Chris sat next to Ashley's hospital in Victoria Texas. His long blonde hair was frizzy and greasy and pulled into a pony tail, there were black circles under his eyes from lack of sleep and he was pale. It had been three days since Ashley passed out in St. John's. She had only awoken a couple of times since then and never long enough for him to explain what was going on with her. He had been dealing with the news that Ashley's cancer had spread into her fallopian tubes and it was either she get a hysterectomy or she would die. It would kill Ashley to have one because Chris had finally agreed to have more children.

"Hey." He heard Ashley whisper.

"Hey sweetie." He said and moved towards her.

"Where am I?" She asked confused.

Chris nodded. "You are at Detar Hospital in Victoria Texas." He said.

"Why?" Ashley asked again confused.

"You collapsed." He said.

"I am sorry I ruined our anniversary. Are the boys okay?" She asked.

"Hunny, we have to talk about something." He said.

"What?" She asked sitting up.

"This is going to be difficult sweetie." He said as he took her hand in his.

"What sweetie?" She asked.

"The cancer spread Ash to your fallopian tubes. We have to get a hysterectomy." He said sadly.

"Not we I do! I have to get the damn hysterectomy! It doesn't affect you at all!" Ashley snapped as she pulled her hand away from his.

"Ashley, please. I want to be there for you, don't you get it baby girl? I am your best friend and a hysterectomy affects both of us. Don't you see that?" He asked.

"Just go Chris." She said and for the first time in five years she turned her back on her husband.

It had been two days since Ashley had turned her back on her husband, she had been released even though it had been ill advised not to get the hysterectomy done right away. Ashley had become a recluse, locked away from the rest of the world. She hadn't left the master bedroom since she had returned and Chris had delivered her meals to her. Most were set back outside the doors of the room without being touched.

Chris stood in the play room when the phone began to ring. He grabbed it. "Jericho residence." He said.

"Hello is this Chris Jericho?" A voice as smooth as honey said.

"Yes. May I ask whose calling?" Chris asked.

"It's Karen Riley we met at the grocery store a couple weeks back. You said to call so our boys can get together and have a play-date." She said.

"Oh yeah. I am sorry. I've been out of town lately." He said.

"I was wondering if today we could get together." She asked.

"Um." Chris glanced up the stairs. "Sure." He said. They made arrangements and soon enough they were off the phone.

A half hour later Karen Riley rang the doorbell of the large Jericho estate. She was dressed in a white mini skirt and white tube top. She smiled at her two handsome boys, both boys of very rich men. Apollo was the son of a Pittsburg Steelers who paid 6,000 dollars a month of his son, while Helios was the son of some rich CEO in New York City who paid her 10,000 a month of his son. Now she would have a third son with a wrestler.

Chris Jericho opened the door. "Hello." He said.

"Hi." She said.

"Come on in." He said and they made their way to the play room. "Boys come here please." Austin and Noah ran over to them. "Boys I'd like you to meet my friend Karen Riley and her sons…"

"Apollo and Helios."

"Apollo Helios, these are my sons Austin and Noah." He said. "Why don't you go play?" And the four boys took off.

Chris smiled and looked at Karen. "Would you like some coffee?" He asked.

Karen smiled and slipped her red hair behind her ear. "That sounds wonderful." She said and followed Chris into the kitchen.

They had been talking for a while when Karen said. "So where's your wife?"

Chris shifted. "She's upstairs sleeping." He said.

Karen looked at her watch. "It's three-thirty in the afternoon."

Chris sighed and nodded. "Yeah my wife has Ovarian Cancer. She sleeps a lot lately."

Karen nodded. 'Perfect it will be easier for me to seduce him.' She thought. "I am sorry. Is there anything I can do?" She asked as she placed her hand on his.

"No thanks." He said as he pulled his hand away. "Why don't we go sit in the living room where we can hear the boys?"

"Sounds good to me." She said and Chris quickly made his way to the living room where he seated himself in the la-Z boy that Ashley had bought for him on Christmas the first year of their marriage.

"So." Chris said unsure of what to talk about.

"You're handsome." She said as she smiled at him.

"Uh thanks." He said.

"Really handsome." Karen said as she straddled Chris.

Ashley sighed as she looked up from the book she had almost finished. After being locked away for so long she felt bad about how she had treated Chris. He had only wanted the best for her and had tried to make it easy for her to deal with and instead of being grateful she had become a hateful bitch.

With a sigh she knew that she had to go see her loving husband. She showered quickly and dressed in Chris' favorite outfit. A tight pair of jeans and a black tank top. She wrapped her head in a black scarf and she smiled at herself. She giggled a bit and shut the door quietly. She jogged down the steps and but stopped at the top of the second landing. There was a view into the living room. She saw with disgust her husband with another woman on his lap.

She didn't say a word she just continued down the steps careful to be quiet. She knew in her heart that Chris loved her but this woman was pretty and healthy maybe that's what he really wanted not her. She snuck over to them and with all her strength she wrapped her hand around the woman's long red hair and flung her off Chris. "Fucking whore!" She roared. "Did you think that the sickly wife wouldn't leave her room?"

Karen gasped. "You told me your wife was dead!" She said looking at Chris.

"Dead? Dead?" She repeated and with tears in her eyes she fell to the floor. She looked up at Chris. She couldn't understand why Chris would wish that upon her.

"I am sorry. I didn't know. He told me his wife died a year ago from Ovarian Cancer, if I had known that you were still alive I would never have." Karen said near tears.

"I never said that!" Chris cried.

Ashley shook her head. "I am sorry I can't die fast enough for you Christopher Keith Jericho! I wish I had never married you!" And with that she grabbed her keys and rushed out the door.

It was raining and Ashley had no idea where she was going. She just drove for a long time around Victoria Texas until she ended up on the Kendrick's doorsteps. She pounded on it and it was opened by Brian Kendrick himself. "Ashley!" He said surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"Is Misha here Bri?" She asked almost in tears.

"Yeah, yeah she's in back." He said and Ashley pushed passed him in a rush. He shook his head; he once loved that girl so much. It had killed him when she had left him for Jericho. It had taken him a year to start dating after her and finally he had married her cousin Misha. They had a lovely family together but sometimes Brian wondered what life would have been like if he had actually married Ashley.

Ashley rushed into the back and fell into her cousin and best friends arms. "What's wrong?" Misha asked.

"Chris is cheating on me! Told the woman I was dead!" She sobbed.

Misha shook her head. "He's a dead man."