"What's at Jordan's?" Dwayne asked.
"A daddy-son camp out. But my daddy won't be there," Ryan responded.
"I'm not sure yet, but I'll get someone to go with you."
"Do you want me to go Ry?" Dwayne asked.
"I want my daddy to go!" Ryan didn't mean to be rude, but it came across sounding a little rude.
"Uncle Dwayne, you can't really afford to take any time off from house shows. Thanks, but I'll find someone who's not needed as much," I tried to make it sound nicer.
"Ok, but just know I'm here if you can't find anyone."
"Thanks uncle Dwayne." We both hugged him and then continued on to my dressing room.
"Hey Candy, there's someone at the entrance that's looking for you. Says he's an old frined of yours," Stephanie said to me.
"Did you catch his name?" I asked.
"It was Neal I think." My legs felt like they were gonna go out from under me.
"Uh... Just tell him I'm not in the building."
"Why? Who's Neal?"
"I'll explain later. Right now I need you to go tell Jim NOT to let Neal into the building."
"Ok. Let me go...Ut oh. Never mind. That's not going to work." I slowly turned around and saw Neal walking towards us.
"Candy! Oh my gosh, how are you doing? Long time no see," Neal called walking up to us.
"Don't even start with me. We're not the best of friends so don't act like it. What happened did you and Janice break up?"
"C'mon Candy, can't we just talk?" Neal tried.
"Not now. I'm busy I need to take care of my son and then I have to get ready for my match tonight. Sorry I have to go."
"Well, I'll call you then."
"No. Neal do you understand the words coming out of my mouth, I DON'T WANT YOU IN MY LIFE. You hurt me once, I'm not letting you hurt me again."
"C'mon Candy. Things have changed. Please just let me explain what happened all those years ago."
"You don't have to explain anything. I know what happened. You moved to Utah to be with Janice. You told me that you didn't want ANYTHING to do with me. So I gave you space. And now you want to talk. What part did I leave out of it?"
"You left out the part about..."
"Oh yeah, I left out the part where your girlfriend told me that I was a jerk who should leave you alone, and the part where YOU totally humilated me infront of ALL our friends. NOW did I leave anything out?"
"No. I think you covered it all, but Candy I've changed. Please just let's hang out for a while."
"NO! Neal you need to leave NOW!"
"Candy why don't you believe that I've changed. I realize I was wrong for moving to Utah for Janice. I realize all that I did was wrong."
"I told you I want you to leave."
"C'mon Please just let's go get a drink after the show. I mean after all I did fly here, buy tickets and backstage passes, and all just to see you."
"So now you're stalking me instead of the other way around."
"Yes. I mean NO. I'm not stalking you. I'm trying to talk to you. I tried calling you at home but your phone got turned off."
"I sold that house. Listen, I've got 20 things I need to do before the show starts so please leave."
"I'm not leaving until we have a real talk about what happened between you and I."
"I believe Candy asked you to leave. Now you've got two choices Neal, leave on your own or I'll remove you from the building the hard way," Stephanie said. She had been standing there the whole time trying to find the right time to throw her two cents in.
"You can't hurt me," Neal responded.
"No, but if you don't get out of here NOW I will," Brock said walking over to us. "Now I believe the lady asked you to leave. So if I were you, I would." Brock flexed his muscles. Neal looked worried.
"Call me later Candy. You've got my cell number." Neal said and then left.
"Thanks Brock," I said giving him a hug and then grabbing Ryan and walking off.
"A daddy-son camp out. But my daddy won't be there," Ryan responded.
"I'm not sure yet, but I'll get someone to go with you."
"Do you want me to go Ry?" Dwayne asked.
"I want my daddy to go!" Ryan didn't mean to be rude, but it came across sounding a little rude.
"Uncle Dwayne, you can't really afford to take any time off from house shows. Thanks, but I'll find someone who's not needed as much," I tried to make it sound nicer.
"Ok, but just know I'm here if you can't find anyone."
"Thanks uncle Dwayne." We both hugged him and then continued on to my dressing room.
"Hey Candy, there's someone at the entrance that's looking for you. Says he's an old frined of yours," Stephanie said to me.
"Did you catch his name?" I asked.
"It was Neal I think." My legs felt like they were gonna go out from under me.
"Uh... Just tell him I'm not in the building."
"Why? Who's Neal?"
"I'll explain later. Right now I need you to go tell Jim NOT to let Neal into the building."
"Ok. Let me go...Ut oh. Never mind. That's not going to work." I slowly turned around and saw Neal walking towards us.
"Candy! Oh my gosh, how are you doing? Long time no see," Neal called walking up to us.
"Don't even start with me. We're not the best of friends so don't act like it. What happened did you and Janice break up?"
"C'mon Candy, can't we just talk?" Neal tried.
"Not now. I'm busy I need to take care of my son and then I have to get ready for my match tonight. Sorry I have to go."
"Well, I'll call you then."
"No. Neal do you understand the words coming out of my mouth, I DON'T WANT YOU IN MY LIFE. You hurt me once, I'm not letting you hurt me again."
"C'mon Candy. Things have changed. Please just let me explain what happened all those years ago."
"You don't have to explain anything. I know what happened. You moved to Utah to be with Janice. You told me that you didn't want ANYTHING to do with me. So I gave you space. And now you want to talk. What part did I leave out of it?"
"You left out the part about..."
"Oh yeah, I left out the part where your girlfriend told me that I was a jerk who should leave you alone, and the part where YOU totally humilated me infront of ALL our friends. NOW did I leave anything out?"
"No. I think you covered it all, but Candy I've changed. Please just let's hang out for a while."
"NO! Neal you need to leave NOW!"
"Candy why don't you believe that I've changed. I realize I was wrong for moving to Utah for Janice. I realize all that I did was wrong."
"I told you I want you to leave."
"C'mon Please just let's go get a drink after the show. I mean after all I did fly here, buy tickets and backstage passes, and all just to see you."
"So now you're stalking me instead of the other way around."
"Yes. I mean NO. I'm not stalking you. I'm trying to talk to you. I tried calling you at home but your phone got turned off."
"I sold that house. Listen, I've got 20 things I need to do before the show starts so please leave."
"I'm not leaving until we have a real talk about what happened between you and I."
"I believe Candy asked you to leave. Now you've got two choices Neal, leave on your own or I'll remove you from the building the hard way," Stephanie said. She had been standing there the whole time trying to find the right time to throw her two cents in.
"You can't hurt me," Neal responded.
"No, but if you don't get out of here NOW I will," Brock said walking over to us. "Now I believe the lady asked you to leave. So if I were you, I would." Brock flexed his muscles. Neal looked worried.
"Call me later Candy. You've got my cell number." Neal said and then left.
"Thanks Brock," I said giving him a hug and then grabbing Ryan and walking off.