Undeniable

[prologue]

Prologue

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"Kev, he's... He's beautiful, isn't he?"

Sweat rolled down Jolene's forehead as she looked down at the small, wrapped bundle in her arms. As her green eyes locked on the tiny face of her son, she felt tears begin to swell in them. Even though the young boy was completely healthy, Jolene still felt it hard to comprehend that he was actually as well off as he was.

It just didn't seem possible to Jolene that, even after nine months of pregnancy, she had actually been able to successfully carry a child to term.

"Jamie Page Nash," Kevin spoke his son's name to him for the first time as he leaned down over the hospital bed, reaching a hand out to pet the top of his head. "You really are something, buddy."

For Kevin and Jolene both, it had been love at first sight when it came to Jamie. They had thought that they had loved him before, but the moment that they were actually able to see Jamie in person, he'd stolen both of their hearts.

Conceiving Jamie hadn't been an easy task for Kevin and Jolene. Despite the amount of sex that the two had, medical problems on Jolene's end made it very difficult for conception to happen. After she had left the wrestling business in June of 2002 and Kevin had torn his quad that July, the couple had talked it out and decided that they would give it a shot.

Due to the strain that it put on Jolene, she and Kevin had agreed to only try for a year at most. They found an amazing OB/GYN who helped them as much as she could, and although each negative pregnancy test brought a couple of days of grief with it, fate finally shined upon the Nash couple in early 2003.

When Jolene received her first 'positive' on a pregnancy test, she had been convinced that it was a false reading. Although she wanted nothing more than for the test to be right, she knew better than to get her hopes up. However, when the second test held the same result, Jolene knew that it wasn't simply a fluke.

At that point, Jolene had stuffed her cigarettes into a corner in the closet and given a call to Kevin, who had been out at the grocery store. As soon as he returned, they rushed to the hospital to confirm the news.

From that day until this very moment, Jolene had been unable to shake worry from the back of her mind. There had always been a part of her that had been certain that some type of problem would occur, and either her son wouldn't survive or, if he did, something horrible would be wrong with him and he wouldn't live long. It was extremely difficult for Jolene to believe that, even though conception was difficult, her child would be fine.

Of course, doubts aside, Jolene had still been eager to plan for her son. From the day that she and Kevin had learned his gender, they'd been going back and forth on a name for him.

His middle name, Page, had been chosen by Jolene. She wanted to pay homage to her big brother, Dallas, and Kevin had no complaints. Dallas would always be one of his most cherished friends, and he and Jolene really were like family. It was a win-win situation for everyone.

Jamie's first name was a bit harder to choose.

Although Jolene had wanted to name her son after Dallas, she had refused to give him the joy of sharing his first name. She had felt as though that would've given Dallas a big head, and she couldn't allow such a thing to happen, could she?

In fact, Jamie's first name had only been chosen a few hours before his birth!

While Jolene was still dilating, her hospital room had been filled with some of her closet friends: Dallas, Kimberly, Katherine (as well as her ex-boyfriend Leslie and her daughter, Scottie), plus Paula and her daughter Janice had all shown up for Jamie's birth.