Chapter 18
Linda wished Randy hadn't taken time off for 2 weeks, she really wanted to talk with him...she knew they would eventually have to speak...But Linda did the next best thing...She took two weeks off also...She spent the time in Washington DC with Angie and the girls, David would join them when he wasn't being his usually Bad Animal self on the road for the WWE.
The girls had, had an extremely busy day, Linda hand taken Emily and Grace shopping to a mall that was so big, she thought her feet were going to go on strike and leave her body on purpose...Afterwards they went and got pedicures and manicures...Then full body massages.
David came off the road and saw Angie standing in the kitchen...He kissed her lips softly and said, "Where are the girls?" Angie said, "Shhh...They're up stairs with Linda...Apparently they shopped until they dropped...literally." She gave a little giggle as David chuckled slightly to himself...David kissed her neck and gave her a squeeze as he walked upstairs and looked in the spare room...On a double bed laid Linda with her arm around Grace 12 and Emily 14...David smiled...He knew how much Linda meant to his girls...and was blessed to know they meant just as much to her...
They'd come down for a Monday Night Raw when they company was in Washington, it was the second month Linda was working for the company...and as soon as she met them...they'd fallen in love with her, doing their make up and Lisa fixing their hair. Angie and David had no siblings, so Linda was as close to an Aunt as anything...And she treated them as more then just a couple of kids a co-worker had and even more then nieces...She treated them as they were her own children at times.
Linda was woken up by the vibrating cell phone in her pocket...She moved around on the bed slowly and pulled a blanket over the girls as she pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and didn't recognize the number...She flipped open her black Motorola cell phone and said, "Hello."
It was quiet for a few minutes...she started to hang up when a voice said, "Linda." The voice sounded familiar. Linda said, "Who is this?" The voice said, "It's Randy." Linda breathed a couple of deep breaths as she walked down the stairs and waved to David and Angie as she walked out the front door and sat on the steps of the huge porch.
Linda looked at her phone and said, "Randy, you called me, we've been on the phone for 5 minutes and 14 seconds...What's going on?" Randy sighed as he sat on the front porch of his house and said, "I think we need to talk...and I called the hotel and Lisa said you'd taken a couple of weeks off...where are you?" Linda said, "Washington at David and Angie's. Their girls are practically family to me."
Randy said, "Speaking of family...My mom told me about your parents...I'm so sorry Linda." Linda ran her hand through her hair and said, "Hey it was a few years ago...I'm okay...It wasn't easy at first...but after a while it was just normal." Randy said, "I wish I would have known...You're parents were always so nice to me, like a second family." Linda said, "Sure...what we saw of them."
Randy said, "I know they weren't always there for you...but C'mon Linda they were your parents." Linda sighed and said, "I know...I miss them like anyone would...But let's be truthful my parents weren't exactly too parental...I could've gotten away with murder in my house and they wouldn't have noticed because they were either out of town, out of the country, or too shit faced from a 3 am party to notice something wasn't quite right."
Randy said, "Can I ask you a question?" Linda said, "Sure it's your quarter." Randy said, "Did you ever tell your parents...you know...about us getting married?" Linda said, "The last couple of years my parents were alive, they weren't exactly home a lot...but I did try to explain it to them one night before a dinner party they were throwing...I don't think they ever quite understood what the hell I was talking about."
Randy said, "I saw my parents the first week I was off and told them...They actually gave me a reaction I'd never thought I would of gotten in a million years...I was waiting for St. Louis to explode and take the rest of the state with it...I figured shouting, throwing things and pretty much something close to World War 3..." Linda said, "Lemme guess...Nothing happened." Randy laughed a little and said, "Not a damn thing...My dad gave me some much needed advice and some tips on how to make a marriage last...but other then that...They were so scary calm. I thought I'd just stepped into the Twilight Zone."
Linda laughed genuinely for the first time in a long time...Randy loved to hear it...it was like music to his ears...It got quiet for a few minutes and Linda said, "So what's on your mind Randall?" Randy chuckled and said, "Oh you are so dead...I hate that...My mother called my Randall I thought I was gonna die." Linda couldn't help but let the laugh escape her mouth again...She knew he hated being called that...but always loved to push his buttons."
It was quiet again and Randy said, "Linda...I'm so sorry about everything...I never in a million years meant to ever hurt you the way I did...I was young, stupid and very selfish...I wish I could take back everything I'd ever done to hurt you...but I know I can't...And I think the part that hurts the most is that I know you'll never be able to forgive me for hurting you the way I did."
Linda heard his voice crack, so she knew he was trying to keep himself from breaking down...Just from hearing the pain in his voice she had tears sliding down her cheeks as she said, "Randy you wanna know something...I forgave you a long time ago...We were both young and stupid and I knew what was happening and I know if I would have said something to you then, before we even got married..."
Linda sighed as she continued, "I don't know...Maybe I could've stopped you from doing it...or stopped us from being stupid...I'm not sorry I married you...I realize we were both too young...But I couldn't help myself...I fell in love with you the minute I laid eyes on you, when you knocked me on my ass...and the scary part is...I'm gonna love you until the day I die."
They talked for a few more minutes and then hung up...both trying to control their emotions...and both failing miserably. David and Angie were happy to know Randy and Linda had at least worked through most of the bad stuff...and hopefully were both on the road to healing together.
