Kelly chose a black dress as she did simple makeup. She surveyed herself in the mirror satisfied with her look. She headed outside and sure enough Kane was waiting for her. She gave him a small if nervous smile as she headed to his car. He opened the door for her and she got inside.
"You like beautiful Kelly. You always do. Did Randy ever tell you that?"
She looked down at the mention of Randy.
"Your right I shouldn't have mentioned Orton. Let's not mention him anymore tonight."
That was fine with Kelly. As it was quiet in the car she couldn't believe she was actually going through with this. Kane parked at what Kelly could see as an Italian restaurant.
"I hope you like Italian."
"Yeah, its fine," Kelly said. Not that she'd tell him she didn't like it anyway.
He got out and walked over opening the door for her.
"Thank you." She said actually grateful he'd done that. She was further surprised when the waiter took them to their table and Kane pulled her chair out for her. She had been on plenty of dates but never had a man been this much of a gentleman to her. She could get used to this. She decided to become more involved in this date rather than just trying to get through it. She had to make the best out of the situation that she could.
"So Kane what would you recommend?"
He was actually shocked she asked.
"I would recommend the Milanesa. I think you would enjoy it."
"Alright, thanks, I will get that then."
They ordered their food and went back into silence.
"So Kane I would like to know about you."
"Don't you know enough already? I mean I'm not sure you really want to know."
"Well I mean it's a date right? We have to talk about something."
"Let's talk about you."
"Okay well at one point I wanted to be at television anchor. But I always loved wrestling as a child. My favorite was Stone Cold."
"Stone Cold huh?"
"Yeah."
"I certainly know him."
"I saw you too of course."
"Yeah, I suppose you did. Umm Kelly, did you date many people? In the company I mean."
"Umm yes. I wish I could say it was no. But I did. It wasn't to steal anyone's man or anything like that. I just felt like those guys liked me. Maybe they did at the time. Few were serious. But some were. I thought they liked me as well and we could be serious. I never meant for those rumors and whatever else happened."
"Kelly I will be the first to tell you I don't promiscuous people because I don't like a cheater. You know about that, don't you? You know about her?"
"About your ex-wife."
Kelly didn't dare speak her name.
"Lita." He said as though her name was poison. It might as well be to Kane.
"We don't have to talk about her." Kelly offered.
"I will never, not think about her. She's on my mind every second of every day. I'm hoping that changes. Maybe you can change it."
Kelly didn't like the idea of him putting so much faith in her in that regard.
"They say you never get over your first love."
Kane seemed to mull over words thoughtfully.
"Love huh? That wonderful thing. I guess maybe I did love her at the time. Have you ever loved anyone Kelly?"
"Not so much in a romantic way. I thought I was in love many times. It was just never really the case."
"You found love in the usual friend and family way?"
"Yes."
"Hmm, I haven't ever had the best of relationships with my family either. I think there was one I loved though."
Kelly was extremely curious to find out who that was.
"My son."
Kelly froze not following. Kane had a son? When? Where?
"My unborn son."
Then she remembered. Of course, his unborn child Lita miscarried when a wrestler by the name of Snitsky hit Kane with a chair causing him to fall on her. The child was unable to be saved.
"I have thought about that child every day since it happened. I wanted so much more for him than what I had. Maybe I hoped he could give me a normal family life. I could have the wife the child everything. I really thought Lita could grow to love me. Because if she didn't love anything else she loved that child. She could realize it was because of me she had that baby.
Honestly, once we lost the baby we did get closer. I promised her we could have another one. She promised me we could have another one. I did think I loved her and I think or thought she loved me. Then Edge came along. It was painful for my wife to say she never loved me. But losing our child was much worse. Maybe it was losing our boy that made her that way. I don't know."
Kelly didn't know what to say. Nothing she could say could top the tragedy he had faced in his life. How could she compete with his wife cheating on him and losing his child?
"Kane I'm so sorry. I really am."
Kelly had seen some of this play out on TV. Yet she had always seen Kane as this scary monster. As a result, she never thought of how things might affect him. She suddenly felt like she was the monster in that regard.
"You know at one time I hated hearing those words. Everybody told me they were sorry and it was never enough. Then suddenly everyone stopped telling me. They must have gotten tired of being sorry. Or they just didn't feel sorry anymore. Now it's kind of nice to hear someone say those words."
Kelly smiled in response. The only thing she knew to offer up. Her relationship and family history were not as complicated as his. She didn't go through the tragedy of losing a child. So, for now, she would just be quiet and as comforting to him as she could.
