5 months after Carly's dad left
"Did dad ring mom?" Carly asked walking in the front door.
"No, honey, not yet." Catherine sounded concerned. Somehow, she knew this would happen.
"Mom!" Carly began to get upset, but she fought back the tears "It's been 2 weeks and he promised he'd call!" Carly hugged her mom.
"I know he did honey. I'm sure he's just busy. He'll call" she tried to comfort her daughter
"No, he won't. Why did I ever think I deserved a dad? He promised he'd call mom, he promised he'd never desert me again! All I wanted was a dad and he's let me down!" she burst into tears and ran up to her room. Catherine got on the computer to research on some help.
The next day
"I got a surprise for you honey" Catherine pulled back Carly's bed covers and stroked her hair.
Carly wiped her wet eyes and looked up at her mom.
"Take the day off school today, get ready and tidy yourself up; I'm taking you out tonight."
Carly nodded and went into her bathroom to shower.
Carly and her mom got in the car, leaving the Ferrari at home and drove.
"Where we going mom?" Carly asked
"You'll see honey bunny" her mom said with a smile.
Catherine followed all the signposts and they got to the Staples Centre.
"Mom?" Carly said worriedly
"You've gotta ask him what his problem is" Catherine got out of the car and beckoned Carly to do the same. Carly hesitated but got out of the car. They went into the arena and up to the front desk.
"Hey" said the man at the desk "How can I help you?"
"I'm Catherine McKay. This is my daughter Carly." We need to see Shawn Michaels please."
"I can't. I'm not allowed to let fans in." he said softly.
"We're not fans, trust me. He's Carly's dad and recently he's been ignoring her and we need to know what's going on."
"Please, sir"
The man at the desk looked around.
"I can get you backstage, but you gotta keep on the low" he handed her 2 backstage passes and they went backstage behind the stage. No one was around but they could hear the crowd.
"We would like to thank everyone in California for coming and giving your support!" Vince said
Music played and the superstars began to come backstage from the ring where they were thanking the crowd. Catherine and Carly got caught in the crowd but they made out where Shawn was, Catherine pulled him aside.
"Why have you been ignoring Carly?" she asked
"Look, I can't talk now, Kate. I'll call you Carly, tonight, later" he pulled away from Catherine and walked away
"What a bitch!" Catherine was so angry now.
"Leave it mom. I don't care." They left, Carly holding back and hiding the tears welling up from her mom.
They got in the car and drove back home.
Shawn didn't call that night, nor did he call or make any contact for the next two years. Carly refused to drive his Ferrari and tried not to worry about him, but she thought about him all the time and wondered why he suddenly started ignoring her.
