Since I didn't do it at the end of 69, I'll make note of the songs referred there here. Long black Train is written and recorded by Josh Turner and My Immortal is sung by Evanensce.
And we begin our journey back to Canada :-D
It'd been a week since me and Uncle Bret finally managed to convince Dad to come back to Canada. Or more accurately, since Chris Benoit convinced Dad to come home to Canada. Danny told me he planned to bring his parents together the next day. I hope Danny knows what he's doing.
We met Eric at the airport at around dawn. He told us something interesting and upsetting. He said that Shawn Michaels was turning State's witness against Vince and Hunter and was going to state in court that he and Hunter and a few of their buddies helped to cause Brian Pillman and Curt Hennig's deaths. Poor Cam's going to be absolutely devastated when he finds out.
The ride to Canada was mostly uneventful. I heard Dad remark on the way there "I can't believe the original is gone." I missed the meaning until I looked out the window when we were over New York and realized he was referring to the Old World Trade Center site that was destroyed by terrorists on September 11, 2001. I remember Mom keeping me away from the TV for most of that day, not wanting me to see some of the scenes coming out of New York City. I heard afterward that some TV networks aired footage of people jumping out of burning windows. I've never seen it. They put a new WTC and memorial about 5 years ago. The restriction of airspace over it was lifted about a year ago.
Uncle Bret called Aunt Julie before we left and finally told her everything that was going on. I don't think she was too pleased that she was kept in the dark something this big. She had some inkling that something was going on that had to do with Vince since me and Uncle Bret left the tapes that Eric had sent to us (the reason Uncle Bret was having him fly us to Canada) when we headed off that fateful day to Louisville, which meant we didn't have to explain too much about Chris Benoit being alive as well. According to my Uncle she seemed to take it rather well. Which was good, since we were staying at Uncle Bret and Aunt Julie's house before facing my mother and brother the next day. Uncle Bret and Dad haven't decided how to break it to the rest of the family yet.
Would it be too petty to wish two of my aunts would drop dead at seeing my Dad after all the hell they've put their own family through following his 'death?'
We landed in Canada in mid morning, but we waited until late afternoon before leaving the plane so as to take advantage of the darkness late afternoon tends to bring in winter. On the way to Uncle Bret's we stopped by the cemetery so Dad could visit Grandma Helen and Grandpa Stu's graves. I sort of stayed with Eric Bischoff out of the way while Dad and Uncle Bret shared a moment alone at their parents' final resting places.
We got to Uncle Bret and Aunt Julie's at about 7pm local time. As we pulled up in the rental car Eric had managed to procure, we noticed, not only Aunt Julie's car, but three other cars as well. One I didn't recognize, the other two I knew all to well and let out a groan as a result.
"Great," I muttered, "Ellie and Diana have perfect timing don't they." I saw Uncle Bret's and Dad's eyes get hard at the mention of my aunts names. Bischoff didn't look all that happy to see them either.
"Your Uncle Lance is hear too," Uncle Bret muttered. I looked closer. Oh yeah, that was Lance Storm's car. I hadn't seen him around in awhile.
"Now what?" Eric asked. We all knew what he meant: Did we stay here or go in and face some serious fireworks?
I was the one that answered for most all of us: "We can't stay here forever."
Eric snorted. "Yeah well, I am. No offense, guys, I'd rather not be punched first and then asked what my involvement is in this after the fact."
I shrugged. It probably WAS best for me, Uncle Bret, and Dad to go in first anyways before Eric put in any appearances. Besides he was the only one of us that was checking into a hotel for the duration of our stay.
So the three of us that were going to face family and friends with the whole truth got out of the car and headed for the house. As we let ourselves through Uncle Bret's front door, we could hear a heated conversation going on between my Aunt Julie and my other two aunts:
"Oh come on Julie, we didn't know!" That was Ellie.
"Didn't know!? Didn't know?!" My Aunt Julie bit out, "So that gives you the excuse to try and ruin Athena's life by ratting her out to Stephanie that she was training to wrestle? Or that she threatened Athena when she turned her down?!
"You did What?!?" that was my uncle Lance. He was normally a pretty even leveled guy but I guess the news of what Vince had done and now learning what Ellie had done. "Do you have any idea how much danger you put Athena in?!"
"Geez, Ellie, I didn't think you could be so cold," that was Lance's second wife, Dawn Marie who he married about 10 years ago.
"Come off, it, Ellie didn't mean any harm. She thought she was doing Athena a favor," Diana's haughty voice, with the slight Brit tone she'd got from her late husband, rang out. I wonder if my cousin Harry knows how much of an ice queen his mother is?
Apparently my Dad couldn't take much more of my aunts defending their pro - McMahon actions, so he decided to make his presence known as we came into the living room.
"A favor Diana? Where you doing anybody but yourself any favors when you wrote that book of yours? Were you and Ellie doing anybody any favors when you inadvertently helped Vince cover up the fact that he tried to kill me? You really think you were doing Athena a favor Ellie by putting her life in jeopardy with the McMahons?" My Dad said, his voice quite but intense and I don't think I ever saw such venom in his eyes.
All the participants in the living room turned around sharply to the direction of the unexpected voice. My Aunt Julie was shocked, but not surprised. Of course she had advanced warning. Uncle Lance looked about in shock and his wife and Diana looked like they'd seen a ghost. Ellie looked absolutely frightened.
"O- Owen?" Diana stammered out.
"Hey, sis, long time no see," Dad said, sarcasm evident in his voice.
Ellie fainted.
And we begin our journey back to Canada :-D
It'd been a week since me and Uncle Bret finally managed to convince Dad to come back to Canada. Or more accurately, since Chris Benoit convinced Dad to come home to Canada. Danny told me he planned to bring his parents together the next day. I hope Danny knows what he's doing.
We met Eric at the airport at around dawn. He told us something interesting and upsetting. He said that Shawn Michaels was turning State's witness against Vince and Hunter and was going to state in court that he and Hunter and a few of their buddies helped to cause Brian Pillman and Curt Hennig's deaths. Poor Cam's going to be absolutely devastated when he finds out.
The ride to Canada was mostly uneventful. I heard Dad remark on the way there "I can't believe the original is gone." I missed the meaning until I looked out the window when we were over New York and realized he was referring to the Old World Trade Center site that was destroyed by terrorists on September 11, 2001. I remember Mom keeping me away from the TV for most of that day, not wanting me to see some of the scenes coming out of New York City. I heard afterward that some TV networks aired footage of people jumping out of burning windows. I've never seen it. They put a new WTC and memorial about 5 years ago. The restriction of airspace over it was lifted about a year ago.
Uncle Bret called Aunt Julie before we left and finally told her everything that was going on. I don't think she was too pleased that she was kept in the dark something this big. She had some inkling that something was going on that had to do with Vince since me and Uncle Bret left the tapes that Eric had sent to us (the reason Uncle Bret was having him fly us to Canada) when we headed off that fateful day to Louisville, which meant we didn't have to explain too much about Chris Benoit being alive as well. According to my Uncle she seemed to take it rather well. Which was good, since we were staying at Uncle Bret and Aunt Julie's house before facing my mother and brother the next day. Uncle Bret and Dad haven't decided how to break it to the rest of the family yet.
Would it be too petty to wish two of my aunts would drop dead at seeing my Dad after all the hell they've put their own family through following his 'death?'
We landed in Canada in mid morning, but we waited until late afternoon before leaving the plane so as to take advantage of the darkness late afternoon tends to bring in winter. On the way to Uncle Bret's we stopped by the cemetery so Dad could visit Grandma Helen and Grandpa Stu's graves. I sort of stayed with Eric Bischoff out of the way while Dad and Uncle Bret shared a moment alone at their parents' final resting places.
We got to Uncle Bret and Aunt Julie's at about 7pm local time. As we pulled up in the rental car Eric had managed to procure, we noticed, not only Aunt Julie's car, but three other cars as well. One I didn't recognize, the other two I knew all to well and let out a groan as a result.
"Great," I muttered, "Ellie and Diana have perfect timing don't they." I saw Uncle Bret's and Dad's eyes get hard at the mention of my aunts names. Bischoff didn't look all that happy to see them either.
"Your Uncle Lance is hear too," Uncle Bret muttered. I looked closer. Oh yeah, that was Lance Storm's car. I hadn't seen him around in awhile.
"Now what?" Eric asked. We all knew what he meant: Did we stay here or go in and face some serious fireworks?
I was the one that answered for most all of us: "We can't stay here forever."
Eric snorted. "Yeah well, I am. No offense, guys, I'd rather not be punched first and then asked what my involvement is in this after the fact."
I shrugged. It probably WAS best for me, Uncle Bret, and Dad to go in first anyways before Eric put in any appearances. Besides he was the only one of us that was checking into a hotel for the duration of our stay.
So the three of us that were going to face family and friends with the whole truth got out of the car and headed for the house. As we let ourselves through Uncle Bret's front door, we could hear a heated conversation going on between my Aunt Julie and my other two aunts:
"Oh come on Julie, we didn't know!" That was Ellie.
"Didn't know!? Didn't know?!" My Aunt Julie bit out, "So that gives you the excuse to try and ruin Athena's life by ratting her out to Stephanie that she was training to wrestle? Or that she threatened Athena when she turned her down?!
"You did What?!?" that was my uncle Lance. He was normally a pretty even leveled guy but I guess the news of what Vince had done and now learning what Ellie had done. "Do you have any idea how much danger you put Athena in?!"
"Geez, Ellie, I didn't think you could be so cold," that was Lance's second wife, Dawn Marie who he married about 10 years ago.
"Come off, it, Ellie didn't mean any harm. She thought she was doing Athena a favor," Diana's haughty voice, with the slight Brit tone she'd got from her late husband, rang out. I wonder if my cousin Harry knows how much of an ice queen his mother is?
Apparently my Dad couldn't take much more of my aunts defending their pro - McMahon actions, so he decided to make his presence known as we came into the living room.
"A favor Diana? Where you doing anybody but yourself any favors when you wrote that book of yours? Were you and Ellie doing anybody any favors when you inadvertently helped Vince cover up the fact that he tried to kill me? You really think you were doing Athena a favor Ellie by putting her life in jeopardy with the McMahons?" My Dad said, his voice quite but intense and I don't think I ever saw such venom in his eyes.
All the participants in the living room turned around sharply to the direction of the unexpected voice. My Aunt Julie was shocked, but not surprised. Of course she had advanced warning. Uncle Lance looked about in shock and his wife and Diana looked like they'd seen a ghost. Ellie looked absolutely frightened.
"O- Owen?" Diana stammered out.
"Hey, sis, long time no see," Dad said, sarcasm evident in his voice.
Ellie fainted.