Chapter 37

A couple months later, McKenna was rubbing her belly and staring at the bump that housed the child she was carrying, her third child, with Jeff. Jeff was super excited because this was the first time he got to be around for everything, and at first McKenna had been excited to have him around for all the help that she had needed before with her first pregnancy, and hoping things would be easier now that she was going to have that help with this pregnancy, but it wasn't like that. Even though he was an amazing father already to Dana and Danielle, he felt like he needed to buy every single book on fatherhood and expectant parents that he could find. She didn't think there was one book that they had ever passed in a store that he didn't decide he should read it.

She was grateful that he wanted things to be easier for her, but he was driving her so insane that she wanted to find a part time job just to get out of the house. Jeff was on leave from the WWE just like she was, and he wanted to make sure that she was off her feet more often than not. She loved to bake, and during her first pregnancy she had craved raw cookie dough, something she loved without being pregnant as well, and other raw mixes that were so good. When Jeff walked into the kitchen andc caught what she was eating, he baked the cookies and made her go and watch a soap opera or something.

McKenna took a deep breath and walked out of the bedroom and down the stairs, hoping that she could keep her cool and not lose her temper with him. She knew he was just really nervous because he didn't understand things the way that she did. She also knew that he was feeling a bit left out because she could feel the baby moving around all the time, but she kept telling him that wasn't something that he wanted to feel all the time because there were moments where it was painful.

Last night the baby had kept her up, so she had gone downstairs and watched a movie. Jeff had found her on the couch, drinking a cup of tea, eating some cookie dough ice cream and watching a movie that she had been wanting to see for a while. He had laughed and joined her and rubbed her belly to calm down their little one, who seemed to be practicing either playing soccer or kicking field goals.

Now as she walked into the living room, she was shocked to see a young woman standing there that she didn't know. They were already having issues with some people but now it seemed like he wanted to add to the problems, and she didn't know why.

"Can I help you?" McKenna asked the woman politely. McKenna was hoping she worked for Jeff's Agent or was the girlfriend or something of one of his friends or something like that. That would have been way too lucky, and lately things weren't going her way.

"Honey, I didn't know you were awake." Jeff said softly as he looked at his pregnant wife. Jeff walked over and gave her a quick kiss on the lips before pulling her in close to her side, and that worried her even more.

"What's going on?" McKenna asked as she tried to keep a smile on her face. She didn't know this young woman, but the way that she was staring at Jeff, was already reason enough not to hire her.

"I was just hiring Elaine here to help out around here. She is going to give you a hand with Dana and Danielle and help with the shopping, cleaning, cooking, and anything else that you really need to get done. I had been looking into hiring someone with you getting later into your pregnancy and stuff." Jeff said and McKenna wondered if he even knew how angry she was. He never even thought to consult her on this decision, and that was not going to fly, not after they just got their girls back not too longer they got kidnapped.

"Jeff, honey, why don't we go in the kitchen and talk." McKenna said, noticing that Matt was sitting there and she knew he would watch the woman to make sure that she didn't try to steal anything or do anything else.

"Sure." Jeff said shrugging but it was clear that Matt knew what was wrong.

After they arrived in the kitchen, McKenna glared at her husband and pushed him away when he went to give her a kiss and a hug. She hated when he tried to get out of anything she was angry about, just by trying to give her a hug and a kiss. She had a right to be angry with him trying to bring young, blonde, women into the house and thinking that she was going to be taking care of the kids, the very scared and very traumatized kids.

"You had no right to even think about hiring anyone to come into this house without discussing it with me first." McKenna snapped as the baby kicked in agreement.

"I know. I hadn't made up my mind, I wanted to get your opinion about everything and figure out what you felt you needed some help with and what you didn't. when the woman walked into the house it was clear that she was only after one thing." Jeff said with a wince and then a sigh. It was clear he really thought that he was doing the right thing but didn't know the correct way to go about it.

"Honey, we can do this together as a family. The girls are old enough to help with chores, and they can help the two of us watch the baby. Everything is going to be just fine, we are a family and a team and that's how it's going to be for us." McKenna explained but she had a really bad feeling that Jeff was right and that woman was only after one thing and McKenna hoped that once she realized she wasn't going to get it that she would back off, but with how things had been going for them lately, that seemed impossible.

She was not going to let Jeff get away from her. She had sent her good friend in to get the job that Jeff said he needed help for. She had wanted to apply but if she had walked into the house then Jeff would have thrown her out, and McKenna would have called the police. She was still a wanted woman for kidnapping the girls, but as far as she was concerned it was necessary for her future kids to get to know her and for her to get to know them. McKenna was the one getting in the way and she was getting tired of waiting for that woman to step aside, so she would have to make the woman step aside, and she might not be breathing when it was all said and done.