When she arrived home Stephanie dropped her bag by the door before she set Mikey on the couch and put 'Finding Nemo' in the DVD player and turned the TV on, "be a good boy for Mommy and sit and watch this whilst she gets your dinner ready okay?"

Mikey nodded with his eyes fixated on the screen as the opening titles began, "kay."

Chuckling she kissed the top of his head before she made her way into the kitchen to make a start on dinner.

As she made dinner her mind kept drifting to what her Dad had said about needing her to run the shows but she just couldn't do it, no matter what the effect on the business would be he would just have to find somebody else to do it because there was no way she was risking putting her son in that situation.

Sighing heavily as she dished up the food before she picked up the plates and put them on the table, "Mikey! Come and get your dinner please."

Forcing a smile as the little boy came racing into the kitchen she pulled his chair out for him, "come on then and take a seat."

Walking over to the chair he allowed his Mom to lift him up into the seat and push it closer to the table before he eagerly picked up his knife and fork and tucked in.

Sitting down across from her son Stephanie picked up her knife and fork and started to slowly tuck into her dinner but she kept getting distracted. As she watched her son eat it reminded her so much of him and she felt her appetite slowly disappear until she eventually just pushed the plate away from her.

Sitting quietly she just watched him eat and listened to him talk about his morning with his Grandparents smiling and nodding at appropriate points to show him she as listening to what he was saying.

When Mikey finished his dinner she stood up picking up the plates and took them over to the sink before she scraped her remains into the kitchen bin then washed them off quickly under the tap before placing them in the dishwasher.

Once the plates were in the dishwasher she motioned to the door, "come on you, it is your bath time and then we need to get you into bed so Mommy can do some work."

Mikey frowned, "I stay up?"

Shaking her head she walked closer to him, "no you can't, you have to go to bed and get your sleep so you can go grow big and strong."

Crossing his arms he pouted as he looked up at her, "pppplllleeeeaaaasssseeee?"

Trying not to laugh at the way he acted so much like she did when she was younger she shook her head, "the answer is still no so get moving before I make you go to bed even earlier tomorrow."

Huffing he stomped out of the kitchen towards the stairs closely followed by Stephanie.

Linda hurried into the hospital after finishing the things she needed to do for her Senator campaign. She had called to say she would get out of it but Vince had told her to stay and finish as he was fine so she had but now she had finished she was anxious to see her husband and to check up on him.

Quietly walking into his hospital room she moved closer to the bed and was about to take a seat when she heard, "I wasn't sure you were going to come tonight."

Her head snapped up and she looked to see her husband wide awake, "I thought you were asleep so I was just going to sit here quietly for a while. I was going to drop things and come by this afternoon but I was under strict instructions from you not to apparently so I didn't. How are you feeling?"

Pushing himself up in the bed a bit Vince sighed softly and nodded, "I'm doing okay but I am worried about Stephanie."

Eagerly shaking her head she wanted to put his mind at ease, "don't worry about her, I will call her when I get home just to make sure she's okay and she understands you will be fine."

"It's not that Linda. I am not worried about her worrying about my health, I'm worrying about her because I told her she would have to run the shows from inside of the arenas and she got pretty mad with me."

"And you are surprised why?" Shaking her head at her husband she didn't understand why he was so shocked by their daughter's reaction, "you know she won't enter an arena with Mikey unless he isn't there and I know Steph and I know she won't leave Mikey at home whilst she runs the shows."

Vince knew his wife was talking sense but it still excused nothing, "I know that but I can't run the shows, you can't run them and neither can Shane and I do not trust anybody else to do it so she has no choice in the matter. Maybe it'd be for the best anyway, I mean it'd be better he finds out now rather than he starts asking questions when he is in his teens."

"Well maybe by that point he won't be working for us any more so it won't make any difference as she will be able to take Mikey to the shows without risking seeing him."

He frowned as he stared at his wife, "you expect me to fire him when his wrestling career is over just because she doesn't want to tell him the truth for whatever reason? Linda please, you have to think about the business and keeping him around long after he has retired from in-ring competition is what will be best for the business."

Looking at the floor she muttered, "you might not be around to make that decision."

Glaring at Linda he knew she had said something, "what did you say?"

Lifting her head she looked her husband directly in the eyes, "I said that you might not be around to make that decision. If you keep going the way you are going you will be six feet under within the next six months. You need to take it easy and rest and let somebody else take control and deal with the hassle so you can get back on your feet."

"I would, I am trying to but the only person who can do it won't do it so what am I meant to do?"

Running a hand through her hair she sighed heavily, he was right but also he shouldn't be getting worked up so she had to get him to relax, "I'm sorry. You're right, I know you're right but I'm just trying to think of Stephanie and Mikey too."

Vince nodded, "I know, it's hard trying to juggle what is best for them and for the business but I really need her to do this. Steph either takes Mikey with her and hopes for the best or she finds somebody to look after him whilst she is on the road."

Reaching out to take hold of her husband's hand Linda sighed softly, "I know Vince, I know. I will go around to see Stephanie in the morning and try and talk to her sensibly to see if I can get her to see sense and to run the shows for you."

Relieved that his wife was now on his side Vince allowed himself to relax back into the pillows and close his heavy eyes to get some much needed sleep.