The Hug Life

Chapter 2

It's been a week since the whole incident with Charlotte. I hadn't heard anything from Charlotte. Nattie was called back up to the main roster. It's been me and the guys. Todd seemed a little down now that she was gone. So, I decided to pay him a visit. He was lifting weights at Xtreme.

"Hey Todd. How are you doing buddy?" He looked up and set the weights down.

"I've been alright. Mike had to head back to DC. His wife called." He gave a small chuckle.

"That bad?"

"No, his wife is an FBI agent. She's heading out of town for a case and needed him to watch their boys."

"I didn't know he had kids! Do you have pictures?"

"Heck yeah! This is Henry and Mike Jr." Todd handed me his phone to see a pretty blonde, with a son with blonde hair also, and a small baby wrapped in blue.

"She doesn't mind him being away for long periods of time?" I asked.

"Well it's this or overseas. She'd rather him be in the States. He always has to help somebody."

"He's military?"

"We both are. Marines. Once ECW closed for good. He was in the middle of a contract signing to join me at Raw. That's when he got his orders and was needed over in Afghanistan. Otherwise, we probably would have way more tag team championships under our belt. After a year I got a call from his wife saying he was missing in action. So, I suited up, saved his ass, and brought him home. That's why he is covered in scars and burn marks."

"I thought all the scars were from his days in ECW."

"That's what management decided to use as a cover. We can't really say what happened over there. This made it so we didn't have to."

"Do you have a family?"

Todd looked down at his hands then away from me.

"You don't have to answer I didn't mean to pry." I quickly spit out.

"No, it's fine. Yeah, I was married. I have two kids. TJ and Sarah. I was diagnosed with PTSD. That was too much for their mom to handle. She was given full custody of the kids and haven't seen them since."

I put my hand on Todd's shoulder. He looked down to me with sad eyes.

"Should've picked Nattie when I had the chance." He chuckled.

"So you do like her!" I was jumping in excitement.

"Heck yeah! How could I not? She's great. I've known her for so long it's ridiculous! She's pretty much been with Tyson since they were 12. I never really had a chance then. Sure don't now that she's married to him. One thing is though, I will always have her back. She always has mine. She was only person besides Mike I told about my PTSD. She's helped me a lot."

"It's going to be weird with her on the main roster again. I got used to our shenanigans."

"You got that right! Hey, you always have me though. I'm not going anywhere." My phone buzzed, and I pulled it out of my pocket.

You got lucky last time. -The Boss.

You just like playing mind games. You got what you deserved.

We'll see about that. -The Boss

Does Summer know you're texting me?

Guess not.

"Is that Sasha? How'd she get your number?" Todd asked.