Tyger was in the kitchen fixing breakfast. She was also flinging things around. She was mad as hell. When she got up Mark was already gone. She couldn't believe he left without saying a word. He must have left pretty early. Scott and Kevin came in. "What you doing down here sounds like World War 2." Scott said. "Fixing breakfast." She said. Kevin and Scott looked at each other. "Need any help?" Kevin asked. "No thanks, grab you guys some coffee it will be ready in a minute." She said. Tygers phone rang. "Hello." she said picking it up. "Don't be mad honey." Mark said. "You big jerk, you left with out saying buy, kiss my ass or nothing." She snapped. "Remind me not to do anything to get on her bad side." Kevin said to Scott. "Me either." Scott said. "Honey, my flight left at 5:00AM I wasn't going to wake you that early." Mark said. "That's no excuse." Tyger said. "I'm sorry Tyger. Now don't stay mad at me." He said. "Where are you heading anyway?" she asked. "Detroit." He said. "Well be careful and call me, Okay?" she said. "I will sweetheart, be good. Okay?" he said. "I'll try." She said laughing. "Bye." He said. "Bye lurch." She said. "Okay you two kissed and made up, can I assume the slamming of pots and pans is over?" Scott asked smirking. "Yea I'm through throwing my fit." She said grinning. Tyger set a plate of pancakes in front of them and a plate of sausage and eggs. Both guys loaded there plates up. "You keep feeding me like this and I will never go home." Scott said. "I second that." Kevin said. Tyger had got quite and Scott looked up from eating. "What's wrong, Baby girl?" he asked. Kevin smiled. Scott was already attached to this kid. "You going to leave anytime soon?" she asked not looking at him. "I'll stay as long as you want me to." He said. "Great." She said smiling. "Do you want to go to work with me today, both of you?" she said. She told them all about her business she was opening. "Sound like you're going to be a success." Kevin said. "I hope so." Tyger said. "We would love to come with you, maybe we can help out." Scott said. "Great." She said.
Scott and Kevin were impressed with the place. The coffee shop and bakery were set up on one side and the book store on the other. She had a small stage set up in the café for local bands to play. "Tyger this place is great." Scott said. "Thanks." She said. Josh came in. "Hey Tyger we got another large shipment of CD,s in and all the supplies for the bakery and the coffees and stuff." He said. "Great. We only got 4 days till we open." She said. "Josh this Kevin Nash and this is …My Dad Scott Hall." She said. She had stumbled over the dad thing for a minute. "Hey it's great to meet you guys. I have been watching you guys for years." Josh said. "Josh is my co-manager." Tyger said. "Nice to meet you Josh." Scott said. "Same here." Kevin said shaking his hand. "There going to give us a hand today." Tyger said. "Good we need all the extra help we can get." Josh said. "You Guys can help unload Cd's and I'm going to help set up the bakery. Scott and Kevin followed Josh to the back. Tyger went to get to work. She had a long day in front of her.
Scott and Kevin were busy putting up Cd's they hadn't seen much of Tyger. "Kev, she called me her dad." Scott said beaming. Kevin laughed. "That's why you've had that stupid grin on your face all morning." Kevin said. "Yea, I know it's goofy, but I can't explain to you how it makes me feel." Scott said. "I told you things were going to work out." Kevin said. "kev you know how we always talked about opening a wrestling school?" Scott said. "Yea." Kevin said. "Why can't we do that here?' he asked. "Well I guess we could. I have no problem moving, do you?" Kevin asked. "No, I want to be near Tyger." Scott said. "Well I'll call around and start looking for building." Kevin said. "Don't say anything to Tyger till we got everything worked out." Scott said. "I'm glad to see you thinking about the future buddy." Kevin said. "I want Tyger to have a father she can be proud of, not some washed up wrestler." Scott said. "You're not washed up Scott. I think Tyger would be proud of you no matter what you did." Kevin said. "I used to be a drunk Kev. I let drinking ruin my career." Scott said. "Well that's all behind you." Kevin said. Scott sat down on some crates. "Well we got all this put up, let's go see if there's anything else in the back." Kevin said. Tyger came up behind Scott and put her arms around his neck. "Lets grab some lunch Pops." She said. "You call me that one more time and I'll give you a pop." He said laughing. Tyger laughed. Secretly it trilled him that Tyger seemed to have accepted him. Kevin watched them. Tyger was the best thing that could have happened to Scott. "Come on guys I'm buying." She said. "Well hell let's go before she changes her mind." Kevin said. Scott stood up with Tyger still hanging on to his neck. "Hey whoa big guy, let me down." Tyger said. Scott laughed. "Maybe if you ask nicely I will." Scott said. "Please let me down or I'm going to kick your ass." Tyger said. Kevin started laughing. "I think that is nice as she gets Scott." Kevin said. Scott grabbed her arms and lifted her around and set her down in front of him. "There ya go baby girl, but I think we need to work on your manners." He said laughing. "Wouldn't do you no good." She said. "Come on I'm starving." Scott said. Tyger led them out the door. For the first time she felt completely at peace. At least one thing in her life was working out.
Thanks for all the great reviews. Sorry the chapters are sometimes so short, but I write after work. So I have to squeeze in chapters when I can.