Happiness Seems So Far Away

Next Day…

Melina and John had finally arrived back where WWE was taking place that week. Since the entire world had found out about the so called murderer of Dave, WWE decided to cancel their shows that week until the police evidence that Randy had been the murderer or Dave suicide. Both Melina and John, now husband and wife, seemed so concerned and worried about what they just found out hours ago. Dave being dead completely shocked them, especially Melina who had been known Dave since her debut and they even had a short but romantic relationship in the past. There was a time in Melina's life when she and Dave became really close so she knew Dave very well, but yet she couldn't explain herself how could he become so uncontrolled furious and even abuse Kelly or Milena, since back in the days he had always been a sweet and nice guy with her and with everyone. Maybe something happened inside Dave that made him become so evil and so angry about anyone but now it was too late for her to find out the truth. There was a part inside her that made her believe, for a second only, that Randy might not be as innocent as she thought.

"Baby…are you alright?" She heard a voice calling but it was too far away from her to react. She was deeply lost in her own thoughts trying to figure out what really happened and she just didn't notice that it's been over an hour since she didn't speak a word. "Melina?" She shivered and looked at her beloved husband, whose voice became louder.

"W-what?" She said slowly rubbing her face tired.

"Are you alright honey? What's the matter with you, all this time you barely talked."

John told her with a worried tone as he wrapped his hand around her, protecting her from the doubts and concerns she'd been thinking of.

"Yes I'm fine don't worry. I just try over and over again to understand what really happened with Dave and Randy." She sighed as she rested her head on his warm shoulder. "I can't believe Dave is dead."

"Mel, I know you're worried, so am I, but we're almost at the hotel and Kelly will explain us what really happened there. Trust me I can't wait to figure this whole thing out but baby you're taking it way too much. Relax a bit, maybe the press overstated everything and Randy wasn't even there with Dave." John tried to calm his wife down. He hated what was going on with his old friend, Randy but also the chance that occurred in Dave since he and Kelly broke up over a year ago worried John. Dave was that friend you always need around but in the last months he became the exactly opposite. It was like someone else replaced the good guy Dave with some kind of lack of balanced man whose obsession was to hurt people that once cared about him or in whose he put his feelings on. Thank God, John thought, he didn't hurt Melina in any way.

On the other side, Randy also changed since he and Kelly split up. He had always been that kind of possessive lover and he was extremely jealous so he could easily become a wild animal when it came to the women he loved. With Dave developing a criminal personality and with Randy being able to kill for defending his woman, it was very hard to guess what happened. Even though he hoped Randy wasn't involved in this story, a part of him made him think Randy might had been killed Dave. He knew how much he loved Barbara and even though he never showed it, he had been suffering all this time while he was away from her.

"You're right baby; I'll just take things easy. I promise." She smiled a bit and kissed his lips as the taxi arrived at the hotel.

At the hotel, Melina and John were in Kelly's room trying to listen to her side of the story. Kelly was so tired, Melina noticed, that her beautiful green eyes were surrounded by a red line which made her look like an older and tired woman who was struggling hard times. She was suffering and Melina knew it. Having Randy away from her, now that, as she told them, she had him back must have been destroyed her. Poor Kelly…

"Here, drink this water; it will make you feel better." Melina said and handed Kelly a glass of water. She took it slowly and drank it, as her eyes were still looking down, like she was guilty of something.

"Have you talked to the lawyers?" John asked as he looked out the window.

"I did. They said it's a complicate case and it will take time until they find the right evidence, maybe years." Kelly sighed and put the empty glass down.

"Did you talk to him?" Melina asked hugging herself. She hated so much to see Kelly like this. His sweet and adorable Kelly who was always smiling and was always so full of life became so pale and so colorless. Once again she was going through a rough time.

"No, I haven't. The lawyer said nobody can visit him until the process is over. If they find him guilty, he could stay even 20 years in prison." Kelly added as she looked up trying not to cry anymore. Only the thought of seeing Randy locked for 20 years drove her insane.

"Barbie…. Are you sure Randy didn't do it?" John asked hesitating. This question was on everybody's lips but nobody had the courage to say it out loud. It was a doubt which the three of them had, and someone should have said it.

"What? Of course I'm sure, John." Well… two of them three had the doubt. "He didn't do it. He had come that night to me and he had told me that he's sorry for everything and that he and Dave had an altercation and Dave shoot himself. He had his hands full of blood but I'm totally positive that he tried to help him somehow." Kelly said indignant standing up. "How could you think something like that, John? Randy is like your brother you know him better than anyone and you know very well how things happened years ago with his ex wife. You should, no, you must believe in him!"

"Hold up, Kell, is not like this." Melina also stood up. "John just tries to get a clue of something that had happened because we all know how Randy is and how much he had been away from you, so maybe Dave might have said something that upset him and he just lost his mind and..." She stopped talking as Kelly took her coat and walked out slamming the door. "Kelly!" Melina tried to follow her.

"Let her go, baby. It's a hard moment for her. Maybe we're both wrong, and Randy is innocent." John said as he hugged his wife.

"I don't know John… I don't know…"

~~ Couple of weeks later ~~

The process of Randy had been suspended because the investigators hadn't found any evidence that Randy was really the one who shot Dave. They had found Randy's fingerprints on the gun but also they found Dave's so it wasn't clear if Randy really was the one who pulled the trigger or it was Dave. Until this whole thing would be figured out Randy would be staying under arrest, at a prison in the city WWE took place in the week of the murder.

Looking out through the bars of the window, Randy was staring at the full moon that was lighting his tired and concerned face. A month had passed since his happiness once again turned the back on him and ran away as fast as it could letting him in the hands of sorrow. He knew he shouldn't have followed Dave that night but he couldn't resist the urge to teach him a lesson about who The Viper, The Legend Killer is. How ironic, he thought, remembering one of his stage names. He now was a killer. He wondered if his sweet and innocent Barbie was awake. He loved her so much that he could feel the love for her running through his veins. He felt so helpless and he even hated himself for causing so much pain to the woman he loved the most. The only woman he had ever loved. He went to the bed and took out under the pillow her photo and stared at it for a bit, admiring each and every feature of her angelic face. God how pure she was, and all he wanted was to make her happy. He felt a warm tear rolling down his face and pressed the photo to his chest. Maybe he wasn't the right man for her; maybe she needed someone who would have trusted her from the beginning. He kissed the photo and put it back under his pillow as he lay on the bed. He clenched his teeth realizing that Dave didn't let him be happy with the woman they both loved, not even after his death.

~ Next Morning ~

Kelly was already awake and dressed up, ready to go visit Randy. She always visited him when she had time because the shows kept her busy, but as soon as she got a few free hours she'd drive all over to see her man. She was nervous than never and she tried to explain herself why. Shaking her head she was about to call her friend, Melina, but she remembered the other day that she and John actually thought that Randy is guilty. What great friends she had! She thought and without thinking twice grabbed her purse and run up to her car.

The curtains were still closed in Melina and John's room when the phone started to ring. Quickly, John grabbed it and without waking up his wife he ran to the balcony and answered. He didn't want to make Melina up, it was still early and he knew how lazy she was. Ending the call, he returned to find an already awake Melina smiling sleepy.

"Ow baby I woke you up, I'm so sorry." He said and got back in the bed next to her. Holding her close, he kissed her head which was resting on his strong chest.

"It's ok; I wanted to wake up anyway." She shrugged with a smile and looked at John. She looked pale, John noticed and it made him frown.

"Mel, are you alright? You look pale, should I call the doctor?" He stroked her dark hair.

"No, baby I'm fine. I feel a little bit dizzy, but it is because of everything that happened. I'm still worried for Kelly and Randy." Melina said with one of her sweetest smiles.

"Are you sure? Look, the accident you had is still very recent; you should go see the doctor. Mel, I don't want anything to happen to you, not now when I finally have you back." John said and his blue eyes got sadder.

Melina nodded looking down. "You're right, baby I'll go later. Who was on the phone?"

"Oh, just the bank. I have to go sign some papers later." He smiled. "Wanna take breakfast, or you want something else?" John smirked and pulled her tighter.

Melina let out a laugh. "How well you know me, baby." She kissed him passionately.

At the prison, Kelly was waiting for Randy to be brought. Her heart was biting hard, like never before and she was really nervous. Why, in the hell was she feeling like this? Suddenly those huge doors that were closed by then, opened and two officers came up with Randy between them. He was wearing one of those formal orange uniforms and he had his wrists handcuffed. Kelly let out a tear when she noticed Randy's tired and remorse look. He was full of regret, she knew it.

"Barbie!" Randy said and Kelly ran up to him hugging him as tight as she could. He held her closer, smelling her perfume and her own smell. "You're so beautiful." He said looking at her and pressed his lips on hers.

Kelly's green eyes were full of tears and a few fell on her cheek and even on Randy's cheek when he kissed her.

"I miss you." She cried and looked down. Randy grabbed her face gently and made her look at him.

"It's gonna be alright, sweetie. Just don't cry I hate seeing you cry." He said and wiped away the sweet tears of her beloved Barbie.

"It's not fair, Randy. Everyone out there things you're guilty. Some even said it out loud. I can't take it anymore; I just wanna go and yell at them. They are just a bunch of assholes and just all I wanna do is killing them." Kelly said revolted, sitting at the other side of the table.

"People it's the last thing I care about right now, Barbie. Tell me, how are you?" He said sitting on the other side and grabbed her hands on the table.

"I'll survive as long as you're alright." She said and looked at him. "I talked to the lawyer and he said he almost had all the evidences to prove your innocence, he doesn't know yet when will be the process."

"I know, I've talked to him on the phone earlier." Randy sighed. "Hey, um John and Mel didn't come with you did they?" He asked looking beyond Barbie, at the door.

"Um, no they didn't." She said shortly making Randy look at her. "What?" She asked.

"Is everything alright with you baby?" His warm voice made Kelly sigh. "Well…beside this whole situation."

"Yeah, I'm just concerned about all of this. I want it to be over, Randy. I want us to be happy together." Kelly said hopeless looking in her lover's blue eyes.

"And we will. Just be patient ok? This proves that our love is stronger than any struggle we're facing. Barbie…" He begun and slowly approached her. "When I'll be out of this place, I want to marry you."

Kelly's eyes went wide open. "Ar... oh God, Randy, are you sure you wanna marry me? I mean what if we-". But Randy's lips stopped her with a very long and sweet kiss that they both needed.

On her way back home she couldn't help but smile like crazy all the time. Randy just proposed her, exactly what she had wished for all this time: to be his wife, for now and forever. She felt the need to call Melina and tell her the news but she was still upset for her and John's distrust of Randy. How could they doubt about him like that?

End of chapter 20.

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