CH 27
Stephanie stormed into the hotel room throwing her things around then poured herself a shot of vodka swallowing it down in one gulp. She started to pour another one when Adam grabbed the bottle.
"Give me that now!" she roared reaching for the bottle.
"You can get drunk after you hear me out," he handed the bottle to Dave.
"I can't believe this. Stacy isn't like that. She doesn't cheat. She is always the good girl. I'm the bad one," Stephanie exclaimed staring at Dave and Adam. "Was that really her and Mark?"
"Yes it was baby, I'm sorry," Dave softly spoke.
"I should have known. I wonder how long they have been carrying on," Stephanie deeply sighed.
"It doesn't matter. Do you want to get them back or not?" Adam asked pushing his own sadness and disbelief away.
"Amuse me with your lame idea," Stephanie rolled her eyes annoyed by him even being around.
"I came across some information in your Dad's office," Adam grabbed his bag pulling out a folder. "I think you might find this interesting."
"What is it?" Dave asked taking the folder opening it. His eyes skimmed the documents inside and he did a double take at some of the parts. "Is this for real?" Dave was skeptical.
"I don't play games. Vince has no clue that I know about this," Adam sat down across from Stephanie.
"What is it Dave?" Stephanie looked at him.
"Well who ever has the first kid in your family gets the whole McMahon empire," Dave said handing her the folder so she could she for herself. Stephanie scanned the papers reading every word carefully while the two men sat quietly.
"Only my father would cook up something like this. He is anal about his legacy being carried on," Stephanie shut the folder tossing it on the desk. "So what is your brilliant idea?"
"Well you could have the first heir with Dave and secure it all for yourself. All I want is a guarantee that I'm at the top till I retire and when I do retire I want a very lucrative package for telling you about this," Adam stared into her seeing the desire in her eyes to be the one in control of the company.
"That's all great but Stacy and Mark don't suffer. I want them in misery," Stephanie's tone was very icy making Dave get chills.
"Well I say we tear them apart and what better way to do that then have your father find out about their relationship in a very disturbing way," Adam wrung his hands nervously thinking of the perfect idea to let Vince know what Stacy was doing.
"Let's hear it," Stephanie leaned forward listening intently while Dave shook his head in disbelief at how twisted Adam's idea was. "Put the wheels in motion, the sooner Dad finds out the better," Stephanie reached for another drink. Her eyes went to Dave noticing how quiet he was as he sat with his face buried in his hands. "What is wrong with you?"
"I just don't like this idea. It's not right to mess with family like that. You should talk to her first before you do anything. You and Mark are in the process of getting divorced. Stacy and Adam are getting divorced so they are free to be together. You don't even know when they hooked up," Dave tried to be the voice of reason seeing he had made a mistake as Stephanie went into full spoiled brat mode slamming her drink down.
"How dare you take her side? Are you sweet on my sister now too?" Stephanie got in his face pushing him lightly.
"Steph, I'm not taking any side. I just want you to calm down and think about it before you act," Dave tried to keep calm and not get upset with her.
"I'm calm Dave. Here is what the plan is I'm going to help Adam out then I'm going to come back here and we are going to make a baby. As soon as my divorce is final, we will be married," Stephanie poked his chest.
"Who in the hell do you think you're talking to?" Dave exploded. "I'm your boyfriend not your employee that you can boss around. Marriage and a baby are not happening anytime soon."
"Get out!" Stephanie stomped to the door flinging it open.
"Stephanie, be reasonable," Dave pleaded with her.
"Get out now before I have security throw your sorry ass out!" Stephanie wailed turning red in the face. Dave stared at her for a few minutes before leaving shaking his head in disgust. Stephanie turned her attention to Adam. "Come on let's go start making my sister and ex hubby suffer miserably," Stephanie motioned for him to follow. Adam hesitated for a moment wondering if they should wait till things settled but then he flashed to Stacy and Mark kissing. Any second thoughts he had went right out the door as his desire to hurt Stacy took over.
Mark and Stacy were cuddled up in bed watching a movie when a loud knock startled them both.
"Who in the hell is bothering us at this hour?" Mark looked at the clock seeing it was close to midnight.
"Don't answer it, they'll go away," Stacy softly said as the knocking came again.
"Damn it," Mark shot up pulling on a pair of shorts and heading for the door. He looked through the hole seeing Dave pacing in front of it. He cursed under his breathe wondering how Dave had found them. "Are you looking for an ass kicking because you definitely came to the right place," Mark answered the door staring Batista down.
"Mark, I'm sorry I'm not looking for trouble. I came to warn you and Stacy," Dave held his hands up.
"Warn us about what?" Stacy joined them wearing one of Mark's shirts over a pair of her shorts.
"Stephanie and Adam know about you two. They saw you at Bellagio's fountains making out," Dave said making Stacy turn white while Mark shook his head opening the door wider.
"Come on in," Mark motioned for Dave to go into the living room. Mark looked at Stacy trembling. He went to her gathering her in his arms. "Sweetheart, please relax its going to be alright," he kissed her forehead taking her hand leading her into the living room.
"Stephanie kicked me out because I won't go along with their brilliant plan," Dave stared at the couple.
"What plan?" Stacy asked feeling her stomach curl at just the thought of what her sister may be up to.
"Do you know anything about who inherits your father's empire after he retires?" Dave asked sitting on the arm of the sofa.
"No why?"
"Adam found out whoever has the first grandchild inherits it all," Dave said making Stacy's mouth drop open.
"That is why Adam wanted us to have a baby. I knew he was up to something. He never loved me it has been all about setting himself up for life," Stacy felt like the wind had been knocked out of her. Mark wrapped his arm around her pulling her down on the sofa onto his lap.
"Are you sure about this?" Mark asked feeling Stacy cling to him.
"Yes, he has copies of the papers. That isn't all. I came to warn you two they are planning to let Vince know about you two in a very vicious way," Dave said making Stacy's eyes fill with tears.
"Sweetheart, relax I'm not worried about your father," Mark caressed her face. "I am concerned about Adam and Stephanie being on a revenge rampage. What are they going to do?"
"You should be concerned. She is very pissed and acting like a loon," Dave letting a troubled sigh, "She is going to kill me for warning you guys. They are planning to go to the tabloids and leak the information. Adam figures one of the entertainment news will be interested and blare it for everyone to hear especially Vince."
"Oh God, I have to call my Dad and tell him about us before he finds out that way," Stacy buried her face in her hands letting the tears flow knowing how her father would react to finding out about her and Mark that way.
"Its way too late to call your father. We will deal with this in the morning," Mark held her close trying to comfort her. He turned his gaze to Dave watching him nervously fidget in the seat, "Thank you for warning us. I think we can call a truce. I never would have expected you would be warning us about anything," Mark softened his tone.
"I care about Steph a lot but I'm not into screwing up people's life. She thinks you and Stacy were together while you were still with her," Dave said making Mark smirk.
"That's not shocking anything to take the blame off her. We just recently took our relationship further," Mark filled Dave in as Stacy nodded in agreement.
"We have been friends but nothing romantic happened till we got here," Stacy took Mark's hand squeezing it. "I knew something would happen to mess up our time. What are we going to do?"
"I'm not letting them ruin our time and definitely not going to walk away from you because they sick your Dad on me," Mark stared into her eyes seeing so much heartache it tore at his soul.
"I'm sorry for interrupting you two. I better get going and find some place to stay," Dave stood up and Stacy gently nudged Mark. He shook his head no as she nodded to the empty bedroom. She gave him a pleading look making him sigh.
"Hey Dave, you can use the other bedroom tonight. Its cool with us," Mark gently moved Stacy standing up.
"I don't want to intrude," Dave felt awkward.
"Dave, it's really ok. You just did us a big favor by giving us a heads up let us return it by giving you some place to stay till you figure out what you're doing," Stacy neared him patting his arm. "You can trust Mark, when he says truce he means it. I'll be right back going to grab some drinks," Stacy kissed Mark as she passed by. Mark and Dave stood in silence for a few moments staring at one another.
"Mark, I'm sorry for the stuff with Stephanie behind your back. I really did fall for her now I'm starting to wonder why I did. When her true colors come out and she doesn't get what she wants it's scary. I guess it's good I see this side of her now before things got more serious. I'm really sorry Mark," Dave extended his hand.
"Its fine, past is past. Stephanie is definitely a spoiled bitch. Let me take a guess you told her to shove the idea of having a kid and she kicked you out," Mark smirked as Dave nodded yes. "That's Stephanie for you. I pleaded with her to start a family and it was always no but the moment having a kid means money she is all for it."
"You and Stacy should have a kid and really piss her off," Dave said without thinking first. He swallowed hard seeing the serious look on Mark's face.
"I'm not into doing things to just piss Stephanie off. It'll be awhile before Stacy and I will be thinking about kids and settling," Mark said feeling his heart beat happily at the thought of a future with Stacy.
"I understand. I'm sure Stephanie will be pregnant in no time but it won't be by me. I'm done with her," Dave firmly said as Stacy came back handing him and Mark a beer. They moved into the living room again and while the men talked Stacy sat quietly cuddled against Mark still in disbelief that Adam had been deceiving her hoping to have a child. She closed her eyes leaning against Mark's shoulder wondering what Adam and Stephanie were up to.