I'm not sure how long we stayed like that. Me curled up with my head in mother's lap and her not saying anything. And then the blasted doorbell rang causing me to jump. Probably enough time for Ric to get here. She kissed the top of my head like she used to when I was a kid.
"I'll get it." She got up. I stayed curled into a ball sobbing. "Hello Arn. What brings you here?"
I sat up and wiped the tears out of my eyes. It wasn't Uncle Ric after all but Ric called him. I could tell. He was looking at me with barely concealed anger. Please don't tell my mother I silently pleaded.
"Drove up to see how OVW was doing." Uncle Arn said. "And I knew that Danny was training here and thought I'd drop by. How are you doing Nancy?" oh good he's not going to tell her. that was a relief. A small one but still a relief.
"Been better. Just found out my former stepdaughter is hanging out with HHH and Stephanie Helmsley. How about you?"
"Bout the same with the exception of not knowing that." I started to inch out of the room. "Wait a second Danny I need to talk to you alone if that's all right with you Nancy."
"Oh sure. Why don't I go to the store or something. I'll be back later."
My mother left. I was left facing Arn. I wish I could have gone to the store. "Ric told you didn't he?"
He stared at me for a few minutes. "Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"Uncle Arn I've only known for less then a couple weeks! and I was sworn to secrecy."
"Who else knows?"
"I can't tell you."
"Well when were you going to tell your mother?"
I bit my bottom lip. That was a good question. That's something I almost didn't want to tell her. "Don't tell her."
He sighed. "Kid you can't do this to everyone. You have to tell them."
"I can't!"
the doorbell rang. I wonder if I could climb out the window because I sure as heck wasn't ready to talk to him, Ric Flair.
"Eddy!" Arn said. huh? I thought. looking past Uncle Arn to indeed see Uncle Eddy.
"Arn?" Eddy asked. He saw me standing there. I probably looked like a mess. "What's going on?"
"Was kind of hoping you could tell me Eddy. Ric got a video today."
"Did you?" He swung around to look at me.
"No. just got back into town last night."
"Back into town? You were...please say you didn't go to Atlanta."
"No." but I sure as heck am not going to tell him I was in Kansas City!
Arn luckily didn't say anything during that exchange though I'm pretty sure he had no clue what we were talking about. But he came back to the mater at hand. "Why didn't you tell us Eddy?"
"I couldn't!"
"I can understand if Danny couldn't but Eddy you've known for fourteen years!"
the doorbell rang again. Yeah this was going great. Now I'm pretty sure that that's Ric Flair.
While Arn and Eddy yelled I answered the door. Sure enough it was Ric Flair. I opened it. First thing Ric did was shove Eddy into the wall. "Start talking Guerrero." He said.
"I know the video looks bad..."
"Looks bad? Looks bad? It showed me that Chris Benoit was alive after the powerbomb! And you were in the video Eddy! What is wrong with you? You booked RAW that Monday! And yet you wouldn't tell anyone?"
Uncle Eddy sagged against the wall. He booked RAW? That was news to me. "I couldn't Ric. You have to understand I couldn't tell anyone."
"And you waited 14 years to tell Danny?" Uncle Arn asked.
"No. I had no intention of telling him. He and a few others followed me and they found out. Look Chris is fine."
"You kept Chris away from his family for fourteen years!"
"No you don't understand! It was in order to protect them. After fourteen years you don't even think about it anymore."
"Well we sure as hell did!" Ric said. "And you!" He said turning to look at me. "You hung up on me."
"He's been making a habit out of it." Eddy muttered.
Ric glared at him. "You wouldn't answer any of my questions. Why not?"
"It's like Eddy said. I can't tell you."
The yelling continued for quite awhile. I was surprised my mother hadn't returned during all of this. I wonder where she went. Uncle Ric sat down on the couch his anger mostly spent after about an hour of yelling at both of us. Mostly it went in circles without Eddy giving out any information. I'd never seen the Legendary Nature Boy look so old in all the time I'd known him.
"Just tell me where Chris is Eddy, I feel I'm owed that much," Ric said sounding very tired and very old.
"I wish I could Ric, I really wish I could," Uncle Eddy said sounding like he was about to cry himself, something I'd never seen him do. "I can't. I'm sorry."
With that Eddy turned to leave the apartment. He opened the door and more or less got shoved down in the same manner he'd gotten shoved down with Uncle Ric arrived. I saw a man in the doorway holding Athena by the crook of her arm.
"Maybe I'd like some answers," Bret Hart said with fire in his eyes.
Does everyone on this planet know where I live?
"I'll get it." She got up. I stayed curled into a ball sobbing. "Hello Arn. What brings you here?"
I sat up and wiped the tears out of my eyes. It wasn't Uncle Ric after all but Ric called him. I could tell. He was looking at me with barely concealed anger. Please don't tell my mother I silently pleaded.
"Drove up to see how OVW was doing." Uncle Arn said. "And I knew that Danny was training here and thought I'd drop by. How are you doing Nancy?" oh good he's not going to tell her. that was a relief. A small one but still a relief.
"Been better. Just found out my former stepdaughter is hanging out with HHH and Stephanie Helmsley. How about you?"
"Bout the same with the exception of not knowing that." I started to inch out of the room. "Wait a second Danny I need to talk to you alone if that's all right with you Nancy."
"Oh sure. Why don't I go to the store or something. I'll be back later."
My mother left. I was left facing Arn. I wish I could have gone to the store. "Ric told you didn't he?"
He stared at me for a few minutes. "Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"Uncle Arn I've only known for less then a couple weeks! and I was sworn to secrecy."
"Who else knows?"
"I can't tell you."
"Well when were you going to tell your mother?"
I bit my bottom lip. That was a good question. That's something I almost didn't want to tell her. "Don't tell her."
He sighed. "Kid you can't do this to everyone. You have to tell them."
"I can't!"
the doorbell rang. I wonder if I could climb out the window because I sure as heck wasn't ready to talk to him, Ric Flair.
"Eddy!" Arn said. huh? I thought. looking past Uncle Arn to indeed see Uncle Eddy.
"Arn?" Eddy asked. He saw me standing there. I probably looked like a mess. "What's going on?"
"Was kind of hoping you could tell me Eddy. Ric got a video today."
"Did you?" He swung around to look at me.
"No. just got back into town last night."
"Back into town? You were...please say you didn't go to Atlanta."
"No." but I sure as heck am not going to tell him I was in Kansas City!
Arn luckily didn't say anything during that exchange though I'm pretty sure he had no clue what we were talking about. But he came back to the mater at hand. "Why didn't you tell us Eddy?"
"I couldn't!"
"I can understand if Danny couldn't but Eddy you've known for fourteen years!"
the doorbell rang again. Yeah this was going great. Now I'm pretty sure that that's Ric Flair.
While Arn and Eddy yelled I answered the door. Sure enough it was Ric Flair. I opened it. First thing Ric did was shove Eddy into the wall. "Start talking Guerrero." He said.
"I know the video looks bad..."
"Looks bad? Looks bad? It showed me that Chris Benoit was alive after the powerbomb! And you were in the video Eddy! What is wrong with you? You booked RAW that Monday! And yet you wouldn't tell anyone?"
Uncle Eddy sagged against the wall. He booked RAW? That was news to me. "I couldn't Ric. You have to understand I couldn't tell anyone."
"And you waited 14 years to tell Danny?" Uncle Arn asked.
"No. I had no intention of telling him. He and a few others followed me and they found out. Look Chris is fine."
"You kept Chris away from his family for fourteen years!"
"No you don't understand! It was in order to protect them. After fourteen years you don't even think about it anymore."
"Well we sure as hell did!" Ric said. "And you!" He said turning to look at me. "You hung up on me."
"He's been making a habit out of it." Eddy muttered.
Ric glared at him. "You wouldn't answer any of my questions. Why not?"
"It's like Eddy said. I can't tell you."
The yelling continued for quite awhile. I was surprised my mother hadn't returned during all of this. I wonder where she went. Uncle Ric sat down on the couch his anger mostly spent after about an hour of yelling at both of us. Mostly it went in circles without Eddy giving out any information. I'd never seen the Legendary Nature Boy look so old in all the time I'd known him.
"Just tell me where Chris is Eddy, I feel I'm owed that much," Ric said sounding very tired and very old.
"I wish I could Ric, I really wish I could," Uncle Eddy said sounding like he was about to cry himself, something I'd never seen him do. "I can't. I'm sorry."
With that Eddy turned to leave the apartment. He opened the door and more or less got shoved down in the same manner he'd gotten shoved down with Uncle Ric arrived. I saw a man in the doorway holding Athena by the crook of her arm.
"Maybe I'd like some answers," Bret Hart said with fire in his eyes.
Does everyone on this planet know where I live?