It had been five months since Batista proposed to Vanessa on Raw, and people were still talking about it. Vanessa and Dave were very much in love and Megan was excited since soon Dave was going to be her step-father. Everyone was very happy for Dave and Vanessa, and were looking forward to the wedding day.
It had been now seven years since Catherine's Orton unfair death, and she was still sorely missed, especially by the family she had never gotten to know. Vanessa pulled into her usual place that she had parked every month for the last six and a half years. Megan did not come because she had just started school again and Vanessa had a couple hours before her flight to go to Raw. Vanessa got out of the car and picked up the white rose on the car seat. She slowly made her way to her daughter's grave, she felt a small tear on her face coming down. She smiled lightly as she stood in front of the grave, she wiped some of the fallen leaves off of it, and placed the white rose next to the grave. "Hey baby girl," said Vanessa, "it's mommy. I can not believe that it has been seven years since you were taken away from me too soon." Vanessa sighed as she kneeled in front of the grave, "I guess there is a reason that God brought you back to heaven, I just wished I knew what it was. Anyway, mommy is getting remarried soon, and she is very happy, but she still does miss your daddy very much. I guess your dad will always be a part of me, no matter who I marry huh? But, I have realized that your daddy is never coming back, and I love Dave very much. He will make me happy, and give your sister a father. But no matter what Catherine, even if I have a couple more children, you will always be my first child and you always have that part of my heart that can never be complete again." She sat there for a few moments with tears in her eyes, missing the innocent child that she never got to hold in her arms, never got to watch grow up... never got to love.
"Vanessa," said Dave as he stood beside her, "it's time to go."
Vanessa looked up at Dave and smiled, "OK, I am coming." Dave nodded and then went back to the car, "Well baby girl, I have to go... but I will be back soon. I love you Catherine, never forget that." With that Vanessa got up and went to the car, she then drove her and Dave to the airport.
Later that day
Catherine's usual visitors have came in and went after Vanessa's visit, so the cemetery was back to it's usual silence with the exception of a couple birds singing. Suddenly a unfamiliar car pulled into Vanessa's usual spot, and a lone man exited the car. He took out a white rose from the seat of the car and then made his way to Catherine's grave. He could not believe that it had been seven years since he had came to this grave. In his 32 years of living, the hardest thing he had to do was return to this grave. When he arrived at the grave, his blue eyes filled up with tears, and he wiped them away, but winced lightly when he lightly scratched himself with his wedding band. He looked the ring, watched it as it sparkled in the sun and immediately felt even more guilt that he also left behind the one person who meant more to him than anything. He then looked back at the grave and kneeled in front of it as he placed the rose next to the grave. He brushed his hand over his beard and mustache as he sighed. He stayed there for a short while, not speaking, just looking at the grave, feeling guilty and depressed. Suddenly the caretaker of the cemetery spoke up to him, "You a friend of the Orton family?"
He was startled since he thought he was alone, looked up with his blue eyes and smiled lightly since he knew that the man did not recognized him, "You could say that, I've been away for the last few years so I sorta lost touch."
The caretaker nodded and then noticed the grave that the man was looking at, "Ah Catherine Orton, tis a shame, she never got to see this world. You just missed the mother, she was here earlier today."
The man's eyes went wide when the caretaker mentioned her, "She was here?" His heart began to beat a little faster, and the guilt consumed him again at the thought of her.
"Yes sir," said the caretaker as the man stood up, "she comes every month, around the same time. Today was special since it was seven years ago that Mrs. Orton miscarried this little one. Was a devastating day for her and the mister, the funeral was so sad. Poor Mrs. Orton had to be held up by her husband and her brother-in-law."
"When Mrs. Orton comes to visit, is she alone or does Mr. Orton come with her?"
"Mr. Orton left about three months after Catherine died, he has not been seen or heard from. Mainly Mrs. Orton comes alone, but lately she has had someone with her. Well I must go, I have chores to do before I got home to see my family."
"I understand," said the man and with that the caretaker left. When he did, the man looked back down at the grave and just then noticed the other white rose next to his, that indeed showed that she had been then. He smiled lightly and then said, "bye my sweet Catherine." With that the man left the cemetery.
Two hours later
The man was walking around downtown St. Louis, smiling since as he remembered every sight and every smell that was his hometown. He was also smiling he knew that a few people looked at him and then did a double take, but then shook the thought out of their minds. He was walking past a news stand, and he was just about to past it when something caught his eye. He stepped back and then picked up the latest addition of RAW Magazine, and he could not believe his eyes. There she was one the cover with the WWE Women's Championship Belt on her shoulder... in the arms of Dave Batista who had the World Heavyweight Championship belt on his. What really got to him was the headline: BATISTA AND ORTON: CHAMPIONS IN THE RING AND IN LOVE! He put down a ten dollar bill and then left the stand without the change.
When he got back to his hotel room, he sat down on his bed and opened the magazine to the article that had to do with Vanessa and Batista. His eyes went wide with disbelief as he read it, and then he noticed the time. He turned on Raw and watched in disgust as Batista was all over her, and what really got to him was when Batista kissed her and she kissed back with equal passion. He got so pissed that he through a glass across the room and it shattered. A couple minutes later there was a knock at his door, he went to the door and opened it, "Yes?
"Mr. Eaton," said the hotel manager, "I heard a loud noise and I was checking to see if you were all right."
"Yes," said the man with a sigh, "I dropped a glass and it shattered."
"Oh," said the manager, "I will send house cleaning to come and clean it up." With that he left to go and do his task.
After house cleaning came and cleaned up the mess, the man picked up the Raw Magazine. He looked at Dave and saw that cocky smirk on his face that was telling him, "I won, both the title... and her." The man said, "You think you get her? You are dead wrong, Dave Batista.." He then ripped the magazine up and tossed it in the trash. He then looked at the television and just as Raw was ending he said, "Looks like it times for the return of the Legend Killer." With that Randy Keith Orton packed his bag and left the hotel to prepare himself for his return to the two things he loved, wrestling... and his wife.
