The Three, Part Three

"You know what I find amazing? I have two children. And both mothers I don't feel a damn thing for. And I finally realized why. It took me a long time to figure out why every relationship after you was such a joke. Why I began to hate them, despise them and want nothing to do with them. Because they aren't you.

You have no idea how much it killed me to see you with him after we broke up. You were part of the reason I wanted to leave the XWL. I just needed some space, away from you, to not see your face all the time. Because, it just was like spinning a knife in my heart.

"So then I went to TWW for, what, all of three months, and then my big return back to what then became the WWL. And basically stayed there, out of the semi-spotlight that TWW provided me. I saw you again and I told myself that I was happy for you and him, but I wasn't.

"And then when that place ended, I just sat around and waited. Completely alone. Thinking about you when I woke up. At various times. Thinking I saw you everywhere I went. Dreaming of you. Wishing for you to be beside me at night. And I went into a very dark place.

"And then, for some reason, I landed a spot in PIW last summer. And it felt nice to be back in the game. And PIW quickly grew a nice little following and I got to run my angles exactly how I wanted. Nothing was too insane for PIW.

"So, then Lisa came along. I never really got rid of Chelsea, ever. She's been around since TWW, because, well, she's the mother of my girl. But when Lisa came along, we also met at a bar, it was like, electricity. We had a very, violent relationship before she got pregnant. And even after it for a while.

"I was a Hardcore Champion in PIW. I was a TV Champion in PIW. And then, PIW was gone. Jim Johnson went nuts, just as he always does sometime, and shut the place down. It took me completely by surprise. It pissed me off. And it made me sad. And he stiffed me on a lot of cash. So if I ever see that fucker again…

"But then TWW came around again. And we were back together again. I became the TWW Champion. I just couldn't believe it. After all the misery that this business and my life has brought me, there has been one thing that balance out the scales. And that was you, Amy."

"I know, Rich," she said softly. "I know." She kissed him gently. And again. And then the kisses become less gentle and more fierce. Then she got up and led him into her bedroom.

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