"John thank you so much for coming" Victoria McMahon hugged her daughter's ex-boyfriend. "Kelly would have wanted you here"

"Thank you for calling me and giving me a chance to pay my last respects"

"Well I figured you being her fiancée you should be called. It's such a shame with the wedding only a month away and you had to fly all the way here from Barcelona"

"Wait ... what I'm confused"

"Barcelona, isn't that where you've been shooting your new movie, Kelly told us that was the reason we haven't seen you all these months"

"Umm yeah Barcelona is amazing" John didn't have the heart to break the grieving mother's heart.

"You were always such a good boy John" she touched his cheek "you made Kelly so happy"

"She'll be missed" John shook his head sadly.

"She was always such a little spoiled brat but you saw past that John and you loved her anyways"

"If you'll excuse me I just have to make a phone call and check on my son"

"Of course"

John got out of dodge as fast as he could. He stepped outside the small funeral home. Putting his cell phone to his ear he waited patiently as it rang.

"Hello"

"Hey baby" he grinned "whoops sorry Dommy you sound like Ash on the phone"

"Wrong female Jackass"

"Ash" he tentatively asked as another female voice answered the phone.

"I thought Dommy was you before don't know how that works considering you have two different accents. Anyways guess who was supposed to get married next month ... me and Kelly"

"Confused"

"She never told her parents about the break up and was going ahead planning our wedding"

"I told you she was a crazy whore but you didn't believe me" she sighed taking no pleasure is saying I told you so "hold on John someone wants to talk to you"

John smiled as he heard Ashley telling Faith to say hi to dada. At 7 months she was still a little too young to talk but it was sweet none the less.

"Hey daddy's princess how are you doing?" he smiled as he listened to her babble into the phone "is your brother being good"

Faith continued to babble into the phone which made John's heart melt a little more. Then he heard her cry in outrage.

"Hi daddy" a sheepish little voice said.

"Phinnigan did you take the phone away from your sister?" John asked in a stern tone.

"Yes" he replied.

"That wasn't very nice Phin your sister was talking to me"

"I wanna talk too"

"I know you do buddy but your sister was talking to me first and it is unfair of you to grab the phone out of her hand and now I think you owe her an apology"

"Sworry Fafe"

"Good boy I'm proud of you"

"Daddy you bring me home presents?" Phinnigan asked hopefully.

"They don't exactly have presents where I am buddy" John said.

"Pwease Daddy" Phinnigan begged.

"We'll see"

"Otay Daddy"

"Can you put mommy on now?" John asked.

"Yep bye Daddy luff yous"

"I love you too little man"

"How are you doing?" she asked concerned.

"I'm a bit freaked out but I'll be ok"

"Well Kelly is with the lord now and the final judgment is his"

"Since when did you become all spiritual?" John asked.

"I was raised by a strict Irish Catholic woman so what do you think besides I have always had my faith I just do not push my own personal faith onto other people" she said "but I gotta go before Becky and Connor kill each other"

"Ok baby I love you" he said with a small laugh.

"I love you too and we'll see you soon"

John hung up his phone and a small smile that could only be brought on by his family. Across the room he saw a very somber looking Vince McMahon. The smile left his face as he walked over to his boss.

"Vince I am very sorry for your loss" he shook the older man's hand.

"I believe it should be me who says that to you" Vince remarked.

John grimaced "Yeah that was a little unexpected seeing as I am engaged to the mother of my 2 children"

"Well that's Kelly for you … she always said she wanted to go out in a blaze of glory, no pun intended"

"What happened?"

"Well apparently Kelly and her friends were cruising the California interstate when the driver passed out or something like that and they ended up crashing into a tree and there was a gas leak which ignited the whole car in a matter of seconds"

"Wow what a horrible way to go" John found himself saying "where there any survivors?"

"One girl did survive but they were all so badly burned there was no way of identifying her or any of the others"

John shook his head in disgust "I think I'm going to go"

"I think it would be understandable for the victim's former fiancée to not be able to handle everything and leave early"

"Thanks Vince"

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I was dark by the time John arrived back to the rented cabin. Everyone had already been in bed for hours. He quietly made it to the room he and Ashley were sharing. He shed his clothes leaving them in a pile on the floor. He got into bed and wrapped his arms around his real fiancée.

"John" she sleepily asked.

"Yeah baby it's me" he kissed her temple.

"What are you doing back so soon?" she asked.

"I missed you guys too much so I caught an earlier flight"

"Oh ok"

"Ash, promise me something"

"Ok …"

"Promise me you will never leave me alone" he told her.

"What?" she propped her head up on her pillow to look at him.

"Please just promise me," he pleaded.

"Fine I promise I will never leave you"

"Thank you" he kissed her lips softly.

She rested her head against the pillow again and fell back to sleep. John stared up at the ceiling thinking of what might have been. If he had done things differently with Kelly would she be alive now? He wasn't sure but what he did know is he felt just a responsible as if he was driving that car himself.