Linda had been going through a number of options in her head on how to deal with the situation, they ranged from telling Vince to just ignoring the situation and she came to the conclusion that telling Vince at this point would be a very bad idea and ignoring it would be even worse so Linda decided to do the only other option she had, go to Shane and tell him exactly what she knows and see where that leaves her.
Linda got up from the couch and said, "Stephanie I am going to sort this mess out once and for all, well I'm hoping too anyway."
Stephanie was concerned, "what are you going to do Mom? Please don't say you're going to tell Dad."
Linda shook her head, "I'm not going to, I'm going to talk to Shane."
Stephanie sighed, "yeah the last time you did that it did a whole lot of good didn't it?"
"This time Stephanie I am going to tell him exactly what I know and see what his reaction will be to that."
"Good luck then Mom."
Stephanie hugged her Mom before she walked out passing Paul in the doorway.
Paul walked in and seeing the determination on Linda's face he said to Stephanie, "damn, what's got her feathers ruffled?"
Stephanie laughed and hit Paul, "don't talk about my Mom like that. But as for your question she's going to talk to Shane and tell him that she knows everything that has been going on."
"And she thinks that will help how?"
She shrugged, "I guess she thinks that telling Shane that she knows he is lying will show him the error of his ways, personally I doubt it though."
"You do? Why so?"
She sighed, "it's Shane, he takes after my Dad and is very stubborn and once he gets an idea in his head he's not going to be swayed from it."
Paul ran a hand through his hair, "yeah but surely he will now, this is concerning his sister and unborn niece or nephew not some business deal."
"That makes no difference, he's a McMahon and you should know that whether it is business or personal we are stubborn as hell."
Paul laughed, "you've got that right, I'm married to one and I know that first hand."
She shook her head, "you'll pay for that comment buddy, now sit down and shut up while I finish my work."
Hel just sat down on the couch knowing that she may kill him if he didn't do as she said.
Linda had decided that talking to Shane couldn't wait so she went back to her office and told her Secretary that she was leaving for the rest of the day and to take messages and any urgent phone calls or suchlike to pass to Vince and then she headed to Vince's office and knocked on his door quickly hearing him bark, "come in."
Vince was sat busily working at his desk and he just looked up over his glasses to see who was there and he saw Linda so he stopped working and sat back whilst setting his glasses down on the desk, "Linda, to what do I owe this pleasure?"
She sat down in front of him, "I just came to tell you that I am going to New York for the rest of the day and any urgent phone calls will be passed to you, okay?"
He just nodded, "uh alright, but why are you going to New York?"
"There is some business that I need to take care of there, something that can not wait."
Vince was confused, "personal business or business business?"
"Personal business."
Vince sighed, "alright, what has Shane done?"
"It's nothing you need to worry yourself about Vince, I can handle this on my own I believe."
He just nodded, "alright, but if you need any help you know where I am."
She smiled and nodded, "yes I do, thank you."
She got up and hugged Vince, "I probably won't be home until late so cook your own dinner."
Vince nodded, "I'll leave some for you to heat up when you get in."
She nodded, "alright thanks, I'll see you later."
She left the office determined to get this sorted once and for all.
On the drive to New York Linda had a lot of time to think about what she was going to say to Shane and how to treat this whole situation as it was rather delicate to say the least, she didn't want to alienate her son but she also didn't want to tell him that what he was doing was alright as it wasn't. Before too long Linda was in New York and she was driving into Manhattan on the way to Shane's house.
When Linda reached Shane's house she stopped the car and took a deep breath, "it's now or never."
Pulling the keys from the ignition she got out of the car and locked it before walking up the path to the front door, once she reached the front door Linda reached out and rang the doorbell, it was show time.