A/N:Ok guys,I'm back! Couldn't update as fast as I wanted, stupid school lol. I had to make this chapter SUPER long because I promised you guys I'd tell you, boy did I have the urge to tease you and make you wait again lol.

Stephanie

It's been a two weeks since Paul and Stephanie's last doctor visit, things haven't been good but they haven't been bad, they've been ok. They've seen worser days in their marriage and they've seen better. What will today bring, Good or bad?.

Stephanie stirred awake, hugging her plush pillows to her side as she stretch her curvaceous frame. She rolled over in the bed, looking at the peacefully sleeping face of her handsome husband. He shifted in his sleep and let out a little grunt. Stephanie's hand literally itched to stroke the side of his face, Stephanie jumped a little in surprise when Paul's eyes popped open and he was looking at her. Lying there. Waiting.

She knew what he wanted, but she couldn't give it to him. Stephanie refused to pretend that him going out of town for business wasn't a problem. "You all packed for your trip?" She asked, throwing the covers back as she rolled out of the bed before she hopped on top of him to straddle him because of the way he was looking at her.

"It's only for one night, Stephanie" Paul said as he too started to get out of bed.

"Hmph" she grunted, reaching for the top of her dresser drawer for clean lingerie. She felt the hairs on her neck stand up as she knew that he was right behind her before he even touched her. Even with all the Jessica bullshit, the chemistry that they have never faded between them. Never.

"I'm gonna miss you babe. It's been a LONG time since I've slept without you, Stephanie." He said as he wrapped his huge arms around her tiny waist and pulled her back close to him.

Stephanie shivered as he pressed kisses to the base of her neck.

"Then don't go" she whispered.

Paul sighed. "Because you'll miss me or because you don't trust me?" He asked, the softness leaving his voice.

Stephanie stepped out of his embrace, saying nothing. It has been an ongoing argument since he told her about the lecture he was giving for up and coming lawyers at the law firm he used to work for in New York. She'd sulked, argued, bitched and moan. He was still going.

Stephanie was far from a fool, she called the firm and confirmed his part in the lecture serious. But was Jessica going, too?

Stephanie walked into the bathroom. Before she could close the door, Paul stepped in behind her. "I asked you to go with me, Stephanie," he said, his eyes locked onto her.

"And you know I have to do surgery today" she said, sitting down on the edge of their enormous black jacuzzi tub. "Just forget it. Just...whatever, Paul. Enjoy your trip and your trick"

"What the fuck!? I told you im innocent!"

"And you're also a lawyer, which means you lie for a living, that's what lawyers stand for, LIEyer, LIEyer" she said mockingly

"Man to hell with this shit."

WHAM! The door slammed behind him.

Stephanie didn't emerge from the bathroom until after she showered and gotten through her morning ritual. She knew Paul would be gone, the house would be empty, and his presence would be gone.

Rebecca

Rebecca and Shawn had just finished making love, it was the best they've had in a long time and it's been a while since they'd been with each other in that capacity. Everything just felt so right when they were together, but after it was all done, every time he gave her that one last thrust before filling her, she just wished like hell that her body could use his seed to give them a child.

It pained Rebecca knowing that she couldn't give her husband another child. After a year of trying, Rebecca began to suspect her infertility and went to visit her gynecologist which confirmed her fears. That was the little, well huge secret that she was hiding from Shawn. She knew she couldn't hide it much longer because he brought it up every time after they were done.

She just couldn't bring herself to tell him the truth, or tell him about her past and the reason why having a son would be a little slim to none. But she knew one day that she would have to fess up, but today was just not that day.

She reached in her purse for her phone so she could check an e-mail but the moment she opened it, a text popped up from an unknown number.

1-487-235-8696 was the number.

"Who the fuck?" She said as she opened it and gasped.

Stephanie

In the past, Paul and Stephanie would never leave the house angry. Never. But fuck it, Stephanie didn't like the feeling of being played for a fool, especially by the man she loved and a woman who she considered to be a lifelong friend.

Bzzzzzzzz bzzzzzz "I'm bossy, I'm the first girl to scream on the track, I switched up the beat of the drum, that's right, I parked all the boys in the yard and that's right I'm the one thats tattooed on his arm, I'm bossy, I'm the bitch y'all love to hate" played the ringtone of Stephanie's phone. She loved that song, it was by Kelis, and it represented everything that Stephanie was. A boss.

Stephanie shifted her eyes to the phone, hoping that it would be Paul calling to say he loved her and that he wasn't going to go. Stephanie ran across the room and snatched up her iPhone from the bed. Seeing her mothers number she felt a mix of disappointment and happiness.

"Hello beautiful" Stephanie said as she answered the phone, walking across the room and grabbing her favorite Armani perfume, Diamonds, and spraying it on herself.

"Hey sweetie, how is everything?" Her mom replied.

"Good" she lied. She knew her mom would pick up on it, so why did she even bother to lie?

"Mhm" her mom said sarcastically. "How's Paul, is he working?"

"He's fine, he went out of town for a lecture thingy" she said as she grabbed her car keys and brief case off the kitchen counter and headed out the door.

"You still think Paul is messing around with Jess?"

Stephanie shrugged as if her mom could see her. "I don't know mom,...but I do know that since that stupid message she sent that my marriage has been in so much trouble." She said getting into her Bentley convertible.

"Trusting him is a part of loving him, Stephanie"

Stephanie closed her eyes as she let her head fall back against the car seat, starring up at the sky. "Mommy, you always make things seem so simple, and they're not."

"And sometimes you young girls make shit more complicated than it needs to be. The advice I gave you before still stands. Do you remember it?"

How could she forget it?

"Either he's a no-good dog and doesn't deserve one tear shed over him, especially because of another woman...or it's not him and you're crying, stressing and ruining a great marriage for nothing."

Stephanie decided to rush her mom off the phone.

"Mommy, I'll call you back, I'm in the car and you know how you hate for me to be on the phone while I'm driving."

"Damn right" she replied. "Well call me when you get the chance, I love you"

"Love you, too, mommy, bye" Stephanie said as she hung up the phone, but before she could even place it down in the cup holder it begin to buzz like crazy and she saw that she had received a text from a number she didn't recognize.

"A text," she mumbled

To: 1-487-394-6976

From:1-487-235-8696

Let's talk, ASAP, it's time for this shit to finally be known.

I'm woman enough to admit I was wrong, your man is not the man for me. Not at all. Want the truth? Meet me at "our spot" around 1:30 for lunch. It's on me.

"Jessica"!" Stephanie said aloud to herself, she didnt know how much of this shit she could take.

FUCK A MEETING! Just tell me now bitch.

Stephanie replied as she angrily pecked at her keyboard before pressing send.

Kelly

I received Jessica's text, but I'm not about to let this bitch ruin my day. Kelly thought to herself.

She and Roman had plans to go out and soak up the sun on the beach, actually they were going to stay for a week. They decided that they needed some time together. Since they didn't go on their annual trip like the years before, they decided to take one week off and settled for the beach here instead.

"You all packed up and ready to go babe?" Roman said as he walked into their bedroom and leaned up against the wooden frame.

"Yeah, can you grab my bag for me?"

"Sure" he said as he walked over and grabbed her suitcase

"Oh, and that one, too, and the little one next to it"

"Babe, we're only stay for a week, we're not moving in" he said as he chuckled.

"I know, but a girl can never be too prepared ya know"

"I see"

Just then her phone buzzed again, figuring it was Jessica she just let it ring.

"Babe, your phone is going crazy" he said pointing to it.

She walked over there and opened the text. "Why is she sending me this?" She whispered as she read the text over and over. It was just like the last one.

"Something wrong babe?"

"Nope." She lied as she held up the phone and threw it across the room and it shattered.

"Umm, Whatcha doing?" Roman asked as he tried to figure out why she just did that.

"We want peace and quiet while we're away, right?"

"Yeah"

"Well, how about we get some" she walked over to him and took his phone out of his pocket and placed it on the table. "No phones, period. We either leave them here or in my case, break them" she said with a smile

"But what if we need to know something important"

"We'll get some little pre-paid phones on the way there and give the number only to people who'll need it most like family and stuff"

"Ahh, I see, well I'm ok with that" he said as he grabbed the rest of her bags and went to load them in the car.

Kelly wasnt expecting that, she thought he'd fight tooth and nail for his phone because he's done it before. This only gave her more confirmation that it wasn't her husband that was the cheater. She looked around at her phone and the broken pieces scattered across the floor and smiled as she walked out the door.

But little did she know that she'd need that phone later to receive a very important call.

Stephanie

As Stephanie put her gloves on and walked down the hall for surgery, she forced herself not to think about Paul. She didn't want anything going wrong because of him, she didnt trust him as far as she could see his ass. And put my foot so far up Jessica's ass that I don't see it. She thought.

As soon as Stephanie finished her surgery, she hopped into her Bentley and headed to Mosac, the restaurant where she and Rebecca, Kelly and that slut Jessica used to all hang out before everything happened.

The surgery was successful thank god and her patient would be just fine, but all the while all she could think of was Jessica.

Was this another game?

Would she even show up?

Did Rebecca and Kelly get the message, too?

Was she going to find out that her husband was having an affair?

Stephanie had made it from the hospital to the Mosac in record time. She grabbed her cell phone and hopped out.

"Good afternoon, " said Tony, the valet, before he hopped in the car and drove it to the parking lot.

She gave him a polite smile and walked into the restaurant. She started to call Paul, but decided against it.

Nah, I'll let this play out first, she thought as she lifted the Fendi tote onto her shoulder.

What if Jessica is laying up with Paul and playing me for the fool sitting at the restaurant?

As she walked further into the restaurant, Stephanie pulled out her phone and dialed the number Jessica used to send her the text. She had tried it twice before but Jessica never answered it.

"Hello, Stephanie"

Her feet froze at the sound of Jessica's voice.

"Bitch" Stephanie said before gathering herself "where are you?" Stephanie replied coldly

"Nice dress, white always did look great on you. Come on in"

Click!

Stephanie's heart hammered as her ocean blue eyes glazed around the restaurant looking for any sign of Jessica. She took her sunglasses out and put them on to cover her eyes, Jessica didn't deserve to know how she was feeling or what she was thinking.

"Welcome back to the Mosac , it's been a while since we've seen you" said Mr. Zico as he greeted her with a slight bow, showing his balding head.

"Thank you Mr. Zico, I've missed it here"

Where is she? Stephanie thought as she glanced around the restaurant once again.

"Right this way, Ms. Warren is waiting for you" as she followed him, she eyed the very table where she, Rebecca and Kelly had been sitting when they all received the same e-mail from Jessica. Stephanie came to a stop, next to the empty table.

"Mr. Zico" Stephanie called out softly as he turned around. "I'll be sitting here. Please ask the rest of the party to join me" she said as she took a seat at the edge of the booth where she would normally sit.

Might as well end this bulllshit where it started for me, Rebecca and Kelly.

"I'll be right back" he said as he hurried off.

Stephanie didn't like that her back was to a portion of the restaurant, so she shifted in her seat so she could see everything and everyone. When emerged from the rear of the restaurant, Stephanie laid eyes on Jessica and it took every muscle and bone in her body to remain seated. Stephanie had never wanted to slap the taste out of someone's mouth so badly.

Jessica sat down in the seat across from Stephanie and took off her shades and stared her right in the eyes. Before Stephanie left the hospital she promised herself not to let Jessica leave without getting any answers. Enough was enough.

"That will be all" Jessica said as she sat her clutch on the table, smiling up at him.

"Thank you, Mister Zico" Stephanie said with emphasis, taking her eyes off of Jessica long enough to smile up at him. He smiled and walked away.

"How have you been Stephanie?"

"Don't play games with me, you've know me long enough to know that I'm not in the mood for bulllshit. Now, are you fucking my husband?"

Jessica's eyes shifted left and right like she was concerned that someone had overheard Stephanie. "I thought doing this in a public place would erase the opportunity to be so vulgar and loud, Stephanie"

Stephanie jumped to her feet. "No bitch, you thought it would erase the chance for me to kick your ass"

Jessica held up her hands. "Sit down, Stephanie," she said calmly. "Paul is not- was not- my lover"

Stephanie felt a wave of relief as she sat back down. "So who is Jess?"

"Well, I really wanted all of you here, but Rebecca didn't want to meet and Kelly never answered me. Look, I just wanted you guys to know that I fell in love, plain and simple"

Stephanie eyebrows furrowed as she pierced Jessica with her eyes and snarled at her. "In love? In lust, must be. If you're so in love then why didnt your shit work ? Rebecca and Kelly are still with their husbands, so if he loved you, if he chose you, if he couldn't get enough of you...then why the hell is he not with you?"

The look of surprise on Jessica's face was hard to miss.

"Oh, you didn't know that? Recognize when you're nothing but a sideline, a hit it and quit it, a simple release, Jessica"

Jessica's face shaped with anger.

"I had no idea that you were so...childish, sneaky and manipulative and such a cold hearted bitch" Stephanie continued. "Did you have any idea the effect that your stupid ass had on all of our lives or you just not give a fuck?"

Jessica eyed Stephanie with defiance. "All of you bitches deserved it"

"What?" Stephanie snapped, ready to jump to her feet again.

Jessica smirked. "My friends." she said using air quotes. "None of you trusted me once Eric had left me for another woman, hell you didn't trust me anyway. Every woman in the neighborhood clutched to their husbands arms a little tighter when I walked bye, or if I had an innocent conversation with their husbands. Everyone began to treat me like a whore everyone...including you three"

Stephanie waved her hand dismissively. "Bullshit"

"Please. I noticed every little thing you all did. Little comments, little side eyes" Jessica's short lived laughed was filled with bitterness. "But I never expected that from you three"

Stephanie balled her fist up and slammed it so hard on the table that the silverware shook. "So, you prove to be trusted by sleeping with one of our husbands and planning to run away with him?" Stephanie asked bluntly. "You're crazy"

Jessica's eyes flashed. "Crazy is lying to your husband about being able to have children, or having an affair with your pool boy while your husband was away on business or in your case, Stephanie, stealing money from the husband who busted his ass to give you everything"

Stephanie thought of all the hell she had put Paul through, accusing him, arguing with him, searching through his clothes and cell phone while he slept, following him to make sure he was where he said he'd be. Damn near ruining her marriage because of this delusional bitch. As if the guilt of keeping that time before they were rich where she took money from his account that he desperately needed at the time, for both selfish reasons and just so she could run off and play shop with the other rich wives and pretend she had what they had wasn't enough guilt on her; not once did he ever question that it was her because he trusted her. But the moment she became a doctor she paid back every penny, in sex and cash. He never knew a thing.

"I cannot believe you're trying to be all big and bold, I should just slap the piss out of your crazy ass"

Jessica smirked as she reached into her clutch and pulled out her cell. "I'm moving back to Clements Hills...right across from you actually, and I'd advise you all get ready"

Stephanie snarled as she thought about the house that was being done across the street, it's gonna take every bone in her body not to soak it in gasoline, light it, and watch it burn to ground.

"Are you serious?"

Jessica sat her phone down. "Very"

"Still playing games Jessica?"

"Excuse me?"

"Which husband?" Stephanie asked.

"I already told you, not yours, so don't worry about it"

The waiter walked over and sat two glasses of ice cold water on the table before walking away. Stephanie's eyes shifted to Jessica's phone and she reached across and grabbed it so fast that Jessica didn't have time to react.

Jessica reached across the table to grab it back but Stephanie smacked the hell out of it and grabbed Jessica's wrist . "Touch me or this phone again and I will lay your ass out...and you know I will" Stephanie warned.

Stephanie let go of her wrist and scrolled through the phone seeing the same number over and over again and she recognized it. She opened a text and her mouth fell open as she saw a picture of a mans penis. It was way more of her friend's husband that she needed to see. Stephanie stood up and in a flash threw the phone like a fast pitched ball. It struck Jessica square in eye, sending her head flying back from the impact.

"OW!" Jessica cried out, her sophisticated composure was now gone. A collective gasp of shock came from everyone in the restaurant. Stephanie took her right hand and backhanded the hell out of Jessica, hitting her so hard that she fell out of her seat. She then kicked Jessica dead in the face again, grabbing Jessica by her shirt, Stephanie balled her hand into a fist and got ready to punch her, but could do nothing as Mr. Zico stepped In front of her and gently pushed her back.

"Ms. Warren and Mrs. Levesque, I'm going to have to ask you two to leave, you're welcome to come back at another time...separately"

Stephanie turned and saw that all eyes were on them. Paul was very well known and a scene like this would embarrass him. Especially If I dragged her around the restaurant.

She eyed Jessica once more. "You know, I really thought I would beat your ass the moment I saw you, but now I know that you're not even worth it. Just a sad lonely bitch who couldn't stand to see her friends happy because your husband left you" Stephanie then turned to Mr. Zico "I apologize, it won't happen again" she said as she grabbed her purse, put on her shades and walked out with her head held high as if she didn't just smack that woman in the head with a phone and slap her so hard she lost balance.

As soon as she was in her car she wanted to-had to- apologize to Paul. Her marriage was in trouble because she chose to believe a slut over her husband. It went straight to voicemail. She was just about to pull off when she saw Jessica step out of the restaurant clutching the arm of the busboy, looking left and right like she was afraid that Stephanie would pop out at any given moment.

"Punk, bitch" Stephanie muttered as she drove off. When Stephanie came to a red light, she pulled out her phone and dialed her friend. It went to voicemail. "Hey look, we need to talk, it's very important. Meet me at my house in 20 minutes, please."

Rebecca

Rebecca waited at Stephanie' house, they haven't really spoken to each other since all of this stuff went down and it would be nice to talk to her friend again.

Stephanie pulled up and got out of the car. "Hey, Rebecca" she said as she gave her a warm hug. "It's been a while"

"Sure has" Rebecca said with a smile.

"Come on, lets go in"

After catching up for a bit, Stephanie decided to let the cat out of the bag.

"So, did you get an invite to Jessica's lunch?"

"Yeah, but I didn't go. Did you?"

"Yep, and she's moving back here, thats her house being built across from us"

"Are you serious?"

"Mhm"

"So what happened?"

"well, I'm happy to admit that it's not my husband...or yours"

Rebecca gasped. "Tell me everything"

"You won't believe this..."

Satisfied? :-)

Authors note:

Ok, imma take a break from this story, it took waaaay too long to write this part, I'll get back on it in about two or three days :P