Chapter 1
I have been working at Teller-Morrow for almost a year now and I while I love my job, I don't look anyone in the eye and I don't speak to anyone unless I have to. Why? Because I am dating this guy named Jeremy. We have been together for two years now and even though we aren't living together, he still controls everything I do. Everything from who I talk to, to what I wear, and even what I eat and how much. "Hey baby. How's were things today?" Gemma asked as she walks into the office. "Pretty slow. Happy and Kozik finished the repos early and are working on the last car now." I tell her. "Good. Your boyfriend is here so I'll close up." she says. "Thanks Gemma. See you in the morning." I say before walking out of the office and heading to Jeremy's car. Getting into the passenger seat, I look down at the floor like I am supposed to. "What took you so long?" he asked, already angry. "Gemma was asking what all got done today." I say. "She wants to know what got done she can keep her ass there too." he says. I don't say anything the rest of the ride home.
One we get to my house, Jeremy follows me in and grabs my arm and yanks me around to face him. "Where are you going?" he asked. "I was going to get something to drink." I say, looking down. "Did I say you could have something to drink?" he asked still holding my arm. "No." I say softly. "That's right. I didn't. I want you in the bedroom and on the bed. I want some pussy." he says. "No." I say and try to pull him away. "What did you just say? No?" he says, grabbing my hair. He pulls me into the bedroom and throws me into the wall. I slide down the wall and he kicks me in the ribs a couple of times before pulling me up and throwing me on the bed. Pulling my pants and panties off, he unfastens his pants and roughly enters me. He thrusts in and out forcefully until he got off and then he would tell me, "Be ready to leave by seven in the morning. You better not be late." he tells me.
I pull myself up and go to take a shower. Sitting down in the shower, I sob until the water runs cold and then I still sit there. I finally get out of the shower and get dressed and go to bed. I set the alarm for 6am and am ready to walk out the door by seven just like Jeremy wanted me to. I get in the car and he takes me to work. I go to get out of the car and he says "I find out you are even speaking to another guy, I will fucking kill you. You hear me?" he says. "Yes." I say softly. I get out of the car and walk into the office to clock in and get started on paperwork.
About 8am, the guys start filing in and I have the repo list ready and send Jax and Opie to do repos, leaving the rest of the guys to handle the shop. Gemma walks in and asked "Can you handle things today? I want to go spend some time with my grandson." I don't look up but say "I can." She closes both doors and asks "Are you okay?" I nod my head and say "I'm good Gemma." I say. "Bull shit. That boyfriend of yours hurting you?" she asked. I shake my head and say "No Gemma. He's not." She just shakes her head. "I don't believe that shit. You tell me when you are ready for some help." and walks out the door.
A little later, Kozik comes in to hand me an invoice and I take it from him. "Thanks." I say but don't look up. "Are you okay, Charley?" he asked. "Yeah. I'm good." I tell him. He just shakes his head and walks out the door. Later that evening, Jeremy pulls up and Kozik watches me walk to the car. "Who's that?" Jeremy asked as I get in the car. "Who?" I ask, looking at my hands in my lap. "That fucker that's watching you. You fucking him?" he asked. "No. Of course not." I say and coil into myself. Jeremy just grunts and pulls out of the parking lot.
Pulling into my driveway, Jeremy follows me in like he does every day. He slams me into the wall and gets down in my face. "You fucking him?" he asked me again. "No." I say softly. "You lying little cunt. You want to be a biker whore? You can be my whore." he says and pulls me up by my hair and pulls me to the bedroom again. Throwing me down on the floor, he says "Strip." I do as he say as the tears start running down my face. "Get on the bed, whore." he says and I do what he says. Getting up on the bed, he unbuckles his pants and enters me again, just like the day before. He thrusts in and out until he reaches his release and then the gets in my face and says "No one touches you but me. You hear me whore?" I just nod my head yes and don't move until he's gone. I get up and get a shower just like the day before. I lay in bed and sob and am still awake when the alarm goes off for me to get up and get ready for work.
Jeremy drops me off at work and doesn't say anything to me, which scares me even more. I get out of the car and go to the office to clock in. At 8am when the guys come in to clock in, I ask Kozik, "Can you and Happy handle repos today please?" He says "Yeah, sure." and goes to move past me. He brushes up against me and I wince. I move over, hoping that he didn't notice but he did. "You okay?" he asked. "Yeah. I'm good." I tell him and start moving over behind the desk. "Is he hurting you?" Kozik asked. "I'm fine. Can you get the repos please?" I ask. Kozik walks over to the desk and asks again. "Is he hurting you?" I am almost in tears now. "Please just get the repos. I'm fine." I tell him and start to pull away from him. He grabs my shirt and pulls it up enough to see the bruises. "Fuck, Charley. How long has this been happening?" he asked. "It doesn't matter. It's nothing I can't handle. Now, please get the repos." I say. "Give me your phone." he says. I don't move to get my phone. "Give me your phone Charley." he says. I finally hand it over and he puts his number in it. "You call me if he puts his hands on you again. I mean it. I don't care what time it is." he says.
The day goes by slow and everytime I look out there, Kozik is watching me with a pissed off look on his face. Gemma walks in and sees me looking at Kozik. "You got your eye on someone, Sweetheart?" she asked. "Doesn't matter." I tell her. "Why doesn't it matter?" she asked. "I think he's mad at me." I tell her and before I can say anything else, Jeremy pulls onto the lot. "I better go." I tell her. I walk out of the office and get into the passenger seat and I see Kozik watching us. "Looks like we have a problem." Jeremy says. "No. We don't. Jeremy, please let's just go." I beg. Jeremy gets out of the car and Kozik comes walking towards him. "We got a problem here?" Kozik asked. "That's what I want to know. You seem to have a thing for watching my girl." Jeremy accuses. "Someone needs to." Kozik says. I get out of the car and say "Koz, please just go." I beg. "I'm watching you." Koz seethes. He takes one more look at me and steps back. Jeremy gets back in the car and we pull off the lot. Before we make it to my house, Jeremy backhands me, busting my lip.
Walking into my house, he grabs me by my hair. "I knew you were fucking him. How long you been his whore? You fucking all of them?" he asked. "No. Jeremy. Please. I swear." I beg him, trying to get away from him. He kicks me in the ribs and gets down on his knee next to me. Grabbing my hair again, he starts punching me in the face until I pass out.
I come to and Jeremy is nowhere to be found but I am naked from the waist down. I go to move and I can tell he's raped me again. I can't do this anymore. I can't leave him. There is only one way out of this relationship but the question is will it be by his hand or mine? I get up the next morning and get ready for work. I wear a little makeup to cover some of the bruises but you can still see my busted lip and the swollen eye. I get in Jeremy's car and he doesn't say anything. He drops me off at work and I walk into the office and Kozik is in there. I don't look at him. I just got to my desk and start working on invoices. "He do that to you?" he asked and I don't answer him. He walks over and kneels in front of me and asks softly, "He do that to you?" I just nod my head. He stands and takes the gun out of the back of his pants and hands it to me. "You know how to use this?" he asked. I nod my head again. "There's no serial numbers. He comes at you, you shoot and call me. You understand?" he asked. "Why are you helping me?" I asked. "You don't deserve that shit. Plus, we take care of our own." he says. "Thank you." I say. He kisses the top of my head and walks out of the office.
That evening, Jeremy picks me up and heads to the house. We walk inside and again, he shoves me to the wall. I fall the the floor and my purse is opened next to me. I remember the gun that Kozik gave me and I grab for it. I aim it at Jeremy. "You really think you are going to shoot me?" he asked, almost laughing. "I own you bitch. You won't kill me." he says, moving closer to me. I pull the trigger. He falls to the floor and I watch him bleed out for a few minutes before he is lifeless. Grabbing for my phone I call Kozik and all I say is "I need you." I hear him on the other end sounding like he's running. "I'm on my way." before the line goes dead.
A few minutes later, Kozik comes running inside and I start to have a panic attack. "Koz, I killed him. Oh my God. I killed him. He was gonna rape me again." I cried. He pulls me to him and says "It's okay. I got you. He won't hurt you again. You did good babe. You did real good." he says trying to calm me down. I finally get my breathing under control and Koz picks me up and moves me to the kitchen and onto one of the chairs. "I'm gonna call Tig and Hap and have them come help take care of this okay." He says. "Don't leave me. Please." I beg. "I'm not going anywhere. I promise. I got you baby." he says. He puts his phone to his ear and I hear him say "Brother, I need you and Hap to come to Charley's. Don't bring anyone else." A few minutes later, we hear the motorcycles and I hear a knock on the door. Koz calls out, "In the kitchen." Happy and Tig walk in and see me beaten and Koz tells them what happened. They both get to work and Koz tells me "I'm gonna be right in here. I'm gonna help get him out of here okay. Are you okay?" he asked. I had calmed down some more and I nodded my head yes. I hear Tig ask Koz "There something you want to tell us brother?" After a minute, I hear him say "He's been beating her and raping her, man. No one touches her again." Hap asked "You laying claim on her, brother?" Koz responds, "Yeah, I am."
Koz comes back into the kitchen and kneels in front of me. "You are with me now baby. No one will hurt you again. I need you to pack a bag, enough for a few days. You are staying at the clubhouse with me until we can get this cleaned up." he says. "Thank you Koz." I say. We walk into the living room and I see Jeremy still laying there. I look at Happy and Tig and say "Thank you both." They both nod their okay and get back to work. A few minutes later, Koz and I leave the house and head to the clubhouse.