Thanks for the reviews..keep reading and reviewing. I dont own the WWE or any wrestling persona in this fic, except Tex. Any resemblence of this fic to real life is purly coensedense and a result of my out of control muses and a little to much grey goose one night,lol.


Tex looked up at Randy. "Why do you think that?"

"Because, he would do anything to protect mom and me." Randy said.

"Randy thats just a hunch, you don't have anything real to go on, besides I do know one thing, Bob would never hurt me, so if the killer is after me too, that rules Bob out."

Randy smiled relieved. "You're right, I hadn't thought of that, I guess I just let my paranoia run away with me."

Tex smiled. "Stop worrying so much, I guess I need to take my own advice too."

Randy leaned over kissing her cheek. "Thanks, hey do you want to grab a bite?"

Tex shook her head. "Can't tonight, maybe tomorrow." She said and slid in the car.

"Okay Tex." He waved as she left. He was glad he talked to her. He had been worrying about this for a couple of days, but Tex was right, Dad would never hurt her.

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Mark sat beside his dad in the bar, both with beers in front of them. "Talk boy."

Mark looked at the only man on earth who could intimidate him, and he was actually scared.

"Dad, look, what happened was a long time ago, Her mama was some ring rat. I gave her money when she proved the girl was mine."

"Kevin thinks you're going to be mad that he told, don't give that boy no flack, Gunner didn't care if you were mad, he's a lot like you, except he has a heart." Frank said drinking his beer down.

"Dammit dad, I did what I thought was best, cut me some slack." Mark said ordering another beer.

"Gunner said her mother was dead, that she died when the girl was seven, did you take care of her?" Frank asked.

"Dad, can we just drop this, you're mad now, anything I say is going to make you even madder." Mark said taking another big drink of his beer. He figured his plans of the evening were shot.

"Mark, I want the whole story, now." Frank said turning to look at his son.

Mark sighed. "Her mama died at the time, we thought it was a drug overdose, but they have reopened the case, she was murdered. Tex, found her mama and called 911."

Frank fiddled with his beer. "Gunner said her name was Texas."

"Yea, that was her mama's way of jabbing me every time I heard the girls name. I didn't take Tex, I felt like I couldn't deal with her, I hated her mama, I didn't want her. Scott hall took her and raised her, him and Kev. I couldn't get away from it, I still had to look at her everyday." Mark said.

"Well poor Mark, had to look at your mistake everyday, I cant believe you're my son, I didn't raise you to be like this, is it that girls fault you had sex without protection, Mark what is wrong with you?" Frank asked not understanding how his son could act this way.

Mark got up. "Dad I'm dead tired, I;m going to bed, do you have a room?"

"Yes, I do..go on, I'll still be here tomorrow." Frank said turning his back to his son.

"Dad I'm leaving tomorrow to go visit the boys, maybe you should just go back home." Mark said.

"Go see your boys, its been long enough, don't forget you have two little girls too. You need to keep an eye on them, Sara is flaky." Frank said.

Mark sat back down. "What do you mean?"

Frank turned to him. "I went by to see them. Sara is very bitter because of the divorce, maybe she has a right to be, but the girls seemed too quite. I asked Sara about Tex, and she went off the deep end, she said the only daughters you have were Gracie and Chasey , and how Tex was a bastard and she would never get a penny of the girls money. What is her problem?"

Mark rubbed his head. "Sara has always had some insecurity's about the boys about Tex, she wants the girls to be my only kids, in her mind they are."

Frank shook his head. He had never been crazy about Sara, but how could Mark let a woman keep him from his kids. "Well I set her straight, I let her know that Tex would be getting her fair share when I die."

Mark frowned. "When was this?"

"Last week, I was so mad at you, I had to wait a week before I saw you." Frank said still not sounding all that happy to Mark.

"How did Sara react?" Mark said although he was pretty sure she knew.

"She went nuts and said her girls deserved whatever I had, and they were born out of love, not like your other kids, Mark she did this in front of those baby's and they looked scared. I want you to check on them." Frank said.

Mark stood. "I will, I'll see you in the morning before I leave."

Frank nodded and watched his son walk off. That boy needed to get his life in order and fast.

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Tex walked in the restaurant looking for John.

John walked up behind her and put his arms around her causing her to jump.

"Wow, calm down its me." John said turning her around.

Tex let out a shaky breath. "Sorry I'm just a little jumpy."

John could understand why, after all someone had tried to kill her.

"Come on." He said taking her hand and leading her over to a table. He pulled out a chair for her, then had a seat himself.

They ordered dinner and sat back sipping there soda's.

"So I head you talked to the cops today, how did that go?" John asked.

Tex Shrugged. "I doubt it helped. I really don't remember anything about that night, I slept through it.

John leaned back in his chair causing the muscles in his arms to move under his shirt.

Tex watched and bit back a sigh of satisfaction, she remembered why she had a crush on the man before, he had the body of a god.

"Tex you in there." John said waving his hand in front of her face.

Tex bushed. "Yea sorry, I zoned for a minute.

John smirked, yea she zoned alright, she was staring at him like he was a steak.

"I was asking if you had any theory's about who might have killed your mama?" John asked.

The waiter set there steaks in front of them and left. Tex fiddled with her knife. "It could be anyone, half the people in this company had a motive."

John sensed her discomfort. "Sorry I didn't mean to bring it up, you probably don't like talking about it."

"It's okay, everybody knows everything around here. My mama's life style killed her to be honest. She pissed a lot of people off." Tex said.

John felt worse and worse about the things he had said to her the other morning and not just that, the things he had been saying to her for years.

Tex changed the subject to his matches this week and then they moved on to favorite movies and books.

Tex was surprised when she looked up to find two hours had passed. "I guess I better get upstairs before Scott sends out the troops."

John stood and pulled out her chair for her. Tex was surprised to see this other side of John. He was being so nice and it freaked her out.

"So we have the next few days off. What are you going to do?" John asked as they walked toward the elevators.

"Nothing, just hang around here and rest, probably go visit Bob, since we're in town." She said.

"Randy's dad?" John asked as they got on the elevator.

"Yea, Bob was good to me growing up, I used to go stay with him and Elaine and Randy, once in a while." Tex said.

John looked over at her. "So are you and Randy just friends?"

"Cena, I think I kinda proved that the other night." She said a little irritated that he still thought there was something between her and Randy.

John turned to look at her. "I get that part, but well if you could see you and Randy together the way everyone else does, I'm not the only one who thinks that way. You're always touching and kissing and sitting on his lap, and you spend the night in his room all the time."

Tex reached out and hit the stop button on the elevator and it came to a crashing halt. "Cena, I don't owe you or anyone else a explanation of me and Randy's relationship, but I'll give you one anyway. Randy in the first placed is engaged as you well know. I mean I know he plays around on Sam, but even if I was interested, which I'm not, I wouldnt go after a guy thats engaged. "

John nodded but kept his mouth shut. He knew he had pissed her off again.

"You have to understand the first seven years of my life, I was unwanted by my mother and my father. I was pretty much left to fend for myself. Randy took care of me, even when I was little. When he traveled with his dad, he took care of me, he fed me, he brushed my hair, he dressed me, he loved me. Randy kept me away from my mama as much as possible. When I cried over my worthless daddy, he held me till I stopped. There is nothing sexual between me and Randy, I been sleeping in his bed since I was a toddler, whenever I was scared or lonely, I went to Randy. If that bothers you or anyone else, you can just go fuck yourself." Tex said leaning back against the wall of the elevator.

"I'm sorry Tex." John said. He felt like a ass for even bringing it up.

"Cena thats like saying there something sexual between me and Scott, or Trips, or Shawn or Kevin. I mean there my family. I love them, Randy is my big brother."

"Okay, I get it, Its just you too are so close, that it seems that way looking from the outside." John said. He reach out and pulled out the stop button and they started moving again.

"Don't feel too bad, Sam thinks the same thing, she hates my guts, little does she know Randy's nailing every Diva that will hold still longer than a minute" Tex said.

John frowned, personally he couldn't stand Randy's fiancée, she was a bitch. Tex laughed at the look on his face. "Don't care for her do you?"

"No." He said as they stepped off the elevator.

"She's not the most pleasant person, but Randy see's something in her." Tex said.

"He needs his head examined." John said as they came to Scott's door.

Tex laughed. "Well thanks for dinner."

John stood there with his hands in his pockets. "Sure no problem."

"I guess I should get to bed." Tex said.

Before John could lose his nerve he leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers. Tex reached up and wrapped her arms around John's neck and he pulled his hands from his pockets and rested his hands lightly on her hips.

John took it slow, just letting his lips move over hers for a minute, then he playfully nipped her bottom lip. Tex smiled, but neither moved away from each other.

Suddenly the door opened and Scott was standing there looking at them.

John dropped his hands and backed up. "Yea Okay, I'll see ya tomorrow, Tex."

Tex smiled as he almost tripped and fell as he was backing down the hall.

"Bye Cena." She said before she turned to look at Scott.

She pushed past him and went and fell back on the bed. Scott shut the door and came over and sat beside her. "Did he kiss you?"

Tex smiled. "Yea."

Scott looked confused. "You two hate each other."

"Yea I know." She said.

"Do we need to have a talk?" Scott said propping himself back against the headboard.

"About?" Tex asked.

"Sex." Scott said.

Tex threw both hands over her ears. "No way, Scott, I do not want to talk about sex with you, thats just creepy."

Scott started laughing and in a minute so did Tex.

"Scott I know you're trying to help, but really, I know to like use protection and get on birth control and stuff." She said.

"Okay, but whats going on between you and Cena?"

Tex sighed. "I don't really know, but well he been nice the last couple of days and oh hell I don't know, he's cute." She finished.

Scott smiled. "Okay..I wont kick his ass then , as long as he don't make you cry, if he does, his ass is mine."

Tex smiled.. "I'm taking a shower and going to bed, I'm tired."

" Me too, I have to get up early,I got a flight out tomorrow morning, I want you to stay with one of the guys." Scott said.

"Where you going?" Tex asked getting up and grabbing her night clothes.

"To see Jodi." He said grinning.

"Thats great Scott..so you two getting serious?" Tex asked.

"Maybe, we'll see..Mark is going to take the boys for a couple of weeks, so she has some free time." Scott said.

"I'm glad he's spending time with the boys, they both need him." Tex said.

Scott frowned. "Yea so do you."

Tex dropped her clothes on the bed and hugged Scott. "No I don't need him Scott, I got you, now get some sleep."

Scott watched as she closed the bathroom door, and he picked up the phone to cal Hunter. He wanted to make sure one of the guys stayed with her tomorrow night.

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Tex stood at the door, not sure what she was seeing, she was scared. She wanted to call mama, but mama wasn't moving. It was dark and the man pulled the pillow off mama. She couldn't see him.

Then she heard a voice in her ear. "Shh Tex, go back to sleep, just a bad dream."

She kept her eyes shut tight, she didn't want to see, she felt arms lifting her, putting her back in the tub.

"Just a bad dream." His voice said and Tex went back to sleep.

Tex jumped up in bed to find Scott there shaking her. "Tex, you okay?"

"Bad dream ,weird dream." she said sitting back against the headboard.

Scott scooted over next to her pulling her next to him. "Talk to me."

"I don't know, it was just weird." Tex said pushing her long hair back from her face.

"I dreamed I seen somebody standing over mama with a pillow and she wasn't moving, then I couldn't see him, but he told me it was just a dream."

"He who?" Scott asked.

"I don't know, I kept my eyes shut, and he put me back to bed." Tex said rubbing her eyes.

"Tex, honey is that a memory or a dream?" Scott asked.

"I don't know Scott." She said laying her head on his chest frustrated.

Scott wrapped his arm around her. "Do you recognize the voice?"

"Yes, but no, I don't know." She said getting more frustrated.

"Tex, go back to sleep, don't worry anymore tonight, I'll stay here with you." Scott said.

Tex held on to him and after a while drifted back to sleep.

Scott watched her sleep all the while thinking. Maybe subconsciously Tex knew who killed her mama, maybe she blocked it out because it was someone she knew and loved. But if the killer took the time to put Tex back to sleep, why in the hell didn't he just kill her than, and why try to kill her now, Scott just didn't understand. More and more he was worried about Tex, he was going to make sure someone was with her at all times.

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Tex walked down to the lobby with Scott, where they saw Jason.

"Hey Tex, we should be done with interviews by the end of the day and then we're going back to Atlanta to go over everything, but I'm kind of discouraged, We have nothing concrete on anyone, just a lot of rumors."

"Well I appreciate you just reopening the case, hopefully something will turn up." Tex said.

They said their goodbyes and Tex walked with Scott as he checked out. "Tex, Hunter is expecting you, you better get your tail up to his room tonight, I mean it."

Tex smiled. She saw the concern in his eyes. "Yes daddy."

Scott smiled. Tex would now and again call him that, and it always melted his heart. Then again she had used it a time or two to get out of trouble.

Scott hugged her. "I mean it Tex, I want you safe."

"I know and I promise I'll stay with Trips tonight."

"So what are you plans today?" He asked.

"I'm going to find Randy and we're heading out to visit Bob, then I'll come back here and have Trips tuck me in, like a good girl." Tex said laughing.

"Smart ass." He said and kiss her cheek. "I'll call you."

Tex waved as he left and turned around to go hunt Randy down and stopped in her tracks.

There standing in front of her was Mark's look a like only older, Mark would probably look just like this in twenty years. He was impressively built for a man his age. Green eyes, that were a mirror of hers and Mark's. He was tall and big, just like Mark.

She knew who he was, it didn't take a genius to know this was Mark's father. Someone had spilled the beans and she knew it wasn't Mark.

"I'm your grandfather, I would like to talk to you if you have a few minutes." Frank said.