Title: It Wasn't Me

Summary: Walker and Alex have been married for five years and Angela just turned four. Everything in their lives is going great until the day Angela gets kidnapped.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story. They belong to whoever owns the rights to Walker Texas Ranger.

Author's Note: This story is set in May 2005 right after Angela's fourth birthday.

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Chapter 8: Angela's Necklace

Anderson made it back to his house just in time to meet none other then the Texas Rangers.

"Anderson we have a warrant to search your house." Trivette said as he got out to the car and headed over to Anderson.

"I want to see the warrant." Anderson told him, even with Angela being next door, he still wasn't going to let them search his house until he had gotten the chance to see the warrant.

Trivette handed Anderson the search warrant and then wasted no time walking right on into his house, he let Anderson take his time reading the warrant over.

Sydney and Gage followed Trivette into the house. They each took a different part of the house. Gage headed upstairs, Sydney stayed on the main floor and Trivette headed downstairs to the basement.

Gage checked every closet, looked under every bed, and checked anywhere else he could think over that a four year old girl could be kept. But he found no Angela. Although he did find tons of pictures that told a story of their own. Anderson had pictures of Walker and his wife. Walker was right; Anderson did know Walker was helping his wife. He also found several pictures of Angela.

Sydney searched everywhere on the main floor. She checked the closets and called out Angela's name several times but couldn't find the little girl anywhere.

Trivette wasn't having much luck in the basement. He found several things that told him a little girl or at least a person had been held there at one point or another, but nothing to prove Anderson had Angela. Although he did find something that he was sure was Angela's.

"What's this?" Trivette asked himself as he picked up a necklace from the ground. It was a tiny cross and Trivette was sure it belonged to Angela. He remembered Alex giving it to Angela on her birthday and how Angela always fell asleep with it on. Then her mommy or daddy would go in at night to take it off so she wouldn't hurt herself while she was sleeping. He knew Angela had been wearing the cross that day, just like every other day. And Alex and Angela had fallen asleep on the couch the night she was taken, so Angela would have still been wearing the necklace because Alex wouldn't have had a chance to take it off her yet.

Trivette put the cross necklace in his pocket and decided to ask Alex about it later.

One hour later, Trivette, Sydney, and Gage were all headed out of Anderson's house. They hadn't been able to find Angela and were all feeling down because they knew she was there…somewhere.

Angela heard Trivette, Sydney, and Gage leaving. She tried to cry out to them, she tried to make any sound at all to let them know she was there. She knew they would take her back to her mommy and daddy.

"Did you hear that?" Sydney asked Trivette.

"No." Trivette told her.

"Did you hear it Gage?" Sydney asked as they walked towards the car.

"No Syd, I didn't hear a thing." Gage told her and got in the car.

Sydney got in the car, and drove off. She didn't know what to think. She knew she had heard something, the question was what.

As Angela heard the cars drive off, she cried. But her cry wasn't that loud. She didn't know what she had ever done wrong that would cause anyone to take her from her mommy and daddy. As Angela laid in the trunk, all she wanted to do was see her mommy and daddy again. She wanted was to hug them and be in their arms. She knew they were looking for her, but she wanted to be away from the 'bad man' so much that she started crying really hard. She wished that she could be with her mommy and daddy again, but she wasn't. And Angela didn't understand why she couldn't just go home.

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Trivette called Alex on his way back from Anderson's house.

"Sorry Alex, we couldn't find her, but I need you to meet me at CD's." Trivette told her.

"You didn't find her." Alex repeated as she started to cry. "And why do I have to go to CD's?"

"I need to show you something and I knew you would probably be on your way to see Walker, so I thought it would be earlier on you to just meet me at CD's." Trivette explained to her.

"Okay, I'll be there in a few minutes." Alex told him and hung up the phone and then headed to CD's.

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Alex arrived at CD's a little after 6 that night.

"Hey Alex." Trivette greeted her.

"Hi Jimmy." Alex told him as she sat down. "Now what is it that you needed to show me?"

Trivette pulled the cross necklace out from his pocket. He handed it to Alex. "Is this Angela's necklace?"

Alex looked the necklace over. She turned it over and found the date that she and Walker had given it to Angela written across the back with the words 'We love you Angel.' also written across the back of it.

"Yes, it's Angela's." Alex told him as she held onto the necklace. "Where'd you find it?"

"On the floor in the basement of Anderson's house. Gage also found some pictures of Angela and just like we thought, Anderson had pictures of Walker and his wife together. He knew all about Walker helping her and he took Angela because he was scared Walker would tell everyone."

"And now?" Alex said as she began to cry and Trivette put his arm around her. He didn't know what he could do to make her feel any better.

"Now, we have to find Angela. I know she's somewhere that Anderson has access to and I really thought he had her hidden at his house. Why don't you go talk to Walker. That'll make you feel better." Trivette told her.

"Okay." Alex said as she stood up, with Angela's necklace still in her hand. Trivette had a feeling that that necklace would be going everywhere Alex went for a while.

"And Alex." Trivette said as Alex started to head out the door.

"Yeah." Alex stopped and looked back at him.

"We'll find her."

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Alex arrived at the Dallas Jail a little before 7. She was lucky visiting hours had been changed or else she would have had to wait till morning to see Walker. She once again went through the whole process of getting to see Walker. 10 minutes later, they were sitting across from each other again. They greeted each other the same way they had been for a while.

"So did they find anything at Anderson's house?" Walker asked.

"Some pictures of Angela and some of you and his wife. And this." Alex said as she showed him Angela's necklace, the one they had given to her not a week earlier.

"Angela's necklace." was all Walker could say as he took it from his wife for a minute and then headed it back to her.

"Angela wasn't there Walker. But I know she was. I'm her mother and I know my daughter was there." Alex told him.

"Alex, are you sure you just didn't want Angela to be there?" Walker asked he didn't want her to get her hopes up.

"Walker, a mother knows. I wasn't sure for a long time where my daughter was, but when you said Anderson, it clicked. I know that man's holding my daughter and I know she's hurt. You know that feeling I get when you're hurt, well I'm getting that feeling now but it's because my daughter is hurt. Walker, I know that man has my daughter. But I don't know what to do. Okay. I don't understand why this is happening to me and you and Angela. All I want to do is go back one week and be able to wake up in the morning with you lying right beside me and Angela jumping up and down on our bed. Is that really to much to ask. I want my baby girl back Walker. I want to hold her and tell her how much I love her and I know you do to. It's just…I don't like having to be away from the two of you for this long. And just the thought of my little girl out there, alone, scared, probably crying and wanting to be home and in our arms…" Alex couldn't continue as she started to cry. She held onto Angela's necklace hard, but not hard enough to break it and Walker came around the table and gave her a hug.

"It'll be alright Alex. I promise you, we'll get Angela back and then you can hold her all you want because if I know our daughter and I do, she's going to be holding onto you forever. She's not going to want to be away from you for a second and my guess is she'll be sleeping in our bed for a while. You just have to keep thinking happy thoughts Alex. Like on her birthday, you know how happy she was. Or when you first held her. I still remember that as if it were yesterday. Or even remember all the fun you had that day before she was kidnapped Alex. Angela is going to make it back. After all she's our daughter and you know how people say Angela acts just like you." Walker said, hoping to bring a smile to his wife's face.

And he did. Alex looked up at him and smile. "Okay, I know you're right. Just tell me again you'll find her."

"We'll find her."

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