They heard the door to the station open as someone walked in.

"Just make sure movie watching is all you two do." Seth laughed.

"Jealous Rollins?' Steve smirked.

"Fucking shit!" Seth stood up.

"What the…?" Trina followed Seth's line of vision. "That's Shane McMahon."

"Stephanie's brother?" Steve asked.

"Yeah." Layfield answered.

"We better see what he wants." Lawler said.

The team walked out of the break room to where Shane was standing in the main room of the station.

"How can we help you?" Lawler asked.

"I need to speak to the officers in charge of Stephanie McMahon's death. I'm her brother." Shane said.

"Of course, they are here. County detective Steve Borden, Officers Trina Conley, Seth Rollins, John Layfield. I am Chief Lawler." Jerry said.

"Which of you is heading up my sister's case?" Shane said.

"We're all on it. Your sister's case is linked to other homicides in the area." Steve said. "Please have a seat."

Shane sat down by Seth's desk as the other officers all took seats at their desks or brought seats from the breakroom.

"So what did you need to speak with us about?" Steve asked.

"I know my father has been calling and insisting that Stephanie was not into bondage. He is trying to protect the family image." Shane sighed. "But I think it is important that you know that Stephanie and her husband were both into bondage."

"How can you be sure?" Trina asked. "That is a pretty private thing."

"Hunter had a few too many to drink at a Super Bowl party a few years ago and told me." Shane said.

"Do you know if they ever brought other people into their relationship?" Trina asked.

Shane raised an eyebrow. "Yes I did, but why did you suspect it?"

"Investigation." She said offering no more.

"Stephanie and Hunter often would find a third partner because…. well they both had alpha personalities and I guess they needed a way of working it out." Shane said.

"Did they have a male or female as their third?" Steve asked.

"I don't know. I never asked for details. I do know they went to a bondage club often in Charleston." Shane said.

"What made you decide to come forward? Your dad has been fighting us on the bondage issue." Seth said.

"Dad is just worried about the family image. I am worried about my sister getting justice." Shane said.

"Do you know of any person that might have been involved with Hunter and Stephanie? Or someone who might have felt they had a reason to harm them?" Steve asked.

"No, I didn't get involved with them very much. Look, Stephanie was my sister and I cared about her. But…I lost a lot of respect for her over the years at the people she hurt, at the way she pursued a relationship with Hunter….and I always felt uncomfortable about their marriage. However, I still want a murderer taken off the streets. This can't happen to another family." Shane said.

"Shane can you tell us of anyone who might be able to tell us more about Stephanie and Hunter's bondage activities?" Trina asked.

"No, I don't think it was something they talked about much. I wouldn't have known except like I said, Hunter had a few too many and let it slip." Shane said.

"Thank you for being honest with us. It is a big help." Steve told him.

"It's no problem. I'll leave you my card. If you need anything else, please call me. I understand that my father isn't making this very easy on you." Shane said.

"We appreciate that." Jerry said.

2100 Hours

Trina was curled up against Steve as they sat on the couch watching 'A Christmas Carol' while her tree was lit up in the corner of the room.

"You know I have been staying here so much lately, my neighbors probably think that I have moved." Steve chuckled.

"Do you want to spend more time at your house?" she looked up at him.

"Not really. I am happy spending time here." He rubbed her back.

"We could stay at your house if you wanted." She offered.

"No, you got Jack and Wonder and Daniel and the feline squad." He nuzzled against her hair.

"Have you spoken to your boys about the holidays yet?" she asked.

"I did. I don't know what they are going to do. Garrett thinks maybe they should wait until this case slows down. Steven isn't sure what he wants to do." Steve said. "I guess it is just part of them being grown and being divorced from their mom."

"I'm sorry. I know you miss them."

"It is part of kids growing up. I miss when they were little. Trying to keep them in bed on Christmas eve… Steven was the most difficult. And one year, we took them to Christmas Eve services and their mom wanted to take some pictures. Steven got mad about something and was pouting in every picture. I admit I made it worse because the more he'd pout, the more I'd laugh which would make him pout even more." He laughed.

She smiled up at him. "I bet you were so adorable with them when they were small."

"What about you? Don't you have any special holiday memories from your family?" Steve asked.

"Oh yeah, of course. I remember one year we decided to cut down our own tree and decorate, you should've seen this mess of a tree we ended up with. We ended up calling it a Charlie Brown tree. That was the same year we found that lost hunting dog while out looking for a tree." She giggled. "And when I was little…dad would get me all those holiday toys in happy meals and such that restaurants would sell at Christmas time. Those Christmas Disney stufties under the tree…my daddy got me those from Hardees when I was little."

"No wonder you love them so much." Steve said.

"You know, this is the first Christmas in a long time that I am actually looking forward to it and enjoying the festivities around it." Trina smiled at him.

"I am glad you are. I have to admit I am looking forward to it myself." He kissed her forehead.

December 14th, 0800 Hours

"So what are you getting Richard for Christmas?" Seth snickered.

Trina looked up at him over her cup of coffee. "I have a few ideas."

"You gonna do anything naughty for him?" Seth wiggled his eyebrows.

"Yeah, I am gonna dress up as a naughty elf and let him spank me." She deadpanned.

"Behave kids, Santa could be listening." Layfield shook his head.

Jerry walked in. "Got some news on Helmsley's case out of Martins Ferry."

"Anything helpful?" Seth asked.

"Just that the gun used to kill him isn't in the system. There were no ballistics matches in the systems, not even to a cold case." Jerry sighed.

"Nice to know we are still running in circles." Trina sighed.

"Borden called. He says he wants to go to the club in Charleston and look around, ask some questions." Jerry said. "He'll be here in a bit to pick you two up."

"Oh great, I get to be the third wheel to Richard and Monica." Seth chuckled.

"Actually the three of us going to a bondage club…this could be kinky." She winked.

"I need sleep and the kids are acting up." John groaned.

1100 Hours

Steve pulled up outside Club Erotique in Charleston. They had driven in from Davis. It was the club from Charleston that Heyman had listed as one he advertised in. The club looked pretty deserted but there were a few cars in the parking lot. Most likely staff that come to set up for the evening.

"Think they will cooperate?" Seth asked.

"Hard to tell." Steve frowned.

"We better get in there." Trina said.

"I didn't let them know we were coming, so be prepared." Steve said.

The three of them climbed out of the car and walked up to the door. Surprisingly it was open and they walked in. This club appeared much posher and upscale than 'Heat' in Beckley. There was a large reception area with a glass desk. Apparently to get into the main part of the club you had to be let in.

"Looks like there is a buzzer." Seth said.

Steve pressed the button and they stood and waited. Finally, a gentleman stepped through the door and looked at them.

"I'm sorry, we're not open until tonight." He said.

"We're not here to use the facilities. We're investigating a multiple homicide case and we'd like your cooperation." Steve told them.

The man looked at them a moment. "Of course officers, please step into my office. I'm Marcus Bagwell; I am one of the owners."

They followed him down a hallway and into a large office. He sat down at his desk and gestured for them to sit down as well.

"Thank you for meeting with us. I'm Detective Steve Borden and this is Officers Conley and Rollins. We're from Tucker County." Steve explained.

"How can I help you?" Bagwell looked at them.

"We need you to look at these pictures and tell us if you remember seeing any of these people in your club." Trina handed him photos of all five homicide victims.

Bagwell looked at the pictures and frowned. "I can't really discuss these people."

"Look, we already know Stephanie McMahon and Hunter Helmsley were into bondage. Personally, we could care less what they did in private. But we have reason to believe that all five murders were linked to bondage. We are not judging your clientele but we need to stop a murderer." Steve said.

"Is this going to be made public? I don't want Vince McMahon pissed at me." Bagwell said.

"We will keep everything professional and we could care less what McMahon says. There are three other families besides the McMahon's depending on us and those girls deserve justice." Trina said.

Bagwell sighed. "I recognize all of these people, although I didn't know them all well. Amy Dumas, she stopped coming a year or so ago after we had a problem with her."

"What type of problem?" Seth asked.

"She was pursuing my business partner, Scott Riggs. She wouldn't take no for an answer and he wasn't interested. Then Scott started dating a new lady not affiliated with the club. One night she stopped by to visit Scott and Amy got into a screaming match with her. Scott split it up and told Amy that nothing would ever happen with her, that she had a horrible reputation. I remember his exact words were "You have been ridden more than the NYC subway." Amy didn't come back after that."

"What about the others?" Steve asked.

"Trish Stratus was a real sweetheart. I always hoped she would find the right man. She came about every other month." Bagwell said. "Kristal Marshall, she was quite demanding thinking that her money made her better than everyone else."

"And Stephanie and Hunter?" Trina prodded.

"They came a few times a month." Bagwell said.

"Did any of them share a dom? Or did Hunter and Stephanie have a regular third?" Trina asked.

Bagwell looked at her shocked.

"I've done my homework and I have worked this case inside and out since the beginning." Trina shrugged.

"Hunter and Stephanie had a rule that they never shared had the same third person more than once. It was to keep one of them from getting too attached to someone. The others never seemed to have the same dom that I can remember." Bagwell said.

"What are the rules for your club?" Seth asked.

"You have to be a member and to be a member we run a background check. You cannot be a member if you have any priors for domestic violence, sex offenses and you cannot be on a banned list of another club in the state. We don't allow guests."

"What about rules inside the club?" Trina asked.

"Club rules are strict. Safe words must be adhered to at all times. Dominants must provide after-care. All our dominants must undergo training by one of our staff. Linda Miles and Perry Saturn are on staff full time and train all new club doms and dommes. They also work the floor and private rooms nightly keeping an eye out for any scenes which could become problematic." He explained. "Anyone who breaks the rules is banned on the first offense."

"Have you had to ban anyone in the past six months?" Steve asked.

"Yes, but not for aggression. We had to ban a kid named Bo Dallas for repeated problems with his control of subs. In all honesty he is not a dom but refuses to admit it." Bagwell said.

Trina chuckled, remembering hearing about that same gentlemen while undercover. Steve raised an eyebrow at her.

"Do you have any members from Tucker County? Any that also go to Paul Heyman's playground?" Seth asked.

"A few. Mr. Heyman advertises here but I don't know much about him or his playground. He is new to the area." Bagwell said.

"Any problems with the members from Tucker County?" Trina asked.

"Oh no. The new guy…tall big guy…Braun something…. he is a teddy bear." Bagwell smiled.

"We'll need a list of your Tucker County members." Steve said.

"Sure, anything else?" he asked.

"No, if we need anything else we will call you." Trina told him.

1745 Hours

Seth and Trina were each seated at their desks trying to sort out some of the tips that had been coming in as a result of Vince McMahon's offer of a reward. Steve had returned to Parsons as Flair had told him it was urgent.

"Have you found anything worthwhile?" Seth looked over at her. "Anything that even remotely appears related to our case?"

"Nothing that is linked to any of the clubs. A few of these are accusing different people that Vince McMahon has hurt over the years. And of course big reward offers like this always brings out the crazies." Trina sighed. "Here is one woman claiming she had a psychic vision of Stephanie being murdered by a satanic cult."

"Oh I can beat that. I got a guy here who says he thinks his neighbor killed Stephanie because he sees lights on at strange hours of the night." Seth shook his head.

Layfield walked in and nodded to them as he sat down at his desk. "What are you two up to?"

"Sorting through the tips that are coming in due to McMahon and his money plus big mouth!" Trina said.

"Just what I wanted to do with my evening." John groaned.

Steve walked in looking tired and frustrated. Trina frowned when she saw him.

"Honey, what's wrong?" she asked.

"I just left a long meeting with Flair, Bischoff and Sandow." He sat down and rubbed his eyes.

"What happened?" Seth asked.

"Otunga contacted McMahon about Calaway's offer." Steve told them.

"Oh hell!" Trina sighed.

"So McMahon calls Bischoff to see why we aren't taking the deal. Bischoff calls Sandow to try forcing him to take the deal. Sandow refuses so Bischoff calls the Sheriff and tries to force his hand." Steve shook his head.

"So what was the final result?" John asked.

"Sandow and Flair agree with us, there are more victims here than just the two from the McMahon family. They don't want to make a deal with Calaway. But we're running out of options to hold Otunga and McMahon off. We're not finding much to go on." Steve groaned and rubbed his forehead.

"You may be right. I looked over that list Bagwell gave us. No one with priors and no one to raise red flags." Trina said.

"So what do we do? Give in to Calaway?" Seth frowned.

"I don't know. And McMahon is threatening to call the governor." Steve looked exhausted.

"I can't do that." Trina said making everyone look at her. "If Calaway ever sees daylight outside of four walls again, those four girls he murdered loses their justice. That monster has to stay behind bars."

"Politics might take it out of our hands." Steve told her.

"Then take it out of the hands of the politics." Jerry walked in. "How do you think the public would react to knowing Calaway might be released from prison someday? I don't think they would be too comfortable knowing a man who used severed heads as sex toys would be back in the public no matter how old he would be."

"Go public with Calaway's offer?" Steve asked him.

"Might cause enough political pressure to shut up Bischoff." Jerry shrugged.

"What if we refuse his offer and another girl turns up dead?" Seth asked. "We'll be crucified in the media."

"We're in a no-win situation." Steve rubbed his eyes again.

Author's Note- Enjoying working on this story as we head down the home stretch. Thank you for all of the feedback. Some of you are on the right track. Batistasprincess (I just had to include Shane in this story.) Paisley2 (Good catch. And more clues coming.) jcotts3 (I am sure you caught the guest spots in this chapter. And good catch.) Carlyrosanna83 (Seems no one trusts Heyman, lol) Lordban (I think you are the only one rooting for the Undertaker in this story lol).