Chapter 15

Corey raced through the hallways, only one thing in his mind – revenge. Oh yes, he would pay back Hunter who had destroyed his perfect relationship with Joelle, so Corey could as well ruin his marriage for good. He knew Jay went to talk to Shane, so it was natural that this was his destination, Shane McMahon's office. Arriving there he banged loudly on the door, and it wasn't long before it was opened by a very annoyed looking owner of the WWE.

" What?" he snapped, but Corey pushed his way in and pulled Jay to her feet.

" What?" she asked confused.

" H..Hunter!" Corey shouted and gesticulated wildly. Jay's face fell and she gripped Corey's shoulders and shook him violently.

" What? What's with him? What happened? TALK!" she yelled, of course interpreting Corey's behavior totally wrong.

" He..he.." Corey stuttered, then dropped to the floor and began sobbing. " He's having an affair with Joelle!"

"What? No! You must be mistaken, this is…"

" I saw them!" Corey shouted between sobs, in his own mind completely convinced that he actually had.

Jay stared at her sobbing stepson on the floor mouth open, and his tears were all it took to convince her that he told the truth.

Stumbling backwards she fell into the chair she had sat in only minutes ago and started to cry hysterically. Shane immediately rushed to her side to calm her, but it was no use. Outside a few wrestlers and divas had overheard what was going on, and they immediately left in search for anyone who was willing to listen to the shocking news. Word spread like a fire through the arena and the so-called affair became the number one topic.

Hunter and Joelle didn't get any of this, they hadn't moved an inch since Corey's departure.

" Why would he think that?" Joelle asked quietly after she had stopped crying.

Hunter shook his head. " I don't know..we have to talk to him..we know it's not true." He said as he placed a hand gently on Joelle's cheek. She nodded and got to her feet, sniffing.

" We better go now." She proposed and wheeled Hunter through the hallways. Everywhere they went they received despising looks, and the conversations died down when they passed, leaving Hunter and Joelle wondering what the heck was going on. When they went by Chris and Morgan the two men shook their heads and turned their backs to them, and Hunter had finally had enough. He gripped Chris' arm tightly and forced him to turn around.

" Would anybody care to tell me what the hell is up with all of you?"

Chris stared at him for a long moment before speaking. " You should know, you got caught. I can't believe you, he's your son, dammit."

Hunter looked at him dumbfounded. " Got caught? I got caught doing what? What the hell.."

" You..and her." Morgan said pointing to Joelle. She and Hunter exchanged questioning looks, and then it dawned to them. The whole damn roster actually thought…. Hunter grinned, then his grin turned into a chuckle, and then he started laughing loudly.

" Don't tell me you really believe that crap!" he shouted between his laughter, and Morgan and Chris looked at him puzzled.

" I thought you were my friends.." Joelle said quietly. " I can't believe you'd ever think of me like that.."

" You..you're not..?" Chris asked confused, and Hunter stopped laughing.

" Look at me." And his face turned dead serious. Chris and Morgan turned to face him, and when they did Hunter looked Chris straight in the eye and said " I'm not having an affair with Joelle, or anyone for that matter. I love my wife, and only my wife. I always have, and I always will."

The two men studied Hunter closely, but there was nothing but honesty in his face as well as in his voice. Chris sighed with relief. " I..I'm sorry, it's just..well.. Corey said he saw you and…uh.."

" Whatever he thinks he saw, he got it completely wrong." Hunter said, and Morgan shot them a guilty look. " I'm sorry, too, man. But the whole arena is talking about it.."

" Oh wonderful.." Joelle groaned.

Chris fell silent for a minute then adressed Hunter again.

" You better talk to your wife, she stormed off a few minutes ago and.."

" Why? Oh..no..don't tell me that…" Hunter stuttered.

Chris nodded. " I'm afraid yes. From what I know Corey went straight to Jay and told her he saw you…"

Shane approached them, ignoring all of them except Hunter. He stood before his long time friend and just stared at him with an angry face. "Great job." Was all he said before leaving.

Hunter was about to say something but Joelle was faster. She grabbed Shane's arm.

" Shane, it's not true."

Shane looked at her, then at Hunter, then at Morgan and Chris who nodded in agreement.

" I'd say that too I were you." Shane snapped and attempted to leave again but Joelle tightened her grip on his arm.

"Shane, it is NOT true. He's my friend, that's all."

" You honestly think I'm in the condition to screw around anyway?" Hunter added.

Shane exhaled deeply. " Corey said that…" " I know, but whatever he saw, it's a big misunderstanding." Joelle said. Shane studied her closely as she looked at him with watery eyes which almost begged him to believe her. He sighed.

" I swear to God, man I didn't do shit." Hunter said with the same pleading look on his face, and Shane let himself convince.

" Fine. But what made him think that..you two..well.."

" I don't know." Joelle said sadly.

" Well, then you go find him and sort this out." Shane suggested, and turning to Hunter he added " And you, you're in some deep shit, bro, Jay stormed off, she took her bag with her, and she was mumbling something about 'wont let him get away with it again' and ' that's enough'. I have no idea where she went, but you better find her."

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The days went by, and Hunter and Joelle were able to convince Ruby, Cameron and a few other's that there was no affair. But still most of the roster avoided any contact, much to the grief of Joelle, and what was worst for her, Corey was one of them, he wouldn't even look at her. She saw him talking to someone on the phone very often and assumed it was maybe Sue or his mother.

Hunter's mind was elsewhere since Jay's disappearing, she hadn't called and no one had heard from her ever since, not even Brice, and you could feel that she was missing. Hunter became snappish and aggressive, the only person he'd talk to in a normal tone was Joelle, and that was even more suspicious to those who still thought they had something going on.

Joelle walked through the hallways of the hotel they were staying in to check on Hunter. Arriving at his room he was forced to share with Brice she knocked but received no answer. She knocked again and opened the door. " Hunt? Are you here?"

No answer, but she heard muffled sounds from inside, so she stepped into the room and closed the door behind her. She found him lying on the floor in the middle of the small living room and immediately rushed to his side.

" Oh my god, what happened? You didn't try to stand up on your own, did you? Are you okay?" Hunter was silent for a minute then pressed a quiet "No" and pointed to the papers that were scattered around him. Joelle got on her knees and flipped through the documents, and gasped as soon as she read the one word in black bold letters that caught her attention.

Divorce.

She stared at the word for a few seconds, then back at Hunter who still laid on his stomach, his head resting on his forearms. She dropped the papers and crawled over to him, rubbing circles on his back as he sobbed silently.

" I..I'm so sorry.." she didn't know what else to say, so she fell silent and proceeded to calm him somehow.

They lost every feeling for time, the room was completely silent except for Hunter's desperate sobs when a knock on the door pulled them out of their thoughts.

Joelle got up to open the door and was met with the concerned face of Stephanie McMahon-Irvine.

" I thought I'd find you here."

" Steph, it's not what…" but Steph interrupted her. " I know..I know..I didn't believe it from the beginning. How is he?"

Joelle sighed and stepped out of the room, closing the door behind her.

" Miserable..and..now…"

" What? Did something happen?" Steph asked with big worried eyes.

" I…I just came here to check on him and..when he wouldn't answer my knocks I got in..and he was lying on the floor and.." Joelle started to cry and Steph put her hands on the younger woman's shoulders.

" Joelle, what's wrong? Did something happen to him?"

" No..yes.. I mean..there were all these documents and…Jay sent him divorce papers."

Steph stared at Joelle, then pushed past her and burst through the door. Hunter had rolled over and laid on his back, his arms hiding his face. Steph dropped to her knees beside him and gently pulled his arms away, revealing his swollen and tear streamed face, and tears formed in her own eyes.

" I'm so sorry, we'll find a way.." she whispered and hugged him tightly. Joelle watched from the doorframe and decided to leave. Steph knew Hunter like forever, and if anyone could help him now it was her.

Joelle silently pulled the door close an turned to meet the hate filled gaze of Corey. " You don't have to steal yourself out of his room, we all know what you're doing in there."

Joelle's mouth went dry. " I'm NOT having an affair." She said quietly, but her words fell on deaf ears. Corey snorted and left her standing in the hallway where she slid down the wall and cries silently.

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I know, again short chapter, but the next one will be long again, there's so much to happen which just didn't fit in here.

Thanks for reading.