As Adam pulled her back, Tania made one last attempt in getting herself out of the situation. Backing right against him, she braced herself and made one last kick against the door. A mistake that she realized the moment Adam gripped onto her wrist.
“Hey!” It was almost a wave of relief as she heard the pounding from the other side of the door being accompanied by Randy’s voice. “Is everything alright?!” The handle jiggled again. Adrenaline running, she was more than aware she couldn’t let Randy walk off.
Taking in a deep breath Tania bit down on Adam’s hand. She had been right in assuming that Adam would pull his hand away, and the moment he did she took advantage it her opportunity. “Randy! I’m in here!”
“Tania?”
“Please Randy! He-” Before she could get her cry for help out, Tania felt Adam grab the back of her shirt and tug. Unable to hold her balance, she fell back down head first onto the floor below. Hand reaching up, Tania felt a wave of nausea rush over her. As her eyes opened slightly, she watched the room spin around her. That was the last thing she could remember before things went black.
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It was the gentle tickle against her forehead that jogged Tania from her slumber. Moving her head just to the side she let out a small groan before opening an eye. After a few moments of adjusting to the light Tania opened the other eye. “Randy?”
“Talking to the cops.” Leaning towards her, Shane brushed a piece of hair out of her face. “How are you feeling?”
Letting her eyes drop close once again, Tania took a deep breath in. “Aside from the fact that my head is throbbing, I’m alright.”
“Not feeling nauseous?” Tania shook her head no. “That’s good, you hit your head pretty hard. Now that you’re awake we’ll have to go get the medic to check you out. Make sure that you don’t have a concussion.” She had hit the ground hard enough to knock her out for a few minutes.
“Where am I?” It was going to take too much energy for her to actually open her eyes and look around for herself.
Shane frowned. “Still on the floor where Randy found you.”
Placing her palms flat on the floor, Tania tried to sit herself up only to have Shane’s hand on her shoulder pressing her back down. “Not the best idea right now.”
“I want to sit up.”
“And I said no. Are you really going to argue with me about it because you won’t win.” Things were bad enough as is with Adam getting involved, the last thing he needed was Tania causing more damage to herself.
Taking his words in, Tania frowned. “Is that because you’re a McMahon?” Somehow she couldn’t get what Adam had said out of her mind. There had to be some bit of truth to it or he wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to get at Shane.
“McMahon…you have to be kidding me Tania!” Shane defended. “You won’t win because you and I both know that you are in no condition to be sitting up. Not only that but the longer you fight with me, the less energy you are going to have.”
“Right.” Letting out a sigh Tania wasn’t sure she totally believed him quite yet.
Sitting right down on the floor next to Tania, Shane wrapped his arms around his knees. “Damn Tania, if you have something to say then say it. I know that something is on your mind, so just get it out and over with!” He was sick and tired of trying to figure out just what exactly was on her mind.
“Fine then. What the fuck is going on between you and Adam? I think I deserve to know after what just happened, don’t you?” Once again Tania tried to sit up only to have Shane hold her down against the cold floor. He obviously meant what he said about not letting her sit up. “I think you at least owe me an explanation as to why he hates you so much.”
Glancing away from Tania, Shane knew she was right. If her safety was going to be in jeopardy then she should be informed of the story behind the hate for one another. “You want the short version or the long one?”
“That depends. Are you going to let me sit up or not?”
With a roll of his eyes, Shane admitted defeat. Helping Tania sit up, he slid her back against the wall before moving beside her. “Is this better?”
Tania gave a slight nod as Shane ran his fingers through his hair. “There’s more to the story about Marissa and I getting divorced than what I told you.”
Somehow Tania wasn’t shocked by the news. She had known from the first time Shane told her on the plane about Marissa that there was more to the story than what he was letting on to. “How so?” Looking down at her wrist, she began to play around with the strap of her watch.
“Before I called the quits on our relationship, Marissa seemed to be growing distant on me. I knew something was up, but I had no proof. You ever had that feeling? That nagging feeling that the one you loved so much was cheating on you with someone else?”
“I guess in a way…” Her assumptions had always proven to be wrong in the past however.
“Well I came home to the apartment one day to find out that everything I has assumed was right. I guess while Marissa was on the road with me she became close with the rat bastard. For her to have the audacity to bring him back to our apartment…”
Things were starting to piece together in Tania’s mind. “You mean Adam?”
Shane nodded. “Yeah. Ever wonder why the fucker hasn’t managed to obtain the title yet? I may not have been able to fire him but I sure as hell made his life miserable.”
“I’m sorry to hear that Shane, I really am. No one deserves to be heartbroken like that. Some people need to learn some maturity, Take responsibility for their current relationships before starting new ones.”
Reaching out, Tania grabbed a hold of Shane’s hand. “I had no idea.” Now that she did though, she felt even worse about the entire situation. Shane had done nothing wrong in the grand scheme of things. It was Adam who clearly had the problems and issues that needed to be dealt with.
Shane tried his best to give her a slight smile. “Are you sure your okay?”
Tania nodded. “I’ll be fine, just give me a few seconds so that the room can stop spinning on me.” Though she wouldn’t admit it to him, Tania was more than certain that she at least had to have a partial concussion. “Shane?”
“Yes?”
“Would you be mad if I asked to stay in tonight instead? Maybe order room service or a pizza?” The desire to go out had long since left Tania since her little incident. All she wanted was for things to be quiet again. There had been more than enough excitement for one day already. “I’m not sure I can handle going out anymore.”
A little disappointed that he would have to cancel all the reservations and plans, Shane could tell just by looking at her that she was worn out. He wanted her to enjoy the evening which she clearly wouldn’t be able to do if she was forced to go to dinner. “I’m sure I can arrange for that. You like Chinese food?”
“Uh huh.”
“Good. I can make sure that it is ordered for us so that when we go to the hotel it will be waiting for us.”
Breathing with relief, Tania was glad that Shane wasn’t that upset. It had been more than obvious that he really had wanted to go out with her. Maybe another night. “What about those papers that I was supposed to sign?”
Sliding his arm around Tania’s waist Shane felt her rest her head against his shoulder. Head turning just slightly he placed his upon hers. “I can have someone drop by with them later. It’s not big deal right now.”
“Sounds good to me.”
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“Randy!” Dave broke into a jog as he saw his friend turn around towards him. “Hey! I heard someone tell me you were talking to the cops…”
“Yeah, I was.” Randy didn’t look at all impressed as the played with the small business card in his hand. “I guess news travels fast.”
Dave was more concerned now than ever. “What happened? You didn’t do something stupid did you?” As much as he wanted to trust Randy, he wouldn’t put it past the boy to do something stupid.
“I think the question would be better if you asked if Adam did something stupid or not.”
In hearing mention of the Canadian’s name Dave’s eyes widened. “Is Tania alright? He didn’t hurt her did he?” He could only imagine the guilt Randy would be feeling if something serious had happened to Tania.
“The fucker threatened her. I heard her screaming in the locker room and managed to get to her but he still managed to knock her to the ground. Shane’s with her now…I’m not sure if she’s come around yet or not.” As much as he hated the idea of leaving Tania with Shane, he didn’t have much of a choice. The cops needed to talk to him and he wasn’t about to let her be left alone. “Shane’s sitting with her right now.”
“Is that wise?”
Randy shrugged. “He won’t hurt her if that’s what you mean.”
“Can you be sure about that?” If Randy trusted her with Shane, then he wasn’t about to argue. He, however, wasn’t going to be so quick to give any type of responsibility to McMahon.
“Shane’s just using her to get back at Adam. If he were to hurt her then it would prove nothing. The only thing he would accomplish would be to scare her just as much as she is of Adam.” He wouldn’t blow his entire plan for something as stupid as that. “Shit! I can’t believe this. I didn’t mean for any of this to happen Dave and yet it is.”
Dave sighed. “You couldn’t have known how this would all go Randy.”
“The second I saw Shane look at he the way he did I should have had her back out. I should have stopped pushing her to help him out like I did. I knew that Shane was flirting with her and yet I didn’t say a thing.” That fact alone made him feel more guilty than anything else that had happened.
“Let’s be rational.” Dave had to do something about the situation. “Shane was hitting on Tania before Adam ever came into the picture right?”
Randy shrugged. “I guess, yeah.”
“So the how are you so sure that this started out as a way to get at Adam? I mean when Shane found out Adam was interested then sure, the desire to flaunt it in his face was there. Did you ever maybe think though that Shane just assumed her to be the next piece of candy to have on his arm?”
“Because that makes me feel so much better.” It didn’t matter what it had started out as, he knew how it was currently standing and that was as a threat to Tania. “You think I could convince her to leave the company tonight? Find another job?”
“You think you could just smarted up and play the part of the knight in shining armour?” Dave muttered under his breath so Randy couldn’t hear. It was clear that Randy cared for her and yet still wanted to be too blind to see it.
Randy’s brow furrowed. “What was that?”
“Nothing. Don’t worry about it man.” Dave shrugged his comment off as being nothing. “You going to be okay?”
“Nope.”
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“Jay!” Chris burst through the door and nearly tripped over several duffel bags on his search for his friend. “Jay! Where are you man?”
“Where’s the fire Chris?” Jay laughed as he came out from the shower area with a towel resting around his neck. All he had done was go for a shower after his work out and now the entire world seemed to be falling apart judging from the tone in Chris’s voice.
Chris growled and tried his best to ignore that his friend was clearly finding things amusing. “When was the last time that you saw Adam?”
Jay shrugged. “Not sure. I guess back at the hotel. He wanted to leave after me so said he’d catch a ride with someone else. Why?” Then mention of Adam’s name suddenly had Jay listening with full attention.
“I just passed him in the hall about five minutes ago and he was in handcuffs, that’s why.”
“Shit!” Jay cursed. “Please tell me he didn’t do something stupid?”