The next week, exactly a month after Vince had died, Linda began to go on the road again. Shane and Stephanie had been urging her to get back into her normal routine and Linda found it of comfort, this is where she and Vince spent so many good times around the wrestlers, the business which they'd built together and in later years their children had joined them, it made both Vince and Linda so proud to think that they had built something which their children wanted to be apart of.

Linda noticed people smiling at her in the halls, but that was all they ever did, smile. None of them stopped and talked, not like they used too. Linda guessed it was because they were nervous, they hadn't seen her since the day of the funeral and even then none of them knew what to say. "Vince was a great man" and "I'm so sorry" were the words of the day. The same pity and sorrow that filled their eyes when they looked at her on the day of the funeral were the exact same looks they were giving her now.

Linda walked past Lilian Garcia and smiled at her, Lilian gave her a small nervous smile back. She couldn't take it anymore and ducked into the nearest room. Pat Patterson was in there on the phone. He looked up.

"Yep ok, seeya bye." Pat hung up the phone.

"Hi Linda."

"Hiya, sorry I didn't mean to interrupt..." Linda began.

"It's ok,"

"It's just this was the nearest room, I couldn't take it anymore."

"Take what?"

"Everybody." Linda sighed and sat down. "I am so happy to be back on the road, getting back into a normal routine. But everyone, well everyone apart from you, the kids, Shawn, Kev, Sean, Paul, Steve, Mark and Glen is treating me so differently. They don't even talk to me, just small smiles and pity in their eyes."

"They don't know what to say Linda, they don't know how they should treat you. It's not just you, since Vince died, there's just been a change in the atmosphere around here everybody's changed. I don't think anyone can quite believe that Vince is gone."

"Tell me about it, they're not the only ones."

Pat took Linda's hand. "Listen, if you ever want to talk about anything, you can come to me."

"I know, thanks Pat. You've been a brilliant friend over this past month."

Pat gave a small uneasy smile, which Linda failed to notice. "Well you and Vince have been brilliant to me over the years, this is my way of saying thanks."

"You were a great friend to Vince, to both of us, I know Vince looked at you like a brother. When every other so-called friend was turning their back on him, you were the only one that remained loyal and Vince cherished that."

Pat nodded.

"I guess I better go. Back to the grind!" Said Linda, getting up.

"Oh you love it really."

"I know, wouldn't change my job for the world." Linda grinned as she walked out.

Pat slumped back in his chair and put his head in his hands. "What have you done Pat Patterson, what have you done?"