*~Her Or Me / Part 2 ~*
© 2011 CelebritySuperFan
Chapters 23 - 24
Taylor pulled into Selena’s driveway at her home. The whole
ride home Selena tried to compose herself as she sat quietly in Taylor’s truck
crying. Demi didn’t want to talk about the situation while Taylor was around.
Taylor remained quiet since he felt awkward that he was caught in the middle of
the drama-filled afternoon.
Demi hopped out of the car waiting patiently for Selena to get Nina out of Taylor's truck. Selena quietly thanked Taylor as she got out of his truck and walked toward the house. Taylor hopped out and started to walk them to the front door when Demi stopped him. “Thank you Taylor.” “No problem. Is there anything else I can do?” Taylor asked concerned.
“No. We appreciate it. Thank you.”
“Okay…but I –“
“Thank you, Taylor.” Demi said once again hinting for him to leave. By this time, Selena was already inside the house. Taylor picked up on Demi’s hint, and decided to leave. “Okay. If there’s anything else I can do…just let me know.” Taylor said softly. Demi nodded and thanked him one last time before turning to leave toward the house.
Demi walked into the house wondering where Selena and Nina were. Demi looked in the kitchen, and there was no sign of her. Demi jogged upstairs and looked into Nina’s nursery room. Nina was lying on her stomach fast asleep. Demi then heard a ruckus in Selena’s bedroom. Demi rushed in to see what was going on. Once she walked in, she saw Selena throwing Nick’s clothes out of the closet and onto the floor. Selena was moving quickly. She then grabbed an armful of Nick’s suits and shoes and started throwing them into the bathtub. Selena saw Demi standing at the doorway, but she kept moving. She began mumbling talking about how much of a liar Nick was. Tears started to flow again as she became more and more enraged, throwing more of his suits and shoes into the bathtub. Demi followed her into the bathroom. Selena then grabbed a bottle of Clorox Bleach from under the bathroom sink and started to pour the rest of the bottle contents on top of his dark suits, shoes and shirts. Selena knew that would ruin Nick’s clothes. Selena then rushed past Demi and grabbed a huge luggage from the closet and dropped it on the floor. With one arm swipe, Selena cleared away the top of the dresser of Nick’s personal items into the luggage. She then opened the drawers and started taking more of Nick’s clothes dumping them into the luggage. Selena continued to sob in anger as she did this. Demi started to get a little teary eyed as she saw the pain her friend was in. She stepped a little closer to Selena saying, “Selena…” Demi said quietly. Selena didn’t stop, she kept moving and cursing Nick out as if he was standing in the room. “Sel…sweetie…Selena, wait…” Demi touched Selena’s arm as she dropped more clothes into a semi full packed suitcase. Selena stopped to look at Demi her eyes bloodshot red from crying. “How could he?” Selena said thru her sobs. “Demi, how could he do this to me? Why? … Why would he?” Selena breaks down and cries hard. Demi pulled Selena close to her and hugged her tightly as Selena cried her heart out on Demi’s shoulder.
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Demi hopped out of the car waiting patiently for Selena to get Nina out of Taylor's truck. Selena quietly thanked Taylor as she got out of his truck and walked toward the house. Taylor hopped out and started to walk them to the front door when Demi stopped him. “Thank you Taylor.” “No problem. Is there anything else I can do?” Taylor asked concerned.
“No. We appreciate it. Thank you.”
“Okay…but I –“
“Thank you, Taylor.” Demi said once again hinting for him to leave. By this time, Selena was already inside the house. Taylor picked up on Demi’s hint, and decided to leave. “Okay. If there’s anything else I can do…just let me know.” Taylor said softly. Demi nodded and thanked him one last time before turning to leave toward the house.
Demi walked into the house wondering where Selena and Nina were. Demi looked in the kitchen, and there was no sign of her. Demi jogged upstairs and looked into Nina’s nursery room. Nina was lying on her stomach fast asleep. Demi then heard a ruckus in Selena’s bedroom. Demi rushed in to see what was going on. Once she walked in, she saw Selena throwing Nick’s clothes out of the closet and onto the floor. Selena was moving quickly. She then grabbed an armful of Nick’s suits and shoes and started throwing them into the bathtub. Selena saw Demi standing at the doorway, but she kept moving. She began mumbling talking about how much of a liar Nick was. Tears started to flow again as she became more and more enraged, throwing more of his suits and shoes into the bathtub. Demi followed her into the bathroom. Selena then grabbed a bottle of Clorox Bleach from under the bathroom sink and started to pour the rest of the bottle contents on top of his dark suits, shoes and shirts. Selena knew that would ruin Nick’s clothes. Selena then rushed past Demi and grabbed a huge luggage from the closet and dropped it on the floor. With one arm swipe, Selena cleared away the top of the dresser of Nick’s personal items into the luggage. She then opened the drawers and started taking more of Nick’s clothes dumping them into the luggage. Selena continued to sob in anger as she did this. Demi started to get a little teary eyed as she saw the pain her friend was in. She stepped a little closer to Selena saying, “Selena…” Demi said quietly. Selena didn’t stop, she kept moving and cursing Nick out as if he was standing in the room. “Sel…sweetie…Selena, wait…” Demi touched Selena’s arm as she dropped more clothes into a semi full packed suitcase. Selena stopped to look at Demi her eyes bloodshot red from crying. “How could he?” Selena said thru her sobs. “Demi, how could he do this to me? Why? … Why would he?” Selena breaks down and cries hard. Demi pulled Selena close to her and hugged her tightly as Selena cried her heart out on Demi’s shoulder.
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Nick sat quietly in the car as Joe drove over to their Aunt
Christina’s house, which was Dakota’s mother.
Joe suggested that now was not a good time for Nick to go home. He felt
Nick needed to let Selena calm down before going home right away. Joe lived
about 45 min away from Nick, and their parents lived about an hour away from
Nick. However, since Joe’s car was still at Nick’s house, and the thought of
having this sort of tension going in to his parent’s house wasn’t a good idea,
the best and closest place for them to go was over to aunt Christina’s house.
Dakota’s mother, Christina Applegate, was their mother’s younger sister. Nick, Joe, and their older brother, Kevin, all had a close relationship with her and always felt they could talk to her about anything.
Dakota answered the door, “Hey, what are you guys doing here?”
“What’s up munchkin…is Aunt Chris here?” Joe asked messing up the top of Dakota’s hair as he and Nick walked in.
“No, she’s still at the hair salon.” Dakota said as she closed the door and fixed her hair back. Dakota hated when Joe did that considering she wasn't a little kid anymore. She noticed how down Nick looked. She knew something wasn’t quite right. “What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nothing…we just wanted to stop by and kind of use your shower and get freshened up. Ya know..the usual.” Joe said trying to make light of the situation.
“Yeah…ooo-kayyy…whatever. You might as well make yourselves at home.” Dakota said as she plopped back down on the sofa and continued to talk to her best friend on the phone. Both Nick and Joe said thanks and made their way upstairs. Dakota looked at Nick, “Hey…are you okay?” Nick looked back at her and gave her a half smile.
“Yeah. Thanks, D.” Nick said quietly and proceeded to go upstairs and take a shower.
Moments later, Nick stepped into the shower submerging his naked and tired body under the water from the shower head. He closed his eyes and hung his head low allowing the water to fall onto his head as he stretched his arms out in front of him placing the palms of his hands against the shower wall. All he could think about was the rage and hurt in Selena’s eyes. He thought about the words that came out of her mouth, the words of her saying ‘I hate you’ rung in his ears over and over again. The water on his face was now being mixed with tears as they freely flowed from his eyes. Nick knew he had royally messed up his marriage and now he didn’t know what he could do to fix it. He didn’t want to see his marriage fail or even worse, be away from his baby girl, Nina. Nick then thought about the embarrassment of how all of this went down in front of clients and his coworkers. Will he lose his job? His job, Nick thought. Nick’s thoughts went to Cindy. Nick began cursing Cindy out in his head. She had to have been the only one to give Selena those pictures. Where or how did those pictures get taken in his office? Was there a camera in his office he didn’t know about? The pictures from the elevator…does that mean security saw this and perhaps gave the pictures to Selena at the charity function? Nick’s head began to hurt as so many thoughts ran thru his head. He then thought about Taylor. As if things could get any worse, Taylor took Selena home. Why was he there anyway? Nick punched the wall as he thought about how stupid he was for allowing Cindy to mess up his life, his family…his marriage.
At that moment, Nick realized there was knocking at the door. He then heard his aunt’s voice. “Nicholas, honey, are you okay in there?” his aunt Christina said as she cracked the bathroom door open for him to hear her.
“Yes.” Nick said quietly behind the shower curtain as he still held his head low under the water from the shower head.
“Nick?” Christina said again when she didn’t hear him respond. Before Nick had a chance to speak up louder, he then heard Joe’s voice. “Nick! Dude, you have been in there for a long time. We all know you don’t usually take 30 min showers. The water should have turned cold on you and your skin turned into a wrinkly old man.”
“Joe, hush.” Christina said with a smile as she playfully hit Joe’s arm. Nick smiled at Joe’s silliness. He then loudly replied, “I’ll be out in a minute.” Nick had no idea he had spent that long in the shower submerged in his own thoughts.
Several minutes later, Nick came out of the bathroom dressed in his blue shirt and khaki shorts he had originally wore to the charity function earlier. He walked downstairs where Joe and his aunt Christina were sitting down at the table in the kitchen. They both stopped talking and looked at him. “What’s up with the ‘all eyes on me’ deal?” Nick said as he approached them. He then noticed the disappointed look in his aunt’s eyes. Nick took a deep breath as he pulled a chair out from the table to sit down. He looked at Joe, “I guess you told on me.”
“She forced me.” Joe said guiltily.
“Don’t worry, im not going to tell your mother. Im not even going to really speak on it, because I think you already know what everyone will say.” Christina said looking Nick in his eyes. She paused and continued, “… Nick I am so…so disappointed in you. I know you and Selena have been thru a lot since you got married, but this is absolutely no excuse.”
“I know Aunt Chris. I fucked up.” Nick said shamefully as he looked down at his fingers intertwined with each other.
“Yes. Yes, you did.”
“So, how do I fix it?”
“You go home and you tell her the truth. You tell her everything she wants to know and don’t hide anything.”
Joe looked at Nick, “Face it bro…you have a lot of kissing up to do.”
“Of course he does. Do you want to be with Selena? Do you want your marriage to work?” Christina asked with concern.
Nick looked up at his aunt with sincerity in his eyes. “Absolutely. With every inch of my body.”
“Then you do what you have to do, to save your marriage.” Christina stood up and walked around the table over to Nick and said, “Come on…get up and give me a hug.” Nick stood up and embraced his aunt tightly. “I promise I won’t let your mother know anything unless you tell her yourself.”
“Thanks Aunt Chris.” Nick said as he still held their embrace.
“Aww…group hug!” Joe said as he stood up and wrapped his arms around both Nick and his aunt. Christina laughed as her and Nick finally separated. “So uhm…in case Selena kicks his ass out, does that mean he can stay here or does that mean he will have to shack up at my place?” Joe asked as if he was serious.
“Joe, hush.” Christina said as she playfully hit his arm and walked over toward the refrigerator.
“Yeah, shut-up Joe,” Nick said with a slight smile on his face.
Joe laughed.
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Dakota’s mother, Christina Applegate, was their mother’s younger sister. Nick, Joe, and their older brother, Kevin, all had a close relationship with her and always felt they could talk to her about anything.
Dakota answered the door, “Hey, what are you guys doing here?”
“What’s up munchkin…is Aunt Chris here?” Joe asked messing up the top of Dakota’s hair as he and Nick walked in.
“No, she’s still at the hair salon.” Dakota said as she closed the door and fixed her hair back. Dakota hated when Joe did that considering she wasn't a little kid anymore. She noticed how down Nick looked. She knew something wasn’t quite right. “What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nothing…we just wanted to stop by and kind of use your shower and get freshened up. Ya know..the usual.” Joe said trying to make light of the situation.
“Yeah…ooo-kayyy…whatever. You might as well make yourselves at home.” Dakota said as she plopped back down on the sofa and continued to talk to her best friend on the phone. Both Nick and Joe said thanks and made their way upstairs. Dakota looked at Nick, “Hey…are you okay?” Nick looked back at her and gave her a half smile.
“Yeah. Thanks, D.” Nick said quietly and proceeded to go upstairs and take a shower.
Moments later, Nick stepped into the shower submerging his naked and tired body under the water from the shower head. He closed his eyes and hung his head low allowing the water to fall onto his head as he stretched his arms out in front of him placing the palms of his hands against the shower wall. All he could think about was the rage and hurt in Selena’s eyes. He thought about the words that came out of her mouth, the words of her saying ‘I hate you’ rung in his ears over and over again. The water on his face was now being mixed with tears as they freely flowed from his eyes. Nick knew he had royally messed up his marriage and now he didn’t know what he could do to fix it. He didn’t want to see his marriage fail or even worse, be away from his baby girl, Nina. Nick then thought about the embarrassment of how all of this went down in front of clients and his coworkers. Will he lose his job? His job, Nick thought. Nick’s thoughts went to Cindy. Nick began cursing Cindy out in his head. She had to have been the only one to give Selena those pictures. Where or how did those pictures get taken in his office? Was there a camera in his office he didn’t know about? The pictures from the elevator…does that mean security saw this and perhaps gave the pictures to Selena at the charity function? Nick’s head began to hurt as so many thoughts ran thru his head. He then thought about Taylor. As if things could get any worse, Taylor took Selena home. Why was he there anyway? Nick punched the wall as he thought about how stupid he was for allowing Cindy to mess up his life, his family…his marriage.
At that moment, Nick realized there was knocking at the door. He then heard his aunt’s voice. “Nicholas, honey, are you okay in there?” his aunt Christina said as she cracked the bathroom door open for him to hear her.
“Yes.” Nick said quietly behind the shower curtain as he still held his head low under the water from the shower head.
“Nick?” Christina said again when she didn’t hear him respond. Before Nick had a chance to speak up louder, he then heard Joe’s voice. “Nick! Dude, you have been in there for a long time. We all know you don’t usually take 30 min showers. The water should have turned cold on you and your skin turned into a wrinkly old man.”
“Joe, hush.” Christina said with a smile as she playfully hit Joe’s arm. Nick smiled at Joe’s silliness. He then loudly replied, “I’ll be out in a minute.” Nick had no idea he had spent that long in the shower submerged in his own thoughts.
Several minutes later, Nick came out of the bathroom dressed in his blue shirt and khaki shorts he had originally wore to the charity function earlier. He walked downstairs where Joe and his aunt Christina were sitting down at the table in the kitchen. They both stopped talking and looked at him. “What’s up with the ‘all eyes on me’ deal?” Nick said as he approached them. He then noticed the disappointed look in his aunt’s eyes. Nick took a deep breath as he pulled a chair out from the table to sit down. He looked at Joe, “I guess you told on me.”
“She forced me.” Joe said guiltily.
“Don’t worry, im not going to tell your mother. Im not even going to really speak on it, because I think you already know what everyone will say.” Christina said looking Nick in his eyes. She paused and continued, “… Nick I am so…so disappointed in you. I know you and Selena have been thru a lot since you got married, but this is absolutely no excuse.”
“I know Aunt Chris. I fucked up.” Nick said shamefully as he looked down at his fingers intertwined with each other.
“Yes. Yes, you did.”
“So, how do I fix it?”
“You go home and you tell her the truth. You tell her everything she wants to know and don’t hide anything.”
Joe looked at Nick, “Face it bro…you have a lot of kissing up to do.”
“Of course he does. Do you want to be with Selena? Do you want your marriage to work?” Christina asked with concern.
Nick looked up at his aunt with sincerity in his eyes. “Absolutely. With every inch of my body.”
“Then you do what you have to do, to save your marriage.” Christina stood up and walked around the table over to Nick and said, “Come on…get up and give me a hug.” Nick stood up and embraced his aunt tightly. “I promise I won’t let your mother know anything unless you tell her yourself.”
“Thanks Aunt Chris.” Nick said as he still held their embrace.
“Aww…group hug!” Joe said as he stood up and wrapped his arms around both Nick and his aunt. Christina laughed as her and Nick finally separated. “So uhm…in case Selena kicks his ass out, does that mean he can stay here or does that mean he will have to shack up at my place?” Joe asked as if he was serious.
“Joe, hush.” Christina said as she playfully hit his arm and walked over toward the refrigerator.
“Yeah, shut-up Joe,” Nick said with a slight smile on his face.
Joe laughed.
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Demi walked up stairs into Selena’s bedroom with a sandwich
on a plate and a glass of fruit punch in her hand. Selena was lying on her side
in bed. She had cried herself to sleep. Demi walked over to the bed and sat
down beside her, nudging her lightly to wake up. “Sel? Wake up sweetie. You
need to eat something.”
Selena slowly opened her eyes. “Where’s Nina?” Selena asked.
“She’s okay. I just changed her diaper and she is sitting quietly in her bouncy chair watching Mickey. Eat your sandwich while I go grab her.” Demi said rising to her feet.
Selena slowly flipped her hair out of her face with her fingers as she took the glass of juice and drank from it. Seconds later, Demi walked in with Nina who was talking away. Selena smiled and reached for Nina. Nina reached for her as she smiled and laughed. Selena kissed Nina’s head as she gently rubbed Nina’s smooth baby fine hair. Selena’s eyes started to get teary.
Demi sat down beside her. “Sel, please eat something. You haven’t ate all day.”
“Im not hungry.” Selena said nonchalantly.
Demi took a deep breath. She looked back at the half empty closet where Nick’s clothes used to hang. “I know Nick has to come home soon. Do you want me to leave so you can talk to him or what?” Demi asked softly.
“No, I want you to stay. He’s the one leaving.”
“So, you don’t want to talk to him?”
“I don’t want to really hear anything he has to say.” Selena said as she watched Nina roll back and forth on the bed.
“So, you’ve made your mind up? You want him out?”
“Demi, he betrayed me. He lied to me. I can’t get those pictures out of my head.” Selena said on the verge of tears. Her eyes were still puffy and red from crying so much. “I just sit here and think how did I marry a back stabbing liar. For all I know, he could have been cheating on me ever since we met. I can’t be with someone like that,” Selena paused and sighed. She continued, “… I want a divorce.” Selena said as another tear slowly fell from her eye.
“Sel…I must say, you deserve so much better. You don’t deserve a man who will do this to you. I also know how much you two really loved each other and have been thru so much. You know what? I love you, and no matter what your decision is…I am right behind you.” Demi said as she gently squeezed Selena’s leg out of comfort. “You know it helps that Im studying law too, right?” Demi said trying make Selena smile. Goal failed. Selena wiped away her tear and continued to look at Nina playing with her own feet as she talked jibberish. They sat in silence watching Nina play like there was nothing wrong. In her world, there was nothing wrong.
They heard the front door open and heard Nick say his goodbyes to Joe. “He’s here. Ready?” Demi said as she looked at Selena. Selena rolled her eyes as she made sure her face was dry from tears.
Selena slowly opened her eyes. “Where’s Nina?” Selena asked.
“She’s okay. I just changed her diaper and she is sitting quietly in her bouncy chair watching Mickey. Eat your sandwich while I go grab her.” Demi said rising to her feet.
Selena slowly flipped her hair out of her face with her fingers as she took the glass of juice and drank from it. Seconds later, Demi walked in with Nina who was talking away. Selena smiled and reached for Nina. Nina reached for her as she smiled and laughed. Selena kissed Nina’s head as she gently rubbed Nina’s smooth baby fine hair. Selena’s eyes started to get teary.
Demi sat down beside her. “Sel, please eat something. You haven’t ate all day.”
“Im not hungry.” Selena said nonchalantly.
Demi took a deep breath. She looked back at the half empty closet where Nick’s clothes used to hang. “I know Nick has to come home soon. Do you want me to leave so you can talk to him or what?” Demi asked softly.
“No, I want you to stay. He’s the one leaving.”
“So, you don’t want to talk to him?”
“I don’t want to really hear anything he has to say.” Selena said as she watched Nina roll back and forth on the bed.
“So, you’ve made your mind up? You want him out?”
“Demi, he betrayed me. He lied to me. I can’t get those pictures out of my head.” Selena said on the verge of tears. Her eyes were still puffy and red from crying so much. “I just sit here and think how did I marry a back stabbing liar. For all I know, he could have been cheating on me ever since we met. I can’t be with someone like that,” Selena paused and sighed. She continued, “… I want a divorce.” Selena said as another tear slowly fell from her eye.
“Sel…I must say, you deserve so much better. You don’t deserve a man who will do this to you. I also know how much you two really loved each other and have been thru so much. You know what? I love you, and no matter what your decision is…I am right behind you.” Demi said as she gently squeezed Selena’s leg out of comfort. “You know it helps that Im studying law too, right?” Demi said trying make Selena smile. Goal failed. Selena wiped away her tear and continued to look at Nina playing with her own feet as she talked jibberish. They sat in silence watching Nina play like there was nothing wrong. In her world, there was nothing wrong.
They heard the front door open and heard Nick say his goodbyes to Joe. “He’s here. Ready?” Demi said as she looked at Selena. Selena rolled her eyes as she made sure her face was dry from tears.
3/8/11
Chapter 24
Nick saw his luggage sitting at the door as he walked in. He
took a deep breath and held his head low once he realized Selena wanted him
out. He then heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Demi was holding Nina in
her arms as she came down first. Selena followed Demi down the stairs now
wearing a yellow fitted t-shirt and yellow and blue plaid pajama pants. Nick
noticed how red her eyes looked from crying. Demi glared at Nick as she walked
toward the kitchen doorway holding Nina. Selena stood at the bottom of the
steps folding her arms across her chest as she narrowed her eyes at Nick.
Nick’s heart was racing. He wanted to walk up to Selena and take her in his arms but he wasn’t sure how she would react. Would she blow up and start hitting him again? Nick hesitated before he spoke. “Can we talk?”
“I don’t really care to hear what you have to say, Nick. I don’t want you here. I helped you out and packed your shit in your luggages.” Selena said calmly.
Nick took a deep breath. This was harder than he imagined. “Can we please talk first?” Nick asked. He then looked at Demi and back to Selena. “Alone? Can we talk alone?”
“No.” Selena replied quickly.
“Sel, baby…please…” Nick started to walk closer to Selena.
“Don’t! Don’t come near me.” Selena said as she took a step back.
Nick stopped in his tracks. “Can I please just talk to you for a second? Please?” Nick begged. He then looked at Demi as if asking for help. “Demi, please? Can I just speak to my wife alone?”
Selena chuckled. “Oh, now its all about your wife? I wasn’t your wife in those pictures, was I ?”
Nick took another deep breath as he knew he deserved that low blow of a comment Selena just gave him. “Selena, please believe me when I say that she means absolutely nothing to me. I love you. Sel…Im so sorry. Please…” Nick said in a shaky voice as he took a few steps closer to Selena. “Please, can we just talk about this?”
Selena noticed how he was almost on the verge of tears as he spoke which made her feel like she wanted to cry. However, she remained strong. Selena had to admit she had so many questions for him. She decided to hear his lame excuses. Selena looked back at Demi and said, “Demi, can you leave us, so we can talk. I’ll let you know if I need you.”
Demi nodded in agreement as she started to walk upstairs. “You better call out if you need me, okay?”
Selena nodded okay.
Nick kept his eyes on Selena as Demi left them alone. “Can we sit down?” Nick asked softly. Selena lead him into the kitchen so they could sit down at the table. They ended up sitting counter corner from each other. Nick dragged his chair closer to Selena. Nick took a deep breath. “Im an asshole, I know. I am so sorry that I hurt you. I was stupid and Cindy means absolutely nothing to me,” Nick paused waiting for Selena to say something.
After a long pause, Selena responded. “I want to hear you say it.”
“Say what?”
“Say you cheated on me.” Selena answered as she glared at Nick across from her.
Nick hesitated. “I…I cheated on you…with Cindy.”
If looks could kill, Nick was sure he would be dead at this very moment. After a long silence, Selena asked, “You fucked her?”
Nick paused before responding. “Yes.”
Selena was pissed. “In your office?”
Again, Nick paused before responding shamefully. “Yes.”
“The same day I came to your office for lunch? The same day, you brought flowers home for me? The same day I asked you what was on your neck, because I thought it was a hickey? You had sex the same day you had sex with me?” Selena stated loudly rather than in a question.
“Yes.” Nick replied shamefully.
“You bastard.” Selena said as she wiped a tear away that escaped down her cheek. “You lied to me, Nick. You flat out lied to my face.”
“I know…baby, im so sorry.”
Selena chuckled and shook her head out of disbelief, “All this time…the whole time she was smiling in my face…and she was fucking my husband.” Selena continued to shake her head at the thought. She then asked him about the picture in the elevator. He explained to her that was the time he was fighting her off of him. Selena thought for a moment, and asked, “How many times did you have sex with her, Nick?”
Nick paused not wanting to answer. “Two times.” Nick said reluctantly.
Within an instant Nick felt a hard sting across his right left cheek as Selena slapped him hard. Nick stood there leaving his head turned to the side from her slap and closed his eyes as he felt the pain spread across his cheek. He knew he deserved it.
“Bastard.” Selena said as she glared at him as tears streamed down her face.
Nick looked at Selena as one tear escaped down her cheek. “Baby, I’m so sorry. Please…I love you…” Nick tried to hold Selena as she began to cry, but Selena shoved his arms away from her.
She then started to shove and hit him. “You’re such a liar! You couldn’t get enough of her? You had to fuck her twice?!” Selena said as she tried to fight him.
Nick was blocking all of her punches and slaps as he grabbed her arms tightly and pushed her against the refrigerator to get her to stop. Selena was trying to get herself free as she began to shout at him, “Get off of me! Get off!” Selena pushed Nick away from her with all of her might. “Don’t touch me! You asshole…you fucked her and then you came home and fucked me! Did you use a condom? Did you?” Selena asked as she walked away from him.
Nick knew he didn’t use any protection with Cindy which was a really stupid move on his part, but telling Selena he didn’t use one was even worse. Nick couldn’t find the words to answer, but his face said it all. “Oh my God…Now I have to go get tested because there is no telling what that whore has.
“I was stupid…I know. You weren’t there for me! I needed you and you weren’t there.”
“Oh, so this is MY fault?!”
“Im just saying I needed you. I was stupid and was thinking with my dick and not my brain, but I swear I will never do this again. I love you too much. Sel…I love you and Nina more than anything in this world.” Nick said teary eyed.
“Well…” Selena said as she wiped the tears from her face, “…you should have thought of that before you fucked HER. You can tell me anything right now, but I don’t trust you. I can’t trust you. I can’t….I can’t do this with you.”
“I know I have a lot of work to do as far as gaining your trust back…but we can do this. We have been thru so much…we can get thru this.” Nick said pleading for her forgiveness.
“Nick, I want a divorce.”
Nick felt like the wind was knocked out of him when he heard Selena say she wanted a divorce. He was shocked and speechless as he looked at Selena. “Are you serious?”
Selena placed her hands on her hips and looked at Nick with a stern face. “Yes. You embarrassed me, and made me feel like a fool. You lied to my face. How do I know what else you have lied about, Nicholas Jerry Dawson. For all I know, I probably have some sort of sexually transmitted disease thanks to you and your cheating dick. I deserve better. Yes, I want a divorce.” Selena said as she sniffed and wiped away a single tear. “You need to leave tonite.” She finished calmly.
Nick remained quiet as he stared at Selena. He felt she was only saying these things right now because she was so upset. He realized nothing he could say tonite was going to make her feel better. But how could she just give up on their love so quickly. It was like she hadn’t really thought about it. Would it be because of Taylor, Nick thought. Was this a moment she had been waiting for, just so she could be with Taylor? Nick felt himself starting to get angry at the whole situation. Nick placed his hands on his hips in a manly fashion and looked down to the floor deep in his thoughts. He then looked up at Selena. “Just like that, huh? You’re just going to give up on us?” “Yep….you already have by being with someone else.” Selena said firmly.
Nick thought for a second and replied, “No. Im not giving you a divorce. Im not giving up on us. I never have and never will. But I will respect ur wishes and I will leave for tonite.” Nick said as he started to walk out of the kitchen.
Selena followed him. “First of all, you will give me a divorce and second of all, you’re leaving for good, Nick. I don’t want you back here.” Nick started to walk upstairs. “Nick, where are you going? All of your stuff is down here.” Selena continued to follow him.
“I need clothes for work.” Nick passed Nina’s room where Demi was. Demi became alert once she realized they were both upstairs and heading to their bedroom.
Nick walked in the bedroom and noticed the closet was pretty much cleared out. He turned and looked at Selena. “Really? Where are my suits, Sel?”
“Maybe you can get that Cindy bitch to buy you more suits.”
Nick started to look annoyed. “C’mon, Sel.” Selena started to look at the bathroom as if signally his suits were in there. Nick followed her gaze and walked into the bathroom. There he saw all of his suits, shirts, ties, and shoes drenched in bleach. By this time, the coloring was already looking like white tie-dye streaks. Nick cursed loudly in anger. “Really, Sel?! What am I supposed to wear to work?” Nick yelled as he rushed up to her.
Selena slightly jumped back. “I don’t care. Figure it out, genius!”
“Dammit, Sel.” Nick paused trying to calm down. He then thought about Taylor. “Is all this for Taylor?”
Selena cocked her head at Nick confused, “What? Taylor?”
“You want to be with Taylor, is that it? Is that why you are giving up on us? For him?” Nick yelled as he got into Selena’s face.
“Don’t be stupid, Nick! Just leave, already!”
“Why? Is Taylor coming over?” Nick asked he walked away from her and grabbed a few ties on the floor in the closet.
“You asshole…your trying to turn this back on me.” Selena said angrily. She then rushed behind Nick and shoved him. Nick quickly turned around to more of Selena trying to fight him. Blocking her blows and trying to hold her arms down, Nick shouted for her to stop. Selena started to yell for him to get off of her.
Demi rushed into the room and tried to pull Selena back telling Nick to let Selena go. “Nick, just leave, alright!”
Nick stopped as he tried to calm himself. He watched Selena turn to cry on Demi shoulders as she hugged her. Nick rubbed his curly hair. “Sel…I….I’m sorry.”
“Nick…leave.” Demi said firmly as she narrowed her eyes at Nick.
Nick grabbed a few of his clothing pieces and other personal items. He then said in a pleading voice, “What about Nina? I want to see my daughter. You can’t keep me from my daughter, Sel.”
Selena didn’t respond.
“Damn, Nick, just leave.” Demi said embracing Selena.
Nick looked at Selena one last time and then he turned to leave. Nick stopped off in Nina’s room and saw her laying in her crib starting to get fussy for being left alone. He picked her up and kissed her, holding her tight. “Daddy loves you, okay. I’ll be back.” Nick whispered to her and then laid her back down putting her pacifier into her mouth.
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“Nick, you know you are more than welcome to stay here.” Nick’s aunt, Christina, said to him over the phone as Nick drove to a hotel.
“I know. I just really want to be left alone and kind of be in my own world, ya know.” Nick said sadly into the phone.
Christina sighed. “Okay, honey. You know Im here. I love you.”
“Thanks, Aunt Chris. I love you too.”
Several minutes later, Nick found himself in a hotel room, with the lights off, and his clothes and sneakers on while lying on top of the bed. He couldn’t sleep. He cried quietly. He was restless as he laid wide awake in the dark. He could only wonder how the next day, Sunday, would turn out.
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Nick’s heart was racing. He wanted to walk up to Selena and take her in his arms but he wasn’t sure how she would react. Would she blow up and start hitting him again? Nick hesitated before he spoke. “Can we talk?”
“I don’t really care to hear what you have to say, Nick. I don’t want you here. I helped you out and packed your shit in your luggages.” Selena said calmly.
Nick took a deep breath. This was harder than he imagined. “Can we please talk first?” Nick asked. He then looked at Demi and back to Selena. “Alone? Can we talk alone?”
“No.” Selena replied quickly.
“Sel, baby…please…” Nick started to walk closer to Selena.
“Don’t! Don’t come near me.” Selena said as she took a step back.
Nick stopped in his tracks. “Can I please just talk to you for a second? Please?” Nick begged. He then looked at Demi as if asking for help. “Demi, please? Can I just speak to my wife alone?”
Selena chuckled. “Oh, now its all about your wife? I wasn’t your wife in those pictures, was I ?”
Nick took another deep breath as he knew he deserved that low blow of a comment Selena just gave him. “Selena, please believe me when I say that she means absolutely nothing to me. I love you. Sel…Im so sorry. Please…” Nick said in a shaky voice as he took a few steps closer to Selena. “Please, can we just talk about this?”
Selena noticed how he was almost on the verge of tears as he spoke which made her feel like she wanted to cry. However, she remained strong. Selena had to admit she had so many questions for him. She decided to hear his lame excuses. Selena looked back at Demi and said, “Demi, can you leave us, so we can talk. I’ll let you know if I need you.”
Demi nodded in agreement as she started to walk upstairs. “You better call out if you need me, okay?”
Selena nodded okay.
Nick kept his eyes on Selena as Demi left them alone. “Can we sit down?” Nick asked softly. Selena lead him into the kitchen so they could sit down at the table. They ended up sitting counter corner from each other. Nick dragged his chair closer to Selena. Nick took a deep breath. “Im an asshole, I know. I am so sorry that I hurt you. I was stupid and Cindy means absolutely nothing to me,” Nick paused waiting for Selena to say something.
After a long pause, Selena responded. “I want to hear you say it.”
“Say what?”
“Say you cheated on me.” Selena answered as she glared at Nick across from her.
Nick hesitated. “I…I cheated on you…with Cindy.”
If looks could kill, Nick was sure he would be dead at this very moment. After a long silence, Selena asked, “You fucked her?”
Nick paused before responding. “Yes.”
Selena was pissed. “In your office?”
Again, Nick paused before responding shamefully. “Yes.”
“The same day I came to your office for lunch? The same day, you brought flowers home for me? The same day I asked you what was on your neck, because I thought it was a hickey? You had sex the same day you had sex with me?” Selena stated loudly rather than in a question.
“Yes.” Nick replied shamefully.
“You bastard.” Selena said as she wiped a tear away that escaped down her cheek. “You lied to me, Nick. You flat out lied to my face.”
“I know…baby, im so sorry.”
Selena chuckled and shook her head out of disbelief, “All this time…the whole time she was smiling in my face…and she was fucking my husband.” Selena continued to shake her head at the thought. She then asked him about the picture in the elevator. He explained to her that was the time he was fighting her off of him. Selena thought for a moment, and asked, “How many times did you have sex with her, Nick?”
Nick paused not wanting to answer. “Two times.” Nick said reluctantly.
Within an instant Nick felt a hard sting across his right left cheek as Selena slapped him hard. Nick stood there leaving his head turned to the side from her slap and closed his eyes as he felt the pain spread across his cheek. He knew he deserved it.
“Bastard.” Selena said as she glared at him as tears streamed down her face.
Nick looked at Selena as one tear escaped down her cheek. “Baby, I’m so sorry. Please…I love you…” Nick tried to hold Selena as she began to cry, but Selena shoved his arms away from her.
She then started to shove and hit him. “You’re such a liar! You couldn’t get enough of her? You had to fuck her twice?!” Selena said as she tried to fight him.
Nick was blocking all of her punches and slaps as he grabbed her arms tightly and pushed her against the refrigerator to get her to stop. Selena was trying to get herself free as she began to shout at him, “Get off of me! Get off!” Selena pushed Nick away from her with all of her might. “Don’t touch me! You asshole…you fucked her and then you came home and fucked me! Did you use a condom? Did you?” Selena asked as she walked away from him.
Nick knew he didn’t use any protection with Cindy which was a really stupid move on his part, but telling Selena he didn’t use one was even worse. Nick couldn’t find the words to answer, but his face said it all. “Oh my God…Now I have to go get tested because there is no telling what that whore has.
“I was stupid…I know. You weren’t there for me! I needed you and you weren’t there.”
“Oh, so this is MY fault?!”
“Im just saying I needed you. I was stupid and was thinking with my dick and not my brain, but I swear I will never do this again. I love you too much. Sel…I love you and Nina more than anything in this world.” Nick said teary eyed.
“Well…” Selena said as she wiped the tears from her face, “…you should have thought of that before you fucked HER. You can tell me anything right now, but I don’t trust you. I can’t trust you. I can’t….I can’t do this with you.”
“I know I have a lot of work to do as far as gaining your trust back…but we can do this. We have been thru so much…we can get thru this.” Nick said pleading for her forgiveness.
“Nick, I want a divorce.”
Nick felt like the wind was knocked out of him when he heard Selena say she wanted a divorce. He was shocked and speechless as he looked at Selena. “Are you serious?”
Selena placed her hands on her hips and looked at Nick with a stern face. “Yes. You embarrassed me, and made me feel like a fool. You lied to my face. How do I know what else you have lied about, Nicholas Jerry Dawson. For all I know, I probably have some sort of sexually transmitted disease thanks to you and your cheating dick. I deserve better. Yes, I want a divorce.” Selena said as she sniffed and wiped away a single tear. “You need to leave tonite.” She finished calmly.
Nick remained quiet as he stared at Selena. He felt she was only saying these things right now because she was so upset. He realized nothing he could say tonite was going to make her feel better. But how could she just give up on their love so quickly. It was like she hadn’t really thought about it. Would it be because of Taylor, Nick thought. Was this a moment she had been waiting for, just so she could be with Taylor? Nick felt himself starting to get angry at the whole situation. Nick placed his hands on his hips in a manly fashion and looked down to the floor deep in his thoughts. He then looked up at Selena. “Just like that, huh? You’re just going to give up on us?” “Yep….you already have by being with someone else.” Selena said firmly.
Nick thought for a second and replied, “No. Im not giving you a divorce. Im not giving up on us. I never have and never will. But I will respect ur wishes and I will leave for tonite.” Nick said as he started to walk out of the kitchen.
Selena followed him. “First of all, you will give me a divorce and second of all, you’re leaving for good, Nick. I don’t want you back here.” Nick started to walk upstairs. “Nick, where are you going? All of your stuff is down here.” Selena continued to follow him.
“I need clothes for work.” Nick passed Nina’s room where Demi was. Demi became alert once she realized they were both upstairs and heading to their bedroom.
Nick walked in the bedroom and noticed the closet was pretty much cleared out. He turned and looked at Selena. “Really? Where are my suits, Sel?”
“Maybe you can get that Cindy bitch to buy you more suits.”
Nick started to look annoyed. “C’mon, Sel.” Selena started to look at the bathroom as if signally his suits were in there. Nick followed her gaze and walked into the bathroom. There he saw all of his suits, shirts, ties, and shoes drenched in bleach. By this time, the coloring was already looking like white tie-dye streaks. Nick cursed loudly in anger. “Really, Sel?! What am I supposed to wear to work?” Nick yelled as he rushed up to her.
Selena slightly jumped back. “I don’t care. Figure it out, genius!”
“Dammit, Sel.” Nick paused trying to calm down. He then thought about Taylor. “Is all this for Taylor?”
Selena cocked her head at Nick confused, “What? Taylor?”
“You want to be with Taylor, is that it? Is that why you are giving up on us? For him?” Nick yelled as he got into Selena’s face.
“Don’t be stupid, Nick! Just leave, already!”
“Why? Is Taylor coming over?” Nick asked he walked away from her and grabbed a few ties on the floor in the closet.
“You asshole…your trying to turn this back on me.” Selena said angrily. She then rushed behind Nick and shoved him. Nick quickly turned around to more of Selena trying to fight him. Blocking her blows and trying to hold her arms down, Nick shouted for her to stop. Selena started to yell for him to get off of her.
Demi rushed into the room and tried to pull Selena back telling Nick to let Selena go. “Nick, just leave, alright!”
Nick stopped as he tried to calm himself. He watched Selena turn to cry on Demi shoulders as she hugged her. Nick rubbed his curly hair. “Sel…I….I’m sorry.”
“Nick…leave.” Demi said firmly as she narrowed her eyes at Nick.
Nick grabbed a few of his clothing pieces and other personal items. He then said in a pleading voice, “What about Nina? I want to see my daughter. You can’t keep me from my daughter, Sel.”
Selena didn’t respond.
“Damn, Nick, just leave.” Demi said embracing Selena.
Nick looked at Selena one last time and then he turned to leave. Nick stopped off in Nina’s room and saw her laying in her crib starting to get fussy for being left alone. He picked her up and kissed her, holding her tight. “Daddy loves you, okay. I’ll be back.” Nick whispered to her and then laid her back down putting her pacifier into her mouth.
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“Nick, you know you are more than welcome to stay here.” Nick’s aunt, Christina, said to him over the phone as Nick drove to a hotel.
“I know. I just really want to be left alone and kind of be in my own world, ya know.” Nick said sadly into the phone.
Christina sighed. “Okay, honey. You know Im here. I love you.”
“Thanks, Aunt Chris. I love you too.”
Several minutes later, Nick found himself in a hotel room, with the lights off, and his clothes and sneakers on while lying on top of the bed. He couldn’t sleep. He cried quietly. He was restless as he laid wide awake in the dark. He could only wonder how the next day, Sunday, would turn out.
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