Blazing Trails

Chapter 24

"What . . . no, that's not necessary. I can just get another room." I argued.

"No, I want you with me. He won't come near you again." he insisted, lifting my face by placing his finger under my chin.

"Watch your manners boy." My dad said.

"Yes sir."

"The two of you act like I've decided to stay with him." I continued to argue.

"You are." All five men said.

"Well that's nice, everyone deciding for me." I said.

"Arianna . . ." my dad sighed.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm being an ass-hat I know. I'll stay with him, thank you." I told them all, making everyone sigh.

"Is that what you were gonna tell me about?" Trinity asked when she came out of my room.

"Yeah, he sent me some crazy texts last night and I was freaked out. I blocked him from everywhere and he just showed up at my hotel room today. Wait, how the hell did he know which room was mine?" I asked suddenly.

"Ma'am we're working on finding that out now." the hotel manager said, I saw his position on the name tag.

"Yeah, I'd like to know that as well." my dad said.

"We are already conducting interviews with the employees at the front desk and I have security checking the cameras. Ma'am we've got some officers downstairs that would like to talk to you." he said.

"Do I have to? I really just want this to be over with." I told him.

"If you want the charges and restraining order to go through you have to give a statement. I'm so sorry ma'am."

"Fine, can I put something on first?"

"Absolutely."

Trin and I walked over to Anoa'i's room and I pulled a simple dress on over my bikini. I remembered to put shoes on this time and I made my way downstairs through the employee elevators. All five men were with me (dad, Anoa'i, Paul, and both Usos) and so was Trinity, she was holding my shaking hands.

It took us about 45 minutes to deal with this . . . situation. The police took my statement but I'm not stupid and as angry as the guys are there's nothing to be done. There's not enough damage done for a restraining order and he didn't do anything to endanger my welfare. The officers didn't want to say it in front of the guys but I could see it on their faces.

With the messages and the trespassing, the aggression witnessed by the security, I can maybe get a TRO but it's not gonna go any further than that. I think he has a problem and he needs help with it but I can't be the one to do that for him. He needs to step up and learn how to do things on his own.

I kept looking at Anoa'i and waiting for him to leave. Waiting for him to say that all this drama is not what he signed up for. I'm still waiting for Trevor's words, his threats, to turn into truth.

"Hey, are you okay baby girl?" my dad asked me when they allowed us to leave.

"Yeah, I'm just a little distracted." I replied.

"Understandable, baby girl, if you want you can stay with me in my room." he said.

"I'll be fine dad, don't worry about me."

"I have to kid, it's part of my job."

"Can we go to the pool now? I really just want to let all of this go." I told them.

"Come on, let's go." Anoa'i said, putting his hand on the small of my back as he tends to do.

"Ari, please, can we talk?" Paul asked.