Focussing his energy on helping his Dad fix the shelf in the bathroom was exactly what Hunter needed, he needed to take his mind off of Stephanie and Mikey and somehow get it back on his career.

Paul had been going through his toolbox and asking Hunter to grab things from him but he just wasn't listening to grabbing the towel from the side he threw it at Hunter's head.

Feeling the towel smack him in the face Hunter grabbed it and glared at his Dad, "what the hell was that for?"

Frowning at his son Paul shook his head, "you're not listening to me, you're too busy off in dream land thinking of God knows what . . . or maybe that should be who."

Rolling his eyes Hunter walked over to his Dad, "whatever, let's just get this done before Mom kills you and me both."

Passing his son the tools Paul made sure he had everything before he went about fixing the shelf. In the middle of fixing the shelf he paused and looked at his son, "do you love Stephanie still?"

Hunter's eyes widened at the question and he was just grateful he wasn't holding anything, "are you actually serious with that question? You genuinely think I still love her?"

Paul shook his head, "no I don't think it, I know it. Son you are forgetting who I am, I am your Father and I have been in your position before, I have lost a woman who I loved dearly due to lies. The difference between you and I though is that you still love that woman, she is the only person you have ever truly loved and will ever truly love and myself, I found your Mom who is the woman I love more than anything in this world and the woman I knew immediately I wanted to spend the rest of my life with."

Sighing heavily Hunter leant against the wall, "I can't help it Dad, it doesn't matter that what she did was the cruellest most horrible thing a person could possibly do to another human being I can't help the fact that I still to this day love her. I think that is why I was so mad hearing that she had returned, I had managed to block her from my mind and pretend she no longer existed so I could pretend I didn't still love her but having her there, being so close but yet being so far away from her was torture. Knowing that she moved on and had a child with somebody who she clearly didn't love and is no longer with is like a dagger to the heart."

Putting down the tools Paul looked at his son seriously, "have you actually told her any of this?"

"How? She won't give me the time of day."

Not entirely sure how to put this without angering his son Paul tried to be diplomatic, "well in a way you can't really blame her for that."

Hunter's eyes widened and he glared at his Dad, "I can't believe you are taking her side."

Frowning Paul knew his son would react like that no matter how he said it, "it isn't about taking sides son, it's about the truth."

"The truth? The truth is that she lied to me about carrying my child and then she didn't have the guts to face me one on one to sign the Divorce papers, she had her attorney do it instead. The truth is she had a son and has avoided me and the WWE ever since. The truth is she has a guilty conscience."

Paul's eyebrow raised as he listened to his son talk, "I don't think she is the one with the guilty conscience."

Hunter was outraged at his Father's comments, "why would I have a guilty conscience? I wasn't the one who lied to the other."

"No, you were the one who just treated your wife like shit."

Feeling even more angry now Hunter didn't get what his Dad was going on about, "you were on my side through the entire thing."

Looking at his son like he was crazy he couldn't believe he didn't get it, "of course we were, you are our son and blood is thicker than water. The last thing we were going to do is back Stephanie over you despite how much we loved her. The truth is Hunter that when you returned from your quadriceps injury you sidelined your wife and your relationship for your career, you literally did not give her the time of day. She literally did everything she could possibly do short of taking a steel chair to your head to try to get you to pay attention to her and when you wouldn't she went to extreme measures."

Raking his fingers through his hair he shook his head, "so what you're saying to me is it is my own fault that she lied to me about being pregnant?"

"No . . . well yes, kind of. Who was the one person that was by your side the entire time from the minute you got injured to the minute you returned?"

Rolling his eyes Hunter shook his head, "it sure as hell wasn't her, she was too preoccupied for most of it with the whole Alliance shit."

Picking up his hammer he held it by the head letting it dangle between his fingers needing to do something with his hands before he strangled his son, "Hunter you are kidding me right? She'd fly out at a ridiculously early hour in the morning to be at the shows and would then catch a red eye back to you the minute the show was ended so how can you say she was too preoccupied with that? At least she was dedicated and bothered to pay you attention when you needed it the most which is more than I can say for you."

"You did not just say that I didn't pay her any attention."

Nodding his head Paul smirked, "oh I did and I will keep repeating it until you get it through your thick skull. This in no way excuses her for what she said but Hunter think about it, the husband you've stood beside for the past eight months returns to the business he loves and the second he does you no longer exist in his world. You try everything you could possibly do to get his attention but he just won't listen or take notice of you so you do the only thing you can think of to get a reaction and you say you're pregnant and bam, you suddenly get the attention you have been asking for and craving. Was Stephanie in the wrong for lying? Absolutely she was but there is no way that condones your behaviour afterwards."

Sighing heavily he finally understood what his Dad was saying to him, "I really fucked up didn't I?"

Not wanting to sugar coat it for his son he simply nodded and agreed, "yes you did."

Resting his head back on the wall Hunter looked at the ceiling, "do you think there is any way that I can fix it with her?"

Shrugging his shoulders that was an answer that Paul couldn't give his son, "I can't say that you can fix it but I don't think there is any way for me to say you can't. If you are able to prove to her you've changed, you can forgive her for what she did and you can take some responsibility for the part you played in the entire situation then I should imagine there is a chance if she feels the same for you still. The main thing though is that you probably need to show her that you can actually be nice to Mikey consistently without it seeming like you're trying to get to her through him and you need to show a willingness to treat him like your own son even though he is not if you are realistically going to have any chance of getting back with her permanently."

Looking a bit panicked Hunter didn't know where to start, "so basically you're saying I'm fucked?"

His Dad laughed at him, "no son, what I'm saying is you have a lot to prove to her and to yourself but more to her because of her son so it will be hard work and are you cut out for that hard work?"

Pushing himself from the wall to stand straight he nodded his head, "if it means I will win her back then I will jump through as many hoops as she puts in front of me and I will prove to her that I can love her son as if he were my own."

As he looked into his son's eyes Paul saw something he hadn't seen for a long time, a fire and a determination and he felt like he was actually getting his son back at last, "well good luck son. Now let's get this shelf fixed."

Both men turned their attention to the shelf in front of them however Hunter's mind was also somewhere else plotting on how he could make things right.