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CHAPTER 9

"I met your mother and Shawn, the year you were born. They were in love and happy until your mothers parents got involved, they demanded that Shawn and your mother split up or she would be disowned and removed from their will" Elena stared in shock, her grandparents had bee so cruel, maybe that was why her mother was like she was.

"Choosing, your mother did as she was told and broke things off with Shawn; I remained friends with the both of them, passing on little messages to each of them from on another in secret. Then two weeks later, she turns up on my doorstep telling me she was pregnant to Shawn and she didn't know what to do" Vince paused and looked at Elena with sad eyes.

"I convinced her to keep you, that by having you Shawn would always be with her. Her parents found out and disowned her and then passed a couple of months later in a plane accident. Your mother was distraught and almost lost you, but 9 months and you were born, she was happy…she had something to live for and she loved you a lot." Elena had tears in her eyes and Vince put his hand on hers

Her mother did have a heart.

"When you turned ten and your mother passed, Shawn and I attended the funeral; he knew nothing of you until a letter showed up on his doorstep from your mother. She requested that he stay away from you and that he not be in your life, because it would only cause more heartache for you. When you started working here, Shawn was just going on leave and he saw me talking to you he asked me who you were; I couldn't not tell him."

Vince stopped hoping that she wouldn't flip

"He watched you for two years, keeping an eye out for you when he could, until he went on extended leave. When he came back recently he told me he had thought about everything and that he wasn't going to let your mothers choices hinder him any longer. He sought out my help and it lead us to where we are today" Vince sighed, he had finally finished a truly sad story in which he felt mostly responsible.

"So she never told him about me?" Elena tried to hide the tears that were begging to fall

"No, she only wrote a letter that I was asked to deliver when she died" Vince replied solemnly

"Do you think he would have wanted to know me?" her heart was aching and she wanted to know if she was wanted by either of her parents, that she wasn't a mistake that her mother had wished, every day, never happened.

"Yes, he would have and he does now…he was scared of ruining your life, he watched you for a long time, knowing who you were but respecting the wishes of your late mother. Give him a chance honey, hear what he has to say" Vince begged, he wanted to put both Shawn and Elena out of their misery.

"I want to know him I do I just don't know if I can handle the rejection, my mother rejected me so why shouldn't he" Her life had been a mass of rejection, from her mother, her mothers boyfriends, her neighbor's friends. But nothing would hurt as much as being rejected by her newly found father.

"How about you talk to him, you have a family here, Me, Steph, Dave, the rest of evolution and now Shawn" Vince suggested, he loved Elena as much as the others and knew that Dave loved her more than anything.

"I guess so, where is he?" Vince wrote down the address and handed it to her

"Thanks" she hugged him and left for her car

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Johnny Nitro walked out from behind the pot plant, now he knew her secret. MNM could use this against her, he would have to discuss it with Melina and Joey but now their little duty bitch would get hers.

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"I'm going to see him" Elena looked up at Dave and kissed his lips gently

"Are you sure" Dave asked, he was playing Devils advocate, he wanted her to see all sides and know that what ever she chose he would be there

"I have to give him a chance, it's not his fault" Elena explained

"Ok if you're sure…now we have something planned. Change into your swimmers" Dave grabbed her swimmers from her bag and threw them to her as he grabbed his board shorts.

Elena changed swiftly into her dark purple bikini and pulled on her short shorts, top and flip flops before grabbing her beach bag and following Dave out the door, they drove to beach and Elena set out her towel on the sand, she smiled at hunter as he set up the massive beach umbrella for shade. Randy and Dave were in the water cooling off and Ric was walking down to join them.

"Hunter can I ask you something?" he nodded and sat down next to her

"What do you think of Steph?" she asked out right, not point in jabbing around better to be straight forward.

"I like her, I really do I don't know if she'd go for me but she's the one I have my eye on" He replied smiling as he thought about Steph

"Cool, well I think I can help with that, after I have sorted all this stuff out I'll let you know ok" she smiled a genuine smile for the first time since finding out about her father

"Thanks Babe" He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder

"PUT ME DOWN HUNTER…DAVE!!!!" she squealed as he got closer to the water

Dave watched with amusement as hunter carried Elena to the waters edge, she was having fun and he loved that she was smiling again…anything to keep her mind off the last week.

"I'll save you" Dave shouted as he ran up to hunter, exchanging smirks Hunter handed Elena to Dave who promptly took her further in and dropped her into the cool ocean.

She popped up from the water and mock glared at him "So not funny, Maybe Randy will be my hero" she began to swim to randy but stopped when Dave grabbed her ankle and pulled her back to him.

"Not likely sweet heart" Dave pulled her into his arms and placed a searing kiss on her lips, she melted into the kiss returning it with as mach fervor as him and wrapping her legs around his waist to ensure she didn't fall from the man she loved so much.

Everyone reached the hotel and crashed for the night, dinner had been burgers and fries at a beach takeaway and the ride home had seen everyone resting.

Tomorrow was a big Day, Vince had ordered photo shoots for Evolution, for Himself and Steph, the ones of Steph and Elena showing their new bond and the beginning of a new era in female wrestling. Hunter had a shoot with Edge, the current title holder.

But most of all Elena was going to meet Shawn for the first and possibly last time.