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LH Harrison · (09-22-2014)

LH Harrison is stunned. He's paralyzed by the news he's just heard. He reaches back and barely finds the recliner behind him. LH sits down in a clump and stares unblinkingly at the floor.

Mom...? Gone? No.... no she can't...

LH holds his head in his hands as he begins to weep. Jessica sits on the arm of the chair and rubs his back soothingly. LH Harrison's tears flow into his hands as his whole body begins to shake. LH Harrison stands up and wipes his eyes with his sleeve. LH Harrison turns to face Jessica.

What happened?

She looks at him and says the answer in a soft voice.

You did. She had a heart attack after she witnessed you being kidnapped. She died later that night. I'm sorry, Henry.

The words crush him. He looks forward, but isn't really seeing anything. Harrison sits back down in the chair and tries to keep his composure.

Your mother was a good man, Henry. She loved you more than anything in the world and was always proud of you. I'm sorry we couldn't wait any longer for the funeral, but no one had been able to get in touch with you. Even the XWF didn't know where you were. But... there's more we need to talk about, Henry.

Harrison stops his focus on the floor and looks up at her. Jessica looks as if she's about to break down crying.

I... I think we need time apart from each other.

We...

Need...

Time...

Apart...?

Wha-how-... no...

LH Harrison looks into her eyes and he feels more hurt than ever before. His chest begins to feel tight.

You... think we need to separate? How can you..... even suggest such a thing? I can't imagine my life without you.

Jessica changes abruptly from sadness to pure anger. Her eyebrows furrow and her mouth grows tight. She seems to say the next few words with extra venom attached.

You can't imagine life without me?! You've basically been spending the last two weeks without me! Barely a mention of my name or a text or call. I thought you were dead or soon to be dead for the last week! Don't you dare... DARE tell me that you can't imagine life without me. Because you've been living your life that way since you joined the XWF essentially. I know you don't see it, but that place is a disease. It's done nothing but hurt you and hurt your family. Yet you constantly choose it over us.

I don't.... I have a destiny to reach the masses and change lives. I have an obligation to the fans and to the ones up above as well as this family. I provide the money so that this family can-

I don't care, Henry Davis. I packed some suitcases for you that are sitting in the bedroom. I want you out today.

LH Harrison is stunned by this and now begins to get angry as well.

You're going to kick me out of MY house, Jessica? I paid for this house, and I won't just let you kick me out of MY home.

You would kick your children out of the home in which they grew up?

LH stops talking and glares at the mother of his children. He then looks in the direction of their bedrooms and drops his head. He clenches his fists and grits his teeth.

Are you trying to take my children away from me?

No, Henry, but who would look after them while you're gone most of the week for the XWF? Who would? Would you rather them have a babysitter all the time that you'd have to pay? Or would you rather they stay with their mother? Who will cherish them and nurture them?

LH looks up at her in frustration. He knows she's right.

Where will I go?

Your father has arranged his old home for you to stay in until you find a place of your own.

LH sighs and walks to the bedroom. He lifts up the suitcases there and takes them to the front room. He walks outside and hands them to Viktor and instructs him to put them in the rental car. LH walks back into the house and comes face-to-face with his wife. He clears his throat as the pain in his chest is severe.

I hope you know... that I still love you Jessica Davis. I'm sure that I always will. I hope that I can be the man again that you wanted me to be.

Jessica holds back tears as she kisses him on the cheek and hugs him. LH breaks off the hug and leaves. He gets in the car and drives to the outskirts of town to his childhood home.

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LH pulls up to the house that still looks in decent shape despite its not having inhabitants for several years. He walks around to the side of the house and moves the flower pot to reveal the key underneath. He walks back to the front of the house and inserts the key. He opens the door and the heat of the house instantly makes LH want to walk away. He steps inside and the heat feels like sitting on the inside of a marshmallow as it bursts into flames. Viktor walks in behind him and sets down all of the stuff. LH begins looking around the house as he remembers all of the fun he had in this house as a kid. The house is relatively small with only five rooms inside of it: two bedrooms, one bathroom, a kitchen/dining room, and a living room. LH's father and mother had kept it furnished because they let family members stay there whenever they were coming in to visit. LH walks to the back of house to where the thermostat was kept and turned it down... way down. The house began instantly cooling off. Viktor looked at LH as if unsure of just what to say. LH had explained everything on the drive over.

LH went back to the living room and sat at one of the chairs. Harrison seems troubled. He pulls out his laptop and finds the latest two promos from The Aerial Knight Johnathan Heartsford. Viktor watches as well from the standing position behind him. LH then sighs happily as he leans back in the chair and folds his arms.

At least there's something in the world that I can somewhat control. Johnathan Heartsford. I must say, out of everyone that I've had the pleasure of combating, you are undoubtedly the most honorable that I've met. For that, I respect you. However, like Fox News or any other jaded telecast, what you presented with displaying the middle fingers of my victims was misinformed. You showed the part of that story that did indeed show me murder the man with a knife brutally. What you didn't show was the man attacking me unprovoked and threatening MY life with the knife that I used against him. That murder was merely self-defense. Would you just let someone stab you with a knife if you could help it? I didn't think so. If you won't defend yourself or the ones you love when they're in peril, then what kind of Inspiration would that person be? The only other person that I murdered was Mr. Dangerous. Mr. Dangerous, as you may recall, attempted to sexually assault the mothers of several XWF talents. What really happened was that he had sex with several escorts claiming to be mothers of superstars. He then would peruse the backstage areas calling people fags and talking immensely about his ever-changing manhood size. I honestly would think that eliminating that piece of filth from the Madness brand brought in more followers to the ways of The Inspiration. But this match is different from everything you've mentioned. This match is what really matters. This is the match that LH Harrison came to the XWF roster for. I came to fight...

You, Heartsford.

Well not you specifically Johnny, don't get it twisted. But I came to the XWF with the desire to have honorable matches against honorable competition, and I think there is no one on the roster more honorable than you. Oh and thank you for the condolences to my family and I. But you're making a grave mistake. You see, you asked me to bring out the beast within. But I don't think you realize. The beast is no longer 'within' me as if it was hidden. As I displayed both in defeated Cain and in the abduction process, I now feed off pain. The pain seems to fuel my fury within the ropes. So if you wanted the Beast... I'm afraid there's no real option but to give it to you.

Johnathan Heartsford.

The momentum for LH Harrison has been building and building... and don't think there's a solitary thing that you can do to hinder this freight train from maneuvering down the tracks. As for the people not looking up to me, Heartsford, why wouldn't they? I'm a man that lost every single ounce of who he was, but slowly began to reclaim it. I hit rock bottom and bounced back up ready to prove to the world that I had changed my ways and improved for the better. Everyone loves a redemption story, Johnny. You think I don't have a following Mr. Knight? Well watch what happens on Madness whenever the crowd slowly begins turning their backs on you in favor of The Inspiration, LH Harrison.

Good luck, Heartsford. Don't break a leg.

LH Harrison smirks as Viktor looks on in approval.

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