She walked into the clubhouse Chibs had his arm around her waist and Juice's arm around her shoulders. These two men have tried to make me feel safe, and all I can do is shake, she mentally abused herself. "I don't know how to thank you guys enough." her voice shook, and she looked at the floor still. Chibs caught her chin in his hand and looked her in the eye.
"Love, look at me, please?" He asked softly. Looking quickly at Juice he nodded to him to set her bag down and let him talk to her. "I'm sorry you bear the mark of a traitor. You seem like a sweet girl who's been through nothing but a lot of pain. I'm going to try to help you, but please, love, look at me." He pleaded with her quietly.
Slowly and he could see the fear and nerves jumping under her skin, feel them as he held her arms, but she looked him in the eye. "I'm sorry." She whispered. "I don't want to intrude on anyone or anything. I can go, if you'd like."
"Stop. Just stop. I'm going to help you." Chibs said determinedly.
Juice stood over at the bar, a pang of something went through him, but he couldn't figure out why. The two could share a connection because they'd been through close to the same ordeal. He couldn't say for sure, because Chibs never wanted to talk about it, and he never asked. He couldn't be jealous that Chibs was the one that got to be close to her.
"Chibs, where's she going to sleep?" Juice asked thoughtfully. Beautiful and Broken, or was it beautifully broken, he was thinking of how he could best describe her to the others.
"My room here." Chibs responded. "I'll sleep on the couch." He added quickly with a look at her.
"I'll lead her there then." Juice offered and picked up her bag, even as she went for it. "You should clue the rest in." With his arm around her shoulders, Erica let herself be led down a narrow hall towards a room.
The room itself smelt sort of like pot, but it was better than sweat, old sex and alcohol though. The wood was a dark paneling, much like oak. The bed was made, only a few things were on the ground and there was a photo on the nightstand of Chibs with a young girl, which Erica could only assume it was his child.
"I'll be sleeping next door should you need anything, and like Chibs said, he'll be on the couch in the other room." He took a deep breath and looked into her face and noticed there were tears falling. "What's wrong, doll?" He started to get panicky, only because if he'd done something, Chibs would tear his hide.
"Nothing, I'm just… I… I'm sorry." She finally got out. "I'm not used to people wanting to help me. I want to say thank you, but it just doesn't seem like enough."
"I don't want to upset you, or scare you." Juice started, he sat at the edge of the bed and turned her to face him. "I want you to think you can tell me what happened, I want to listen to what you have to say. Whenever you think your ready, and I'm almost sure the same goes for Chibs. Our VP, Jax, he's a good guy. Chibs and Jax took care of that dick for hurting you. That guy won't be back." Juice looked at her, hoping she would see the promises he was trying to make. He never voiced them, but that was a promise he'd made to himself, right then. No one was going to hurt this girl. "I'm sorry for what you went through. I'm sorry we didn't show up in your life sooner, but I can see you've been hurt. Physically, emotionally and sexually." at the last comment, she visibly flinched, and he knew that the damage was done further than any of them could have guessed.
"Juice, you, Chibs, Jax and even Half-sack, you all have been so kind. But I know it will change. I've been around MC's before. They don't take kindly to people." Erica said softly. "I swear, I'll find a job and a place to live, even if it's at some motel. I won't be a burden on you guys. I owe you guys so much. Thank you." Erica made a motion like she wanted to hug him, but thought better of it. Both caught the pain that flashed in the others face before it was too late.
Standing up, Juice slid his hand into hers and gave it a squeeze. This would work until she knew she could hug him, and he could satisfy himself with that.
In the doorway Chibs watched the exchange between Juice and Erica. She was a pretty lass, but pulling her this way, into this life, wasn't right. She needed to be free of all restraints, then decided to put herself here.
Author's note: To everyone who has been waiting for an update, I would like to apologize. I haven't been doing very well, just had really bad break down. I'm so sorry for not being on here sooner to give you guys the story you want. Please know that I have been typing a head, I have many chapters. They are just waiting to be posted. Because of my delay, you are graced with a 2 update deal! I'll post more in a week… ish. LoL. I hope everyone has enjoyed their holiday season along with their valentines day. Enjoy the next chapter, and til next time, Bí cróga & Bí láidir
