Nikki gave Vince a few minutes to recover before she removed her top and her bra and she saw Vince smiling as he looked at her. "You like what you see, cuddle bear?" She knew that her breasts were one of the things he liked most about her.

"Oh, you know I do," Vince assured her. "Come here."

Nikki did not get a chance to do as Vince asked because they heard Stephanie shouting from downstairs, "Dad? Nikki?" Clearly she had used her key to let herself in.

Vince and Nikki began scrambling to get their clothes sorted out. "What is she doing here?" Vince whispered.

"Probably Paul upset her again," Nikki replied with a shake of her head.

"Dad? Nikki?" Stephanie's voice was upstairs now.

"Uh... wait out there Stephanie," Vince shouted, sounding as embarrassed as he felt.

"Oh God, sorry," the heard. "I'll wait downstairs."

"It's a good thing that wasn't embarrassing," Nikki giggled. Vince had his clothes fixed and he was about to leave the bedroom but Nikki stopped him as she put her top back on. "You stay here Vince, I've got this."

"Are you sure?" Vince asked. "She's my daughter."

"I know and she's my step-daughter," Nikki smiled. "Just give me some time with her."

Vince's heart melted at that, how caring Nikki was for Stephanie was so touching. "Your step-daughter? That's so sweet Nikki."

Nikki kissed Vince on the forehead. "It's true Vince, at least it will be very soon. It might seem strange as she's older than me but I love Steph as if she's my own daughter."

"You don't know what that means to me."

"I should clean my teeth before I go downstairs," Nikki giggled again. "I may have bad breath thanks to you."

"That's disgusting," Vince laughed. "Get out of here." Nikki did just that and spent a few minutes in the bathroom before heading downstairs to speak to Stephanie.

Stephanie saw Nikki walk into the living room and she jumped up and rushed over to her, already almost in tears, "He did it Nikki, just like you said."

"Oh no," Nikki said sadly, hugging her tightly. "I just knew it. Don't cry Steph." Nikki's comfort caused Stephanie to cry anyway, she could not help herself. "Sit down sweetheart," Nikki urged softly. Stephanie did as Nikki said and as she did so Nikki sat next to her and continued in the same voice, "Come here."

Stephanie accepted Nikki's embrace, curling her legs up on the couch and resting her head on Nikki's shoulder and chest. Being held by Nikki was comforting as was her voice, "Don't cry any more please. You're away from him now sweetheart and he can't upset you like this any more. You can stay here with Vince and with me. Would you like that?"

Stephanie wiped away the tears from her eyes with one hand, "Yes I would. You always try to help and he always makes me feel worse."

"I know, I know," Nikki soothed. "You know what we've always told each other Steph, it's me and you no matter what happens, right?"

"Right," Stephanie agreed, holding on to Nikki even tighter.

Nikki's eyes filled with genuine tears. It hurt her to see Stephanie suffering so much with what her tortured mind was putting her through but she thought, "Only two weeks now Steph. I'll end all of this suffering for you in two weeks. I can't believe Paul or Vince haven't figured out what I figured out so long ago. I know you're suffering right now but it will all be over in two weeks." She carried on speaking in the soothing tone she had perfected. "That's right, me and you and in less than three weeks we are going to take over the company so I need you to try to calm down for me. I don't want you to get sick again, okay?"

Stephanie took a minute to stop herself crying. It was not actually hard with Nikki holding her and comforting her. "Can I stay here tonight and tomorrow please?" She asked quietly.

Nikki stroked Stephanie's hair. "Of course you can. Why only two nights?"

"It's Smackdown Thursday night..." Nikki was about to say, "Of course it is," but Stephanie had continued, "And I have my meeting."

"What meeting sweetheart?" Nikki asked with genuine curiosity,

Stephanie realised her mistake but she knew that she could trust Nikki more than anyone else in her life. "If I tell you I need you not to tell dad."

"Of course," Nikki readily agreed, now even more interested.

"Promise me Nikki."

"What do I keep telling you?" Nikki soothed. "Me and you Steph, you know you can trust me. I promise."

"Right, sorry. I'm meeting with Rocky and he wants to sell TNA to me, to WWE."

Nikki's eyes widened and her heart began to beat faster. She hoped that Stephanie would not notice as her head was still resting on her shoulder and chest. "You're sure about that?" She asked, keeping her excitement out of her voice.

"Not sure but what else could he want to meet with me for?"

Nikki gently probed for information, "Why would he come to you instead of Vince?"

Having total trust in Nikki Stephanie revealed, "Firstly he hates dad and secondly, we have feelings for each other."

Nikki's eyes widened again which was of course unseen by Stephanie, "You what?"

"I kissed him Nikki. Last year at Wrestlemania. I couldn't resist him and it was so amazing. We met once while I was sick and we were going to meet again the night John abducted me. If we had I know that something would have happened. He's crazy about me and I could not have resisted him."

Nikki was screaming, "Holy shit!" inside but she still managed to keep calm. "So what if something happens after your meeting on Thursday?"

Stephanie moved her head and looked Nikki in the eye. "I can't let that happen can I?"

Maybe it would be good for you?" Nikki said after supposedly taking a long moment to think it through.

With her head pounding from the stress of the night and confusion at what Nikki had just said Stephanie simply asked, "Why?" Stephanie continued to look into Nikki's eyes as she spoke in that voice that comforted her so much. Nikki always knew what to do.

"Think about all of the stress," Nikki began. "All of the tension and all of the heartache you've had with Paul. Maybe a night with Rocky would release all of that from your mind? Think how good that would feel sweetheart."

Stephanie imagined what it would be like to feel no stress, no pain, no anxiety. She had to imagine as she could not remember. "You really think that could happen?"

"I can't say for sure but it's only me and you who know about it so you're not risking anything are you?"

Stephanie rested her head back on Nikki's chest again. "Paul knows about it."

Nikki stroked Stephanie's hair once more. "He knows about the meeting but he won't know if anything happens after it will he?"

For a long moment there was silence. "I can't wait for Thursday now," Stephanie announced eventually.

"Neither can I sweetheart," Nikki replied. This at least was honest. "You look so stressed and tired Steph, you should try to get some sleep."

"Okay, I will. My head is pounding too."

"I bet it is," Nikki soothed. "Let's go upstairs and get you to bed and I'll get you something for that."

Stephanie got up and so did Nikki and then Stephanie followed Nikki upstairs. Stephanie's childhood bedroom was now a guest bedroom and she instinctively headed for it. "Get into bed sweetheart and I'll bring you something for your head."

A few minutes later Nikki returned with a glass of water and some pain pills and gave them to Stephanie who was now sitting up in bed. Stephanie took the pills with a drink of water. "Thank you Nikki, I don't know what I would do without you."

Nikki kissed Stephanie on the forehead, "You're never going to be without me. Me and you remember?"

"Of course," Stephanie smiled. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight Steph."

Nikki walked out of the room and closed the door. As she did so she smiled as she considered that this was the best day ever. Vince was going to marry her before he retired, Stephanie had walked out on Paul and she had the perfect opportunity to ruin their marriage for good and on top of all of that WWE is about to buy TNA! "Holy shit!" She breathed to herself. Things could not possibly be working out better than this.