The Man (A Seth Rollins Story) (Reupload)

Chapter 46- Jonathan Good

I knocked on his door and he opened it.

"Marci."

He embraced me and then ushered me in.

"I didn't know you were here. Otherwise, I would have picked you up from the airport. When did you get in?"

"A while ago."

"Oh, ok. Are you ok? You never let me come to see you."

"I was thinking over some things."

"Like, about us?"

I sighed. "We need to talk."

He looked terrified by that statement.

"Ok. What is going on?"

"Be honest with me."

"Alright."

"What happened at the Hall of Fame party?"

"I'm not sure what you mean."

"What I mean is, did you intentionally try to sabotage my relationship with Colby?"

He looked scared. "What would give you that idea?"

"Oh, you know, the usual. I talked to Colby, Mercedes and Joe. And guess what? They all told me the same thing. So, what story are you going to make up right here in front of me? What lie are you going to tell me right here and now to make me stay with you and you better pray it is a good one."

His expression was scared but then soon turned into an expression of somewhat relief. "I knew you would find out eventually. Joe can't keep his stupid mouth shut."

"So, you're not even going to try to cover it up?"

"Why should I? You know the truth. I tried to sabotage your relationship with Colby. It worked and that is that."

Jon sat down on the bed and I went over to him. I was in tears by this point. I wanted so badly for him to tell me something different. To tell me none of this was true. But he just sat there, with relief all over his face.

"Why? Why would you do that? I loved him!"

Then he was angry. "And see? That is the problem. You loved him. You loved a man you knew was a womanizer and would use you then drop you as soon as he could. But you fell in love with him. You fell in love with a man you promised yourself you never would. I was here. I was here for you. Every time you would get angry over him, I was there. Whenever you got sad over him, I was there. And yet, you fell in love with him. A man who couldn't care less about you."

"You think because you were there for me, I should love you?"

"That's not what I meant."

"It was implied. Love comes naturally. I didn't choose to fall in love with Colby. It just happened. He sees me differently than any person ever has. I feel safe when I am around him. Or, at least I did. Until you decided to use Colby's past and my best friend's feelings to your own advantage. You're liar and a horrible man. Colby may have cheated on me. My best friend may have slept with my boyfriend. But what you did, well, it is almost unforgivable. I trusted you. I trusted you more than anything in this world. And you played me. You lied to me, you asked me out and then you proposed to me. And this whole time, not once did you say a word. You stabbed me in the back, you stabbed your own best friend in the back for your own personal gain. Are you happy now? Are you happy that you lost your best friend? Are you happy that you lied and used people? Are you happy that you are going to lose me right here and now? Because if you are, then I guess it was all worth it, huh?"

I started to walk away but he grabbed my hand.

"Wait."

I pulled my hand away. "What?"

"All I ever wanted was you. I didn't care who I had to go through to be with you. I love you."

"That's not love. That is the furthest thing from it."

"Please, don't go. I wanted you more than anything."

"And now you've lost me."

And I walked out, not looking back.

"Hi."

"You're looking better... whoa, Marci? Are you ok?"

I just started crying. Joe pulled me into his room and sat me down on the bed. He put his arms around me and I just started crying into his chest.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"I talked to Jon. He did it, Joe. He set it all up. He even admitted it."

"I'm so sorry, Marci."

"When did my life get so screwed up? I was fine just ignoring men's advances and focusing on work. Why did my life have to get so messy?"

"Were you really fine with that? Because after Colby, you seemed much happier to me."

I looked up at him. "Of course I was fine with just focusing on work. Why would you ask that? I don't need a boyfriend to be happy."

"I'm not meaning that. What I mean is, weren't you a lot happier at least opening up to someone? Not even romantically but at least just finding someone who understood you. Because you seemed to be a lot happier when you were spilling your guts out to Colby. And it didn't have to be romantic but it happened. Because you realized that even though it never had to be this romantic thing, you fell in love with him anyways. Because he understood you. And you could see he was trying to be a better man and a better person for you. And that he wanted to get to know you for you. That is why you fell in love with him. It didn't have to be that way but it happened. And I know he hurt you, there is no doubt about that, but maybe there is a chance that you two could at least be friends."

"I don't know, Joe. Colby cheated on me. He hurt me."

"I know. But I can also see it in your eyes that you are trying to think it over and that you want to at least give it a try."

I nodded. He was right. Ever since the night in the hospital, I realized that Colby missed his RAW return. He missed it to spend time with me. Even though we were mad at each other, he still cared about me. And then that conversation in the stairwell. I could see Colby still cared and was wanting my forgiveness. I forgave Mercedes. Maybe it was time I forgave him too.