she had heard it come out of the young man's mouth, and she probably didn't start breathing until she felt malaki's hand on her back to move her and follow with punk and himself. she was openly apart of his circle, but to what extent no one really knew. the divorce had hit her like a lightning strike, and maybe she allowed herself to hope.
"and you think he won't? not after this, not after he had to break up a fight? the biggest thing is praying he didn't hear what jack said." she crossed her arms over her chest, alone with him in the locker room now. because the reality of what happened was coming to her in waves. her body felt very clammy in that moment. "this is it isn't it?"
@powertobite sent — " you were right there ! don't tell me you did nothing ! "
that was the problem — punk was there and he still did nothing. he couldn’t risk doing something when the ink on the divorce papers hadn’t dried yet, nor could he risk upsetting joe, so it was the safest option for him to do nothing even if it killed him. he was already dealing with the consequences of his actions in his newly appointed ex-wife filing for divorce, but he really couldn’t deal with not being able to see azin because of his actions.
“i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but…” he sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck, unable to meet her gaze. “joe was right there. he would’ve kicked my ass.”