Gemma was waiting for her other child to come back home so the two could talk. She had no idea what was going on with her, but she suspected after sitting down and putting the puzzle together.
She never hung out with Candy, Emily, or Lyla anymore, her dressed differently, she only showed up for family dinners and never hung around the Sons or the Bastard's Clubhouses. TO's Old Lady and Hailey have been best friends since highschool along with Emily Duncan a clericle clerk at the station by day and croweater by night.
Hailey was trying to get her nursing degree, but for the past few years she had been trying to help Gemma in the office, help Emily go through one crises after another. Help her twin when he needed her and then finally it seemed like when she was in the final stretch, finally, the past eight months had been put on hold. All because he wanted Hailey to devote herself totally to him.
Gemma what happened witht that. He aliented her from her family and friends. Gemma should have seen it, but she was so caught up in Abel, and then Tara coming and all the club bullshit, including her getting raped, they never had time to really take notice. Even Candy, David, and Wayne noticed.
Wayne had mentioned to Gemma on several occasions that one person was missing alot from the three muskateers. Hailey, Emily, and Candy. Gemma felt bad because she brushed her longtime friend off. Well of course he would notice something being a longtime family friend and the boss of Hailey's two best friends from highschool.
Gemma being Gemma just brushed it off. Now she saw it all clearly and she knew that she had to talk to Hailey. While she was waiting her mind began to wonder. Maybe he was having an off day and was just stressed out because of all the clubshit. Or maybe he was just worried about his mom and aunt in Bakersfield. Hailey had made several trips throughout the last eight months and from the remarks she would make off color, well he was pissed when she would see Abel or put off going to Bakersfield to help her out with something.
Gemma was broken out of her thoughts by a key hitting the lock, and suddenly she heard Hailey. "Mom I'm home! Listen do you think I will be able to use your car tomorrow. I was in a slight fender bender because I wasn't paying attention to the lights. Mom!" Hailey walked in.
"How long?" Gemma asked.
"What?" Hailey asked confused.
"How long has he been hurting you?" Gemma asked as Hailey sat down on her mom and Clay's bed.
"Eight days ago was the worst, but the first physical situation happened four months ago. Before that it was like he was becoming a different person. First he said something about my friends. Oh you have a cop, croweater, and a pornstar for friends. At least Tara is a doctor. Then he hated my clothes all a sudden, and wanted me to change that. Then how I kept house when I was at his apartment. He was a bit OCD, and wanted no mess what so ever. Finally he didn't like me hanging around the Clubhouses since I wasn't claimed and he wasn't ready to claime me yet. This all started the day able was born about eight months ago" said Hailey. "Ugh now I'm waiting for that pin in my spine telling me that I lost half of myself." she added.
"No. Read this and burn it. Your brother left this for you. Also what are you going to do? I know you love him, but are you going to stay with him?" Gemma asked.
"Okay here is how it is. I want me back. I don't want someone who cheats and by the time the fourteen months are over it's either going to go one of two ways. Either he gets his shit together and lets me be me, doesn't cheat, is no long a controlling abusive fuck, and finally takes me as his old lady or I move on and find someone else. Someone who deserves me." said Hailey remembering feeling electricity when they shook hands earlier on after she was rear ended.
"I don't think he's going to let you go willingly." said Gemma.
"These are my terms. Besides I sort have met someone. Fate literally crashed into me you could say. Oh his some irony for you. He is a twin also. Though his twin was killed by the same person who did this to my face because he went behind their father's back and did something stupid." said Hailey.
"Thats a tangled web there. Son of the founder of the Mayans, daughter of one of the founders of the Sons after the two clubs finally made peace, and the man who is your boyfriend is the one who killed his twin brother which was sanctioned by both club presidents." said Gemma.
"I know I know, but I felt a spark when we shook hands. I never felt that with my boyfriend. I felt like it was all forced, and he was just forcing himself into my life. It didn't feel like that tonight. Who knows maybe forever peace and the right guy for me literally crashed into me." said Hailey.
"I see that. Though don't make the same mistakes I did. I loved your father, but he broke my heart when he had an affair with the sister of an Irish King Shot Caller years ago and had a lovechild with her. I reacted, and didn't think it all through because I was drowning in grief for Thomas. Think long and hard and don't jump into something new because he's there and you have physical attraction. See your friends again, hang around the Son's and the Bastard's Clubhouses again. Dress how you want, finish your degree and get on at Saint Thomas. Though I'll need your help in the office while I'm in jail." said Gemma gesturing to her ankle bracelet.
"House arrest is better than prision. At least you get visitors twenty four seven if you choose to. Though it was just what you did to get yourself in jail. Bitch had it coming for setting you up to be raped." said Hailey. "I have a question for you. Can I stay here until I get on my feet? I'll ask Candy about staying at her and TO's house in Lodi if not." said Hailey.
"No baby you can stay here. Go to your old room and then like I said the letter Jax left you and then burn it." said Gemma.
"Alright mom. I love you." said Hailey as she was about to leave the room.
"I love you too baby. I'll have a prospect come get your car tomorrow and take it to TM to get fixed, and you can use my car until it's fixed." said Gemma.
"Alright mom." said Hailey giving her a hug before taking her luggage into her old room. Laying on the bed she pulled out the latter her brother had left her.
Dear Hailey,
I know you are just worried and waiting for that feeling of loss to come over you. Let me tell you something right now. It won't. I never made a deal. I would never turn on the club. The entire club was behind all of it. Jimmy and Stahl are dead, and we'll be doing short time. Also on a more personal note I have to tell you something. I'm not as dense as you might think. I have noticed changes in you, and I have a feeling as to what has been going on. Use this time to reevaluate your life. Find out who you are and get yourself back to the way you were and don't ever let anyone change you ever again. I love you little sis.
Jax
"This makes me feel alot better now." said Hailey.
"Here put it in with mine and we'll burn em together." said Gemma as she held out a porceline bowl.
"Lets not burn the house down." Hailey joked as Gemma lit the letters with her lighter and the two watched them burn in the bowl and then the mother daughter duo shared a joint before both decided it was time for bed.
Neither wanted to be alone for that first night so both went into their seperate bathrooms, showered, and put on their pajamas before crawling into Gemma's bed and going to sleep.
The next day Hailey went into the office at TM. Since her mom was in jail, house arrest, it was up to her to do the day to day work in the office. She had decided to wear a pair of white leather shorts, a pink and white silk halter crop top, a white leather jacket, and six inch pink pumps.
"Hey could you call that asshole Douglass and let him know that it's going to be a bit before his truck can get fixed because we need to order parts and the part company is on back order?" Herman Kozik asked walking in
"I swear we need a new parts company because they screw up once a week and have a back order." Hailey ranted.
"Looking like yourself again. How's it going shorty?" her twin brother's best friend Harry, Opie, Winston asked walking in and giving her a noogie.
"Get off me you big ass sasquatch. I'll tell Lyla!" said Hailey.
"Man that's dirty pool." said Opie.
"Whatever. I'm going to the diner to get three lunches, and I'm going to visit Emma, and Candy at work." said Hailey.
"Pops, Chibs, and I have things under control till you get back." said Opie.
"Later ya'll I'll bring everyone lunch back. I just miss my friends." said Hailey as she got into her mom's Escalade and drove off.
"I wanna know who changed Hailey and took that fire away from her. I ought to crush the fucker's skull if it's a man." Opie threatened. "Glad she's back so it must be someone inside." he added.
"Lets not start any fires that aren't there son. I know how much you care for Hailey like she is your sister, but without any hard evidence or a name we really cannot do anything." said Piney.
A/N: So hope you enjoy! I edited chapter one and left a note because a guest review.