imagine if Seth was in Dean's position? You would have try to help him, right? " He spoke softly to ease his sister down.

"I think Shane's right. Our son just trying to help him. Besides, he was sick, Steph, "Hunter agreed, checking Dean's body temperature . Stephanie finally nodded.

"Ok then. Have you try giving him some Tylenol? It would help reduce the fever." Stephanie said, this time her voice was softer. She scooted closer to check on Dean and her motherly instinct immediately told her the poor boy really needed help. Kane let out a breath of relief.

"Aunt Marissa just gave him some. He slept after that," Kane told her.

"I'll tell you what. I think I still had his mother's phone number. I'll call her and let her know her son with us. She'll be worried if her son doesn't come home, " Stephanie announced.

"Ok mom. Thanks, " Kane said. He got up from the couch and decided to go upstairs to check on Seth, intending to do what Roman had told him earlier. He jogged on the stairs and went straight to his little brother's bedroom. "Seth, buddy? Can I come in? " He knocked on the door before he opened it, to find Seth was lying comfortably on the bed , reading a comic book.

"Has Roman left? " Seth asked, not turning away from his comic book. Kane sensed there was something strange about Seth, something he realized he never noticed before.

"He's gone. Mom and Dad just came home. I want to talk to you about him and Dean, " Kane said as he dipped on the bed beside Seth. Seth looked up from his book, looking a little surprised.

"What? " He asked reluctantly.

"Well, " Kane took a deep breath, " There was this thing Roman said to me before he left. I asked him why Dean hated you so much? And he said there was this thing you did to him and Dean. Something you never told us. What exactly happened? "

"There was nothing, " Seth suddenly leaping off the bed. "I did not do anything to them. Why you believed Roman more than me? " He shouted all of sudden.

"Seth. I need to know this. We cannot fix your problem with Dean until you clarify to me what exactly happened between you , " Kane insisted.

"No! " Seth screamed and ran off towards his bathroom and locked the door from inside. Kane sighed as he went up towards the bathroom and knocked on the door. Seth always did this when he was throwing tantrum or when he was upset at the whole family.

"Seth please, " Kane pleaded but only to avail. "Go away! I don't wanna talk about Dean and Roman again! " He yelled from the other side of the door.

Kane grumbled, knowing Seth would not budge from his hiding away even if he waited for him until midnight, so he retreated and went out of Seth's bedroom. He went downstairs again to see Stephanie was cradling the baby, talking to Marissa while Shane and Hunter were checking Dean who was still sleeping.

"How he's doing? ' Kane asked when he got to his father and uncle.

"I think he's doing better. His body is cooling down, " Hunter said.

"Kane, I talked to his mom, " Stephanie chimed in, " Apparently, she was still working and had no idea that her son skipped school today. She apologized for what happened,"

"So, is she going to pick her son up? " Kane asked.

"That's the problem. She was away in New York for business and she could only return tomorrow. She asked us a favor. " Stephanie said, " She asked us to help sending Dean home. There will be house servants there to take care of him."

"Why, she won't be bothered to worry or scared to learn her son was roaming the city on his own? " Kane frowned. "What kind of mother was that? Isn't she at least should be concerned her son had fever and need her ? "

"I don't know. She did not sound so worried though. She said Dean always get sudden fever like that, but usually he'd recover in a couple of days, " Stephanie said, " She text me her address so we could drop Dean there."

Just then Dean suddenly blinked awake, and tried to sit up. "I wanna go home. I want Mommy." He mumbled quietly. Stephanie and Hunter looked at him sympathetically, then throwing the child a warm hug.

"Shhh..We'll take you home, ok? You can meet your Mommy there, " Stephanie hushed, rubbing Dean's small back tenderly. She couldn't help feeling sorry for the boy, she could not make herself telling him that his mother would not be returning until tomorrow.

"Mom, give me the address. I'll drive him there." Kane offered.