Chapter Eight
“Vanessa, just hold on a minute,” Michael reached out and tried to stop his wife from stomping out of the house.
Nicole, who watched the two continue to argue in the main reception hall, hurried back to the bedroom and got her clothes back on. She managed to get dressed right as Vanessa was about to rush out of the house.
“Hold on, stop!” Nicole shouted out to Vanessa. “Hold on, right there. Don’t leave the fucking house, you goddamn privileged bitch.”
That got Michael to drop his jaw in shock and Vanessa to turn around. The latter stomped back and made her way closer to Nicole.
“What the hell did you just say?” Vanessa asked Nicole.
“I called you a privileged bitch,” Nicole repeated, louder and clearer. Michael was about to step in and interrupt but Nicole stopped with her hand. “You’re already married to him. What do you have to lose? Everything but his cock and love are yours. You already get those from someone else. I know you’re fucking some rich boy every time you leave this place anyway.”
Vanessa’s face twisted with surprise and for a moment she couldn’t find the words to retaliate. “You calling me a whore?”
“Whores get paid, you’re just a slut,” Nicole clarified. “Just a slut, fucking someone else, just like me. You call me a bitch, well honey so are you.”
Michael stood between the two, surprised and unsure of what to do or say. He did know that Nicole was right - Vanessa was sleeping with someone. She never admitted it but the signs were always there.
“Here’re the facts,” Nicole told Vanessa. “If you try to divorce Michael for sleeping with me then honey you’ll get in trouble too for all of your extra-marital activities. You bring one of us down, you bring the whole ship down.”
Vanessa paused and her eyes flickered as the thoughts circled in her mind. She knew Nicole was right. There was no way of getting out of this. If she would divorce Michael then she would lose everything as well. If she forced Michael to stop going out with Nicole then she would have to stop dating her guy as well.
Nicole had everything and everyone in the palm of her hand.
“Why are you here?” Michael asked Vanessa. “I thought you were heading out with your friends?”
Vanessa snapped. She reached into her bag and pulled out a large, pink vibrator shaped like a man’s cock. “I forgot my fucking vibrator, you idiot. My vibrator. The damn toy I was going to bring to have fun with Jared.”
Michael’s jaw dropped again. Nicole thought that all of the revelations were driving Michael insane.
“Who the fuck is Jared?” Nicole had to ask.
“His friend from Ohio,” Vanessa shot back. “He was the best man for our wedding. The stupid wedding our parents forged without any of our consent. You know what, you want Michael? Sure, you can fucking keep him. Fuck him all you want. I don’t care anymore, I fucking give up.”
Vanessa gave one last look at them both and then stormed out.
For several moments Michael and Nicole stood in utter silence, shocked and unsure of what to do or what to say. Nicole could only look at Michael and hope he knew what to do next.
Everything was now out in the open. Vanessa caught them in the act. She walked in on Nicole snooping around. In all honesty, Vanessa held all the cards since she could file for divorce and humiliate both Nicole and Michael in a single move. It was just a good thing that Nicole new Vanessa wasn’t being entirely faithful either and Michael got Vanessa to admit it too. They were in an impasse now.
“So,” Michael finally said, breaking the silence. “How about we order pizza?”
Nicole burst out laughing and she couldn’t help but punch Michael softly in the shoulder, “You idiot. Seriously?”
“Seriously,” Michael answered as he shut the door, locked it and began walking back to the bedroom. “I need to calm down and clear my mind of all this nonsense. I do have to ask though, what were you doing in her bedroom?”
“I just wanted to know what she looked like,” Nicole answered as she grabbed his hand and walked with him. “I was curious. I wanted to know why you don’t feel anything for her. I wanted to know why I was so important to you and what made me stand out.”
Michael paused and gave her a kiss on the cheek, “I did love her, once, but that was a long time ago. At one point I honestly did try to make her happy. I thought she was gorgeous and I thought she was hot.”
“What happened?”
“I got to know who she really was,” he answered as he led her back to the bedroom. They both hopped onto the bed and Michael cuddled Nicole closely before wrapping them both with his blanket. “It doesn’t take a genius to realize she’s a bitch.”
Nicole rolled her eyes and said, “Well, that’s true. I figured she was mean since there had to be some reason for you to go out and spend your money on other girls but she leapt over all my expectations. I mean, she’s like the damn Terminator or something.”
They both chuckled at her comment and both knew it was true.
“What does this mean, though?” Nicole asked. She leaned back and rested her head on his chest.
Michael shrugged, “I guess we just continue on. We’ll never even feel her presence now that the truth about everyone’s lives has been spilled out in the open. We don’t need to hide from her and she doesn’t need to hide her activities from me either.”
That was a reality Nicole never thought would come true. She shut her eyes for a moment and pondered over what it would mean in the near future and what it could result to in the long run.
Nicole couldn’t sort it all out, though, and just decided to go with the flow. For the time being, she had everything she wanted. For one time in her life she had the hot, rich bad boy and the position to tell his bitchy wife to stay out of their way. It was like high school all over again except this time she was in charge.