Chapter 9 : Finding Out The Truth
Disclaimer : I do not own any of the TNA stars or Maria . I do own Jessie Harris , Rosalie Harris , and Grace Harris and the story .
Harris House
Chris and Jessie walked into their house after the date . Beer Money was sitting in the living room with Grace , but Rosie was already in bed .
" Hey Grace , boys . " Jessie said .
" Evening . " Storm said looking at Chris who realized something was up .
" So , where is Rosie ? " Chris asked not wanting to deal with it right now .
" She is asleep . " Roode said .
" I helped her get a bath and then tucked her in to bed . Uncle James , I think wore her out playing horsy . " Grace looked at the Cowboy who blushed and looked at her .
" She suckered you in to playing horsy . Are you going to be able to wrestle in the cage match tomorrow ? " Jessie asked .
" Yeah , I can handle it . " James smiled .
" Thank you , Grace for giving her a bath and putting her to bed for us . " Chris looked at Grace shocked with how bad her attitude had been lately .
" Yes , sir , " Grace said looking at him with a knowing smile .
" So , how was the night out ? " Roode asked .
" Not bad , it was a lot of fun actually . Oh , Frankie and Maria are getting married . " Jessie smiled .
" What ? " Beer Money and Grace looked at each other wondering if tonight was a good night to ask .
" Okay , I am getting curious now ? Whats up with the three of you and these looks between the three of you , and don ' t try and tell me nothing is going on because I know the Cowboy and Grace ' s looks well . Grace did you get into trouble while we were gone ? " Chris looked at Grace .
" Grace didn ' t do anything bad while you were gone . Both girls were good for us . " Roode said .
" Dad , can I talk to you in my room , alone preferably ? " Grace asked .
" Yeah sure , but I want to know what is going on . Did Beer Money do something I don ' t know about ? Do I need to check the beer count ? " Chris asked looking at James and Bobby .
" We all may need one later , but no I didn ' t get into the beer and we didn ' t do anything . " James said .
" Uncle James did watch the Titans on your TV . " Grace smiled at Storm .
" I don ' t care about that . But , what I do want to know is what is going on with the three of you ? " Chris asked again and this time the three could see the anger on his face .
" I ' m going to check on Rosie . " Jessie said walking upstairs .
" Now tell me the truth . " Chris glared this time .
At that moment Grace ' s eyes filled with tears and she started crying again .
" Grace , " James said .
" I - I ' m sorry . " Grace said looking at her father .
" What are you talking about ? " Chris asked his heart stopped when Grace started crying .
" For being a jerk and being jealous . " Grace said . Roode looked at James realizing that his pep talk really did work with Grace .
" Jerk , Jealous , Grace , I don ' t understand ? " Chris looked at her confused .
" The reason I ' ve had an attitude lately is because I ' ve been feeling lonely and left out of the family . " Grace stood up and went to her father . Chris took Grace into his arms .
" Why have you been feeling lonely ? " Chris asked her .
" Because , I ' ve been seeing you with Jessie and Rosie and it made me miss my mom . " Grace whimpered .
Chris ' s eyes softened when she mentioned Aubrey , he hadn ' t realized she was having a difficult time with losing Aubrey and all of the other life changes .
" Grace , why didn ' t you tell me soon ? " Chris asked
" Because , I thought with the new family , you moved on and forgot about mom . " Grace said .
" Sweetheart , I could never forget your mother and moving on doesn ' t mean we forget about her . When we lose people we love , sometimes its difficult to continue to live because of the pain we are in . But , with time we find it easier to deal with the difficult time of losing the loved ones that we lost . I didn ' t forget about your mother , I just thought it would make her happy that we found someone to make both of us happy . I also wanted to find you a mother figure in your life where you could have that female bond you should ' ve had with Aubrey . " Chris said .
" I love you , daddy . " Grace said whiping her eyes .
" I love you , Grace . But , why have you thought you were being left out of the family ? " Chris asked hugging her close to him .
" Because , I haven ' t had a day out with you in long time . " Grace said .
" That is true we haven ' t and that is my fault . I try to take Rosie out to give Jessie a break and I try to take Jessie out so both of us could have a break , but I should have realized that I needed to spend time with you , too . So , forgive me for that , Grace ? " Chris asked .
" Yes sir , if you forgive me for being a jerk and being jealous . " Grace said .
" Always little one . " Chris said . James smiled a little glad that was settled and now came the hard part .
" Chris , we have something we need to ask you . " James said .
" What ? " Chris asked .
" I was going through the pictures you gave me and I found this . " Grace said picking up the picture she found earlier and showing Chris .
" Yes , that was of me when I was your age . What about it ? " Chris smiled when he saw the pictures .
" Who is the little girl in the picture ? " Bobby asked .
Chris looked at them for a moment and then thought about Grace being honest .
" She ' s my little sister . My parents split up when I was year older than Grace . My dad kept me and my mom took my sister away , because that was the court agreement . Dad and I never saw them again after that . " Chris said .
" Why haven ' t you said anything ? I ' ve known you for eleven years Chris and you never mentioned a word to me . Why ? " Storm asked .
" Because after a while it got easier for me to just not talk about it . We were close , I loved my sister and I wished me nights that mom had never took her from us . But , my mother was a strange women , she scared me at times when dad would leave us with her . She was very harsh and had strict rules , if I had lived in her house , I would have never got to grow my hair out or wrestle , thats how strict she was . But , dad didn ' t have anything against her , so , we couldn ' t keep my sister with us . " Chris said .
" How old would she be now ? " Grace asked . Roode was pretending to play with his phone , but actually looking at some info on Maria .
" 31 , she was born on February 25 , 1982 . " Chris said .
" What was her name ? " James asked .
" Maria . . . " Chris looked up at the three .
" What ? " Roode asked .
" You guys thing Maria Kanellis is my sister don ' t you ? " Chris asked .
" Maria Kanellis is 31 , born on February 25 , 1982 , and her name obviously is Maria . Oh , and guess what she ' s adopted . Dad you forget she is my favorite wrestler . " Grace said .
" But , my sister has a heart - shaped locket with the letter M on it while I have a Cat - shaped locket with the letter C on it . " Chris said .
Grace pulled out on of her photos of Maria and showed him the heart - shaped locket around Maria ' s neck with the letter M on it . She showed it to her dad .
" Heart - shaped locket with the letter M on it , does it look familiar to you ? " Grace asked .
" Yeah , it does . " Chris realized .
" Now take that photo and the photo of you guys when you were little and put them side by side with a picture of you now . What do you think ? " Grace asked again .
Chris looked at the pictures and then looked at Grace and Beer Money realizing that Maria who was marrying Frankie Kazarian was indeed his long lost sister .
" How is this possible after so long apart ? " Chris asked himself .
A/N : Nice little twist there , who thought that Maria would be Wildcat ' s baby sister and guess what she is marrying Frankie . I also thought it was a nice touch for the Wildcat to have a moment with Grace . Read , Review , and Enjoy , Thx.
