Notes: I kinda bring up Eddy's book that's coming out next month. I can't wait to read it!

I was sitting at the Student Union at Emory talking to Stan. It was a couple of days after the verdict had come in. I was still in Atlanta. I wasn't leaving for Kentucky for another week or so. I had called Stan to see if he had time to talk and this was the only time he had available.

"So now that the big trial's over what are you going to do?" Stan asked.

"Go back to Ohio Valley Wrestling I guess. I'm really not sure anymore. I mean I wanted to become a wrestler so I could follow in my dad's footsteps but he's still alive. On the other hand I love wrestling and I don't know if I want to give it up." I said taking a sip from my soda.

"Hm." Stan said looking thoughtful. "That's a really big problem man. For as long as I've known you, you've wanted to be a wrestler. Didn't you once say it was in your blood?"

I chuckled. "Don't tell Eddy. I had stolen that from him." I said thinking about the book he had written in 2005 that my mother had never known I read. One of the things I knew she'd kill me for. Eddy didn't describe dad's death at all. The book was written through till 2003. So it didn't mention Steve Austin's death either. I had always wondered why he had stopped there. Course now I know why. "But you do have a point. I don't think I can stop wrestling."

"There you go. There's your answer. And I'm sure your mother will warm up to it...eventually."

I groaned. "Right eventually. That's something else I needed your advice on. I need to figure out how to get my family together."

"Uh Danny I thought you had given up on trying to hook your parents back up." Boy did he look confused.

"I have that's not the problem. My dad wants to get everyone together in order to tell us his side of the story. I can't wait to hear what he didn't want Megan and I to hear in the courtroom."

He looked thoughtful. "Why not just ask her? The last time you lied it blew up in your face."

I chuckled. I'm glad I'm having this conversation. Best friends are great. "That's a good idea. I will. So how's college?"

"Stick around a little longer and I'll introduce you to my girlfriend." He said with a big grin. "College is a lot harder then high school. You made a good choice by deciding to be a wrestler then to go to college. I think I'm going to major in Computer Science. Though it seems like everyone is."

My mind started to wander would my mother agree to the meeting? She is still mad at dad. But I don't think there will be any bloodshed at least I hope not.

My phone started to ring. I looked at the caller ID and saw it was mom. Perfect timing. "I got to go. Thanks for the advice Stan." I got up and walked out side. "Hello?"

"Daniel I was wondering if you and Megan would like to come over for dinner tonight. Tatem, Ted, David and Sally will be there."

"Sounds great. Can I bring dad?" I decided to take Stan's advice and use the direct approach. "He wants to tell everyone what happened to him."

There was a long pause. I was afraid she had hung up. But I thought I heard her say something to someone. I heard her sigh. "Okay he can come too."

Well that was easier then I thought it would be.

After dinner that night, we all gathered in the family room. I was sitting on the couch with Tatem, Megan, and Ted. David and Sally were sitting on the floor. Mom and Jason were sitting in chairs. Uncle Eddy and dad were standing. Well actually Uncle Eddywas on a cell phone talking to who I think would be Shane McMahon. I'm not completely sure. I watched him hand the phone over to dad who listened for a couple of minutes before saying fine. They hung up.

Dad looked at all of us before he said anything. "I asked everyone to come in here so I could tell you what happened to me." He paused and looked at Eddy. "I asked Eddy to be here to fill in the blanks."

"I'm surprised you got through the trial with how much you remembered Chris." Dad chuckled.

"Anyway," dad continued. "I had no idea what was going on. I just thought it was going to be another match. Maybe I should have known something was wrong when Vince gave me both Sunday and Monday off. But all I could think about was spending time with my family. I was happy they were in the audience but later I would regret it. I didn't really notice anything about backstage except that Eddy was really nervous."

"I was nervous because I was worried that Bill Goldberg would double cross us. I had no idea if he was a man that kept his word. He was going to kill Chris before we talked to him. I remember standing there with Chavo watching the match trying not to make people think I was nervous. Chavo said later he thought I was nervous because of Goldberg's tendency to injure people."

"That's why I was nervous. I knew about how he had injured Bret Hart and put him out of wrestling. I was afraid he'd do the same to me. He almost did worse." He sighed. "During the match everything was going as we planned. We got to the finish where Goldberg would power bomb me for the 1 2 3. When he lifted me up for the power bomb something felt really wrong. I told him that. He said just hang on. I hit the mat so hard and remember the referee asking if I was okay but I couldn't answer him. I heard a bell ringing. I remember hearing Chase and Eddy telling me to pretend to be dead and I blacked out. Next thing I know I'm in a hospital bed." He looked at Uncle Eddy.

Uncle Eddy sighed. "When I got to the hospital I was informed that Chris had a seizure on the way to the hospital and they had given him an anti-seizure drug. He had a severe concussion and some strain to his neck. Chris stayed in Marietta Georgia for a couple of weeks before we were allowed to move him. We were informed that he was supposed to not do anything really physical for awhile." He paused.

He looked at dad again before he continued. "Chris seemed really disoriented when we got back to the cabin. He was at the hospital too but the doctors said it was because of the pain medication they had him on. But we all sensed something was wrong. I think Tammy was the one to notice it when we brought Chris to the cabin. I had been so surprised to see her I almost lost my hold on Chris who was leaning heavily on me. He grabbed the wall to keep himself steady. Michael had told me he had been thinking about telling Tammy what he also did in the FBI but I had thought he would tell us before he did so. But back to Chris. I had to move quickly before he fell to the floor. The doctor, Chase, had been almost just as hesitant to move Chris, as they were to move Owen and Steve. But I think we had thought it was a precautionary measure."

I looked over at dad who was listening to Eddy as intently as the rest of us. I did wonder what this all had to do with anything. What made them not want me to be in the courtroom when dad testified? I had thought they had said dad had only suffered a strained neck and a severe concussion. I wasn't a doctor by a long shot but I thought something didn't add up right.

Uncle Eddy continued. "Tammy looked at Chris and hurried over to help me sit him down in a chair. He didn't say anything during that. Come to think of it he hadn't said much at all. Chase said it was probably because of the anti-seizure medicine they had him on. But we realized something was really wrong the next day. He came into the kitchen that morning and sat down. We were eating breakfast. I was in no hurry to get back to El Paso. My wife knew why I was gone and had been thinking about coming up for a visit. But anyway Chris came in and took a seat at the table. His hands shook as he poured cereal and milk into a bowl. He still wasn't saying anything. He turned to me and said: Where are we?"

Uncle Eddy paused. "I was, of course, confused by the question. He had been awake during most of the drive to the cabin. I was pretty sure I had told him we were going to Kentucky. I said in Kentucky. He had a blank look on his face.

'Why are we in Kentucky' he had asked. I didn't answer. I grabbed my cell and called Chase. I figured he'd be the one to know what was going on. He said he would like to do CAT scan but knows he can't because of the fact that we were no longer in Marietta. He told me he would catch the next flight to Louisville. He told me to remind Chris of what happened and then fill him in when he got there. I told Chris but he looked really confused by that. How could he be hearing it for the first time? He had known that for the past week. He had been angry like we knew he would be, but was generally confused. Only thing we could do was wait for Chase."

"By then I was so confused. I walked into the living room to find Owen Hart reading the comics. I was later told I fainted."

Eddy chuckled. "Owen looked at me and said 'Didn't you tell him I was alive?' I explained the situation. When Chase arrived he did an examination and told us that Chris' head injury was a lot more serious then we had originally thought. He was suffering from short-term memory loss and there was nothing we could do about it. We had to wait it out and help Chris where we could. It was like that movie from the early part of this century 50 First Dates. We had to keep reminding him of things. Luckily once the concussion wore off so did the short term memory loss."

"But why didn't you want me and Megan at the trial?" I asked.

"We had a feeling that they would try to exploit this. I wanted to sit down with all of you and explain what had really happened. I know I had told you I was fine but I didn't want to worry you. Really I was okay I was just worried that they would use it against me on the stand."

I guess that made sense but really after almost being shot that day was strange. I feel bad for dad. He must have been scared to wake up every day and not know where he was or what was going on. But it must have been hard on the others.

I looked around the room. Mom was looking at dad so intently. Jason had a shocked look on his face. David looked horrified, as did Megan and Tatem. Ted was holding Tatem's hand and looked a bit uncomfortable as did Sally. They were really just meeting my dad now so this had to be strange for them. I guess it's not every day you hear about how your father-in-law escaped death.

Dad looked at mom. "I wish I could have told you what was going on Nancy but I didn't want anything to happen to you or the kids. Eddy kept me up to date and I'm glad you found someone else." Dad had tears in his eyes. Understandable I guess.

Mom sighed. "Chris I think it will take time for me to forgive you but know that I will."

Well that's a start. Jason didn't seem upset by that statement.

"That's all I needed to hear." Dad said.

"So what now Chris?" Ted asked.

"I'm not totally sure. Shane McMahon's working on something but I'm not sure what I'm going to do now. Get to know my kids and grandkids better is my top priority. Maybe I'll help train wrestlers at OVW. I just don't know. I've dreamed about this day but now that it's here I really don't know. I don't think any of us know."

I wonder what Shane was planning. I remember the phone call and now I'm even more curious.