-[ It took three days for The Butcher and Zo� to drive nearly non-stop from the East Coast to the West Coast, but they have finally arrived in San Francisco. It was a long 3,000 mile drive and during that time, The Butcher and Zo� bonded together by telling stories and laughing at stupid things just to pass the time. Despite the fact that they were complete strangers when they met, they learned quickly about each other and started to become good friends. Zo� kept her rugged personality around people she didn�t know but with The Butcher she opened up and showed her softer side. The Butcher really enjoyed her company and began to see that she shared some of the personality traits that his beloved Nikki had, and each time Zo� showed one of them, The Butcher would think about Nikki and the thought that they would re-unite soon. ]-

-[ During the nights when Zo� would drive, The Butcher would catch some sleep and dream about Nikki and hoped that they would never be apart again. Without her, he was nothing but a loser in life. His wrestling career went no where and he would always fall short of his goals. But as soon as he met her and fell in love with her, everything seemed to come together. He gained a new respect for life because he knew he was blessed. ]-

-[ His biggest fear was that he was too late and she had moved on. She was only 24 years old, now 25, when he was taken from this planet, and that played into his biggest fear. She was young and he was 14 years older than her, so why would she want him back? What if she met someone her own age? The Butcher brushed off those questions though because he was going back to her and that�s all the mattered. ]-

-[ As he drives down Seaforth Drive with Zo� in her car, he feels that she�s close. They drive a few more blocks down and Zo� looks around him and out the driver�s side window. She notices that the Golden Gate Bridge is in plain view and only a few miles down the hill. ]-

-[ They drive to the end of the road where there is a nice red painted home with brown trim on the left. The Butcher pulls Zo�s car over to the side of the road and parks across the house. It�s the home where the legendary Cody and Tomorrow Man live and train. The Butcher looks into the driveway and sees that Cody�s green Ford F150 truck is parked in front of the garage. Strangely, Tomorrow Man�s Jeep is no where to be found. But the most surprising of all is that Nikki�s teal Toyota Corolla is parked next to Cody�s truck. She is here. ]-

-[ The Butcher doesn�t respond. He just looks out the window with a focused glare. ]-

-[ The Butcher gives a little nod. ]-

-[ The Butcher doesn�t respond. He just continues to stare at the home as if he�s waiting for something. ]-

-[ The Butcher turns to her and looks her dead in the eye. ]-

-[ The Butcher turns away from her and looks back at the house when he hears the front door open. He becomes breathless as he watches Nikki come out the front door and walks to her car. She unlocks the trunk and pulls out, what appears to be, a bag of groceries and walks back inside the house. ]-

-[ The Butcher puts both his hands on the steering wheel and holds on tight like he wants to drive away. He thinks about doing just that for a moment until he sees his brass wedding ring on his ring finger. He looks at it and remembers it�s meaning. Then he mumbles to himself with a grin. ]-

-[ Zo� goes to ask him what he said, but before she can, he unbuckles his seatbelt and exits the car. He slowly jogs across the desolate street and slows down as he steps onto the driveway. Zo� stays in the car with a big smile on her face because she is happy for him. The Butcher walks up the driveway carefully and slides his hand across the top of Nikki�s car as he passes by, feeling even closer to her. He turns onto the small private walk and steps up to the front door. He takes a large breath of fresh air and pushes the doorbell. He waits for a minute and then starts to look through the mesh netting on the storm door as impatience sets in. Finally, a body comes to the door and opens it. ]-

-[ As Cody opens the door he looks The Butcher right in the face and he turns pale. The Butcher laughs at his friend�s reaction. ]-

-[ The Butcher laughs some more but Cody�s face remains confused, and shows a hint of fear. ]-

-[ The Butcher shows his white grin. ]-

-[ Cody slams the storm door closed and The Butcher gets a perplexed look on his face. He opens the storm door but gets the wooden door slammed in his face. He looks back at Zo� and shrugs his shoulders. Zo� is standing in her car and is halfway out of the sunroof. She watched the whole thing and doesn�t know what to think of it either; so she yells to The Butcher. ]-

-[ The Butcher shrugs his shoulders again and turns back to the wooden door. He turns the handle but it�s locked. He rings the door bell again and tries knocking too. He listens carefully and hears Nikki�s voice from the other side talking to Cody. ]-

-[ The Butcher then starts to pound on the door with both his fists and starts to yell. ]-

-[ He keeps on pounding and yelling her name over and over again but no one answers. He walks over to the window and tries to look in, but he only catches a glimpse of Cody on the phone with the police. Then Cody runs over to the window and closes the blinds to obstruct The Butcher�s view. Zo� gets out of her car in anger and runs over to The Butcher. ]-

-[ The Butcher and Zo� continue to argue on the front steps and then suddenly the door opens. Behind the mesh storm door, there is a silhouette of a female. Then the storm door opens, and Nikki peaks her head out. Inside Cody yells on the phone. ]-

-[ He drops the cordless phone as he runs to pull her back inside but he�s too late. By the time he gets to the door Nikki is outside hugging The Butcher with tears in her eyes. The Butcher is getting emotional as well as Cody walks out the door, infuriated with the scene. The Butcher puts both his hands on Nikki�s face and wipes away her tears with his thumbs. ]-

-[ Nikki remains speechless, so The Butcher kisses her like old times. Cody grabs onto the back of her and tries to pull her away. ]-

-[ Cody pulls Nikki away from The Butcher and puts her behind him. ]-

-[ Nikki stays behind Cody, wiping her remaining tears away and looks a little distraught. ]-

-[ The Butcher reaches for her but Cody knocks his hand away. Zo� tries to get in his face but The Butcher holds her back to try to calm things down a bit. ]-

-[ Nikki looks away from him and stares at the ground, seemingly ashamed of herself. Cody continues to block her. ]-

-[ Cody doesn�t even pay attention to Zo�. ]-

-[ Cody moves back a little to stand next to Nikki. He holds up her left hand to show The Butcher a different, larger wedding ring, than he gave her. ]-

-[ Cody lifts up her blue shirt a little to show him her stomach. Cody then puts his left hand on her stomach. Nikki just continues to look down. ]-

-[ Cody gives The Butcher a smirk like he just pulled out a Full House in a game of poker. The Butcher doesn�t believe it�s true until Nikki looks him in the eye and mouths �I�m sorry�. After that, The Butcher feels like he just got slammed into a brick wall. ]-

-[ Cody laughs at Zo�. ]-

-[ Cody puts his right arm around Nikki just to piss The Butcher off, and it works. ]-

-[ Then suddenly a police siren is heard and everyone looks out to the street. Two police cars have driven up, unnoticed, and parked behind Zo�s car. Two police officers get out of the first car and walk up to the group of four. ]-

-[ The second police officer pulls out his handcuffs and waits for Cody to give the word. Nikki starts to rub Cody�s back with her left arm, hoping he sees it her way. ]-

-[ Cody thinks it over for a second. ]-

-[ The second police officer puts his handcuffs away. ]-

-[ The Butcher begins to walk away, backwards, making sure he doesn�t take his eyes off Nikki. Zo� doesn�t leave as cooperatively, because of her anger, but the police officers overpower her and begin to push her back. ]-

-[ Listening to his command, Zo� begins to leave on her own. The two police officers walk them to Zo�s car to make sure that they leave. Zo� gets behind the wheel but The Butcher remains outside of the car on the passenger side and looks at Nikki over the car. He doesn�t say a single word and neither does she. They communicate with their eyes while Cody stares back with a self-righteous grin on his face because he knows that he can�t lose. One of the police officers confronts The Butcher. ]-

-[ The Butcher gets in the car as Zo� starts the engine. The police officers walk back into the driveway to block Zo� from doing anything stupid. Zo� turns to The Butcher. ]-

-[ With that being said, Zo� does a quick k-turn and they drive on down the road. Cody walks back in the house and the police officers get back inside their car. Nikki walks down to the sidewalk and watches as Zo�s car drives around the bend and out of view. ]-

-[ She then covers her face with her hands and begins to break down once again, knowing that she�s made one of the biggest mistakes of her life. ]-

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