A/N: Another chapter for tonight, i will try and update weekly since i have a few chapters ready to go
A few days had passed since moving in and the Spencer family had settled into the town fairly well. Except for J.T. who still was having a hard time adjusting to Charming. She was jumpy all the time and not really sleeping. When she did sleep, she had nightmares that were so vivid she woke up screaming a few times. If anyone would try to wake her from these nightmares she'd react defensively and accidentally hurt someone. Now at night she slept on the couch, so that if she did have a bad dream, she wouldn't wake anyone.
When she was placed with the Spencers the court ordered that she go to therapy, to make sure that her time in foster care didn't 'damage' her. J.T. honestly thought the whole court ordered therapy thing was a bullshit joke. Where she came from you didn't go to some over paid asshole to bitch about your problems, you handled them yourself. But her mother's insisted she at least give it a shot then decide if she wants to go back or not. Today was supposed to be her first session along with her sisters, and brother Jude. She was just waiting for everyone to be ready to leave. The clock on the counter clicked over to read 3:30 pm
"Mama it's time to go!" She shouted up the stairs. As soon as the words left her mouth they all came bustling down the stairs.
"Come on everyone in the van." Destiny called
"Wait aren't we driving ourselves?" asked J.T.
"No because i don't trust you to drive yourself and show up to the doctor's office" Destiny replied, kissing her head and walking out the door
"She's not wrong." J.T. smirked looking at her siblings "Shotgun!"
They all ran out the door and to the minivan. J.T. noticed Jax across the street getting on his bike and gave him a wave. He waved back and sped off on his bike.
About halfway to the office one of the tires on the van blew out. Thankfully they were close to the Teller-Morrow Automotive Shop so they pulled in. They got out of the car and were approached by a man with wild curly hair and deep blue eyes.
"How can i help you guys out today?" he asked. The name on his shirt read 'Tig'.
"Uh well our tire blew out. We were hoping you could replace it" answered Destiny
"You drove it all the way here?" he asked
"Is that a problem?" Destiny questioned confused
"We only drove it about 6 blocks here" answered J.T. "But the suspension could still be thrown off so it'll have to be checked"
Tig looked at her with a bit of shock
"I like cars" she stated with a shrug
"It'll take about two hours if that's ok"
"That's fine" said Destiny
"Go see Gemma in the office and she'll write up the paperwork"
Destiny thanked him and handed the keys over before heading to the office. The kids opted to wait at a picnic table outside while the important stuff was being dealt with.
Jax had gotten a call earlier that afternoon from Juice telling him that he'd finished the check on his new neighbors and he had to come to the clubhouse as soon as he could. He had spent the night riding around, so he decided to head home and shower before going to see Juice. He rode home, showered and grabbed something to eat before he left. On his way out he saw the kids from across the street getting into the minivan, one of the girls, J.T. he thinks her name is, waved to him and he gave a wave back before taking off on his bike. He wondered what was so bad about these people that Juice couldn't tell him over the phone.
He got to the clubhouse fairly quickly, taking every shortcut and back road he could to get there faster. He parked in his usual spot and strolled inside scanning the room for Juice. He didn't see him anywhere so he decided to head back toward the dorms, thinking that he might be in his room.
"Juice!" Jax called
One of the doors opened and Juice popped his head out "In here"
Jax walked in and closed the door behind him. "What was so important that you couldn't tell me over the phone?"
"I did the search like you asked me to. The house was bought by Lena and Destiny Spencer. They married about a year ago. Destiny teaches third grade and Lena is a cop. They have 4 legally adopted kids, and one son from Lena's previous marriage to a paramedic Frank O'Shea. They all have clean records and both come from great families. The ex-husband had a bit of a drinking problem a few years back but looks like the got himself cleaned up." He explained
"So? Was that it?" Jax questioned
"No. That's why i needed you here"
"Well what is it?"
"I did a search on the kids too just to be sure. The oldest Nick is clean, nothing more than a speeding ticket on him. The other ones though, Raymundo and Arabella are twins they were adopted at the age of 4 from their birth mother who was an addict and disappeared, no father. Jayme and Jude are also siblings put into foster care after their mother died and their father gave up his rights. They circled the system for about 3 years before getting taken in by the Spencers. The twins record is clean, so is the little one. His sister did a few months in juvie for assaulting one of her then foster parents who she claimed were abusing them. It wasn't proven and charges were dropped."
"You can get into their records from them being in the system?" Juice nodded "They have another kid, a foster kid. What about her?"
"She's the one that got me. You're going to want to sit down for this." Jax took a seat in a nearby chair and waited for Juice to continue
"This kid man, i'm telling you she's been through hell and back. She was born just outside of Charming, then moved a few months later to Georgia with her mother. Her mother left when she was 4, leaving her with her then boyfriend, who abused her until she was 11 and placed into a foster home. Every home she was placed in had some kind of problem with her and she was moved, after 16 different homes they thought they had a more permanent one set up for her. She was 12 then. The foster mother there was abusing her too, the lady was psycho, she had her oldest two biological sons hold J.T. over the stove while it was on, claiming she was going to 'send her back to hell where she belonged' burned her right arm and some of her torso before the cops came in and stopped her. They said a neighbor called when they heard screaming. She was placed in a group home after that until a few months ago when Destiny filed to take her in. She has a few arrests from when she lived in Oceanside for street racing and driving without a license but nothing worse than that." Juice finished
Jax rubbed a hand down his face. That poor kid. "Jesus Christ. The mother never came back for her? Or her father?"
"Well her mother called every now and then or sent a letter but didn't actually go back. It was a bit harder to find her original birth certificate to see who her birth parents are." Jax looked intently at Juice wanting him to go on "Are you sure you want to hear this man?"
"Yeah. I want to know who this kid is." Jax said. Juice sighed
"Alright, just remember you asked for it. She was born Judas Rose Teller, her mom listed as and AnnMarie Tyler and father as one Jackson Teller."
Jax froze. What the hell did he just say?
"What?"
"She's your kid Jax"
Holy shit. So back then when AnnMarie was trying to tell him she was pregnant she wasn't lying. He had a whole other kid in this world, who had been through hell because he wasn't there. Jax felt like shit and it showed. He got up and wandered out of Juices room without thanking him and went back outside. He heard some of the guys calling him but he needed out, it felt like the walls were closing in around him. He bent over and tried to catch his breath, his mind racing at all the things he just learned.
He finally straightened up and looked across the lot. She was there with her sisters and brother, sitting at the picnic table, they were laughing and joking with their mother who just came out of the office. He stood and watched them for a bit.
"Jackie boy" an accented voice called. Jax turned a bit to see Chibs coming over to him. "You alright brotha? You left Juicy boy's room in a hurry"
"Just got a lot of shit going on right now" Jax answered
"This wouldn't have anything to do with the little blonde at the table would it?"
"How did you-"
"Juice told me. Poor boy was freaking out"
"Goddamn Juice. She's my kid man. What am i supposed to do?"
"That's up to you brotha. You can tell her and make it right or you can stand off and watch from the sidelines." both men watched them interact for a moment
"She looks so happy with them. I can't just drag her away from that"
"Aye but you can't just let her go. That will destroy you inside."
"I'll just hang around for a bit, see what happens. At least i'll be close by" Jax stated
"I'm here for you brotha. So is the club" Chibs said clapping Jax on the shoulder
"Thank you brother" Chibs nodded and went back inside. Jax decided to go talk to J.T. and see how he can be around her without coming off as creepy in any way.