Stephanie had now joined Paul in thinking that this was a bad idea. She sat in the production office drinking a bottle of water and her head was pounding as her heart began to race. Dwayne Johnson was about to walk in here and then who knew what would happen? Dwayne Johnson and herself were still the only two people who knew that she had kissed him before her illness had started. That was a secret that she intended to take to her grave. Somehow after everything she had not lost her marriage or her children and she would never risk doing so again. She reminded herself not to accidentally call him Rocky. That would piss Paul off for sure. It was at that moment that a thought came into Stephanie's head, "Paul, if Brie was trying to help Nikki then why did she stop speaking to her and stop their parents from speaking to her? I don't understand."

Paul considered this for a moment and then shrugged, "Maybe she hoped that Nikki would leave your dad and go running back to her family or something. Maybe she figured that Nikki was already pretty much out of her life so she had to gamble? Then maybe she thought that Nikki seemed happy with Vince and working with you so she backed down and hoped things would be okay? Who knows? I'm just guessing."

"I guess you could be right. If only Brie had told us." Her voice sounded distant to Paul and it worried him.

"She wouldn't do that would she? She would be afraid that you and Vince would run a mile from Nikki and she wouldn't want to do that to her sister would she?"

"No, of course not," Stephanie mumbled before her thoughts returned to the imminent arrival of Dwayne Johnson. She could see that her husband was not looking forward to this either but before she could say anything the door opened and there he was. Stephanie hated herself for it but she still felt that brief moment of attraction when she saw him walk in wearing a dark grey suit and a white shirt. She figured it was deliberate that Dwayne spoke to Paul first and the men shared a rather tense handshake. As she stood to great him Dwayne smiled, "Hi Steph, great to see you."

Making sure to offer a handshake instead of a hug and to keep her voice professional instead of over friendly Stephanie said, "Hey Dwayne, thanks for agreeing to do this. It means a lot to me." It felt strange to call him that. It was the man's name but it did not seem right to use it somehow. He was Rocky to her. Over the next few minutes Stephanie's headache faded as the conversation flowed unexpectedly freely between the three people in the room as the details of what would take place in the ring were talked over and confirmed. Now she was looking forward to getting out there in the ring for the first time in over fifteen months. It used to be one of the things she lived for but now it was virtually a thing of the past. Maybe when she well enough to get back to work full time and Luisa was a little older she could make a full return to TV. That was something to consider at a later date.

Later that night as ring announcer Lillian Garcia stood in the ring telling the live audience that Raw was about to go live Stephanie, Paul and Dwayne Johnson stood in the gorilla position. Paul wrapped an arm around his wife and pulled her to him and kissed her softly, "This is your moment. You deserve it. Enjoy it."

Stephanie smiled up at him, "Thank you." She wondered how much of that display of affection was for her and how much was for Dwayne's benefit. There was not time to find out as Paul was about to be introduced. No indication had been given to the fans that this was going to happen tonight so Paul would go to the ring alone and explain about TNA being purchased by WWE and then introduce Stephanie who would sign the contract on behalf of WWE as Chairwoman and Dwayne Johnson who would sign on behalf of TNA as owner. The ratings war would then be over for good as TNA would disappear from TV screens permanently.

Lillian Garcia introduced Triple H and he walked through the curtain. In just a few minutes Stephanie would follow him but first those few minutes had to go by. Dwayne turned to Stephanie and said quietly, "It's great to see you again princess."

Almost in a whisper Stephanie insisted, "Don't princess me Rocky. That's in the past now."

Dwayne smiled, "Then why did you just call me Rocky?"

"Don't do this. I could have lost my family twice already because of this. Stop talking to me like that, please." Stephanie forced herself to look away from him as she did not trust herself to gaze into his eyes. This was awful.

Seeming to admit defeat Dwayne stopped talking quietly and said, "Congrats on the new addition. Luisa, right? Beautiful name."

For a reason she did not understand Stephanie felt tears coming to her eyes, "Thank you. She's beautiful. My kids are my angels."

Dwayne said nothing further and soon Stephanie was introduced by Paul and she walked out into the arena to a warm reception. Apparently the Steph! chants had been forgotten about but she was happy with the reaction nevertheless.

She got in the ring and said a few words about how it was nice to be back and about the purchase of TNA and then introduced Dwayne Johnson who was booed thanks to his association with TNA. He joined Paul and Stephanie in the ring and spoke briefly about the ratings war and admitted that the better company had won. A fake contract had been specially prepared and both Stephanie and Dwayne's hands in turn were shown in close up as they signed above their names on the bottom of the contract.

Stephanie smiled as she shook hands with Dwayne and the segment was done. Just like that TNA was consigned to the history books. The show went to commercial which meant that there was no footage of Stephanie and Paul walking up the ramp behind Dwayne Johnson arm in arm. As they reached the top of the stage Paul went through the curtain and left Stephanie alone to look to the heavens and say a few private, tearful words to her mom.

When this was done she walked back through the curtain, the last to step off the battlefield as she had promised.

Stop crying Stephanie. I know pepper spray doesn't last this long so it can't be that so why are you crying? You want sympathy from me? You think I care? Just shut up and listen. I'm trying to talk to you here damn it. Look if you keep crying your nose will block up and then you won't be able to breathe. Then I'm going to have to sit her and watch you die and I don't think either of us wants that do we? Huh? You're only going to die if Paul tries to fuck me around, I promise. If he doesn't come up with the money I'm going to have to cut your throat and leave you here then disappear again back to a life of misery. Hardly an ideal outcome for either of us is it?

Let's hope he doesn't think I'm stupid. People seem to think that and I don't understand why that is? I'm a very clever woman Steph, you know that right? What's that? You think I am? Well thank you. You're right, I am. When I put my mind to something I can come up with some amazing things.

Look at how I almost took your families company out from under your noses. That was genius! Then at the last minute you ruined it you fucking bitch! Anyway we'll come back to that. What? I obviously can't understand you so be quiet and listen. I'm not going to tell you again. You see this knife, right? Look at it. Focus on it. Look at how sharp it is. You keep making noise I'll use it to give you something to make noise about!

That's right Steph, the whole thing was a plan from the start. You forced me to quit WWE to save Brie's job, that's what started it all. I love my sister. I love her so much and now I'm never going to see her again. I'm never going to see her again! It's all your fault you fucking bitch! All of it! Calm down Nikki. Calm down.

Hey, think about it, if you hadn't made me quit just to spite John you wouldn't be here now. And the best part is our relationship was already over by then too. So basically you put yourself in this position and you did it for no reason. Funny, right? Well I think it is anyway. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that you want to tell me that it was only because you were sick and it wasn't really your fault. Well I call bullshit. This is all your fault and being sick is no excuse. Do you hear me making excuses now, telling you that I'm sick? No you don't.

I'm getting side tracked again. You make me so angry, I can't think straight. That's not good, not now. Need to keep myself under control. Where was I again? Oh yes, your dad. You know the funny thing is I really got to love the old guy. To start with all I wanted was his money and if possible his company but he really was so kind to me and he was genuinely nice to live with. The sex wasn't great but he gave it what he had bless him. You don't want to hear about me fucking your dad though, right? Of course you don't.

It was a plan all along Steph. I got him to convince you to work with me so that I could learn the basics of how to run the place. What you never found it strange that I suddenly wanted to stop being a wrestler and start in a corporate job? You're actually that stupid? I guess you are huh? Well I learned a lot from you but I also quickly realised that your problems were caused by your piss poor therapy. Where did Paul even find that clown? I knew that I had to manage you carefully as if you lost your shit and got committed or hurt yourself or something before I was in a position to take charge of the company my plan would be done because Vince would either stay on himself or give it to that bastard husband of yours.

That's why I had John killed for you. You were going to lose it. You were going to spend all your time worrying about your stupid kids and about John so I dealt with it. Not that you appreciate it. Do you? Huh? Hey, there's a thought. Instead of bringing you here I could have brought one of your kids couldn't I? How much would you have paid to get little Vaughn back from Grandma Nikki? Actually I like it better this way. It was you who ruined my life not them so if I end up killing someone it really should be you. It's only fair.

So I had John killed and I got away with it just like I'm going to get away with this but then I shot myself in the foot because I got stupid. I got stupid because I genuinely started to care about you. I was used to helping you when you were struggling but it really did start to hurt me to see you like that. So stupid. Why did I let myself start to feel like that about you, to get attached to you?

I figured it out you know, how you knew it was me I mean. I said something by mistake about John didn't I? It's the only way you could have figured it out. That's right isn't it? Nod your head! Yes, I thought so. Fuck. That's what I get for caring. I should have known you would stab me in the back and that's exactly what you did.

Well as I said earlier I saw you on Raw and I began to plan. All I had to do was kidnap the princess and I could get all the money I'd ever need. But how? When? How would I possibly get the chance with that asshole husband of yours always around like he's your fucking shadow or something? Then it hit me, after Wrestlemania there's always a tour of England isn't there? I figured that you wouldn't both go and leave the kids, especially the baby. Luisa. Such an adorable name. Will be a shame if she has to grow up with no mom huh?

I knew when Paul would be in England so I planned out exactly what I would do and made a few calls and got myself a little help. We'll talk about that later. There's no harm in telling you all about my plan is there? It's not like you can do anything to stop me.

I drove all the way over in the shitty car I bought for next to nothing, well you saw that earlier didn't you? I watched your place and sure enough there you were, going about your business as usual. I knew that this would be the best opportunity I would get so I had to make my move at the first decent opportunity I got. All l I had to do was wait for an opportunity to get my hands on you. I saw that you had a fucking nanny now, I thought she was going to be a big problem but you sorted that out for me this afternoon didn't you? Today was only the second day that I followed you, you know that? That's how stupid you are. You gave me the golden opportunity on only the second day.