KATELYN'S POV

Drew and I were sat with Daniel in the court room, waiting for the judge to give out Randy's sentence. I had slept like a baby the night before, knowing that the whole nightmare was finally over. Drew squeezed my hand under the table, I looked over and smiled weakly.

'Don't let him see any sign of weakness baby girl,' Austin whispered to me from behind. Judge Shepperton entered from his chambers and the bailiff asked everyone in the court to stand.

'You may be seated,' Judge Shepperton said as he sat at his bench. He shuffled some papers around and began to speak. 'Mr Orton, yesterday afternoon you changed your plea to guilty and confessed to each of the crimes you are on trial for. I have deliberated with both your attorney and Mrs Galloway's and we have all come to the same conclusion. You are to be sentenced to life imprisonment at at maximum security prison, where you will have to serve a minimum of 30 years before being eligible for parole. Bailiff, please take him away.' I watched as the bailiff cuffed Randy and led him through a side door. 'Mrs Galloway, I'm so sorry that you and your family have had to endure this trial and all the bad press that has been said against you. I think you are an incredibly strong young woman and you can now live your life in peace, knowing that the man who tried to rape you and murdered your sister is behind bars. Thank you all for your time.' The judge stood up again and exited the court room. I leapt up and hugged Daniel.

'Thank you for everything,' Drew said to him as he shook his hand.

'I'm just glad we got the right result,' he replied. 'And you don't need to worry about the bill, it's already been taken care of.' Daniel picked up his suitcase and we all filed out of the court room. 'Now, shall we face the press one last time?' I held back.

'You guys go ahead, I'm not sure I can face any more questions,' I said.

'Don't worry, I'll stay with her,' Joe said, coming up at the side of me, flanked by Austin and Heath. Drew gave me a quick kiss and walked through the main doors with Daniel. 'How're you feeling, mama?' I sank down onto the nearest bench.

'I dunno. I should feel relieved, but something doesn't add up. Why would he confess to everything after 3 days?'

'You don't need to worry about any of that now,' Heath said, taking a seat next to me. 'All you have to worry about is getting home to AJ and living your life with no fear.'

'It doesn't make any sense. What changed? He went weeks denying everything and then boom, outta nowhere he just decides to change his mind and tell the truth.'

'Maybe he had a visit from his conscience,' Joe chuckled.

'Not likely,' Hunter said, standing in front of me. 'Maybe a certain Mr Vincent Kennedy McMahon threatened that if he didn't tell the truth, all his career would have been for naught and he would've been erased from the history books. How about we all go for lunch to celebrate?' The guys cheered and I offered a smile.

Hunter had picked out a fancy Italian restaurant, the same one that Drew and I went to when we celebrated our second engagement. When I walked through the door, I was astonished at the sight before me. They had shut down the restaurant for us and all of my work friends were sat around a huge table.

'SURPRISE!' they all yelled. Drew held my hand and led me to the table, getting hugs and congratulations from everyone. Once we were all seated, I lookee around the table. Everyone who cared about me was here, Austin, Bobby, Kyle, Roddy, Finn, Becky, Seth, Renee, Dean, Joe, Adam, Dolph, Elias, Alexa, Nia, the Uso twins, Kofi, Xavier and E., even Cary and AJ were here.

The waiter came with a tray of sodas. Hunter stood up again.

'Now, there is a reason I have gathered all of your closest friends here for this lunch. This isn't just a celebration for the court case. Katelyn, I've already spoken to Drew and he is in agreement that you being with WWE is what's best for business. We want you back with the company. What do you say?' I stood up and flyng my arms around him.

'Of course I'll come back. The last few months have been horrible without all my favourite people.'

'SPEECH!' yelled Xavier. Hunter gestured to the table.

'The floor is yours,' he said and he sat back down.

'Guys, I'm truly overwhelmed by the love and support from you all since November. It's been a crazy road, but as always, I made it through and it's all because of you guys. Andrew, I love you and I'm sorry for being the biggest pain in the ass in history. I haven't been the best wife or mother to AJ, but now that it is all over, I can work on being the best I can be.'

'You don't need to apologise baby,' he leaned up and kissed me, causing Jimmy to shout, 'keep it PG guys.' We broke apart, laughing, and I carried on talking.

'Joe, you have been my rock throughout this entire ordeal. Without you, I would've crumbled and not fought it. You have your own battle going on, but you made sure that I was okay before yourself. I honestly don't know what I would've done without you. Bex, Nay Nay, Alexa, Nia, you have kept me sane, sending me weird random shit to keep me amused. I love you girls so much. Austin, Adam, Heath, guys I can't thank you enough for all those late night phone calls of me whining and crying.'

'You don't need to thank us Kate,' came the gruff reply from Adam. 'Without sounding cliché, we're a family and family sticks together.'

'I second that,' Hunter said, raising his glass. 'Let's make a toast, to family.' Everyone raised their glass and said 'to family.' Normal conversation picked up, friends chatting with each other, I turned to Hunter.

'So, Hunter, we will need to have a meeting about my coming back. I want new terms, my own terms. We keep this a secret until the Royal Rumble and I come out as a surprise entrant in the womens rumble match.' Hunter chuckled.

'Whatever you want. Vince and I are in agreement, you are one of the top talents in our company and you arent even an in ring performer. Last month you were the most searched on the website and you sold the most merchandise. The fans still love you.'

Lunch went without a hitch and before long we were all saying goodbyes and heading our separate ways. Drew had gone to get our car, whilst me, Cary and AJ waited in the doorway of the restaurant.

'How are you holding up?' Cary asked me.

'I'm still a little shocked, everything seems to have happened all at once.'

'Are you going to go back to your old job?'

'I'm gonna have to discuss things with Drew. I mean, childcare is going to be a huge stalling point.'

'Look, if you want, I can come on the road with you. I'm not going to college and was going to apply for the vacant manager's job at the record store, but I love you guys and I love AJ. It would be a dream come true for me.'

'We'll go back to the house and discuss things.' Drew pulled up in front of the restaurant and we all got in, me in the passenger seat, Drew helped Cary strap AJ into his car seat and we headed home.

We had dropped Cary off at home and I promised that I would call her once Drew and I had had a chance to talk about things. There had been a storm warning in force for the last few days, but none of us thought that it was going to come. Once the three of us were safe in the house, Drew put AJ down for a nap and then started a fire in the lounge and I made hot chocolate for us both.

'Hey mama, you look incredibly sexy in that dress. That way it caresses your curves sends me insane,' Drew said into my hair. I hadn't heard him come into the kitchen, he unzipped my dress, letting it pool around my feet and undid my bra. Tossing my bra to the floor, Drew lifted me onto the kitchen counter and spread my legs, then got down on his knees and kissed up my inner thigh. I let out a gasp and then a giggle.

'Whatcha laughing at Princess?'

'Your beard is tickling me,' I said, giggling even more.

Later that afternoon, I heard Drew's laptop go off, signalling an incoming video call. It was Heath.

'Hey Heath baby,' I smiled. 'S'up?'

'Not much. Me, Austin and Adam are gonna come over and use your pool, if that's okay?'

'Um, yeah, sure. Why not just text or come straight over?'

'Drew butt dialled Dolph earlier when you guys were getting freaky.'

'What? And you pervs didn't hang up?' I grinned.

'Of course not. We all know you guys aren't shy about your sex life,' he volleyed back. 'So, I'm just waiting for them to hurry the fuck up, then we will be there. See ya soon. Love ya.' He ended the call.

'Who was that?' Drew asked as he entered the lounge with AJ, Bruce running around his ankles.

'Heath. Him and a few of the guys are coming over to use the pool.'

'Cool. I should probably fill the fridge with more beer then.' He put AJ on the couch and headed into the kitchen.

'Okay, after we should talk.' Drew glanced back at me with a worried look on his face. 'Don't worry, it's nothing bad.'

DREW'S POV

I was chilling in the hot tub with Heath and Austin, Adam had gone into the house to get more beer, Kate was putting AJ to bed. I couldn't help but think about what Kate had said earlier about she wasn't sure if she wanted to go back to work for WWE. Ultimately it was her decision, but I liked the idea of her coming back to work with me. It was selfish, I know, but I missed all the intimacy we had and while she was working with WWE, I was able to care and look after her. I must have zoned out because the next thing I saw was Katelyn walking out of the patio doors, clad in an oversized Green Day shirt and a bikini underneath, carrying a couple of bottles of beer and a baby monitor.

'You joining us babe?' I grinned as she handed me both bottles of beer. Placing the monitor on the side, Kate kicked off her flip flops, pulled off her t-shirt and climbed into the hot tub, sitting right next to me. I gave her a bottle back and took a swig of my own. 'God, I wanna fuck you so bad,' I whispered into her ear.

'Didn't get enough earlier?' she volleyed back.

'Never enough.' I could feel her hand resting on my abs under the water. 'Wanna go lower?' I winked, daring her.

'Wait till this lot have gone home and we shall see what I can do for you,' she winked back.

'Have you made a decision about what you're going to do?' Adam asked as he climbed back into the hot tub.

'We're still discussing it, but it's going to be really difficult for me to be back in that environment again, especially after Randy,' Kate replied. I rubbed her arm slightly, sensing that she felt uncomfortable. 'I want to come back, I really do, because I miss everyone and miss the crowds, but with what happened with him and Joe, it really scared me.'

'You would be with us, we would protect you,' Heath said.

'Yeah, we can be your own personal security team,' Adam agreed. 'Besides, Joe isn't coming back any time soon and Randy is locked away. You'll be safe mama.' Kate gave a weak smile.

'Yeah, maybe.'

Later that night when Austin had driven back to Orlando, Adam and Heath were crashing in the pool house, Kate and I were curled up in bed, Bruce lay between us. I scratched behind his ear and his head flopped back onto the pillows.

'You should come back,' I said, breaking the silence.

'What about Bruce and the cats?' Kate asked.

'We buy a motor home and he can come with us. Hell, we can even ask Cary if she wants to come on the road with us to look after AJ. I don't want to be away from you again babe. As for the cats, we can get someone to come in twice a day to feed them and change their litter boxes.' She sighed, as though mulling everything over. After several minutes, she spoke again.

'Fine. I'll call Hunter in the morning and let him know.' I kissed her hair.

'Great. And I can look online for a Winnebago.'