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"Nikki and dad were kissing," says my daughter Natalia and the words cut through me like a knife. I was never expecting to hear that about Dean. I feel like my heart has been ripped out of my chest and torn into millions of tiny pieces. I hope that I heard her wrong. It has to be a misunderstanding and suddenly I ask myself if this is how Dean felt when he found out about my affair with Stephen. The betrayal, the heartbreak, the heart being ripped from your chest feeling and the knife cutting you deep; is that how he felt almost three years ago when I told him about Stephen and me? If so I feel like the worst person in the world. "Mom," she says.
"Yeah," I say trying not to cry as I sit in my hotel room. "Can I talk to your dad please?"
"Yeah," she says, "hold on." I hear her move the phone around and then say, "she wants to talk to you."
"Ana," says Dean as his voice hits my heart and not just my ear. I break down into tears immediately at the sound of his voice. The way he says Ana with so much sympathy and very apologetic. "Listen to me okay?"
"You and Nikki were kissing?" I ask.
"It's not even like that."
"So you weren't kissing?"
"Just listen to me okay? You know I love you. How many times do I need to tell you that you're it for me? You're the only one this heart is beating for. Just listen to me, Ana. It's only you, it has only been you for 12 years now and it will only be YOU for the rest of my life. What happened was Nikki started to get inappropriate with me. I asked her several times to back off. She kept coming on to me. I didn't come on to her. I was uncomfortable. I swear it wasn't me. I told her to leave and that we didn't need her to stay till 11 because I'm home and I can handle the kids myself but she started to get closer to me. I told her that you wouldn't like it but that didn't' stop her. She kept coming on to me and making me uncomfortable. I asked her to leave, Ana but she wouldn't leave. She asked for a kiss and when I told her no she kissed me before I could push her away Natalia was in the room and then she was on the phone with you. I fired Nikki before I asked her to leave."
"So she kissed you?" I ask through my tears.
"Ana, you should know by now I would never cheat on you. I have been in love with you for 12 years. The moment that we started dating no other girl or woman mattered to me in this world but you. I would never look at another woman let alone kiss her or anything else. Nikki came on to me. You should know that by now that I'm yours and yours only. If I wanted to go somewhere I would have gone two years ago when you told me about you and Stephen. I stuck by your side regardless. I love you too much to let you go and I would never let any woman take me away from you. Are you pissed at me?"
"I'm not pissed," I say, "but I'm confused, so you're saying Nikki came on to you?"
"Yes she did," he says.
"Okay, and you fired her right?"
"On the spot, I'll have to find us a new Nanny after Mania but for now your dad is going to need to handle the kids while we're working this week."
"Okay," I say, "I'll talk to him. Maybe Roderick will come along with him and help him out. I never liked Nikki anyway if that makes you feel better."
"You didn't?" he asks.
"No, I didn't."
"Why not?"
"I don't know. I just didn't like her. I don't have a reason, you know how you just don't like someone but you can't figure out the reason? I guess I just found my reason. She was always flirty with you."
"Was she?" he asks.
"You never noticed?"
"Ana, how many times do I need to tell you that you're the only woman that I notice? There could be a Victoria Secret model standing naked next to me and you would still be the only woman I noticed. If Nikki was flirty with me I never paid attention or never even noticed."
"I noticed but I'm glad you fired her. We can find a male nanny this time."
"A male nanny?" he asks.
"Yes," I say with a smile.
"I don't know how I feel about all that," he says, "but I'm sure we can find someone more qualified than Nikki. She did a great job with the kids but at the same time she wasn't the best. Our kids deserve the best."
"They certainly do," I say with a smile. "I love you, Baby."
"I love you too, Ana. I'm sorry about all of this. I hope that we didn't upset you."
"Well, I was upset at first but I'm good now. You explained it and I believe you. I know you would never cheat on me. I trust you."
"Thank-you, Baby," he says making me smile. "So day one of Natalia having her period has been fun."
"I bet. How's she handling it?"
"Be thankful you haven't gotten a thousand phone calls from her or text messages. She's concerned about a lot of things. She is just confused. I told her it's normal."
"Good answer," I say with a smile. "So everything other than Nikki is good there right?"
"Right," he says. "Everything is good here. I miss you."
"I miss you too but soon you'll be here in California with me and we can hang out when we get a chance. I have a feeling that over Wrestlemania weekend you and I are going to be too busy to hang out with one another. I just want to be in your arms."
"I can't wait to hold you in my arms," he says making me smile. "It will be soon, I promise."
"I'm counting down the days," I say with a smile. "I have to go. I love you."
"I love you too. Goodnight."
"Goodnight, sweet dreams."
"You too," he says making me smile. I hang up my phone and lay it down on the bed next to me before I go back to typing up what's happening at Mania this weekend. I miss my family and I wish I could be with them or that they could be with me. I can't wait to see my kids and husband again.
Just as I am getting comfortable and ready to go to sleep after finishing up my work my cell phone starts ringing. Hoping that it's Dean I pick it up but frown when I see that it's Nikki calling me. "Hello," I say as I answer the phone.
"Ana," she says crying, "it's me, Nikki."
"I know who you are, what do you want?"
She sniffles into the phone and says, "Ana, I have to tell you something. You need to know this."
"What do I need to know, Nikki? What do you have to tell me? I know maybe you're going to tell me how you kissed my fiancée and how you came on to him? Is that what you want to tell me?"
"Did he tell you that?" she asks. "Did he tell you that I kissed him?"
"Yes," I say, "that's what he told me and that he asked you to leave several times to which you didn't and kept pushing the limits. You came onto my fiancée and that is unacceptable."
"Ana, he's lying to you. He came on to me. He told me that he loves me and that he needs me in his life. I told him it wasn't right because he was marrying you and he told me it was okay, that you would never find out about it. When I didn't give him what he wanted, Ana, he fired me. I'm going to sue him. He can't do something like that."
"Nikki, do you think I'm an idiot? Do you think I'm going to believe you over my fiancée?"
"You should because I'm telling the truth," she says, "Dean attacked me tonight, Ana."
"You know all you're doing is pissing me off. Stop talking while you're ahead. I have been with Dean for 12 years. If you think for one second I believe your bullshit story you're wrong. Dean is a loyal man. Do you know how many times he's cheated on me in 12 years?"
"I don't know," she says, "probably a lot."
"ZERO, not one time, not ever, Dean has NEVER cheated on me."
"That you know of," she says.
"Are you trying to piss me off?"
"I'm just saying that Dean is a very attractive man and I'm sure he has all sorts of women throwing themselves at him when he's on the road especially those cold and lonely nights when you're at home with your kids. I'm sure he's lonely and just wants to get away, have some fun you know. I'm sure he has slept with at least another woman. He tried to sleep with me tonight. He wanted me to put the kids to bed so that we could have some fun together," she says making my blood boil. I'm not usually one to get upset unless my husband or kids are involved, in this case both of them are involved and I'm miles away from home which doesn't help. I would say I am beyond upset, I'm pissed off and ready to flip shit on someone. "You know it's true, Ana."
"What I know about Dean is that he is a loyal man. I am the most beautiful, the hottest, most intelligent woman he has ever met. He has never once looked at another woman in the last 12 years that we have been together. I'm it. I'm the one he wants not some ring rat, not some fan girl and surely not some trashy nanny. What he has with me is real. It's been real since 12 years ago. You can sit here and tell me that Dean kissed you and that Dean came onto you whatever you want to say but I don't believe you. I have known Dean for 12 years, have been with him for 12 years, we're getting married and we have two beautiful kids together. He would NEVER give that up for you so I suggest that you move on, find another job and stay away from my fiancée and my family. "
"Ana," she says.
"Don't say another word, Nikki. If I find out that you are anywhere near Dean or my children again you're not going to like the consequences of what will happen. Stay away. Your last paycheck will be mailed to you. Don't come for it because if you step foot on MY property you're going to be sorry."
"Believe what you want, Ana but I'm pregnant and Dean's the dad of the baby. What are you going to do then?"
I roll my eyes and count to 10 inside my head, take in a deep breath, "Nikki, if you're pregnant GREAT that's good for you BUT I know that baby is not Dean's. I don't know what you're trying to pull or why you're trying to wreck my home but you're fucking with the wrong girl. Goodbye, Nikki." I say before I hang up the phone.
When I am done on the phone with Nikki I call Dean. I know he didn't lie to me and that he's telling me the truth but I'm shaken by what she has told me. I just want some reassurance from Dean. "Hello?" he asks as he answers the phone, his voice filled with sleep.
"I'm sorry, Baby, did I wake you up?"
"No," he says, "Ollie is awake. He just had his feeding but apparently he wants to stay up all night. What's going on?"
"I miss you," I say, "and Nikki just called me."
"Oh really," he says, "how did that go?"
"She tried to turn the whole thing around on you. She said you came on to her and that you kissed her."
"And?"
"I told her I don't believe her. She tried to twist things up and it only pissed me off because she was making it seem like you sleep with other women when you're on the road and that you two have something going on. She said she's going to sue us because you fired her because she wouldn't do what you wanted."
"That's bullshit, Ana. I have never once cheated on you and I never will either. I fired her because she crossed the line. I didn't come onto her I swear."
"I believe you. I know it's bullshit and I know you have never and will never cheat on me but she did tell me one thing," I say.
"What's that?" he asks.
"She said she's pregnant and that it's your baby," I say as silence falls on the other end of the phone. "Dean," I say after 5 minutes of silence. "What's going on?"
"I'm pissed that's what's going on. I have never had sex with her. Why would she say that her baby is mine? What is she doing?"
"Home-wrecking apparently," I say. "She said it's your baby."
"Well, it's not. I don't know what she is trying to pull and if she comes at me about this nonsense about firing her because she didn't do what I wanted I'm going after her for slander. She's trying to damage my reputation. Ana, you have to believe me. I never slept with her if she is pregnant that baby is not mine."
"I believe you, Dean. I know it's not if she is even pregnant. I think she was just trying to add fuel to the fire. The good thing is she is out of our lives and we don't have to worry about her. She is done and she was warned not to step foot back on our property and I told her that her check would be mailed to her."
"Good," he says. "I love you, Ana."
"I love you too," I say, "I'll let you go so you can get some sleep. Give Ollie a kiss for me. I have to go pump and then I'm off to bed. Love you, Baby."
"Love you too, Goodnight."
"Goodnight," I say with a smile before I hang up the phone.
*A/N: What did you think of Ana's reaction to Nikki? Were you surprised that she handled it the way she did? What about Dean telling her that she's the only one for him? What did you think about Nikki calling Ana? Do you think Nikki is trying to start trouble? If so why? What do you think about Nikki saying she's pregnant? Do you think she is? And do you think there is any truth that it's Dean's? Please review and thank-you for reading.
