A few days later, Meredith met her sister, April, for lunch. They hadn't seen each other since before the whole affair came out. April had gotten married and was on her honeymoon when it came out.

"You look wonderful." She said when April walked up. "Being married agrees with you."

"Thanks." April smiled. "Nick and I are doing good. Granted, we have only been married a few months but still."

"Well, that's good that you guys are good." Meredith replied with a smile.

"So, how are things with you and Hunter?" April asked. Meredith had told her everything in a email and then she got a version from their mom.

"They're stressed for obvious reasons." She replied. "But we are going to therapy and trying to work through it."

"Well that's good right? I mean you want to do that right?"

"Of course I do. I love Hunter and I want my marriage. I'm determined to try my best to fix it." She sighed. "I just can't believe I was so stupid."

"Mere, you weren't stupid. It just happened."

"I feel stupid." She replied with a sigh. "I really don't want to lose my marriage. I just...I'm trying to work through why I cheated. It's not like me at all." She looked at her. "I know I was the other woman for Hunter when he was married to Stephanie but I wasn't the one cheating." She sighed. "I just...I want to understand. I love Hunter and yet I willingly slept with someone else. Why did I do that?"

April looked at her sister. "Only you know the answer to that."

"I know." Meredith replied.

"Do you want my opinion?"

Meredith smiled. "When have you ever asked me if I wanted your opinion."

"Never." April replied. "I think you were lonely and vulnerable. Plus you and Seth had history. But the good thing is you know you made the mistake and you're working to fix it. That's a big step."

"Yeah." Meredith sighed.

"Are you worried Hunter will decide when therapy is up that he wants a divorce?"

"Yes." Meredith said openly. "That's my fear right now. I know he says he wants to try and that's why we are in therapy but what if after it's all said and done, he decides he can't stay married to me. That he can't trust me not to cheat again or that he can't forgive it. Then what?"

"Then you will deal with that. You're a strong woman, Mere. You can get through anything. But I strongly believe that Hunter doesn't want a divorce. He wants to be married to you. He loves you and he wants to make it work."

"Thanks." She replied. "I hope so."

"You'll see." April smiled. "Now, let's enjoy lunch and shopping. Leave all problems at the door." Meredith laughed and nodded. She hoped April was right but she couldn't silence the fear inside.

Hunter sat in his office looking over some contracts. His mind on the notebook and what Meredith wrote. He didn't realize that was how she was feeling. He was glad he knew and he had already started writing in his notebook for the next session.

"You look busy." He heard from the door. He looked up and saw his business partner, Shawn Michaels, standing there.

"Hey, Shawn." He said to him. "What's going on?"

"I just wanted to come and see how the contracts for the Layfield buy out is coming."

"They are coming along." Hunter replied. "Everything should be finalized very soon."

"Good." Shawn replied. He looked at Hunter. "So, how are things with you and Meredith?"

"They are alright." He replied with a sigh. "We're in therapy trying to work things out. But it's not easy."

"Well of course not." Shawn replied. "Its not easy to forgive someone who cheats on you. It takes the trust away from a marriage and that's not something that's easily fixed."

"Yeah, I know." Hunter replied. "But I love Meredith and I want to try to work my marriage out."

"I understand that. I was just saying it's hard to get trust back in a marriage."

"I know that. Meredith made a mistake. One she regrets. We're working through it and I know we can save this marriage."

"I hope you can if that's what you want." Shawn said. He looked at him. "More on your mind?"

Hunter sighed. "I just...I guess I'm a little worried about things. I mean, Seth is not that much older than Meredith. Not like I am. I mean, if you think about, I'm old enough to be her dad. And Seth is three or four years older than her. I guess I'm worried she will realized she doesn't want to be with someone my age and want someone closer to her own age."

"First off, you're only 19 years older than Meredith and yeah, if you had her as teenager, you are old enough to be her dad. But Meredith loves you. She doesn't care about the age difference, obviously. She married you and she wants to have a life with you. And despite what Stephanie said when she found out, I don't think Meredith married you for the money." Shawn replied. "Hunter, I know I said it's hard to get a marriage back after the trust has been broken but I think you and Meredith can do that if you want too"

"Thanks." Hunter replied. "I guess the age difference is always been on my mind. But I love Meredith and I want to save my marriage. I just wish I had never suggested that she get a trainer. Or I should have had Randy be it."

"You couldn't have known this would happen." Shawn replied. "My advice to you is continue with therapy and see how things play out. You want to save your marriage and that's a big step."

"Thanks, Shawn." He nodded and headed out.

Hunter knew Shawn was right. He just had to let therapy work and see how things worked out. But he couldn't shake the fear that the age difference would finally cause an end to their marriage.

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