Chapter 50

Evelyn's nanny was on the bus when Mercedes went inside with Evelyn.

"Hey Julie," Mercedes said.

"Hi," Julie said.

"Evie is feeling warm. I want to take her temperature."

"Sure," Julie replied.

Julie quickly went to get the baby thermometer. She then came back to Mercedes. Mercedes took it from her and placed it in Evelyn's ear. She had a bit of a high fever. Mercedes had slowly seen Evelyn getting sick the last few days.

"Okay," Mercedes said, handing the thermometer to Julie. "All right, baby, we'll get you some medicine."

Mercedes changed Evelyn into her pajamas. She then gave Evelyn the medicine Julie had gotten for her. After that Mercedes sat with Evelyn until her daughter went to sleep.

"Okay, I'm going to go back to the locker and take a shower. Then I am going to take care of a few other things. I'll have my phone," Mercedes said to Julie.

"I'll do my best with her," Julie said.

"Thank you. And I'll be as quick as possible."

Mercedes quickly left the bus and went back inside the arena. It was close to the main event. The men's five-on-five with Raw versus SmackDown Live. Mercedes headed straight for the women's locker room. All the ladies in the locker room wondered what was wrong with Evelyn. Mercedes explained as she took off her ring gear.

An hour and a half later, Mercedes was sitting on her and Colby's bed. Evelyn in her arms. Mercedes smiled. She was very content where she was. In fact, it was the only place she wanted to be.

Mercedes ended up talking with Abby, Derek, Kim, and Mark after Survivor Series. She said a car would take them back to Abby's apartment. She then said she'd be in touch with Abby, because she needed to take care of Evelyn. The four all understand.

Mercedes said the same thing to her mom and her friends. They all understood too. Judith especially did. She had noticed her granddaughter getting sick too. Mother's intuition from both her and her daughter.

And now Mercedes was with Evelyn.

Colby came into the room. "Hey," He whispered to her.

"Hey," Mercedes whispered back.

Colby smiled.

Mercedes slowly stood up from the bed. She then carefully placed Evelyn in her crib. She covered her with a light blanket. She turned her attention to her husband.

"We need to talk," She said.

Colby nodded his head.

Mercedes walked over to him. She took his hand and led him out of their room.

"What's up, sweetheart?" Colby asked.

"I need a break," Mercedes said. "From wrestling. At least, WWE."

"Tell me about it."

"Everything has been great the last year. Coming back, Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, and up until now. But I am burned out now. I did all I wanted with all that. There was my rapist going to prison for attacking two other women. There was getting married. And now there's Evie!"

"You want to be with Evie for a while. Away from everything that is WWE, right?"

"Yes. I want to be able to spend more time with her. But I don't want stop traveling with you. I just want to be a wrestling wife a little bit!" Mercedes laughed.

Colby chuckled. "I'm going with whatever you want to do, baby doll. I support you on anything. I know you support me on anything."

"Yes."

"I know Stephanie and Paul will understand too. Everyone will. It's not like you're leaving all of them behind and never seeing them again."

"God, no! They're my WWE family. And my husband is still a WWE Superstar. I won't let him leave WWE unless he wants to or is forced to. But I'd fight for you if they tried to force you to leave."

"No worries with any of those, baby. I'm not ready to leave WWE quite yet."

"I know you're not. I just hope Stephanie and Paul will understand, you know?"

"They will," Colby replied. "Everyone gets burned out. A lot of wrestlers do. But they'll understand you wanting to be spending time with Evie and all. And you'll be a great wrestling wife."

Mercedes laughed as Colby did too. "I love you," She said.

"Love you too," He replied, kissing her passionately.

"But also, I already am a wrestling wife. I did marry a wrestler."

"Yes, you did. That also makes me a wrestling husband."

"Very true," Mercedes said with a laugh. "And you're the best one there is."

Colby chuckled as he kissed her.