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have eaten him up right there. He was giving out the unmistakable signals but he was still so green. She could teach him a thing or two.
"Nice to meet you, Brian," she said, then turned back to her diligent inspection of the elevator buttons.
"Did you have a nice night?" Dave asked.
Was that a hint of sarcasm? With a frown she turned her head to face the Animal and saw the expression in his eyes. So he knew about her little party?
"Very nice, thank you," she answered drily.
He would get over it.
"I don't get you," Dave started. "I don't get you at all."
"You don't have to," she smiled, letting out a silent prayer of thanks when the doors opened on the ground floor. "Have a nice life, Dave. And it was a pleasure meeting you, Brian."
With that she walked out, looking so good no one would have guessed she was running on no sleep.
Irving and the Cage Takedown roster were leaving the hotel that morning but Final Battle was staying on because the show that night was at the Blackhorn Center where they had held the Hall of Fame Ceremony on Saturday. She walked into the restaurant at eight as they had agreed, and saw him seated at a far corner. Stifling a little yawn, she made her way to him and hoped he wouldn't tell she was fresh out of an all night long tumble. Adam and Ken were... energetic, to say the least. They had more than kept up with her gigantic appetite which had come as a pleasant surprise. She had almost wished the morning wouldn't come but inevitably, it had and she'd had to tell them they could never do that again. There had never been a question of finding her Mr. Right between them. You couldn't start a relationship with someone you had a three-way with, even she knew that. There would be too many trust issues involved.
"Rough night?" Irving as when she'd sat down.
"Yeah. Something like that."
"I heard some things earlier about what you did last night with Copeland and Kennedy," Irving frowned.
Rae stopped her perusal of the menu and gave him a sharp look.
"Are you honestly trying to 'Daddy' me right now?" she asked with a sarcastic laugh.
"Well, I am your dad."
"Yeah, well I was doing mighty fine without you," Rae said as she put the menu down.
Irving held her angry gaze with one of his own, one that would have made bigger, stronger men look away. But Rae was as stubborn as they came. She was, after all, his daughter.
"Are we back to this again?" Irving asked finally. "If your idea of getting to know me is taking what you want and leaving what you don't like, then I'm sorry, little girl, that won't happen. I'm your father, I have a right to question your choices. You don't necessarily have to take my advice but I have a right to let you know what I think, to give you guidance."
"I'm 25 now, I don't need anyone's approval to do what I want. I know what's wrong and right and most of the time I choose what's wrong. That's my choice," Rae stated, her back up. She knew that sounded totally spoiled but she was kicking herself over the previous night as well. No one would take her seriously after that and she didn't need Irving telling her that. "I've seen how Corey is with you, how he's afraid to say anything wrong. I won't do that."
Irving put his menu down and folded his arms as he sat back in his chair.
"What do you want from me, Rachael?"
Rachael looked away from him and started fiddling with her menu. She wasn't going about this the right way, was she? She couldn't expect to build a relationship with Irving if she was as stubborn and selfish as she'd been before she had put him down on the list. She couldn't separate him from the rest of her life.
"Well?" Irving asked.
"I don't know," she answered honestly. "A year and a half ago you suddenly became the only family I have. I decided I have to get to know you but we are very different people. You're cozy nights in and good conversations while I party hard and live fast."
"Trust me, that's usually the way with parents and their kids."
"Yeah,
"Nice to meet you, Brian," she said, then turned back to her diligent inspection of the elevator buttons.
"Did you have a nice night?" Dave asked.
Was that a hint of sarcasm? With a frown she turned her head to face the Animal and saw the expression in his eyes. So he knew about her little party?
"Very nice, thank you," she answered drily.
He would get over it.
"I don't get you," Dave started. "I don't get you at all."
"You don't have to," she smiled, letting out a silent prayer of thanks when the doors opened on the ground floor. "Have a nice life, Dave. And it was a pleasure meeting you, Brian."
With that she walked out, looking so good no one would have guessed she was running on no sleep.
Irving and the Cage Takedown roster were leaving the hotel that morning but Final Battle was staying on because the show that night was at the Blackhorn Center where they had held the Hall of Fame Ceremony on Saturday. She walked into the restaurant at eight as they had agreed, and saw him seated at a far corner. Stifling a little yawn, she made her way to him and hoped he wouldn't tell she was fresh out of an all night long tumble. Adam and Ken were... energetic, to say the least. They had more than kept up with her gigantic appetite which had come as a pleasant surprise. She had almost wished the morning wouldn't come but inevitably, it had and she'd had to tell them they could never do that again. There had never been a question of finding her Mr. Right between them. You couldn't start a relationship with someone you had a three-way with, even she knew that. There would be too many trust issues involved.
"Rough night?" Irving as when she'd sat down.
"Yeah. Something like that."
"I heard some things earlier about what you did last night with Copeland and Kennedy," Irving frowned.
Rae stopped her perusal of the menu and gave him a sharp look.
"Are you honestly trying to 'Daddy' me right now?" she asked with a sarcastic laugh.
"Well, I am your dad."
"Yeah, well I was doing mighty fine without you," Rae said as she put the menu down.
Irving held her angry gaze with one of his own, one that would have made bigger, stronger men look away. But Rae was as stubborn as they came. She was, after all, his daughter.
"Are we back to this again?" Irving asked finally. "If your idea of getting to know me is taking what you want and leaving what you don't like, then I'm sorry, little girl, that won't happen. I'm your father, I have a right to question your choices. You don't necessarily have to take my advice but I have a right to let you know what I think, to give you guidance."
"I'm 25 now, I don't need anyone's approval to do what I want. I know what's wrong and right and most of the time I choose what's wrong. That's my choice," Rae stated, her back up. She knew that sounded totally spoiled but she was kicking herself over the previous night as well. No one would take her seriously after that and she didn't need Irving telling her that. "I've seen how Corey is with you, how he's afraid to say anything wrong. I won't do that."
Irving put his menu down and folded his arms as he sat back in his chair.
"What do you want from me, Rachael?"
Rachael looked away from him and started fiddling with her menu. She wasn't going about this the right way, was she? She couldn't expect to build a relationship with Irving if she was as stubborn and selfish as she'd been before she had put him down on the list. She couldn't separate him from the rest of her life.
"Well?" Irving asked.
"I don't know," she answered honestly. "A year and a half ago you suddenly became the only family I have. I decided I have to get to know you but we are very different people. You're cozy nights in and good conversations while I party hard and live fast."
"Trust me, that's usually the way with parents and their kids."
"Yeah,
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