After explaining to my father about me wanting to marry Ashley soon, I went back inside and sat down on the couch and waited for her and my mother to return.

Within a few minutes of waiting, they both came into the room and looked excited.

"We're back!" My mother said.

"Great! Is Jimmy and Jey coming over tomorrow?" I asked.

"Yes, but they said that they can spend only one day because they have to probably get back on the road after our cookout."

"Fine with me!"

Everything was perfect and I was excited to see my whole family again along with Ashley having her full memory back, I couldn't wait for the future between us.

After a long day of planning for the cookout and calling the whole family, Ashley, Ambrose, and I decided on getting some sleep around ten at night so we could be awake by nine in the morning to have everything ready before everyone arrived to my house.

When it was morning, we heard the alarm ringing in our ears and woke up to prepare for today's family cookout. I was excited for Ashley to be able to meet my family for the first time.

Jimmy and Jey already pulled up to the house while we were asleep, and I went outside to talk with them while Ashley was getting dressed.

"What's up, Uce?" Jey asked.

"Tired. I just woke up, but it's finally good to see you and Jimmy again!"

"It feels like we haven't seen each other for awhile; although we last seen each other when you told us that your girls memory came back before the show."

"I'm thankful for that, and she's gonna be meeting the rest of our family soon when they arrive."

"Same Uce. I'm so relieved that Ashley is doing better than ever. Anyways, I've been meaning to ask but what's going on with Seth?"

I smiled. "Ashley and I finally got him sent to prison for everything he's done to us."

"Man, what did he do?" Both twins asked in sync.

Ashley walked into the room and interrupted, "He abused me throughout our teenage and adult lives and raped me along with tricking me into thinking that he was my boyfriend when I first woke up after my months coma."

"That's terrible, Uce. I'm so sorry, Ashley." Jimmy apologized.

"At least he's in prison for the next seven-years." Ashley flashed a smile.

"Good. Hope he drops the soap while he's at it." Jey said.

When the rest of family arrived hours later after Ashley and I spoke with my cousins, everyone greeted her with a hug and they talked with her about everything that came to mind.

Suddenly, my phone went off and I had to excuse myself from the room to take the call, and it was from none other than Vince McMahon.

"What's up?"

"Roman, you need to report to the WWE Headquarters first thing in the morning. It's important, and I need to discuss some things with you in my office."

"Like what?" I said with an attitude.

"You'll just have to wait to know until you arrive. See you tomorrow, Roman."

"Fuck, I don't need this right now." I sighed.

I went to the bathroom after hanging up the phone with Vince. I washed off my face and ran my hand through my hair in frustration.

I tried ignoring the situation until after the event and went downstairs and talked with my cousins, along with everyone else until they left after our family cookout.

"Hey Uce! Your girlfriend is so sweet. She's a keeper!" Jimmy said.

"Do you really mean that, Jimmy?"

"Yes ma'am. You treat our cousin with love and respect. That's something that he's always wanted for the longest time."

I smiled, "It's true. My cousins always knew I wasn't the best with relationships until the night we met, Ashley."

"That's so sweet!" She said with a smile that spread across her face.

"And not just that, she told us that you've been cooking her some Samoan food, huh?" Jey said with a smirk.

"I nodded, "She can't resist my cooking. She loves Panikeke the most."

"That's interesting. Samoan pancakes taste a lot better than the usual American pancakes in my opinion."

We all talked to each other for awhile longer until I started to feel overwhelmed by my thoughts once again regarding the words that Vince said to me.

The mere thought of me possibly losing my job had me anxious, but I kept everything together for the betterment of the family cookout. Ashley was out and enjoying herself while meeting the majority of my family.

However, I had little-to-no understanding about what this conversation was going to be composed of. I've never had an issue with Vince until sometime last year. What was he going to discuss with me?

In a way, I had a feeling that it was about Seth being locked away in the Los Angeles prison. And for Vince to sound upset was something to be concerned about. What if he was about to fire me from the WWE all because of Seth's doing?

I was stressing out inside of my head the entire time, yet masked a smile across my face. As usual, I conversed with my cousins and Ashley before everyone had to take their leave and went back to their daily lives.

As for me? How was I supposed to tell Ashley that Vince wanted me inside of his office? After everyone had left and it was just her, my parents, and I, I couldn't keep this mask on my face for long.

It didn't take my parents long to notice my silence while we were sitting on the couch and watching a movie together. It was never like me to remain silent and it was concerning to them. Considering the fact that I'm usually talkative.

"Are you alright, son?" My father asked.

"Yeah." I sighed, "Everything's alright."

"Are you sure? You're never this silent unless something's troubling you." Ashley said.

"I promise that everything's okay. I'm gonna get some rest, guys."

"Alright son." Mother said.

While I walked upstairs to brush my teeth, trimming up my beard whilst cleaning off my face, Ashley and I were getting ready to sleep for the night.

Anxious about what Vince wanted to discuss with me was definitely an understatement.