Danny walked into a hotel room in Baltimore Maryland after a house show. He was rooming with Chaz Klum at this show since Athena wasn't on these couple of shows as it was for the ones who weren't going to be in Europe. Chaz at the moment was downstairs at the hotel bar. Danny wasn't twenty-one yet so he went back up to the room. Chaz tried to tell him that the bartender wouldn't care but Danny didn't really want to get in trouble. He didn't really want to get yelled at by everyone. Besides he hadn't drank once other then Champaign at David's wedding.
He took his cellphone out of his bag of gear and looked at the time. He should be up. He hit number 6 on his speedial.
The phone rang a couple of times before someone picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hey Levi."
"Hey Danny." His voice brightened. Levi Sullivan was one of his older brothers who currently lived in St. Petersburg Florida.
"I didn't wake you guys did I?"
"Not that I hear. I'm down in the kitchen studying for the Bar exam. Sam and Emma Leigh are sleeping."
"How is Sam doing?" He asked referring to his seven month old nephew and Emma Leigh was Levi's fiancée.
"Still keeping us up a lot of the night." Levi said wit ha contented sigh. "Man I love being a dad."
"You know it's your fault that mom's asking me if I'm seeing anyone. Aside from Trevor, I'm the only one who isn't engaged or married to someone."
"Nope. Megan got engaged after me so it's her fault. Jason told me you made your official debut Monday. How was it? I didn't get to see it because I forgot."
"You wouldn't have been able to." Danny said taking his tennis shoes off and sitting down on the bed. "It was a dark match. I won't be on a television show until after the European tour."
"Didn't get to go huh?"
"No the shows were all set before I was signed but it's okay."
Levi snorted. "Right. Jason already said you'll be home when we come to Atlanta. I can't wait because I need a break from the studying. Besides mom can babysit Sam and Emma Leigh and I can spend some time together. We haven't had any of that since Sam was born."
"Her parents wouldn't take him?"
"They are still mad at me for her getting pregnant." He sighed. "Just one time…Oh well. I know you aren't going to be excited about seeing Emma Leigh but she is going to be your sister in law."
"I'd rather not think about it."
"Come on you and Megan didn't get along for a long time and now you guys are close. I'm sure once you get to know Emma Leigh things will change."
Danny wasn't going to forget that summer that he had met Emma Leigh. She stuck her nose in the air and wouldn't talk to him once. She hadn't even liked the tattoo that Levi had given him. She was very rich and he didn't understand the connection between his very laid back brother who had tattoos over his arms and a girl who's family had a vacation home on the French Riviera.
"Seriously Danny, you'd like Emma Leigh if you really got to know her. I expect you to be an usher at the wedding."
"Who's the best man?" Danny asked even though he hadn't thought it would be him.
"Hawk." He said referring to his college roommate, Angus 'Hawk' Hawkinson who most people who knew him forgot Hawk wasn't his real name.
"Cool."
He could hear crying in the background.
"Oops have to go check on Sam. I'll see you at mom's." He said and hung up the phone.
Danny hung up the phone and turned on the TV and started to channel surf. Something caught his attention.
"Joannie Laurer who was arrested two years ago for assaulting Athena Hart and Daniel Benoit, in connection to the Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, Paul Levesque, and Michael Hickenbottom's trial, has been released from prison earlier today."
He turned up the volume.
A woman stood there. From the screen he saw her name was Simone Blackwood, and she was Joanie Lauerer's lawyer. She was explaining how Joanie had served her time and that she was not available to answer questions.
Danny looked at the clock and decided it was too late to call his father to see if he knew about this. He wondered what this all could really mean.