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Gene Snitsky was raging as he paced the length of the floor in his hotel room. After the incident at the arena, he had packed all his stuff and left. When he was agitated, the big man couldn't keep still - almost like a shark.
He couldn't believe what Shane McMahon had told him moments earlier. The blueblood boy had paid a visit here to inform him that, because of the "unusual circumstances," the company would be performing a full investigation on the Dumas-Copeland woman's miscarriage.
Gene let out a snarl, but because he was alone, he was the only one to hear it. He tore at his hair and headed for the door. He had to get out, and he had but one destination in mind, one person to whom to pay a visit.
the angry, nervous man exited the hotel room and trod the hallway. His mind focused on only the situation at hand for a change, and that didn't alter as he reached the hotel room. Not even after she opened the door to his knock did he think of anything else - not even their recent night together.
"Gene... What is it?" Torrie asked impatiently. She definitely looked displeased to see him there.
"I think we both know the answer to that," he stated simply, seriously.
The tall blonde became distressed.
"Come on, I'm *not* in the mood." Wrinkling her nose in disgust and distaste, she went on. "I don't think I'll *ever* be in the mood for that again." The woman actually looked ill as far as Snitsky could tell.
He didn't have time to feel offended as he pushed his way into the room. Torrie's expression grew annoyed but then dismayed. Gene began pacing the length of the room, his hands tearing at his hair as he started to explain.
"You haven't got the foggiest idea of what I'm talking about, do you? You really don't know... Woman, I'm going to be investigated!" he revealed loudly as he stopped pacing to stare at her to gauge some kind of reaction.
Torrie blinked, then a small measure of surprise registered on her face.
"Investigated?"
"Yeah - because of your boyfriend's 'perfect little plan!'" the big man shouted. He grew angrier but took a deep breath, simultaneously closing his eyes. He had to reel in his temper, control himself. He couldn't afford to lose it again - not with another woman. "Shane McMahon paid me a visit earlier," he continued. "There was no mention of your boyfriend." Snitsky spat out that last word with disgust. Torrie wasn't sure if it was because the man wanted her for himself or if it was out of mere contempt for his current situation. As far as she was concerned, it could have been a combination of both. Whatever the case, she didn't really care.
"You kept Matt's name out of it?" she asked, her eyes widening with surprise. She was more than curious by that.
"That's right, I did."
The blonde diva shook her head, the concept of this more than she could comprehend.
"So, you just... You took the full blame for what happened?" She might have been a bitch, especially toward that annoying redhead Amy Dumas, but even *she* knew that Gene was not *fully* to blame for Amy's miscarriage.
"Yeah," Snitsky said. "I guess you can say that. I don't name names."
Torrie eyed the large man with wonder and was startled as she realized something. She was actually feeling some respect toward the man. A tiny half-smile crossed her lips.
"You know," she said, "you're really not a bad guy, Snitsky."
Despite himself and the potentially disastrous situation at hand, Gene found himself smiling back at her. He'd always been a sucker for beautiful women. It was short-lived, however, as his dilemma came back to him with full force.
"Okay, look... What am I gonna do here?"
Torrie crossed over to prettily sit down on the edge of the bed, her gaze on the man as she responded.
"You're going to maintain your innocence - *that's* what you're going to do." The man was about to protest or question her, but she continued before he could say a word. "It was all just an accident... A hideously freakish accident." She smiled winningly. "Nothing more, nothing less. Got it?"
Gene suddenly found his smile returning and slowly nodded.
"Got it."