Ch 11

The next morning Adam and Stacy went to breakfast in the hotel restaurant. He noticed how quiet his wife was being but he figured she was just thinking deeply about having their baby.

"Hey Mark, do you want to join us for breakfast?" Adam called out as Mark entered the room.

"Good morning Adam and Stacy, you sure you don't mind?"

"Not at all," Adam stood up grabbing another chair putting it next to Stacy.

"Thanks," Mark said looking over at Stacy seeing how tired and distracted she looked.

"Order anything you want breakfast is on me," Adam said looking at the menu.

"Are you okay?" Mark mouthed to Stacy when she looked up meeting his concerned eyes. She slowly shrugged her shoulders giving him a sad look.

"What are you going to have darling?" Adam reached out caressing his wife's hand.

"I'm not hungry," she softly spoke making him shake his head no.

"Stacy, it's the most important meal of the day. I'll …," he stopped looking at his ringing cell seeing it was Vince calling. He answered right away. "Good morning sir, do you need something?" Adam listened as Vince spoke. "Of course I understand I'll be right there," Adam hung up giving Stacy a sad look. "I have to run angel. Your Dad needs me at a photo shoot right away to retake the photos for the next pay per view since he isn't happy with the other ones. You have some breakfast then we can meet up later at the arena," Adam leaned down kissing her softly ignoring the way she pulled away. "I love you," he whispered kissing her again. "Excuse me waitress, my wife will have orange juice and a cheese omelet," he ordered on his way out ignoring the annoyed look on his wife's face.

"This is driving me insane. He is acting so sweet but I can feel something isn't right," she said the moment her husband left.

"I can't believe he just ordered for you after you said you weren't hungry. What a jackass," Mark spoke softly.

"He has to get me in baby shape," Stacy sarcastically said throwing her napkin on the table letting out a frustrated sigh.

"Do you want to leave?" Mark stared at her seeing the surprise fill her eyes.

"Huh?"

"I can take you somewhere else till your nerves settle," Mark offered watching her expression change as she actually considered it.

"I …," she was going to say no then suddenly tears came to her eyes as she felt like she couldn't breathe for a minute as all the confusion and doubts overwhelmed here. She loved Adam and didn't understand why he was deceiving her.

Mark jumped up going to her side. He kneeled down next to her taking her hands in his.

"Stacy, let me help you like you helped me so many times," Mark spoke to her in a calm soothing tone. "Please come with me," he stared into her eyes for a moment feeling all her pain understanding what she was going through. She slowly nodded okay letting him pull her up. He threw some money on the table guiding her out of the restaurant through the lobby to the outside. He kept his arm tightly wrapped around her as they walked for awhile till they came to a park. He sat down on a bench pulling her next to him. He stared at her for a few minutes hating how upset she was. He noticed the way her tears came more and she shivered slightly.

"I'm not strong enough to deal with this," she whispered. "I trusted Adam with all my heart. I grew up watching my parents stay in their sham of a marriage. I really thought I could have a happy married life."

"Stacy, it's possible to have that. It isn't too late for you and Adam to work things out," Mark said watching her closely as she stared up at the blue sky blinking her tears away.

"I don't know. Trust is very important to keep a marriage strong and I can't trust him."

"Do you think you could ever trust him again?"

"I really don't know. If he keeps up the lies I doubt it," she looked at her wedding ring deeply sighing. "I have to figure out what to do. Adam is acting like everything is fine and its making the situation worse."

"Do you want to head home?" Mark asked looking into her eyes.

"No, I came here to be around if you needed me. I'm not going to desert you," her eyes never left his as she spoke.

"Stacy, I'm fine now. I don't think Stephanie or Dave is going to come around me for awhile. The next battle should be when she gets served the divorce papers."

"You're probably right but I would be worried about you if I left. I'll head home after the shows. Adam is staying behind for a few days to do promotional work so will have time to check a few things out," she wiped her tears away. Mark sat silently touched by how much she cared about him. "Are you going back home after the shows?"

"Yeah, I have to find my own place and get my stuff out of that house. The sooner I do the better I will feel."

"The guest room is all yours till you find a place and there is plenty of the room in the garage to store your things," she said making him shake his head no.

"I'm not going to impose on you and Adam anymore."

"Mark, don't be ridiculous you're not imposing. Adam said any help you need just let him know," she touched his hand. "Please stay as long you need."

"Thanks Stacy," Mark smiled patting her hand. "I really appreciate all your help."

"That's what friends are for," she said running her fingers through her hair. "How about we walk for awhile then head over to the arena?"

"That works for me," Mark agreed happy to see she was calmer but the sadness still filled her eyes and it tore into his soul.

Later that night as Mark and Adam were both busy with the show, Stacy sat in her husband's locker room reading a book and glancing at the monitors occasionally. She heard the door open looking up surprised to see Stephanie. An awkward silence filled the room as Stephanie walked in and sat down next to her sister.

"Stacy, do you have a minute?"

"Sure what's up?" Stacy put her book down.

"I need your help. I need you to talk to someone for me and try to reason with him."

"I'm not talking to Mark for you," Stacy said making Stephanie give her a surprise look.

"Not Mark, I want you to talk to Dad and make him realize this whole divorce mess isn't my fault. Mark drove me into the relationship with Dave. I want Dad to blame Mark for this," Stephanie said making Stacy's temper slightly rise.

"Mark isn't at fault you are and I'm not talking to Dad," she defiantly spoke staring daggers through her older sister.

"I'm your sister your loyalty is to me not Mark. He is nothing to you just some bum I married."

"He is my friend and I won't betray him!"

"But you'll betray me your own sister!" Stephanie stomped her foot shaking her head in disbelief.

"I don't want to argue with you. Stephanie, you know when you're not in the wrong I'm the first one to defend you but this time you screwed up royally. Why would you want somebody like Batista when you had Mark?"

"I told you Mark got boring and family obsessed," Stephanie looked down at the floor for a minute then up into her sister's eyes. "Damn it honestly I fell out of love with Mark a long time ago. I just kept hoping that one day I would fall in love again. He isn't a bad guy he just isn't my kind of guy. Dave is my type."

"You should have ended your marriage then hooked up with Dave. Don't you realize what you have done to your husband," Stacy searched her sister's eyes seeing deep down she did know.

"I like knowing I had a man at home waiting for me if Dave dumped me," Stephanie admitted honestly to her sister.

"Steph, you can't have both."

"I know that now but the damage is done. Nothing I do can fix it," Stephanie deeply sighed.

"Yes there is something."

"What?" Stephanie asked with surprise.

"Let the divorce be peaceful. You have destroyed Mark enough don't try to do more damage especially using Dad to do it," Stacy softly said. "Did Dave tell you he came to Mark telling him to blame everything on him and leave you out of it?"

"No, he didn't," Stephanie smiled thinking of Dave.

"Dave must really care about you so cherish that and do the right thing when it comes to peacefully divorcing Mark."

"I guess can do that," Stephanie said thinking about how she really had no reason to cause a nasty divorce. She had caused Mark enough pain. "So I guess you'll stay friends with Mark after the divorce."

"Yes, I hope that won't be a problem for you," Stacy said not having any plans to end her friendship with Mark.

"I'll get used to it. You're just friends not like anything else is going on," Stephanie laughed making Stacy force a smile while her insides churned with nerves.

"I should tell you that Mark will be staying with Adam and me till he finds a place. He is moving out of your house tomorrow."

"I knew he would waste no time."

"Can you blame him after you trashed his stuff?"

"No, I wasn't thinking I just wanted to hurt him for all his threats about divorcing me. I am turning into a monster like Dad," Stephanie's eyes brimmed with tears.

"You're not like Dad," Stacy hugged her sister. "You just have to see the way to deal with heartache isn't to cause more."

"You mean like how you deal with Adam? You two seem to never have arguments," Stephanie asked feeling her sister instantly tense. "What's wrong?"

"We have been having plenty of arguments lately. Adam has been lying to me way too much and I don't know how to deal with it," she rubbed her face in frustration. "He is pushing me to start a family but won't tell me why."

"That's strange Adam doesn't come across as the family type of man. He always seemed so career driven."

"He is that way. That's why his latest baby obsession is bothering me. I'm hoping to figure out what's going on soon."

"Maybe he is trying to knock you up to keep you in his life forever or at least have some tie to our family if things don't work out," Stephanie spoke without thinking seeing pain fill her sister's eyes.

"Before I would have defended Adam left and right to you but I just can't bring myself to do that with the way I feel right now," Stacy hated the way she felt having all the doubts and feeling lost.

"Do you think you'll get divorced?"

"I hope not," Stacy felt the burning of tears.

"It will work out for the best," Stephanie brushed her tears away. "If you need me don't hesitate to call. I want to keep talking like this I want us to be friends again not just sisters."

"I would really like that too."

"Good, you can let Mark know I won't protest the divorce and I won't try to screw him over," Stephanie hugged her sister again.

"Thanks Steph, I'll talk to you later," Stacy said watching Stephanie walk out the door hoping Stephanie would keep to her word and no go back on it like she had done quite a few times before.