He loathed himself.  Abhorred himself, plain and simple.  He'd never wanted to hurt her, certainly hadn't wanted to do it the way he had.  For God's sake, they'd just made love right before he'd so casually and carelessly shattered Amy's heart in a million pieces...

God, what a prick he was.  He deserved whatever he got...

The sudden pounding on the door startled him, and he bolted to his feet at once, wondering if it was Amy - if she'd come back to tell him off some more.

Adam opened the door, only to be belted right in the jaw!  He staggered back from the force of the blow, then looked up in shock at an enraged Kurt Angle.

"You no good, stinking bastard!" the Olympian shouted.  "How could you do that to her?!"

The tall blond man clutched his aching jaw with one hand, knowing full well it would start swelling in no time.  He had no answer for Angle, however, as he stared squarely into the man's angry blue eyes.

"That woman has done nothing but save you time and again - she took a fucking bullet for you!" Kurt yelled, spraying spittle in the process.  "And this is your way of repaying her?!"  When Adam still didn't speak, the man shook his head.

"I'm surprised at you, man...and very disappointed in you..."  Then, before anything more could happen, Kurt turned and walked away, back to Torrie Wilson's room.

The Canadian couldn't blame his friend for reacting that way - or for decking him.

*

"I...I just can't believe it's over..." Amy said, her voice soft but choked, as she was still suffering from tears.

Torrie winced and squeezed the redhead's hand gently.

"I can't believe it, either," she admitted.  "From what I've seen between the two of you, Adam is crazy about you..."

Amy gazed into the other woman's face with tragedy in her eyes.  "That's what I thought, too..."  She began to sob again, and the blonde diva once again hugged her.  "What am I going to do?" she cried.  "I fell for Adam so fast, and so hard..."

"I know..." Torrie said softly as she pressed one hand up into the other woman's hair softly.  She felt horrible for her friend and wondered why the tall Canadian would break up with her so suddenly - and so cruelly.  Amy had tearfully explained that Adam had broken up with her shortly after they'd made love, and it wrenched at her heart.

After a moment, the redhead abruptly pulled slightly back from her friend.

"Torrie, what...Where did Kurt go?"

The tall platinum blonde's eyes widened slightly, and she turned her head to gaze at the door through which Angle had exited just a few minutes earlier.

"I...I think he went to pay Adam a visit," she admitted reluctantly, and Amy's hazel eyes filled with fear.

"Why?"

Torrie bit her lip.  "'Why?'" she parrotted, and it was then that she realized that, despite how badly the man had just hurt her, Amy would never want Kurt - or anyone else - to hurt Adam.  It was obvious that she was far too much in love with him for her to wish him harm.

"I...Kurt was mad when he left..." the blonde admitted.  She'd taken the redhead into the bathroom to help her wash her face and to calm her down a bit.  When she'd heard the Olympian muttering in the other room, Torrie had stuck her head out the bathroom door.  He'd glanced at her, the anger clear on his face and mumbled something to her about going to pay the blond man 'a little visit.'

"So, he went to punch him out?  Is that it?" Amy demanded, and Torrie bit her lip, then nodded reluctantly.  "Great...just great!"  The distraught woman began to sob again, this time collapsing onto the bed nearest her, and Torrie sat beside her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm so sorry this happened, Amy...It...it just doesn't make sense," the blonde said, shaking her head.  She couldn't imagine why Adam had done what he'd done.  The motives were completely unclear to her, especially considering everything that had occurred recently.  And Adam certainly didn't strike her as a malicious or sadistic type of guy.  Therefore, his reasons for breaking it off with Amy had to be different - and, to him, valid...

Then, it suddenly hit Torrie - that was probably it.  His motives probably stemmed from what had happened recently.

She only wondered if the redhead suspected this...