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T H I R T Y - F O U R

The guys dropped Dean and Makenna at the hospital. Dean thought about what the officer said and thought it would be a good idea to get her arm checked out.

"Do you want us to bring Becks?" AJ asks, sitting in the driver's seat. "Nah. The arena is like a 5-minute walk. We'll manage," he says, taking Makenna's hand. He nods. "Alright. We'll see you later. Makenna, make sure your daddy doesn't cause any trouble," AJ smiles at her. She smiles back and nods.

The two walked into the hospital and, probably for the first time in hospital history, there was no one in the waiting room. Dean walked to the front desk.

"How may I help you?" The lady at the front desk smiles Dean, looking up at her computer screen. "Hi. My daughter's arm is extremely red and has cut marks on it and I wanted to make sure that everything's fine," Dean explains to Darla. "OK. Have a seat and fill out this paperwork and we'll be right with her," Darla says, handing him a paper on a clipboard.

Dean takes the clipboard from her and he and Makenna go sit down in the seats. "OK, let's see," Dean says holding the pen. "Full name." "Makenna," Makenna says. "Yeah, but your full name is Makenna Leslie Good," he writes down. "What's my brother's name?" "Mason. Mason Luke Good," Dean looks up. "Mason and Makenna," Makenna smiles at her dad. "Mason and Makenna," he smiles back, giving her a kiss on her forehead.

He feels his phone vibrate in his pocket. He takes it out to see Shane calling him. "Hello?" He says. "Hey, Dean," he hears. "Hey, Shane. What's up?" Dean says. "AJ said that you found Makenna. How's she doing?" "She's doing fine. We're at the hospital to check up on her arm. It's really red so we're going to make sure everything's good." Dean explains.

"Good. Should I tell Becks about her?" Shane asks. "No. I want to be the one to tell her," he says. "Alright. I'll talk to you later," Shane says. "Alright. Talk to you later," he says before hanging up the phone. "Who was that?" "My boss."

He goes back and looks at the paper. "Birth date," he says. "I don't know that," Makenna says. "It's OK, princess. You have the same birthday and your brother and me," Dean explains. "When's that?" Makenna asks. "December 7th. You're four years old, baby," Dean continues as he writes down more stuff down on the paper. "So, Mason is older than me?" Makenna asks.

Dean nods as he writes the final thing on the paper. "By three hours. Mommy didn't know that she was going to have a little baby girl. You were the biggest surprise to her," he says standing up to give Darla the papers. Makenna follows him. Dean smiles when he turns around. He picks her up.

"Were you following me?" She shakes her head with fear in her eyes. Dean looks at her. "Baby, I'm not mad," he says. She nods as Dean walks over to the seats and sits down with Makenna on his lap. "I have a question about my mommy," she says. "What is it, princess?" Dean smiles. "Does she have orange hair?" Dean looks shocked.

"Yeah. How'd you know that, princess?" Dean smiles. "Corey and April kept showing me a picture of a person with orange hair and they would never tell me who she was. April always said that I won't ever get to see her," she explains.

Dean takes out his phone and turns it on to reveal him and Becky at the Hall Of Fame ceremony earlier this year. She was wearing a white gown with her hair straightened down with light makeup on. Dean was wearing a black tux, a white shirt, and a tie matching Becky's dress.

"Yeah," Makenna smiles. "That's mommy?" "Yeah. You look just like her, too. She really thought you were gone," Dean says kissing Makenna's temple.  "Will she get mad at me that I left?" Makenna looks at Dean.

He shakes his head. "No, she won't, princess. She knows it wasn't your fault. Corey and April were just mad about something. Everyone knows it's not your fault and I want you to remember that. No matter what anyone tells you, it's not your fault, OK?" Dean says. She nods and leans on his chest.

"Makenna Good," they hear. Dean turns his head and sees a nurse with a clipboard at the front desk. "OK, baby. Let's go," he whispers to her. She hops off his lap as Dean gets up, taking her hand. They follow the nurse to a room. Dean puts her on the chair, but she gets down.

"Makenna, they have to check you up," Dean says. She shakes her head. "I'm not going to leave. I'll be right here, OK?" He tries convincing her, but she shakes her head again. "We'll go see mommy after this, OK?" He explains to her. She shakes her head again as tears start to form in her eyes.

"No Makenna, don't cry. All they're gonna do is check your arm and then we'll go, OK? Don't cry," he says hugging her. She nods and wipes her tears. "Now, let me see that beautiful smile," he says. She looks at Dean and smiles. "There it is," he smiles back.

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Dean and Makenna were on their way to the arena. The doctor taped her arm up a bit so no bacteria could get on it. 

"What's your job, daddy?" Makenna says holding her dad's hand as they waited for the light to change for them to cross the street. "I'm a wrestler, and so is mommy," he says. "What's that?" "It means, I get to beat people up. If people are being bad, daddy gets to beat them up," Dean explains. "But isn't that being mean?" She asks. "No princess. I'm not really beating them up. It's just for fun," he smiles. "Oh, OK," she giggles.

They get to the front entrance of the arena. "Hey, Jon," the security guard says to Dean. "Hey, Brad," Dean says as Brad checks to see if he has any weapons on him. "Who's this little cutie? Looks like Becks," Brad smiles as he waves at Makenna. She waves back. "Yeah. That's my daughter. Makenna, this is my friend, Brad," he says.

"Hi, Mr. Brad," she smiles. "Hey, cutie. You don't have to call me Mister. You can just call me Brad, OK?" Brad smiles at her. She nods.

Dean and Makenna walk around the arena. Everyone who saw them couldn't stop telling Dean how he did a good job and how Makenna looked like Becky. Dean and Makenna walked to the women's locker room. "Stay here baby, OK?" He says. She nods and Dean walks into the room. 

Charlotte, Carmella, and Ember were in there. "Where is she?" Charlotte says. "Outside. How'd you know I have her?" Dean says. "You guys really don't know how to keep secrets," Carmella says. "Whatever. Can she stay here while I go and talk to Becks?" Dean asks. "Yeah. Perfectly fine," Ember says. Dean walks out and brings Makenna in.

"Oh, my gosh," Charlotte tears up and walks over to Makenna. "Hi, Makenna," she says. "You know my name?" Makenna asks. Charlotte smiles. "Yeah, baby girl. My husband is Uncle Joe," she explains. Makenna smiles and gives Charlotte a hug. Charlotte picked her up and hugged her.

"Go," Carmella smiles as she shoos him away. "Thank you," he mouths back as he walks out the women's locker room.

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Edited: 8/17/18