River Haven

Chapter 8

When the McMahon's got home that night, Alexa went up to her room and checked her phone. To her disappointment, there was no messages or missed calls from her boyfriend, Buddy. Seth was about to leave for the night when Hunter stopped him.

"Where's Steph?" Hunter asked.

"She went back out. Said she had something to take care of." Seth told him.

Hunter gave a confusing look as he tried to think of where his wife could possibly be.

Just across town in the Valley District, Stephanie knocked on the door of and old friend's house.

"What are you doing here, Steph?" Shawn asked as he let her in.

"I told you we had to talk." Stephanie said.

"Yeah.. I didn't realize you meant tonight." Shawn said as the microwave dinged.

Stephanie watched in confusion as he pulled a bowl of macaroni out. She let out a slight smile to herself.

"You remember this?" Shawn asked.

"Microvable macaroni and wine.. How could I ever forget." Stephanie said.

"It used to be your favorite." Shawn said.

Stephanie took a deep breath.

"Hunter wants to get rid of Adam." Stephanie said.

Shawn gave her a confusing look.

"The kid that runs with Undisputed Era?" Shawn asked.

"He's nineteen." Stephanie said.

"Okay.." Shawn said, looking to Stephanie for more.

Stephanie took another deep breath as Shawn went to take a bite of his maccoroni.

"He's my son, Shawn." Stephanie finally said.

Shawn froze for a moment.

"He's uh.. He's your..your son?" Shawn tried to speak.

Stephanie didn't say anything.

"Wait. How old did you say he was, again?" Shawn asked.

"He's nineteen." Stephanie said with caution.

Adam's face turned pale when he realized what Stephanie was trying to tell him.

"He's mine isn't he?" Shawn asked.

At the Kahn's mansion, Brandi was pouring a glass of wine in the kitchen when MJF walked in.

"That was quiet a speech the son gave tonight, don't you think?" Brandi asked casually.

MJF looked at her for a moment with disdain.

"Look, I don't know what you think-." MJF began to say.

"Cody's going to find out what you did, Max. And when he does, you and I both know that he'll never forgive you." Brandi said seriously as she got in his face.

MJF tried to keep his composure as he found truth in Brandi's words. She walked away with two wine glasses in hand, clearly heading up to her room with Cody. MJF hit the bottle of wine off the counter in frustration, shattering it to pieces.

Upstairs, Cody was looking out at the lawn from the balcony when Brandi walked in.

"Who do you think did it?" Cody asked.

"Did what, sweetie?" Brandi asked as she stood beside him.

"Sefina Reigns.. her husband.. We all know it wasn't an accident." Cody told her