table next to ellen. he curiosity, she says, got the better of her. she picked up his phone and opened it. so you loisenned to the messages. i listened to the messages. and what a shock that was. one message in particular from a man she d never heard mike mention. someone named dave simmons. a man ellen believed was the reason mike was spending so much time in phoenix. he would talk about how satisfied he was with their sexual contact. it would bei explicit as to wha each had done to each other. so there literally wasn t any question. there was no question. what was going on here. no. it was january 11, 2002. ellen says like so many nights before, mike woke her for their nightly screaming match.