The Man (A Seth Rollins Story) (Reupload)

Chapter 35- Miami (Joe's POV)

"Anything interesting?"

"No, not really."

Jon sat back in his seat. Jon, Colby and I were on our way to a local store in Miami to sign some stuff. WWE had a live show in town tonight and we were doing a signing for our fans. I was going through Twitter on our way there. I didn't use it much but I was bored. I knew Mercedes and Pamela had signing today not far from ours and I was scrolling through to see some pictures of their signing and others around town. I clicked on one of the pictures and saw a face I never thought I would see again. I started choking on my water.

"You ok, Joe?" Colby asked.

I caught my breath.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Colby was in the back of the van we were riding in. The driver seemed a little concerned as well but continued to drive. I saved the picture and sent it to Jon. A couple of seconds later, I heard Jon choking on his drink.

"What is wrong with you two? Didn't you learn to drink properly?"

"I'm fine. Just went down the wrong way."

We arrived at the building and Colby walked in. Jon and I waited until he was inside to talk.

"That's her."

"Of course it is."

"What are we going to do, Joe? Colby can not see she is here."

I nodded. "We have to get his phone away from him. He uses Twitter all the time."

"How do you expect us to do that?"

"I don't know but we better figure it out soon."

He nodded. "I can't believe she is here. I mean, I assumed but I still can't believe it. Part of me wants to stay away and continue to be angry but the other part of me wants to go say hi, you know?"

"I know. But she left for a reason. It's better if we just pass through. It's obvious she doesn't want us around."

"But then why is she with Mercedes and Pamela then? Did WWE ask her to sign stuff?"

"I don't know but we don't need to be worrying about that. We need to worry about Colby."

Jon nodded. "You're right."

I could tell Jon wanted more than anything to run down the road and see her again but we needed to focus on Colby. He couldn't see that picture. Or else, he would be leaving this place early. We went into the building and went over to Colby. I could already see him scrolling through Twitter. Jon and I nodded at each other. I grabbed Colby's phone and threw it to Jon. Colby looked at me.

"What are you two doing? Give me back my phone."

"No. You need to be focused on the autograph session."

"It doesn't start for another half hour."

"So? That doesn't mean you can't get prepared."

"Ok, what are you two hiding?"

"Nothing. We just need to start getting ready. Now, go sit down."

Colby still seemed suspicious as he sat down. We started getting our stuff together. I saw two guys walking towards us. They seemed to be employed here.

"Do you mind if we get some autographs? We're big fans."

"Yeah, sure."

We signed some stuff and took some pictures. The guys thanked us before starting to walk off.

"Did you hear about the Sasha and Bayley signing?" One guy asked the other.

"No, what?"

"Marcella showed up."

Aw, crap.

"No. She hasn't been in the WWE for months. Why would she be signing?"

"I don't know. But maybe we can sneak over there."

"Where is it?"

"Cricket."

"The one down the road or on the other side of town?"

"Just down the street. You want too?"

"Yeah, let's do it. Marcella was one of my favorites. Are you sure she is there?"

"Man, look."

I watched the guy pull out his phone as they walked away. They nodded and left out the back door. I nervously looked over to Colby and he looked shocked. He was looking at the door. I knew he was going to run straight for it.

"Don't you do it."

"You knew, didn't you? That was that whole scene in the car and with my phone."

"Colby, she left because she didn't want to talk to any of us. Leave her be."

And he darted for it. Jon and I ran off after him but he was fast. Faster than I thought he was. He rounded the corner and went straight for the Cricket store. Fans started screaming as they saw us coming towards the store. Colby stopped in his tracks and we finally caught up to him. He was frozen. I looked to what had made him stop. And in the window, stood Marci talking to a fan. She looked different than when I last saw her. She seemed much happier. I didn't know if it was an act put on for the fans but I was pretty sure it was genuine. Jon seemed to be frozen in his tracks too. The fans were still freaking out as they saw us. Colby started walking again and I was too late to stop him. He walked through the fans and went inside. I saw some employees try to stop him as he walked over to the table. Oh, great.