The Touch of Sapphire

Chapter 35

Everyone watched on as Seto and Ashley came into the Kaiba Mansion. There was a frown indented on her face as she ignored everyone and headed up into Seto's room. It was Joey who broke the silence.

"Hey Kaiba! Is Ash alright?" The gruff blonde asked the CEO. "Fine. She won't be able to wrestle for a few weeks." Kaiba said before abruptly walking up the steps, probably going to his bedroom as well. "I wonder what went down.."Kim whispered to all sitting in the loft. "They both seem off."

"Well I need to speak to her..."Randy says to no one in particular, getting up and made his way towards Seto's bedroom.

As he walked through the halls of the mansion, Randy began to hear tidbits of Seto and Ashley's conversation as he inched closer to the bedroom. The words he heard started to make him feel a bit uncomfortable.

"You didn't have to kill him Seto."

"It had to be done...Besides, you were the one telling me to kill him."

"That was adrenaline. You have blood on your hands though.."

"You have no idea, Ashley."

Randy peeked in and saw them both cuddled in bed, Seto's arm around Ashley's waist. Both stripped to their pj's. (Seto in pajama pants and no shirt and Ashley in his shirt.) Ashley's father knocked on one of the double doors three times and the couple's heads shot towards the door. "Hey, sorry if I'm intruding...I just wanted to have a chat with Ash.." Randy started slowly and entered the room, because Seto's stare just made him uncomfortable. The way he held his daughter so possessively surprised him, but seeing that Ashley was completely relaxed calmed him just a bit.

"Sure." Seto answered for his girlfriend and got off the bed, heading to a drawer. He pulled out a t-shirt and threw it on, walking out of the room.

"Are you okay baby girl? You just ran up here before anyone got to talk to ya." Randy sat on the edge of the bed, running his hands through Ashley's matted hair. "Leon went fucking berserk dad! He was such a good friend of mine...but he led me to Duke.. and did this to my knee." Ashley pulled the sheets away from her body, revealing her wrapped up knee. "Mokuba told us all about that sweetheart..Besides the knee, are you okay?"

Ashley smiled at her father and nodded, "yeah daddy. Just a bit traumatized. Traumatized for life, but I think I'm okay." "I'm just glad you're okay Princess. And hopefully this shit doesn't happen again." "It's not daddy. I promise."

"So now I need to get down to business." Randy straightened himself up and put his serious face on. "What's going on?"

"Are you sleeping with Joey?" "Not anymore. Daddy we stopped that years ago!"

"Is that why Duke was holding that grudge against you?" Randy rose an eyebrow and Ashley knew what vision he had in mind.

"Probably...He probably knew my little secret as well.." Randy noticed when she started to tense up. "What secret?" "That's something I need to talk to Joey about..then i can tell you."

"Tell him to come in here." Ashley now spoke in a whisper, becoming more and more ashamed as the moment passed by. Randy saw this and nodded, walking quickly to get his "nephew".

Butterflies started to fill Ashley's tummy as she thought about how she was going to start this conversation. This probably wouldn't change anything with their relationship, but it was just something that she meant to tell him years ago. As much as she loved the baby she miscarried, Ashley knew that if the baby had survived, there would be a shitstorm from others when she told Joey that the baby was his.

Soon enough, she saw that blonde mop of hair push his head in by the door, giving her that goofy grin. "Heya, your pops said ya wanted to talk to me?" She motioned him to come in, and Joey slowly crept into Seto's room, taking his time to look around. "I'm not surprised about all the blue in here, I was just expecting some dragons, ya know?" Joey giggled and sat where Randy was sitting, his eyes going wide when he felt the material of the bed. "This shit is so soft! I could sleep for days!" He laid back looking across the bed where Ashley sat up.