Chapter 12
Jami kept her eyes closed as she felt Jeff's chest move with every breath he
took. She knew he thought she was asleep, and that is what she wanted. She
needed time to collect her thoughts. Jami knew that Jeff was worried about her.
His green eyes held so much pain that she could barely stand it. She knew what
she had to do, but she wasn't sure she had the strength to do it.
Could she force all her feelings aside and go on like nothing was wrong? She
knew she could pull off the acting part, she did that all the time in front of
an audience. But could she hide all that from her friends, her family, Jeff?
Jami knew she had to. Jeff had been through so much these last few days, and she
was only more of a burden.
Jami was so grateful that Matt and Jeff's dad had made it down. Jami knew he was
a big comfort to his son. And Matt had been so much help to his baby brother.
Jami knew she'd always look at Matt in a different light from now on. And Edge,
Tasha, Lita, Steph, and Sara had done so much to help not only Jeff, but her.
She would be eternally grateful.
Her own family had come down too, and she knew they had found it painful to see
her like this. Her mom, dad and brother had left over an hour ago to go back to
Iowa. They didn't want to leave her, she knew, but both her parent's bosses had
refused to let them off for the extended absence on such short notice. Her
brother Travis had went back to school, also. Her sister, Traci, had stayed
behind, and was now at a hotel, trying to get some arrangements made.
So many people loved her and were hurting because of her. Jami slowly sat up.
"Jeff, I've made a decision, and I know you probably won't agree with
me...but it's something I have to do." Jeff looked questioningly at her,
before urging her to go on. "Well...I want to go back to our home. I want
Traci to come with me...I want you and everyone else to go back to work, back to
normal. Traci and I can pack up all the baby stuff and put it away. Then I can
go visit my family for a few days in Iowa. And then...I want to go back to
work." Jami told him.
"Are...are you sure this is what you want?" Jeff asked her in
astonishment. Jami's brown eyes pleaded with him to understand as she nodded.
Jeff sighed, struggling not to refuse her request. He didn't know if he could
just go off and leave her. But it's what she wanted, how could he refuse her.
"Okay, if it's what you truly want." he finally said. "Thank
you." Jami whispered, knowing how hard it was for him.
***
"She what?" Lita asked. "She wants us all to go back to work
while she visits family, and then she wants to come back to work." Jeff
restated. "but...but she can't be serious!" Edge said. "Yeah,
there's no way the doctor is going to give her permission to get back into the
ring." Tasha added. "well, she's already talked to the doctor and he
told her she could go back to work in one week. Since she didn't have surgery or
anything he could find no reason why she shouldn't. He said since she'd still be
sore for awhile, that he wouldn't suggest she do in-ring work for awhile."
Jeff answered them.
"but, there's no way my parents are going to allow her back to work so
soon." Stephanie said and Matt nodded in agreement. "She's already one
step ahead of all of us on that. She called linda and told her she wanted to
come back, and finally Linda agree'd." Jeff replied. The group of friends
sighed. "I guess there's no choice then." Sara spoke up and Jeff
nodded. "Yep, maybe this means the old Jami is coming back." he said
hopefully.
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