How You Remind Me

Chapter 21

Author's Note:

Sorry about this one being short. I wanted to put in the little twist at the end of this chapter before working on the last part.

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Meanwhile, across town, Renee Young was trying to get a hold of someone because she really wanted someone to talk to.

Ever since Nikki had told her to forget about trying to get Dean back, Renee had moved on to Tampa to see if she could at least get to Kristie.

However, she was having horrible luck. Dean & Kristie were proving to be very elusive, & it was pissing Renee off.

However, her day was about to get a lot worse.

It started with a notification on her phone.

She was heading out to a cafe for lunch when her phone went off. "What the fuck?" she muttered as she took a look at it.

She couldn't believe her eyes.

Right there on her Twitter timeline was a news story about Vinnie.

He had been extradited to North Carolina where he was facing charges on failure to pay child support for his one-year-old son Nathan.

Turns out that wasn't all.

The Associated Press was reporting that he was also facing the same charges in New Jersey for failure to pay child support for his 9-year-old twins from a previous relationship, Matthew & Camila.

Renee found herself shaking as she walked into the cafe & went into the ladies' room. She then found herself sobbing.

That's when it hit her.

Kristie had been right. Vinnie had been using her for nothing but sex. Renee had suspected it in the back of her mind but had ignored it because she had fallen in love with him.

Now she had been burned big time, & she was about to get burned even worse.

Renee's phone rang, but when she saw who was on her caller ID, she didn't want to pick up, but she did anyway.

The news was horrible. Renee no longer had a job. NBC had fired her.

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Meanwhile at Amalie Arena a couple of hours before Smackdown Live was to start, Kristie was backstage getting her hair & makeup done when Becky Lynch came in.

"Can I talk to you about something, Kris?" she asked. Kristie nodded as she was getting nude pink lip gloss applied by one of the makeup artists.

"What is it, Bex?" asked Kristie. "I have something that I want to tell you," said Becky nervously as she rubbed her hands together.

Kristie began to feel nervous herself. She began to get a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.

Then she got the answer that she wasn't expecting.

"RJ & I are together," said Becky. "We're in love."