Hello all my name is Dawn Warren and it feels so good for me to be in the blast from the past. I will be the first to admit that I wasn’t a fan of losing my first ever BFTP. I made it all the way to the finals and dropped the ball against Devona when it mattered.

Now here we are in a position to change the narrative about my career. I am going to do everything in my power to change the narrative. I will beat Sam Marlowe and I will make my way into winning the tourney so I can challenge for the world title.

I can’t wait, time is ticking!

San Diego, California
Gem Stone Mansion
 
One of the best things about SCW being in San Diego meant that Crystal had time to visit a close friend. Her journey had taken home to the mansion of the Gem Stones where she could visit her longtime friend Kate Steele. Crystal along with her daughter Aurora had visited the female rock band’s home. Crystal stood outside of the door and waited patiently as Aurora smiled at her mother.
 
“I love being back in California! I miss seeing Juliet, as much as I know you love being in Las Vegas, I want to move back to California! I miss coming over here and seeing Auntie Kate and Juliet all of the time. I want to spend time with Halo and Brittany. I just miss seeing all of my family and friends…”
 
Crystal just sighs as she looks back at her teenage daughter. The thirteen year old just looks down as Crystal grabs at her shoulders and gazes into her eyes.
 
“I know you want to be back in California it’s just that I enjoy being at the hotel…Daniel J. Morgan expects so much out of me. Charlotte and Mackenzie need me and…”

Aurora pouts as she gazes back at her mother. She immediately crosses her arms as she looks right up into Crystal’s eyes.

“I need you too mom! Also I miss my school, I miss my friends. I just want to be back with people that I know. You know I don’t have good memories are being in Las Vegas especially not in that Golden Ring Casino place. It’s where my biological mom… Well…’

Aurora can’t help but let the tears overwhelm her. Crystal just sighs before she grabs at her daughter and pulls her in tightly for a long huge. A few moments go by and the door to the Gem Stones home opens up. Standing on the other side of that door in pajamas is Diamond Steele. Diamond smirks as she looks back at her friend.

“Did I miss something, why is my Goddaughter crying?!”

Kate is confused as she keeps her eyes locked on the teenage girl but it isn’t that long until a brunette girl runs right past her. It is Kate’s daughter Juliet. She embraces Aurora and hugs her as she looks back into her eyes.

“Aurora is everything okay?! It feels like forever since the two of us saw one another. Whatever is going on I am here for you. I won’t let anything happen to my best friend. Not now and not ever…”

The other teenage girl grabs Aurora by the hand and the two of them run off leaving Crystal and Kate standing at the door. Kate welcomes Crystal in and she finally steps inside of the home. Crystal takes a seat on the sofa as Kate just looks upon her friend.

“You look like you have been hit with a truck, can I get you something. Tea, coffee, maybe a glass of wine….”

Kate pauses for a moment as she shrugs her shoulders for a moment.

“I forgot about the whole recovering alcoholic thing and I wouldn’t want you to relapse on my watch…”

Crystal nods her head before she giggles in return as she looks back at her friend.

“It’s hard to relapse at your expense when I already did that a few weeks ago. If you have any I would enjoy a sparkling water. I think that would honestly hit the spot right now…Preferably you could put it over ice…”

Kate nods her head as she walks over to her refrigerator and grabs a bottle of sparkling water. She steps up a glass with ice and pours it over it before she walks back into the living room with two glasses. She passes one to Crystal before she sits down in her rocking chair and gazes back into her eyes.

“So is everything alright with you?! You were one of the strongest people I know when it came to your stance on being strong and letting sobriety take its course. I didn’t take you as the type of woman that would let things get broken so easily. On top of that what was that about with Aurora?! Is everything okay?”

Crystal takes a small sip of her drink as she looks back at Kate.

“…Not really, I wouldn’t have been drinking if anything was okay. Before you even ask yes both of my wives know about my situation. They know that I have relapsed. To be honest I just think that this Las Vegas life is getting to me. I never imagined having so much power within a casino. I feel accomplished like I have managed to accomplish something. Daniel is finally seeing me for something more than just being an events coordinator. I worked hard to move up from being a waitress at the casino sports bar to being an events coordinator to now being the acting director of the casino. Under my watch I have brought in so much money into the establishments. Revenue is going up through the roof and I have just managed to do an extension of the property and it now has a hotel attached…”

Crystal smirks as wide as she can.

“It doesn’t get any better than that. Daniel wanted a hotel for the longest but he was always busy doing other projects. With him being away in London he really is proud of everything that I have accomplished. I feel like I am a valuable asset and you know how much it means to me to be accepted by something. My heart belongs in Vegas. Although Sin City isn’t the safest place for a former junkie like me. You don’t have any idea how often security manages to confiscate cocaine and other drugs. Everybody in the casino are holding a drink in their hand… It’s in my face every day. it becomes hard not to indulge in those things once and a while…”

Kate shakes her head.

“That’s the issue though… You shouldn’t willingly put yourself in a position where you are setting yourself to fail. That’s not healthy. Don’t get too wrapped up in the power it isn’t going to do you any good. Just take a look at what all of that power did to Scarface. He went into a rage. He killed his sister’s husband, and couldn’t help but go into this big cocaine binge over things. In the end he got killed. It doesn’t matter if he was the biggest drug Lord in all of Miami. He met his maker…I just don’t want you to do anything stupid…”

“Kate…”

“No… Don’t Kate me. You don’t need that type of power. You are happy to run a hotel, funny considering you were at one time married to a man who owned his own hotel chain. You shouldn’t settle for just getting caught up in the moment. You own your own movie studio. California loves you why trade that in?!”

“I don’t want to trade it in but the more I am Vegas is the more I get caught up in the confines of the city. I think the worst of everything is how Aurora feels about the entire ordeal. She misses being around her family. She misses being around you, and I don’t think Vegas is doing anything for her mental state. It’s where her mother passed away and…”

Kate gets up as she walks over to where Crystal is sitting and wraps an arm around her.

“Then leave… Vegas is not your home. Don’t you miss being around here so much?! Don’t you want fir Juliet and Aurora to grow up as best friends who have each other’s back? You are taking away from that by trying to stay in a city that isn’t going to do you any good…”

Kate just stands there but Crystal slowly gazes back into the eyes of her friend.

“You are the one quick to give advice but how do you feel Kate. How does it feel knowing that things didn’t work out in your marriage with Dawn Lohan?! You could have had two years of your life back but instead you got rid of it trying to chase after something based on a physical need and not relying on what your heart needed…Then when your world was crumbling and the world was going to self-destruct around you, you still tried to force something that wasn’t meant to work…”

Kate raises her eyes as she looks back at Crystal.

“You want the truth Crystal?! The truth is I should have never gotten with Dawn Lohan in the first place. I was happy being with Stoyo. I had bought the engagement ring and I was prepared to get down on one knee and propose to that woman. I was just afraid that she might have been too good for me. When I was out of town I met Dawn Lohan on the road and we slept with each other. We had endless upon endless sex and I had betrayed Stoyo. I knew I could never told her what I did. I couldn’t bear to see her cry or watch her break down so I decided to walk away. I walked away and went to something else…”

“And now look at you Kate. You chased Lohan and two annulments later what you thought you wanted wasn’t really what you wanted at all…”

Kate nods her head.

“Exactly… It wasn’t. Dawn is a sweet girl and even though I am now engaged once again and I am hoping that things really work out for the best. The truth is that I should have stayed with Stoyo. She is the one who had my heart. This girl moved all the way out to San Diego just to be with me and I blew it. I saw the same traits in her that I saw in Teddy. I know they truly loved me and they are the best thing for me. Sometimes we go against what’s best and right but want to run on passions alone, and that won’t do anything for a person…Now I am in a wonderful situation. Blayke loves me and I get the same vibes that I got with Teddy and Stoyo…”

“What that tells me is that you need to make sure that you do everything in your power not to mess things up. If Blayke who your heart is set on then by all means really commit yourself to that and don’t look back for anything…”

Kate nods her head as she slowly looks back at Crystal.

“I plan to do that because I know that Blayke is my life but are you willing to do the same Crystal?! Since you have gotten here it just seems like you don’t really know which way to turn. You are having your share of doubts and you are questioning what’s wrong from what’s right. To be honest it’s not really up for discussion because you know somewhere deep in your heart what the only answer should be. As much as being in Vegas us something that you love, there is something much more important. It’s what your daughter thinks. Aurora is your lively hood. She is what you fight for. You can’t just let her down…”

“I know that Kate…”

“Of course I can sit here and talk it up but at the end of the day there is only one person who can make the decision at the end of the day. It’s all about what you want to do. As long as you make that decision and you are content with it nothing else matters…”

Crystal thinks about it for a few moments as she slowly turns her attention to Kate and a small smile escapes her lips.

“I already know what I want to do. The right decision had always been right in front of me. I don’t know why I tried to run away from it for so long but it’s the only thing that makes sense…”

Kate is befuddled as she looks back at her friend.

“And what decision is that?!”

Crystal grins again.

“It’s time to move back to Los Angeles. It’s the only place that I can really call home. The wildfires may have taken our home but that doesn’t mean that we can’t rebuild and find something bigger. A place where I and my family can enjoy and we can create new memories. I know Seleana loves being near the Zoo and Alexandra is from Compton. It’s the only logical decision but they all were waiting on me to decide… Well decision has been made… It’s time to come back…”

Kate smirks as her eyes open wide up.

“Good but don’t you think there’s somebody that you need to tell?!”

Crystal yells at the top of her lungs

 
“AURORA COME HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The teenage girl runs as she and Juliet are looking at Crystal. The Winter Rose smiles as she begins to speak.

“Good news Aurora… We are moving back to Los Angeles…So you don’t ever have to worry about anything anymore because I won’t split you up from Juliet. I won’t separate you from your friends. Your future is the only thing that’s important to me and I want you to always be happy…”

“Mom….”

Is all Aurora can say as she hugs Crystal as tightly as she can and we fade out on this image.

Los Angeles, California
Lost Home

The wildfires had taken over in Southern California. California had been a dangerous place to be but that didn’t stop Crystal from visiting to make sure that everything was intact. She stood at the area where her Hollywood Hills home had been. Her entire estate had been burnt to a crisp. Everything was gone. Tears started to flow down Crystal’s eyes as she looked around. She wasn’t alone as she stood next to her life Seleana Zdunich. Seleana held Crystal close to her as tears immediately started to flow down the cheeks of her wife.

‘Sel… I can’t believe it’s all gone. You don’t know how much went into that home…”

Seleana held Crystal tighter than before as she pulled her wife in. Seleana knew that these were real tears. They weren’t the crocodile tears that Crystal would often showcase on a movie set but these felt authentic. Seleana could only be there to care for her wife as she looked down into the shorter woman’s eyes.

“It’s okay chickie… It’s only a house. We have the money. We can build a bigger and better home. One that Elijah and Aurora can be proud. One that Halo and Brittany can come too and we can have big family dinners, we will recover in time. You will recover because you are one of the strongest women I know and you always find a way to make things better. You are a survivor…”

Crystal just sighs in return. “I know Seleana… You just don’t understand that this was more than just a home though… I loved this home. No amount of money will be ever to replace all of the memories that were made here. When I made a lot of money this is the very first thing that I used my money on. California became my home after Detroit and even though everything burnt up and we can rebuild things. It won’t rebuild within my heart what was lost… It’s just going to be an empty void…”

Crystal couldn’t help but let more tears escape her lips. Seleana tries her best to soothe her wife as she holds her hand and walks towards the car.

“I know all of this hurts but that doesn’t mean that this is the end of the world. We can do something else and start creating new memories that you could be fond of. We have the kids and we also have Alexandra. So why not start settling down in Vegas. You seem to really like it there and it’s not like we really in California that much anyway. I know you have studio that you own here but Melissa is doing a great job running it just like Chavy is doing a great job at the zoo. We are grateful that Zoo wasn’t destroyed and didn’t hurt animals…Maybe you can turn your attention from this and worry more about your Golden Ring Hotel. Daniel sees you doing a good job and you are thriving…”

Crystal’s eyes open wide up as Seleana kept on reaching out to her. She just sighs as she gazes back into the eyes of her wife.

“Can I ask you an honest question, do you feel like I am most concerned about my hotel?! When I fought Andrea she brought it up after the fact that I just didn’t have the passion and that I wasn’t the same woman that I was from back in the day. I wanted to deny it but maybe this hotel is getting the best of me. it’s becoming the most important thing and I don’t want it to take more precedence then that of my wrestling career…”

Seleana just sighs as she glances back at her wife. “Sometimes I just think you get easily distracted. You don’t mean to do it but you go with the one thing that currently has your mind and you don’t have time for anything else. You are amazing with the hotel but you HAVE been pouring all of your resources into that and nothing else. Aurora claims that she would like for you to spend more time with her. She doesn’t like that you don’t come home that often and even when you do you don’t make time for her…”

Crystal just shrugs her shoulders. “Wow I never really thought about things like that…”

“And I know Elijah really wants to know you more. We have things we want to do as a family but it’s hard to really go about and do them without having you there. You are just as important as is Alexandra. You are everything chickie and we just want you there…”

Crystal nods her head. “I want to be there too but I feel that Daniel really needs me at the Golden Ring as well. He trusted me to run his establishment. He trusted me to make sure everything was running to the best of its ability. I didn’t know that we would be without a bar manager and so many other key positions within the hotel. I just want perfect and I hope him to be proud of me…”

“Christina I know he’s proud of you but you need to take the same mentality and apply it to your home, and even to your wrestling career. Don’t you want to make your kids happy?! Don’t you want your fans to be happy?! You really can’t do that if you aren’t giving them your all. Just think about what I said and really give them what they want in return…”

Crystal and Seleana continue to head towards the car as she finally lets out a sigh.

“Maybe you are right. I do need to focus on them. I do have a one track mind but I will change it. I will work on things and I will make sure that things become better…”

“Good because I would hate for your wrestling to suffer because you are all over the place. Let’s go babe, Vegas is calling us and I feel like we are going to be there for a long time…”

With that the two walk hand in hand as they head for their car. They would leave California for a while as Vegas was the only thing on their mind for the foreseeable future.

Golden Ring Casino
Present Day

Crystal Zdunich had been acting as the interim director of the Golden Ring Casino since Daniel’s departure to England. It felt weird to leave a former drug addict and alcoholic in charge of an establishment in the middle of Sin City but despite Crystal’s history the truth is she had really been excelling in her role of being in charge. She smiled as she sat in her office. She runs her fingers through her long blue hair as she gazes into the eyes of the man that is in front of her.

“So Mr. Sanders… When can I expect your company to come in and start on the construction, everything is good to go is it not?!”

The man Anthony Sanders was balding with a goatee on his face. He smiled as he looked back into the eyes of Crystal before he offered a slight grin.

“Everything is good to go. The city of Las Vegas approved all of the blueprints. There won’t be any zoning issues. Everything seems up to code and because it was all approved I do believe we can actually start working on these plans as early as next week. Just let my company work on getting all of the supplies and we will start breaking ground as soon as possible…It was a pleasure to work with you Mrs. Zdunich…”

Crystal nods her head as she smiles back at him. “Oh trust me when I say that the pleasure is all mine, I know for a fact that my boss is going to be all smiles when he finds out what I have managed to accomplish during his time away from the casino. I know we get a lot of business as the Golden Ring Casino but to officially become the Golden Ring Casino and Suites is going to bring in even more revenue. Hotels are what really driving in the business…”

Crystal looks back at the owner of the construction company.

“Listen, I appreciate what your company is able to do for us but if for some reason your company can get things finished before schedule I will make sure that you get a big bonus and we will definitely use your company again for other projects. My boss, Daniel J. Morgan is all about his money and if you do things in a timely order I know for a fact that he will reward you handsomely. Just keep all of this in mind… Anyway enjoy your holiday and it’s a pleasure to use you for your business…”

With that the owner of the construction company walks out of Crystal’s office. As soon as he does is the moment that Crystal picks up the phone. She leans back in her chair as she hears a very familiar voice pick up the phone. One that is strongly British and of course one that belongs to Daniel J. Morgan. Crystal spins around in her chair as she begins to speak.

“Hey Daniel I was wondering if you had a moment?!”

Crystal smiles as she can hear the voice answering back to her.

“What’s going on, I am in the middle of something. Is there something going on at the casino that I need to know, I trust everything is in good hands is it not?!”

Crystal twirls her hair as she slowly replies back.

“As you would say, cheers mate. Everything is actually peachy. No reason to get your knickers in a bunch. Truth be told things are going better than expected at the casino. Our revenue has gone up by 50 percent. I am working on trying to get us some bigger clients. I still haven’t replaced Danielle but that’s not really an issue. I am sure we can find somebody. What is amazing though is the fact that I just locked up an expansion deal. As of today I can proudly announce that our casino is expanding. We are going to be establishing a hotel…”

“Bloody hell woman, it has always been on my mind to create a hotel…”

“Yes. I am actually moving all of that into motion so we can be the Golden Ring Casino and Suites. By creating a hotel and attaching it to the casino I feel that we can compete with other hotels such as the Luxor, or the MGM Grand, hell even the Bellagio. All of the biggest casinos in Vegas offer a hotel, and by us establishing one we can attract those big whales who would want to maybe spend a weekend here and waste all of their hard earned savings at our hotel. Even if they get tipsy and drunk, we don’t have to worry about them leaving but they can stay on premises and pick up on their gambling habits the next morning. On top of that I know we can maybe create a loyalty program to give people perks for gambling so much, nothing like luring those gamblers in with a free hotel room and maybe a voucher to our casino’s buffet. All of it a ruse just to get them to come to the casino….”

“Cheers Christina. I really like where your head is at, and this is the reason why I am paying you. When I get back to the hotel perhaps I could give you a promotion. I know you excelled in your role as special events coordinator but maybe you would like something bigger. You would make a great bar manager, or maybe the new hotel manager of our new hotel…”

Crystal laughs as she just speaks back confidently.

“Daniel you know you are going to have to do much better than that… I was maybe thinking I could be Assistant Director or just simply the director of the casino…”

Crystal just sits there as she can hear Daniel pausing for a bit on the phone. He takes a deep breath on the other side of the receiver before he begins to speak.

“You really are trying to really reach out there aren’t you?! What makes you think that you could just become the director of the casino…’

“For starters there is a reason why you made me to be the interim director Daniel. I think you were trying to test me to see if I could make you some money. Perhaps you wanted to see so much more than that but since I have been in this position I have done nothing but make you a bunch of money. Everybody wants to come to this casino and with the hotel I know for a fact that even more people will want to come. I am doing whatever I can do to get them to come here. Most importantly the reason why I don’t think it’s such a stretch for me to permanently run the casino is for the simple fact that you are the owner. You are going to get your money because it simply belongs to you…”

Crystal nods her head as she begins to speak some more.

“However I feel like I could really make a difference in this casino. I want to know more about the business. I want to actually go as far as to do what you do. That’s what I want to learn Daniel. I want to be part of that world…”

“Crystal you really don’t want to know what I do. There are things that you wouldn’t understand and I don’t want to get you involved. I wouldn’t want to bring you into that life or have your wife mad at me. Just keep on doing what you are doing and keep your nose clean…”

“Daniel…Obviously you don’t realize that I was at one time married to one of the biggest drug distributors on the East Coast of the United States. There are things he put me through, and nothing ever scared me. I am sure what you do is no different. I also do know that one time Aurora’s biological father was threatening me and after you and the rest of London Underground had a talk with him in the desert I haven’t heard from him since. Nothing you do scares me and if anything it intrigues me…”

Daniel is silent as he just speaks some more.

“I see. We have much to discuss and it’s a conversation reserved for in person and not on the phone. You will be seeing me soon. Keep doing what you are doing Christina and great work…”

With that the two of them hang up the phone on one another. Crystal can’t help but grin as she just stands up and looks around at her office. It definitely had felt good to be a winner.

You never know how things are going to go until you set forth and really pour into something. What’s happening SCW. I feel like this rumble match is the perfect chance to really showcase that I am back in SCW and it’s creating an opportunity where I can go out to that ring and compete. First and foremost can I just say from the bottom of my heart that it feels really good to be back in the company that made me?! I feel like this has been a long time coming but I am in the company that really helped solidified me as a huge star. There’s so much I feel that I missed out by not being in the company but now that I am back I plan to work my damn hardest with each and every single match.

This little open invitational match is no different and I vow on everything that is beating inside of me that I am going to come out to that ring and I am going to give everything I have to prove that I belong. I have been through so much in this company and I am going to be completely blunt. Quite often it hurts a lot to hear how people constantly refer to me.

Everybody gets caught up by the past. They get into thinking that perhaps I am that same woman and that I don’t care about anything or anybody but myself. I know it sounds fair to think of things in that way but the truth is I am not that same woman. I have grown and am developed to be so much more than just that, I am a woman who is very passionate.

I know the competition in SCW has gotten to be so good. It’s going to be better than when I was competing here on a weekly basis. But now isn’t the time to get caught up in what should have been or what could have been.

The only thing that really matters at this point is the simple fact that I want to go out to that Rumble and put on a performance that I can remember.

High Stakes only comes once a year and you can be rest assured I am ready for whatever comes.

Crystal Zdunich signing out.

Just when I thought I was counted out it just seems like things get put into motion when I am given just another chance. I would have never imagined that I would be allowed yet another chance. I just want to think SCW because when I entered into the BFTP tournament it was with the notion that I would be finally conquer my dream and be presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. I thought that I could finally make ends meet and I could make the dream of being a top tier champion become a reality.

 

That wasn’t the case.

 

I lost my match with Kat Jones and it left me feeling like I just wasn’t good enough.

 

Then came the battle royal where I could have moved myself into an opportunity to become the number one contender for the World Championship and I just didn’t get the job done.

 

Now the only thing left for me is this King for a Day Match.

 

This may be my only chance to show my daughter that her father will have the heart of a champion.

 

Everybody better bring their best because I am coming and I refuse to let her down.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long Island, New York
Where it all began
 
One phone call had changed Teddy’s entire perspective about where he was in his life. He could hear the sentence from Christian Underwood as clear as day. It was as if it was happening over and over again, “Do you want to be in a fresh face battle royal to determine a World Championship contender.” That is the only sentence that had played in Teddy’s head, and of course with the response of “yes” Teddy Warren knew he had work to do. Climax Control was set to take place in the city of the site of one of the United States most famous battle grounds in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. However, before Teddy would dare to step foot in such a historic place he wanted to go back to the basics. He wanted to go home which going back to Long Island, New York.
 
Teddy had arrived at a medium sized hi-ranch home on Long Island. He smiled as he ran up the steps until he reached the front door of the house. He pulled a key out of his pocket and thought about sliding it into the door but instead he decided to ring the doorbell. He waited in anticipation and it wasn’t that long until he could hear the steps of somebody in the background. The door swung open and standing on the opposite side was an older woman who smiled at him in return.
 
“Todd is that really you?! Long time no see…”
 
Teddy had tears in his eyes as she kept looking at the woman. He was slow but he suddenly grabbed her and pulled her in tightly for a hug.
 
“I missed you so much mom… I feel like I have so much to tell you and I don’t even know where to begin…”
 
She just smiled as she kept her eyes locked on him.
 
“Todd you don’t’ have to say anything. Why don’t you come inside and make yourself comfortable?! Your brother and sister are both here… I prepared supper and I thought we could have a big family dinner. It has been so long since I had all of my kids at the house. This is definitely going to be a good day indeed. I hope you brought my grandchildren because if you happened to come all the way from California without bringing them I am really going to be upset…”
 
Teddy just shakes his head as an uneasy expression escapes his lips.
 
“Actually I wasn’t really planning on inviting them. I just wanted to come over so I could clear my head. I got a big wrestling match coming up and…”
 
Before he could say anything else he could feel the footsteps of somebody coming up from behind him. It happened to be from that of his wife Michelle Chavez and she was holding little Marlene against chest. Running up from the steps was Teddy’s eldest daughter Juliet. She quickly runs past all of them as she goes to the elder woman.
 
“Grandma Mary, it has been a long time. I missed you so much!!!”
 
“I miss you too Julie… It’s going to be an amazing time. You know your cousin Terra is here and…”
 
It wasn’t long before Teddy’s thirteen-year-old niece Terra ran after Juliet and the two of them hugged each other tightly. “Julie it feels like forever. Let’s go play fortnite together…” Both girls just smile as they run off. Meanwhile Teddy is still confused as he turns around to look at his wife Michelle who just smiles.
 
“I didn’t know you were coming; you could have told me you wanted to come to my mother’s…”
 
Michelle however just shakes her head at her husband as she sighs in return. “That would require you and I to actually communicate or more so you not holding your feelings in. I love you and I enjoy being married to you but you don’t need to hide your mother from me. I want to know you more Todd… I want to know your world and your intermediate family…I don’t understand why I have to hear from your sister Dawn and my sister that you were going to come here…”
 
Teddy’s mother just smiles as she hugs Michelle as tightly as she can as she smiles at her.
 
“It’s about time we could finally meet one another. I am so sorry that I didn’t get to attend the wedding last year. If I wasn’t in the hospital, I would have definitely been there… Is this my little granddaughter Marlene?! She is beautiful just like her mother. You are definitely a keeper. Stay on top of my son and make him realize he has something good in life…”
 
“I will try my best Miss Mary…”
 
“Please… Just call me mom. It would make me feel so much better…”
 
With that Michelle and Mary walk away with the baby leaving Teddy to just stand there with a sigh. He slowly walks up the stairs until he makes his way into the living room. He looks at the various pictures that are plastered everywhere. As he stands there he looks at different pictures and they are of his siblings James (Jimmy) and Dawn. Teddy just shakes his head as he sees a picture of Dawn holding a World Championship in her hands. He looks over at a different picture of his sister in-law Cindy holding a World Champion and one of his former wife Kate Steele-Warren holding different titles. Teddy looks at his own picture and just sighs but that’s when two voices begin to call out to him. One of them is from his little sister Dawn.
 
“What’s up jerk face loser… You should feel ashamed of yourself! You totes could have told Shelly that you were going to mom’s house. You don’t have to feel ashamed! Mom hasn’t even met Marlene yet. You don’t even make an attempt to visit that much and it’s not fair to her!”
 
Dawn begins to vent her frustrations but that is when their older brother Jimmy just smirks. He looks at Dawn pulling her away before glancing into the eyes of his brother.
 
“Dawn you do realizing that yelling at him isn’t going to solve anything right?! Why don’t you just cut the man some slack. He’s been through a lot and I am sure he didn’t come all the way to New York to get badgered to death by his baby sister. I am sure he deals with enough of that in Los Angeles. You don’t have to bring that to Mom’s house…”
 
Dawn looks like she is going to say something else but Jimmy shakes his head. “Don’t even say anything. Why don’t you go in there and talk to Cynthia, I bet you two have some catching up to do…Besides I think I would love to speak to my brother. It’s been a while since us bros got to speak without having a certain pink puppy in the midst of everything.”
 
Dawn pouts as she storms away leaving Teddy and Jimmy just standing in the room by themselves. Jimmy smiles as he has a seat on the sofa before she looks into the eyes of his younger brother.
 
“Why don’t you have a seat Todd… We could use a good heart to heart. It certainly has been a while. If Juliet and Terra can catch up, if mom can talk to your wife, and our sister can speak to my wife. I believe it’s time for our chat especially considering you don’t really visit North Carolina that much…”
 
Teddy just sighs in return. “Bro I am all the way on the other side of the country in California. I don’t know what it is you want me to do…”
 
Jimmy grins. “Dude just relax! You don’t have to get so defense with me. I am your brother, let’s just talk… You know I am going to be honest with you… Let’s start with something easy. Why did you wait so long to come visit mom?! Our mom was in the hospital last year fighting cancer and you didn’t even bother to check on her to see how her chemo treatments had gone. Instead you were in your own world. You were too busy finding a life of your own, getting married having a kid and not once bringing your family into any of this. What gives?!”
 
Teddy just looks at his brother as he shrugs his shoulders.
 
“I just didn’t want to bring mom into my mess. These past few years haven’t been the best. I guess I didn’t want mom to figure out that I failed Kate… I didn’t want her to know that we had divorced and it’s all because I was an abusive husband… Right after I would fool around with Dawn’s wife’s sister. I will admit it has been fun but I should have known better than to get this woman pregnant within a month of dating. It just doesn’t look right and it goes against everything that mom had taught us…”
 
Jimmy just shakes his head.
 
“Dude, it is what it is. Does it look bad?! No duh but she would understand. After all you are her son and she wouldn’t cast you out like that. I am her actual biological son but she always held on to you the most and how you felt about things. Why do you think when her and dad got divorced that I was quick to choose dad and leave with him to North Carolina?! Part of it had annoyed me how much invested she was into you when I was her flesh and blood…”
 
Jimmy takes a breath as he speaks some more.
 
“I would be a fool though if I said that I didn’t love you though. Even if you and Dawn were adopted in my eyes you are my brother and that is the only thing that matters. I love you and I think you shouldn’t hold onto what you might think may hurt somebody else. Did mom teach us better?! Of course she did… I know it probably felt weird dealing that her daughter came out as a gay woman, and it have hurt that I decided to move away from her or that you made some questionable decisions, but at the end of the day as long as we show her our love. That is all that she wants. We have to stay connected. Family is supposed to have each other’s backs when the world doesn’t…”
 
“Jimmy I know you could say that but it just feels like I am doing everything wrong. Even when it comes to the Warren name… I took my wife’s surname and…”
 
Jimmy laughs. “Damn bro, I always knew you were a little bi…”
 
He stops himself as he giggles in return.
 
“Who cares… None of that matters. You might have made mistakes but you want to know what mom sees, because it’s the same thing that I see… I see a man who has owned him mistakes. A man who apologized to his ex for putting his hands on her. Now that same woman that he abused he now has a healthy co-parenting relationship with. You found love again and are determined more than ever not to hurt the new wife in the way you hurt the old one. If there is something that we are proud about it’s that you have matured. You have learned from your mistakes and are striving to be a better man everyday… So why worry about your past… Your past doesn’t disqualify you from anything, it actually qualifies you to be a better man and to be a mentor to others…”
 
Teddy smiles. “You really think that?!”
 
“No duh I do… I give great advice. I mean I am the only one in the family that’s an actual doctor. It’s up to you if you want to actually follow what I say so you can live a long and prosperous life…”
 
Teddy nods his head as he keeps looking at the photos and Jimmy speaks some more.
 
“And dude stop trying to look at those photos questioning if you will ever be good enough as the other Warrens. It’s your destiny to go on to win the World Championship. Get past this battle royal. Go cement your spot and go handle your business. We will be there rooting for you. Stop looking behind and look ahead…”
 
Teddy grins. “Aight, bet… Time to make it happen… People will know who Teddy I if I have my way…Time to finally conquer what I set out to do…”
 
“Good go handle yours bro… You got this…”
 
With that the two siblings get up and hug one another as tightly as they can.







NRP : Good luck rp came in at 4985 not including the gif image

Flagstaff Arizona
Local Training Facility

Crystal’s life hadn’t been going in the way that she had hoped for it to go. On paper she should have been happy. She was in position to receive a shot at the Internet Championship that she had been wanting for a very long time.  Not only that but she had received the most votes in a popularity vote to get that shot. Most importantly the real reason why she should have been all smiles was the simple fact that she was employed and on the SCW roster. After everything that she had put SCW through in the previous two years her spot on the active wasn’t questioned and she should have been grateful to be where she is. She didn’t see things like that though. In her eyes she had been on a downward slump. She had dropped her last four matches and didn’t feel like a contender should feel.

After losing so many matches she didn’t have the confidence to step into a Super Card and fight for something that she hadn’t earned. She didn’t even think she had what it took to even win because of losing so much. With all of that in mind she had planned to a work out done so that she would have at least made the match with Tempest competitive. Crystal had arrived to the facility in Flagstaff early so that she would have some time to herself. What she didn’t expect was that somebody else would have been there as well. That other individual was none other than her newly reunited best friend Kat Jones. As soon as Crystal walked inside she could spot the raven haired woman taking bumps inside of a wrestling ring. Crystal’s eyes opened wide as she crossed her arms and walked towards the woman.

“Here I thought I was going to be the first woman in this gym, but here you are already getting a workout in…”

Kat just nodded her head as she was focused. She was deep into her routine as she worked on some stamina as she climbed up onto the turnbuckles before climbing back down. Kat slowly turned her attention back over to Crystal before walking over to the ropes and looking into her eyes.

“They do say that the early bird gets the worm, and I want to make sure that I am at my absolute best when I step into the ring with Bea. I can’t stand her and she will get what’s coming to her soon enough…”

Crystal nodded her head as she slowly rolled herself into the ring. She kept her eyes locked on her friend as a smile escaped her lips.

“At least one of us is fired up for her match. I wish I had the same intensity that you have but I am just not feeling it. I really don’t even know if I have what it takes to beat Tempest. Things had been very rough for me and to be honest I feel like throwing in the towel…”

Kat turns her attention over to Crystal and she doesn’t even bother with trying to play nice with Crystal as she instead runs at her in full speed. She goes for a clothesline and nearly takes Crystal’s head off sending the Detroit native head over heels before she falls back on the ground. Crystal clutches at her neck as Kat looks down at her.

“What’s going on with you, I know you don’t expect me to feel sorry for you do you?! I know you constantly say that I am your best friend but no best friend of mine is going to beat themselves up as much as you have. You have gotten this far. You are in a good position so you might as well make the most of it…”

Crystal crawls towards the ropes as she pulls herself up before she turns her attention back over towards Kat.

“Even that itself seems like a lie. You are my best friend as I really don’t have any. Sure I might have some people that might say they are my friend but they are more so looking down at me. They might claim to be my acquaintance but something as true as somebody that I can say is a best friend is something I haven’t had for a very long time. I feel absolutely worthless Kat. I feel like I don’t even belong to be here. Let’s be honest nearly two years ago I was let out of a contract. I suffered from being a cocaine addict and a severe alcoholic. I even went as far as to hurt you…”

Crystal let’s some tears roll down her cheek as she takes a long deep breath as she tries to share more of her emotions.

“I hurt you Kat. I ruined our friendship all because I couldn’t handle losing to my wife. When I saw Chloe Benton in that hallway I just snapped and I had to attack her. It wasn’t because she deserved it but it’s because I felt she was an easy target. I felt that by taking my frustration out on her it would make me feel better, but in the end that just made me nothing more than a shallow little bitch. It led me to getting into a war with you; it led me to fighting your sister Kimberly, and being hated by an entire bombshell roster… I just don’t really know what I was supposed to do with myself…”

Kat turns her attention to Crystal and keeps her eyes locked on her.

“Crystal you don’t have to bring up the past. I know you had it rough. I think everything that happened in the past happens for a reason. I am not going to sit here and say that all is forgiven but you were a drug addict. You have gone through the process of recovery and I can tell that you aren’t the same woman that you were back then. A lot has happened since that day but I rather focus on where we are at now. Despite what everybody has said about you I always chose to ignore it and choose for myself if I would let you in to be one of my best friends or not…”

Crystal nods her head as Kat continues to speak.

“We settled our issues in the ring and we move on from them. You also settled them with my sister as well and at least that relationship has gotten better since Dawn has decided to be trained at Hells Gate. As far as you trying to hold onto what happened in the past why don’t you let it go! I know that you didn’t mean to do what you did to Chloe. You couldn’t handle losing. You felt that your entire world was crumbling apart. MOVE ON!”

Crystal paces around the ring before Kat grabs a hold of her and tucks her head underneath an arm. Without hesitation she drops Crystal to the mat with her cradle ddt before she looks down at her friend.

“MOVE ON… Why do you want to hold onto everything?! You have been through enough already. Instead of trying to focus on what could have been or what should have been, you could be focused on the here and now. You got a big title match and it’s something that I know you want. So why don’t you pour out everything into trying to win the title…”

Zdunich is slow as she crawls trying to bring herself back up. The DDT had rattled her brain but maybe it is what she needed to get her mind back on track. Zdunich looks back at her friend as she shrugs her shoulders.

“It’s funny that you have so much faith in me. I don’t feel the same way. I have lost so many matches in a row and I have yet to get past Bella Madison since I have been back. I feel like she got the short end of the stick by winning at the last Super Card. She goes for the Roulette title and I get to for the Internet championship. That doesn’t really seem that fair…”

Kat however just crosses her arms as a slight grin escapes her lips.

“Crystal why are you constantly trying to beat yourself up, it’s really ridiculous. As far as I am concerned things have changed. Just look at how far you have come Crys? Two years ago you were hated by everybody and were public enemy number one. You might have had reckless behavior and shouldn’t be trusted but now look at you. You are getting a title shot because you have become one of the popular stars on the roster. This is a ways away from you being hated by the entire locker room or how you put everybody through hell. The stuff that happened with you and Chloe, honestly that’s all in the past. You move on. When I look into your eyes I see redemption. A true recovery story, an image that when things get tough you don’t ever give up…”

Kat points right at Crystal’s chest.

“Most of all, I see a strong mother and a woman who won’t ever let her daughter Aurora down. You got this. So you need to believe in it…”

“You can say all of this but I still feel like there are issues going on in my household where I am not a great mother. There are things happening between Brittany and Brayden. My daughter in-law is out of control and I don’t know what I am going to do... How do I deal with them or even being a better wife for Seleana? I am the brunt of every single joke and…”

Kat just shakes her head as she keeps her eyes on her friend.

“To be honest Crys who really gives a shit, your adult children have no bearing on who you are as a mother. They are at the stage in their lives when they need to be responsible for their own answers. You have Aurora and that is what you need to be focused on. Same way it doesn’t matter if people want to constantly make fun of you for having a lot of best friends. It’s your life and you live it the way you want to live it. I know some stuff might hurt but fuck it. You do what you want to do. Who cares about everybody else…”

Crystal nods her head as she smiles in return.

“You do have a point and as much as I do want to say that everything hurts. I shouldn’t care. I just need to stay focused on the task at hand and I need to persevere…”

“Exactly you are a fighter and you should never stop fighting. I have a question I want to ask you Crystal…”

“Sure Kat go for it…”

Kat smiles as she stands toe to toe with Crystal and looks eye to eye with her.

“Are you ready to win yourself a championship, because you know it’s going to take everything that you have to be able to overcome somebody like Tempest…”

“I am ready… I wasn’t at first but after everything that we have talked about in this ring, I feel I can do anything…”

Kat smirks.

“Good because you need to show me everything that you are about, give me your very best. As long as we can bring the best out of one another in this sparring we both could get what we want come Blaze of Glory…”

Crystal let’s a chuckle escape her lips as she looks back at her friend.

“Sounds like a plan. You better give me your best Kat because this time I am actually going to hit back…”

With that both friends just grin at one another before they circle around each other in that ring. It is on this image that we fade out on.

NRP: Sorry it’s not much. I dealt with the stomach virus last week, and this week I was busy with IRL stuff. Apologies.







I will be the first one to admit that as much as I have driven myself into trying to be perfect with the constant talking up of running the table and going undefeated in my return to SCW, I am actually happy that Bella was able to get the better of me. Losing isn’t really a bad thing. It has helped kept me humble and on top of that it has allowed me to keep on pushing toward a certain goal. As long as I have something to fight towards I won’t ever find myself in a situation where I can get lazy or not go as completely all out as I should.
 
I know that the journey is never ending and my career is a constant work in progress. Bella was the better woman than me and I will accept that fact. She had my number and as much as others would love to Bitch about losing or not being good enough. I am going to be the bigger woman and put her over because she is a tough competitor who has all the ability in the world.

Ever since she came back from being pregnant she has been on an absolute tear. She has defeated everybody that has been placed in front of her but the one big area where she really needs to achieve in is trying to figure out how to finally go about and win a title.

Once she does that she can say that she has finally made it and can overcome that hurdle of not being able to overcome her biggest setback. I am going to do everything in my power to showcase that I can beat Bella. I just need to go out to that ring in this brutal match and prove that I have what it takes.

It’s not just her though, I also have to get past that of Ariana Angelos. She is a woman that prides herself on being from the GO Gym. She has damn near done all she could do as a Roulette Champion and she has also rose up and been a great Internet Champion.

Now there are even bigger stakes and who knows what is on the line when she steps into the ring to compete in such a barbaric environment. Who knows what is on the line in this match. It is said that there is a special prize and I know she is going to do everything in her power to make sure that she claims it.

Last but not least there is also Mercedes Vargas and we have so much history between us. We both have beaten each other  but one of us is going to have to jump ahead of the other and through everything beating inside of me I am going to make sure it’s me.

New Orleans, Louisiana
French Quarter
October 23rd
 
 
Two days had passed since Crystal had her big drug addicted outburst in front of Daniel J. Morgan, London Underground, and her wife Seleana. Christina had vowed that she would clean her life up. It was the only way that she would ever mend any relationship within SCW but more importantly than that it was the only way to make things right with Seleana. High Stakes might have been the night before but today marked the day that the stakes would be raised for Crystal but today had marked Crystal’s first day in trying to reach an alcohol and drug free life. She was out of her comfort zone as she had stepped foot into the Lacroix home. For those wondering Crystal had a huge network of in-laws she could have received support from. She had decided to have her older sister in-law Zenna Zdunich be her sponsor in New Orleans. However being with Zenna meant she was going to be in a home with Zenna’s wife Linnea Lacroix, her sister Alissa Lacroix, and Kate Steele’s sister Kelly Taylor. All of them had made up the rock band American Murder Log.
 
It felt for Crystal to be far from home despite having her sister in-law there she still felt out of place. However, despite how Crystal had felt the reality of the situation is that this was the best possible place for Crystal to be. All four of those women had reached sobriety in 2016 and 2017 respectively so if anybody would have the best chance of getting Crystal on the right track it was those women. Crystal had reached the front door of the home. She held her suitcase in one hand and her other hand had slowly reached for the doorbell… She was about to press it when something had pulled her away. She decided to leave her suitcase on the porch as she walked away from the home.
 
She shook her head in disgust as she only one thought on her mind.
 
“I am not staying here… I am not going to bother with going there… Why would I want to stay with the sister in-law when I can do things my own way?! Whatever Zenna… You won’t be seeing me…”
 
With that Crystal had walked by herself for ten minutes. She had found herself on Bourbon Street and was amazed at all of the people she saw crowding the streets. It wasn’t as busy as it was during Mardi Gras but it was still busy nonetheless. Right on Bourbon Street people were openly drinking alcohol right on the street. She smiled as she saw a bar named Tropical Isle an without thinking twice she walks inside with a grin on her face as a woman behind a desk asked her a question.
 
“How can we help you?!”
 
Crystal nodded.
 
“I would like a hand grenade…”
 
Hand grenade was the strongest alcoholic drink that a person could order in NOLA. It came in a green flume that was shaped into a grenade. Crystal paid the woman before she walked into another alcohol shop and made sure to order a frozen margarita. Bourbon Street felt like home to her she walked around consuming all the alcohol she could want. Police were posted around but they just sat on top of their horses to make sure everybody was acting orderly. They didn’t care about the alcohol consumption. Crystal continued to walk down the street until she eventually saw a scantily clad dressed woman standing outside a door. Crystal looked at the sign that read “Larry Flint’s Hustler Club”. The girl made a finger waving motion as she smiled at the Afro-Mexican.
 
“Why don’t you come inside and some of the Hustler Honeys will show you a good time…Maybe get one of us to give you a private dance…”
 
Crystal took the rest of her hand grenade as she threw the empty contents to the side. She winked back at the girl as she started to head inside, however the moment she does is the very moment that somebody grabs her arm and yanks her back.
 
“No… You aren’t going in there Christina…Ja… It’s a bad look and I am not going to let my sister know you were trying to have a private dance from another woman behind her back, Ja?!”
 
Crystal however finally gets a glance of the woman that had yanked her back. It is that of her sister in-law. The redhead stood at 5’8 and over 140 pounds. She was full of tattoos and just kept her eyes on her sister in-law. I promised Sel that I would look after her little star. What I didn’t expect was for you to just leave your suitcase on the steps and not even bother with coming inside. I didn’t want to believe it but I knew you would be here drinking your life away Ja?! It’s to be expected…”
 
Zenna just shakes her head as she keeps her eyes on her sister in-law.
 
“What I didn’t expect was for you to be so weak in your first day of trying to reach sobriety or that you would want another woman to dance on top of you that isn’t my sister. Sure you can use your “acting” skills to fool the world. It might work with my sister because she is deeply in love with you but it won’t work with me. I am not going to have you waste my time either. I can help you along the way, I can be your sponsor but YOU are the one that wants to make the change. You are the one that needs the change but it’s on you to initiate the first step…”
 
Crystal has had enough of the belittling as she gets right in her face ad screams at the top of her lungs.
 
“SHUT UP!!!! You don’t know anything about me or why I do what I do…I have had a rough life…”
 
Zenna just shakes her head before she finally let’s go of Crystal.
 
“That you had to go to alcohol and do some cocaine?! You act like I haven’t been there before. You aren’t the only one that has had a rough life Chrys… I could belittle you but honestly you should want to make this change. You got super drunk in front of your daughter, you got caught doing cocaine in front of my sister. Don’t you want to be in a position where you don’t have to do any of that again?!”
 
Crystal just walks away as she decides not to go in the strip club. Instead she walks away from Zenna completely turning her back on her.
 
“Whatever I don’t have to put up with this from a woman that is going to ridicule me. I would be better off getting high out of my mind and drinking my life away…No offence Z but I am not your problem so don’t become mine if you know what’s good for you…”
 
Zenna however is determined as she steps in front of Crystal and blocks her path. She puts a palm right into her chest causing Crystal to back up a few feet.
 
“That’s where you are wrong. The moment I made a promise to my sister that I would look after you is the very moment that you became my problem. On top of that you were my problem when you married my sister and that’s something that won’t ever change because you are family. Now let’s stop all of this and just go back to the house. We got a room for you the other girls are all excited to help you in your journey and we will get you cleaned up…”
 
Crystal begins to get upset as she glares daggers into the woman’s eyes.
 
“Fuck you Zenna! The truth is I don’t want your help because I don’t like you. You are part of the problem and have always been part of the problem…”
 
Zenna is taken back as she looks back at Crystal.
 
“Excuse me?! How am I part of THE PROBLEM!!!”
 
Crystal snaps back as she pushes Zenna hard.
 
“You are part of the reason why I drink and do drugs to begin with! Yes, I know I am a failure of a mother and of a wife but I made a promise in the very beginning when I taught Seleana how to wrestle. I told her that the two of us would be a tag team and we would be on this wrestling journey together. I don’t get the chance to be that team because she’s too damn busy teaming up with you that she doesn’t have time to TEAM UP with me! I always hated your Wild Side tag team because it meant you and Seleana was in a team when it should have been me and her. You went out and won three tag team championships together and I haven’t had the luxury of doing that with her…”

Crystal begins to get even angrier as her emotions get the better of her.

“That should have been me! I was the one who got her into wrestling when she was content with taking care of animals. I made a promise but because I was so stuck on my singles career I didn’t really come through with helping her become a tag team champion. Those three title reigns should have been with me and not with me but she chose her sister over being with me. You have no idea how much that caused me to drown myself in alcohol and drug usage…I hate you Zenna…”

Zenna however isn’t one to go with the sad story as she stands her ground and looks right back at Crystal.

“Ja?! You want to blame me for your problems. You had a chance to do things right for Seleana and you didn’t. You openly treat her like trophy wife and expect her to just take it. You had to ruin her moment by becoming a World Bombshell Champion. You had chance to really be in a team with her in WWA company with me and her. We were Trios Champions but you gave all that up to screw us over to side with your sister Mariella. It’s okay for you to choose sister over wife but get mad when she feels hurt that she wants to side with her sister because you don’t give her attention…”

Crystal forms a fist as she cocks it back.

“Z… I told you to shut the fuck up!”

Zenna however turns red as she continues to vent.

“On top of that you could do right by her in WWR but instead she has to find out you have been cheating on her with Alexandra Caldwell and is supposed to accept it?! I love you Christina but you don’t get to take advantage and tell me I am problem for your drug use when you have been your own problem. As far as how my sister feels about teaming up with you. The truth is she wanted…”

“I TOLD YOU TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!”

Crystal however doesn’t let Zenna finish what she was saying as she instead throws a fist in her direction. Zenna is able to see it coming a mile away as she quickly ducks it and she lays Crystal out with Seleana’s infamous right hand punch. The punch drops Crystal to the ground. Crystal sits up as she places a hand on her lips noticing that blood is dripping out. She spits it out as she gets up and charges after the Swedish woman. The two are fighting on the side of Bourbon Street and it isn’t long until the police come and they pull the two women away from one another. They handcuff them and put them into cop cars.

Moments later both women find themselves at the police station in holding cells that are next to each other. Both women are wearing bruises like they been in a war but it’s apparent who won the fight. Crystal just sighs as she stands at the edge of the cell.

“Z…”

Zenna walks over to the edge of the cell so that she could respond to her sister in-law.

“Yes Christina…”

“You aren’t going to tell your sister that you beat me in a fight are you?!”

Zenna laughs in return as she shakes her head.

“I am not going to tell her about this or anybody well outside of my own household… Ja… It would bring new meaning if I did… Free Zenna literally…On top of that I doubt it would be good for either of us if she found out we got into fist fight because…”

Crystal laughs in return.

“Yes I know!!! The cow is on ice and something in shit in the blue cupboard… Stop with the Swedish sayings!!!”

Zenna giggles some more.

“…Yeah something like that… “

Crystal takes a deep breath as she breaks down but shares her heart.

“I am sorry for everything. I just don’t see myself as being good for Seleana. I have so many reasons why I fall into drugs and alcohol but most of it is because I don’t think I am good enough and I will never be good enough…”

“Christina… We all make mistakes… It’s part of life but what the most important thing is that we learn from those mistakes and we grow…”

Crystal nods her head.

“I love you Z… Just so you know I won’t be filing any charges…”

“I wasn’t planning on either. We wouldn’t be family if we didn’t fight, and this is part of tough love. Even if it lands us in police station I told you I am here to help you with each and every step of recovery…”

Crystal nods her head.

“Anyway what were you saying about Seleana right before I charged after you…”

“Oh you mean right before I LAID you out?! What I was going to say is that when it comes to being in a team with you. I was never supposed to be her partner. She wanted it to be you. She wanted that team more than anything. She only came to me because you were unavailable. You were busy with Alex and the rest of your schedule.  I was not, so she asked me to take your place, hoping you would have an opening for her. You never did. Whenever you are ready I would step aside so that you and her could have your Hollywood Angels like it’s supposed to be…”

Hearing this makes Crystal break down even more and that’s when a police officer walks over to the both of them.

“Mrs. Zenna Zdunich and Mrs. Christina Zdunich you both are free to go…”

The officer opens the cell and that’s when Christina and Zenna see each other. They give one another a long hug and they head to the lobby of the station. It is there where we can see Linnea, Kelly, and Alissa sitting there. Linnea smirks as she looks at the both of them.

“You two look like you been through hell… You ready to move in for a few months Crystal?! Welcome to NOLA…”

Everybody can’t help but laugh as they all exit the stage. The road to recovery would be a long one but Crystal was finally ready to make things happen and she had a great group to support her along the way.