Chapter 12

Linda stared at the ground and Randy sighed heavy and said, "Just tell me what the hell is going on...I'm right about you avoiding me...You wouldn't even look my way twice if we didn't have that stupid storyline together...Just tell me what I did that was so wrong...Please...I just want an explanation from your little outburst at the arena...I wanna know when it was that I supposedly broke your heart."

Linda looked up and rolled her eyes...She knew he was mad...She finally pushed off from the wall and walked into the bedroom and Randy followed her...He said, "I'm not leaving until you tell me." Linda said, "Back off...I'm trying to find something." Randy watched as she squatted down next to her suitcase and pulled something out...

Lisa watched but kept her mouth shut...She watched as they walked back out into the sitting room of the hotel room and Linda closed the bedroom door...Lisa just waited to hear Randy explode...And possibly take half the hotel with him.

Linda could feel herself shaking on the inside as she looked at Randy he had his hands on his hips and looked absolutely delicious...black dress pants and a black polo shirt on...tucked in. She finally exhaled and handed Randy the object she'd retrieved from the suitcase.

Randy took it and watched as Linda sat down on the couch...Randy looked down and noticed it was a picture of him and his old girlfriend Ann from high school, Randy said, "What did I bonk you in high school and never call you again? How'd you get a picture of me and my old girlfriend?"

Linda said, "Bonk me? You definitely bonked me...Me and every other girl is the city of St. Louis...Turn it over genius." Randy turned it over and the wedding ring was taped to the back of it. Randy could suddenly feel the acid rising in his throat as it burned. Randy looked at Linda confused and she stood up, crossed her arms over her chest and said, "Linda ANN Litchfield...Nice to meet you."

Randy said, "Ann...Why did you go by Ann?" Linda said, "Well...Not that'd you'd remember or anything but we had over 10 Linda's in school already with us...You call out the name and at least 5 would turn around...I'd been going by Ann since I got there...My teachers, friends, parents and even you called me Ann...Most every one knew my first name was Linda...But somehow it slipped my mind about telling you my first name."

Randy sighed and said, "Why didn't you just tell me who you were when we first met, when I got to the company?" Linda looked at Randy and said, "Because I didn't want to remember you. I didn't get that stupid marriage annulled for no reason Randy...That's why it was so easy to get it annulled too, because my first name wasn't on it."

Randy said, "You have no clue how pissed off I am right now...I'm not sure what pisses me off more...The fact that you knew who I was to you and didn't say anything to me...or the comments you made to me at the arena tonight." Linda turned around with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh what...The fearless Randy Orton got his feeling hurt from something his co-worker said...What you can't handle it now or something?"

Randy said, "No he got his feelings hurt by something his ex-wife said to him." Linda said, "Yea...Cry me a fuckin river Randy...After the shit you put me through for 2 years in high school...you have NOTHING to say to me that would make ME feel sorry for YOU." Randy said, "What I can't change?"

Linda said, "It's not that you couldn't...because you could...Your reputation for being a playboy hit the WWE before you got there...Oh yea you could change...You just don't want too...You was a playboy in high school, but I was too stupid, in love with you and blind to notice it or say a word about it...Until it was way too late to recover from the broken heart I'd gotten...I wasn't stupid...Every time I had a game to attend...you were off fuckin some girl under the bleachers, or in your car..."

Linda ran her hand through her hair and continued, "I gave you every thing I had in me and then some...and I got a broken heart thanks to you screwing every girl within a 15 mile radius of our high school. After a while I thought it was because I wasn't spending enough time with you or that I wasn't showing you I loved you enough...but...I finally figured it out...You were looking out for only one person...yourself...Randy Keith Orton...I should've known better."

Linda turned away from Randy and the tears slid down her cheeks as she wrapped her arms around herself and said, "So don't expect me to ever feel sorry for you...Cause it's NEVER gonna happen."

Randy turned around and left slamming the door closed behind him.

Lisa came out of the bedroom and put her arms around Linda and said, "You told him." Linda nodded and said, "You know the worst part about all of this?" Lisa said, "What?" Linda looked at her reflection in the window and said, "I still love him after all these years."

Something's never change...Sometimes the more they change the more they stay the same...

And it STILL sucks to be weak.