Chapter 2: Bar night

Riley puts her car on the parking lot of the club. She gets out of the car and walks to the passenger side where Nic is anxious to get out of the car. Riley starts to laugh "Wow Nic, relax" she opens the door and Nic slips past her and runs towards the bikes.
"Ho kiddo. Ya gonna get hurt" Chibs grabs him up and walks towards Riley.
"He got away from me. Thanks for grabbing him" Riley takes Nic by his hand "He is kinda riled up. Normally he sleeps around seven but I have to work".
"Ya don't have to explain anything to me luv. I see that yer ready to work indeed" he looks at her shorts and the black tank top. He nods in agreement.
"Alex said I needed to wear things like this" Riley starts pulling her shirt down.
"Ey Riley, you're here right in time. I could use your help with the beer. This dick over here doesn't help so I need to do it on my own" Alex walks towards a truck and starts loading things out of the truck.
"I'll get him inside, ya need to work" Chibs slowly takes Nic out of her arms. He doesn't seem to mind when Chibs walks away with him. Riley looks concerned when Chibs walks away.

"He's a good guy, you don't have to worry about him" Alex looks up from the crates. She bumps the truck. Apparently a sign for the driver to ride away. He doesn't look at the ladies, he just pulls up and drives away.
"An ass of a guy but he is reliable to deliver late in the evening" Alex looks at the paperwork and at the crates. In her mind she is counting the crates to make sure they are all there.
"Don't think a lot of people want to deliver here do they?" Riley grabs a couple of crates and walks towards the door. "Not really. The guys are kinda scary" Alex sighs. Riley kicks the door with her feet but when nobody answers she put her feet against the door handle and flicks it. Alex starts to laugh "Experience enough I see".
Riley smiles "Well the bar I used to work in Texas only had drunk people form dusk 'till dawn, so I had to learn".
"Well you'll manage" Alex enters behind Riley and the door bangs shut behind her.
"Oh look dear, it are the two bar wenches" Juice pokes Tig who looks up from the pool table "wench make me some beer".
"Got my hands full" Riley walks towards the bar when Eliot grabs hold of the crates "It's alright, I will take them so you can get the ones outside".
"Thanks" Riley breath heavily from the weight of the crates.
"Jesus Eliot, stop being so polite. Now we have to get up from our asses and help them" Clay walks up to Riley "I'm clay, the president of this fine establishment and you are?".
"I'm Riley" she shakes his hand and wants to walk out again. He creeps her out. She almost bumps into Happy who just walked in. Talking about scary guys, he could be the leader of the scary guys. A smile curls up her lips when she realizes she is making a story in her head.
She looks over her shoulder and sees Nic playing with the Harley he got from Gemma. He and Jax are having fun about something because Nic starts to laugh his cute baby laugh and Jax laughs with him.
"Doesn't that make your ovaries tingle again?" Tig stands behind her "Wanna make another".
"Jesus Tig, knock it off" Alex says with an anger in her voice "because of you, the last three ran away. I wanna keep this one". The last one he fucked and dumped in the same hour. She ran away on a party night leaving Alex alone with a lot of bikers. Luckily Eliot and Chibs helped her out.
"Well let's make one, make one right now Tig" Riley turns around and caresses her hand against his chest "I would love to have another kid". She sees the shocked reaction in Tig's face. She knows guys like him. Big mouth but small inside.
Alex starts to grin and Eliot is waiting for the reaction of Tig. Chibs wants to stand up but he is held back by Bobby "Just wait brother. She knows the game". From Chibs throat comes a deep growl. Bobby looks at him surprised.
"Well come on Tig, let's do it here where everybody can see it. Let's do it in front of my son. So he knows what pricks men are".
"OK that's enough" Clay gets between the two of them "Not all men are pricks, Tig is the only one"
"Hey I'm standing right here" He says, his voice with a high pitch.
"Oh yes you are" Riley looks at him with a smirk.
"Alright, enough out of you. Do your job and you" he points at Tig "you leave her alone! Or I will let her scratch you the next time". Juice is making an cat sound which triggers a lot of laughter from the men. Except Chibs. He is looking at Riley and Tig with a feeling that can only be describes as jealousy. What the hell is wrong with him?. He can't take his eyes of her since the moment she walked in. He isn't himself anymore.
Riley walks towards Alex who greets her with an satisfied smile and nods "Yes you will do".
"I can make your life a living hell lady" Tig whispers towards Riley.
"Get In line sweety" Riley gets behind the bar and starts stocking the bar. He walks away and bangs the door on his way out. She exhales deeply.
"Well played Riley" Eliot puts his arm around Alex "normally girls don't dare to speak up to Tig but damn... I'm impressed".
"Can I tell you a secret?" Riley looks up to Eliot and Alex "I was so scared he was going to say yes and drag me to one of the shag rooms".
"Shag rooms?" Alex shakes her head "That's a new one".
"What else are they doing there? Playing domino's?" Riley starts to smile.
"Well you didn't look scared, so I think you made yourself clear with him. Maybe when he is drunk he will try again but for now, you're clear from him". Eliot gives Alex a kiss "I'm gonna play some pool babe".


The girls work hard to stock the bar when Gemma walks in. She greets the boys and kisses Clay. "Hi honey" she looks at Chibs who is staring at the ground and then at Riley and back to the ground. Bobby is talking to him and Chibs doesn't like what he is hearing. His face is grim. "Bring us some beer Riley. We could use some!" Gemma winks at her, the boys agree and start to yell at Riley and Alex that they need beer.
Alex sigh and starts pouring beer and Riley is putting them on a tray and brings it to the men.
"I see you changed your clothes" Gemma looks at the short and the tank top "Didn't know you've got ink". Riley puts down the plate and looks at her tank top, now fully aware it shows a little to much. "Yeah well, I liked them so I took some".
"I like the elf on your arm, or is it an angel?" Gemma runs her sharp nail over Riley her upper arm. "It's an elf. I drew it myself" goosebumps forming on her arm.
"Looks good, maybe in the future you could were the MC's color and the reaper".
Riley puts the glasses on the table and grabs the tray. She decided to ignore Gemma's comment. Mainly because she doesn't know what to say. She puts the tray on the counter and looks at Alex who is looking sharply at Gemma.
"Is it alright if I put Nic to bed? It's already to late for him anyway. And he is starting to rub his eyes". Alex nods but doesn't take her eyes of Gemma.
Riley walks towards Jax and Nic "Come little guy, you're off to bed".
"But mom I don't want to sleep" Jax says with a smile while he tickles Nic "I like it way to much here" he takes Nic onto his lap and both look at Riley with puppy eyes.
"Did you just learn that or is this a new trick up your sleeve little man" she grabs Nic of Jax's lap. Jax stands up and caresses the cheek of Nic "Good night little man. I'll see you in the morning". Nic smiles and waves at the guys when Riley walks him to the 'shag rooms'. "Take the last one on the left. It's my old room. Sheets are clean there" Jax calls after her. Riley nods and mouths a thank you.


"What's up with you and Gemma? If you don't mind me asking" Riley looks up at Alex. They're in the basement getting food supplies for breakfast the next morning. Gemma just sprung at them that she wants a breakfast with the gang and Alex growled but agreed.
"She is pissed 'cause I don't want to sell the bar to the MC. The bar is my life, it was my dads and uncle and now it is mine. That's what pisses her off. And the fact I'm Eliot's old lady. Well sort of".
"Wait, you're what?" Riley almost drops the meat on the floor.
Alex starts laughing "Well when you date one of the gang or married to one you turn in to someones old lady. That means the other members can't touch you and if something happens the whole gang drops into your protection."
"Why would someone need protection?" Riley grabs the cheese
"You're not from around here are you?" Alex grabs a crate and tells her to put everything in the crate.
"I was born here but left when my mom divorced from my dad 20 years ago. I lived in Detroit for about 14 years. Then I came home to Charming to bury my mom. My dad was at the funeral but when I wanted to talk to him he was gone. So I went to the old family home but the new owner told me he moved to Baytown in Texas so I moved there but couldn't find him. And well 2 weeks ago I came back to Charming with a kid and flat broke".
"What happened that you had to come back to this shit hole" Alex puts everything in the crate. She looks up at Riley who is trying to find words.
"Life. That's what happened. I met a guy from whom I thought was the man of my life. But I definitely wasn't his first choice. He fucked other woman when I was at home with Nic and if I said something about it he hit me. So after the last hit, I got sick and tired of it and ran" Riley sighs "I have a cheap ass apartment 'cause I can't afford anything else and need the cash to support my son and myself".
"If you need anything I can try to help you, it ain't that big a deal. Or you ask Tig to marry you" Alex starts to laugh. Riley looks at her with a faint smile "Very funny. Did their parents really name them like that?".
"No of course not. Tig's real name is Alex, Chibs is called Filip , Jax is Jackson, Elvis is Bobby and Juice is Juan Carlos. Juice is a sweet guy, young and stupid sometimes but he tries. We don't call them by their real names, we just use the short ones" Alex smiles of the thought of Eliot "And then there is Eliot. He's a former hit man for some guy called Munroe and he used to work with my dad. They used to steal from the rich and give it back to the rightful owner."
"Some sort of modern Robin Hood" Riley smiles at the thought of Eliot in a stretchy green pants. She knows a whole different Eliot then she saw tonight. Apparently he didn't recognized her. Or at least he's good at hiding it.

"And then there is Gemma. She is fucked up crazy. Just make sure you never get in business with her. She is insane. She first married Jax his dad-".
"John. I knew the family when I lived here. I went to school with Jax".
"Oh yeah I forgot. Well when John died she married Clay. She fell in love with the best friend. Some say they were fucking before but they don't say it out loud".

They look at each other in silence. Makes sense when you fall in love so short after someones death. She heard her mother talking about it on the phone with someone. She always stayed in contact with Charming. As a little girl Riley fantasized it was her father she was keeping contact with but when she grew older it just didn't make sense anymore and she learned the hard way that her old man didn't care about her. Her mom told her about the things the club used to do when they lived in Charming.
"Is it true that they do more then just... well you know" that came out wrong, shameful she looks at the ground.
"Weird question to ask when yer just new here".
Alex and Riley look at the stairs in horror. Chibs bends down to look at Riley and then his eyes move from Riley to Alex. "Eliot needs ya upstairs. I'll help the lady" with a few steps he's down in the basement. Riley just notices that he is very tall and she does not want to be alone with him in the basement. Where no one can hear her.
Alex nods at Chibs and when she passes by Riley she slightly touches her arm saying it's OK. She whispers "Remember what I said. He's OK".

When Chibs looks at Riley he sees fear in her eyes. The last thing he wants is for her to be afraid of him. "There's no reason to be scared 'cher" Chibs puts a hand on her shoulder "I understand why ya would think there is something going on". He feels her breathing calm down but in her eyes he sees something else. Something fierce. He doesn't know the story behind her but something happened.

"I just.. I never meant to.." Riley starts to stammer and starts to twirl with her feet. Chibs likes the way she can be all 'I will kill you' when she talks to Tig but gets nervous when she is talking to him.

"Relax Riley, yer breaking over yer words" his hand gently strokes the hair out of her face and cups the back of her neck "Ya should were yer hair in a tail more often. Looks good luv".

Riley arches her eyebrow. "Euhm thanks?". "Why are ya so shy when I say something to ya sweetheart" he tilts her face towards his with his index finger under her chin "I won't hurt ya"

He can see she had a lot of shit in her life and there are some things she doesn't talk about. He just met her today but silently he is hoping she will trust him enough one day and she will tell him.
"Because you say all those things and the only thing I'm waiting for is the smack in my face" Riley sighs.
He doesn't know what to say. So the ex used to hit her. He let's go of her face and grabs the crate in front of her. There are no words that can convince a lady after she has been kicked down, that not everybody is like her ex. Maybe he is like her ex. He never hit a woman but he sure did kill people for less. He turns around and walks to the stairs. He has the feeling he has to say something to her "Don't know what yer man did to ya but we handle things differently here. If ya want answers on questions feel free to ask me". He walks up the stairs to the club.
After taking a deep breath she walks up the stairs. She bumps into Alex who is waiting in the hall.
"You alright?" she looks at Riley as if she is hurt "Did he do anything?"

Riley shakes her head. Feeling creaped out but reassured he won't hurt her like Brick did.

"Come we're gonna have some fun. That's something we need. You've been through a lot Riley" Alex grabs her hand and pulls her to the bar. When they enter all eyes are on them and some guys start whistling.

"Had some fun downstairs?" Bobby starts to laugh and you can see the over thinking in his head.

"Yes we loved it, I even think Chibs liked it. Didn't you love" Alex winks to Riley and walks to the bar.
Riley is just standing there feeling uncomfortable. Looking at the faces who are smiling to her. A predatory smile. She sees Tig looking at her like he is undressing her in his mind. Judging the smile, she would be almost naked. She turns on her heals towards the bar.

"Jesus Christ, they look at me like I'm sort of candy" Riley starts to clean up the bar.

"You're some sort of candy" Alex starts laughing "And they think your pussy can do tricks".

"But it can..It can bite" Riley starts to grin "hard".

"If that is your trick honey, I dare you to try it on me" Tig's standing next Riley. His hand on her butt.

"It ain't my butt who's the trickster" Riley turns and looks at him "Tig is it?".

He nods "Yes, it's Tig. And when you're here longer, you'll know that I'm the one to come to".

"Apparently I've got more then one address I can go to" she turns her head towards Chibs who is talking to Happy. Riley gets the shot glasses from under the bar and winks at Alex "party time!". She needs a drink. She needs a whole bottle.

"Party time Boys!" Alex poors the shot glasses "Tequila for all".


"Mommy no" Nic is shaking his head. "Come on Nic, you gotta eat baby" Riley is trying to feed him some of the bread Gemma baked.

"Looks like he doesn't want it. Can I try?" Gemma smiles at Nic "Sometimes you need to make it a game".

"Good luck" Riley steps aside. Knowing that even Gemma can't feed Nic if he doesn't want to. She looks at Gemma trying to feed him. He keeps shaking his head and looking at the door. She tried it with sweet words, hard words, plane rides but Nic just doesn't want to eat. Every time Gemma comes close he just shakes his head and looks around Gemma to the door. Riley's following his gaze but the door is still closed.

"I wanted to thank you for making a breakfast on such a short notice" Gemma smiles. You're one scary woman is the only thing Riley can think of. When the door opens Nic starts to laugh but apparently it isn't the person he is looking for. He looks at Gemma who is still trying to feed him. Bread in her hair and jell-o on her hand. She has the patience of a saint with Nic.

Alex walks in with Eliot. Armed and they look happy. "Hey you're here already?" Alex says surprised. Shit she didn't sleep here with one the guys did she? She feels protective over Riley. She walks into a nest of t-Rex's and has no idea. There is one thing that bothers her though. The way she looks at Eliot. Like she knows him, like they know each other.

"Yeah I helped Gemma make some breakfast. And Nic was awake very early so I just got up"

"Did you even go home last night?" Alex let's go of Eliot who is giving her a kiss as if his life depends on it. She likes the way he puts his lips on hers and when he lets go it tingles a little.

"Public show of affection people. You might want to turn your head" Juice walks in and starts laughing. "One day Eliot, people will think yer stuck on 'er face" Chibs is standing in the doorway. Leaning against the door post. His sunglasses masking his eyes. He's wearing his work shirt underneath the clubs patch. She saw how those two eyed each other last night. He's a good guy but he will always be a SAMCRO.
Nic starts laughing and kicking and putting his hands towards the door. Alex looks at Riley and sees the confusion on Riley her face. Both turn there heads towards Nic and see him laughing and waving. From the looks of it he is waving to Juice and Chibs.

"Good morning Riley" Chibs takes down his sunglasses and shift them to his forehead.

"Good morning Chibs" Riley smiles and puts a strand of hair behind her ear. Classic seduction move, Alex starts to grin.
"Well hello Alex. Well hello Chibs" Alex arched her eyebrow.

"Good morning Alex luv" Chibs bows down and Alex starts to laugh. "Come on bro, we need to go to church" Juice slaps Chibs on the back of his patch.

"Oh hell no! Riley and I made breakfast. First eat then business!" Gemma puts her hands in her side "This little man doesn't want to eat either. So you guys gotta make it up for him".

"Looks like Nic is busy trying to get into the club" Eliot points out smiling "He's one happy kid Riley". Alex looks from Riley to Eliot. It's starting to look like those two know eachother. But when she asked last night he denied.

"Yeah now he is, when it is 4 in the morning he ain't" Riley yawns. She didn't go home last night 'cause she didn't want to wake up Nic. She didn't want to sleep in the same bed for fear of waking him up if she made one noise. She decided to sleep on the couch but as comfy as it looks, it definitely isn't. The guys talked about cro-eaters and banging them so the show in her head wrote itself. Hoping they clean there shit when they are done but judging the men.. she was almost sure they didn't. Last night she met Piney and Opie. Father and son involved with the club. Piney started to get nervous when Riley told him her name. She didn't think it was something weird. He was an old guy who probably didn't like new people in the club. Last night she learned a lot of things. But she also made a mental note to ask Alex what the hell a cro-eater is. They talked about it a lot and what she heard it sounds a lot like groupies or hookers. This morning Gemma woke her up and asked if she would help with making breakfast. She decided it would be a good thing to start knowing Gemma and get to hear a little of the club. She learned that there are prospects. Bikers who hadn't earned their patch yet. And that Clay and Piney are part of the first 9. Gemma explained that the first 9 were the founders of SAMCRO. That her first husband John Teller was also a co-founder and when he died she fell in love with Clay.

They talked about Riley's time in Detroit and Baytown. Riley didn't talk about her time in Boston where she met Eliot and Nate Ford who turned out to be Alex her dad, and a brother of one of the co-founders. She didn't tell everything but it seemed Gemma knew a lot. Like she did some Google search on her. They talked about Tig and Chibs and Alex and Eliot. Alex met Eliot through her dad. She introduced him to the club and Jax liked him from the start. It didn't take long before Eliot had gone from prospect to a patch member. He was a favorite of Chibs.

"Hey Riley. Are you there?" Tig is waving in front of her "Damn girl look like you were out of the world".

"Just thinking Tig" she thought of all the things she heard and tried to remember. Boys and there stupid nicknames.

"I asked if you could make this more often. I liked the eggs" Tig smiles politely. What just doesn't make sense because according to Gemma he just can't be nice without wanting something, she sees Alex signing her to come to the kitchen.

"Thanks Tig. Put the plates on the counter so we can clean them up when you're done" she taps Tig's arm as a friendly gesture and walks towards Alex. In the corners of her eyes she sees Chibs with Nic. She stops to take a good look. Holy shit, he's got him eating.
With a smile from ear to ear she walks towards Alex "Jesus, Chibs got Nic eating. I've been fighting him for months to eat and I'm here one day and he starts to eat".

"Yeah I saw. I wanted to ask you something" Alex changing the tone in her voice from friendly to serious "Did you go home last night?".

"No I slept here, I didn't want to wake up Nic. He was sound a sleep so I stayed here. It won't happen again I'm sorry" she apologizes. "No.. no it's OK if you sleep here. That ain't it but the bar is mine but the rooms ain't. So if you sleep here, you sleep on their turf. So their rules apply and well since your no cro-eater -"

"Yeah I wanted to ask you about that. What the fuck is a cro-eater?"

Alex start to grin "Well you never want to become one, that's for sure. They belong to the club. Get my drift?" Alex arches her eyebrow "They are MC property".

"You mean as hookers?" Riley says in disgust. So it is true. They have hookers who fuck them and everyone who belongs to the club. Jesus Christ that isn't a thing she wants her son in. Good thing she found a babysitter. Well Gemma did, Jax has a babysitter for his two sons and Gemma said Riley could use the babysitter as long as she found her own. Gemma said it would be best because Riley will be busy with the club and by the look of all this, it will be one who needs 24-7 attention.

"Yes, like hookers. And Riley, if it ever happens and you get involved with one of the guys. Even if you're their old lady, they will sleep with other woman. That's what they do".

"What about Eliot? And by the way that's disgusting. And the lady's?" loathing is visible on Riley's face.

"No he is the only one who doesn't do it. Yes it is disgusting but it is a club thing. Never mingle in it. Please don't" Alex grabs Riley her arm and judging by Alex her face it is pretty serious. Riley just nods in agreement. Her head judging all of them for fucking around.


The guys are in the garage when Riley and Alex are cleaning everything and making everything in order for the party tonight. Music blasting from the speakers. Door wide open so clean air can get it. The ladies sing along with old rock songs like acdc's Hell Bells and Highway to Hell. Once in a while some of the guys take a look inside. Eliot just went to look, he wants to talk to Riley. He needs to talk to her. He has to explain and he needs to know what happened. Why she left in the middle of the night while he and Nate were downstairs. He knows who she is running from and he just wants to say that he would have protected her if it had come to that point. Now her being here complicates things a lot. He knows things she doesn't and last night he got to a point he wanted to tell her. He wanted to tell her everything but when he walked downstairs she was there with Chibs. That guy has got the hots for her, that's something even a blind guy could see. They talked about making a move, Eliot decided to help Chibs. At least he knows Riley better then any other of them. Hell he even knows her better then she knows herself.


It's late in the evening when Riley is sweeping the floor for the last time. Alex warned her a couple of times not to get close to the pictures on the wall. They will flip if she breaks one of the photo's. When Alex warned her again she just looks at her and tells her she ain't an idiot. When she looks at the pictures she sees they are mugshots. Jesus is there anything normal about these guys. Which idiot would be happy with his own mugshot. Well she wasn't happy with hers. Taken twice. She sighs and wants to grab the broom when her eyes spots a picture of some guy. She stares at the picture. He has a very familiar face. She knows she has seen this picture before. She turns to Alex to ask who this guy is but then the door opens and the guys walk out of the "church". Tig walks by her and smacks her ass "Hey sugar". Chibs is behind him and hits him on the head "That's not the reason to treat a lady ya jerk". Happy starts to laugh "I'll defend her honor. Hell I'll defend Alex her honor to. No man should screw around with these two fine pieces of -"
"Think very carefully what your about to say Happy" Eliot walks towards Chibs who started to mock Tig and Happy. "Expensive hardware?" Happy says sarcastically. "Sounds good to me" Eliot slaps Happy's back "Now get your ass in the ring and fight Tig".
The guys walk towards the parking lot of Teller Morrow.


When Riley sees Piney, she grabs his arm "Piney, sir, can I ask you something?". He looks at her hand around his arm. He knows she won't let go. She looks like her old man.
"What's the question sweetheart?" in his mind he already knows what she is about to ask.
"Who's this man on the photo? He looks so familiar" Shit that's exactly what he didn't want to talk about. "That's one of the co founders of this club".

"Yeah I get that but who is he? " she ain't letting go. He starts to sigh, alright truth time "That's Daniel Ford. He's Alex's uncle. Her father and he were brothers".

"He looks so damn familiar" Riley looks at the picture again, recognition on her face.

"That's maybe because if you look in the mirror you see the same face" Piney checks her reaction. Slowly it is catching on.
"What?! You mean I look like a -". There it is.. it hit in.

"HE'S MY DAD! That's why he looks so familiar" Piney watches her walk towards her bag and grabing her wallet. She takes out a picture and stares at it for a while. When she walks towards the photo's on the wall he sees she is holding a picture of a man and a woman. Judging by the fact it was in her purse it must been her parents.

"But that's impossible, my mom never said anything about this. She hated SAMCRO" she looks from the picture in her hand to the picture on the wall.

Piney hears Alex breathing and sees she is as white as a ghost "You're Daniel's daughter?".
"No, no way. This just can't be true" Riley shakes her head in disbelieve.

"It's true Riley. I saw it right away when I met you. You look like your father. Fuck even Alex and you look a like" Piney sits down on the couch and put the oxigen tube in his nose.

Outside the noise gets harder and they hear laughter. The party started.

"Jesus. Mother fucker" Riley throws the picture on the floor "They all fucking lied to me. What am I some illegitimate daughter of some biker asshole".

"Hey, watch your mouth young lady!" Clay steps out of his office "Daniel was a legendary man!".

"Yeah very legend. He didn't even care about me. If he was with this club why did he move to Baytown?" he hears the demand in her voice.


Alex steps next to Riley and puts a hand on her shoulder. Not because she needed it but she was afraid she would attack Clay. She texted Eliot to come inside 'cause she needs help.
"He never moved to Baytown. When you were in town he tried to protect you -" Piney sighs.

"Protect me? My mom just died, she wanted to be buried her so I dragged her body all the way to fucking Charming. I see him and the asshole disapears. Why did those people say he moved to Baytown?".

"Because he asked them to lie and they did. He did care about you Riley. He really did".

"Well he has one hell of way to show it" Alex mumbles, mad at her uncle for never telling her. Mad at her father for not telling she has a niece. Behind them a door opens but they pay no attention to it.

Riley moves her hand over her face "Jesus. Fuck. You can't tell me he cared. Where the hell was he all that time".

"Didn't you think it was weird that they let you go out of jail after 6 months at the hand of a 'technicality'?" Eliot leans against the door. Alex turns around and raises her eyebrow "You knew?". Eliot nods his head quietly. Alex looks at Riley who is shaking no towards Eliot. What the hell is going on with those two.

"I have to Riley. Alex deserves the truth". Alex her heart just skipped a beat. She knew it. They had something together. Jesus she came here to get him back?

"You two lovers?" is the only she can think of saying.

"What? Jesus Christ, Alex no!" Eliot raises his arms to proof his point. "I think it will be wise if you sit down" he looks Alex straight in the eyes "You two Riley".

The girls sit down next to Piney. "Listen Riley, your dad loved your mom but she couldn't handle it so she left to Detroit" Piney puts his hand on her knee "I know it's hard but we tried to take care of you and your mom".
"Alex babe, I haven't been honest with you when you asked me if I knew Riley. I do know her and I know her pretty well. We met in Detroit. I was working for Damian Munroe. Her boyfriend back then was a weapon dealer. He framed her with the help of Munroe"
he shifts his gaze from Alex to Riley "I'm so sorry Riley. I knew what they were up to but, I just couldn't tell you. I'm so sorry you went to jail because of that" he grabs Alex her hands "after that I left Munroe's crew and found Nate. He said he had a special assignment and that we needed to protect a girl. It took us two years before we found the girl and when we did it turned out to be Riley". Alex looks at Riley who sitting with her head in her hands.
"Is Nic your son?" Alex asks quietly afraid of the answer. "No, Nic is Brick Quinn's son. He is who we have to protect her from" his gaze changing for Alex to Chibs. Chibs nods in agreement.

In the time Eliot started to explain everything to Alex. Clay signaled Tig, Chibs, Juice and Bobby to come in.

"How did he get me out of jail?" Riley's voice cracked like she was about to cry. And from the look on her face she was very close on the edge.

"He made a deal with an ATF agent. With the same one who put you in jail" Clay grabs a file from underneath the pool table. It was an old file with dust on it and coffee stains, he handed it to Riley "I think you and Alex need to read this".

Eliot could see Riley wasn't terrified. It was anger what was showing on her face. Maybe she just connected the dots. He was scared of the reaction of Alex though. They promised never to lie to each other and here he was. Telling a story he held back from her.
"Your dad was heartbroken when he heard you got into trouble again in Baytown. He thought Baytown would be save. He didn't know you would meet Brick" Eliot puts his hair behind his ear. "Look Riley, we tried. I left Damian Munroe because of what happened to you. Nate Ford found me and helped me get to who I am. And thanks to that I met the most beautiful girl in the world. And I've got a good family now" all the men start to scowl a hell yeah.
"When he heard of Brick and what he did, he put Nate on the case to get you out of there but you were already gone.. And gave him a beauty of a black eye on your way out by the way. We tried to keep you save. Orders from your dad and SAMCRO". He saw Alex calming down. But Riley was still as stoïc and her breathing rapedly. She clenched her hands together. Alex gently grabs her hands and Riley looks at her sideways and Eliot sees she has tears in her eyes.
"So you're telling me he did care?" she squeezes Alex her hand lightly. Eliot and Piney nod simultaneously.
"I need some fresh air" she gets of the couch and walks outside into the noise.

Bobby taps Chibs his arm "Now's your time bro". Chibs turns and follows Riley outside.

Eliot takes place next to Alex. She is staring in to nothing "I'm so sorry Alex, but I couldn't tell. I promised I wouldn't tell".
Alex whispers that it is OK and puts her head on his shoulder. That being a cue for the others to leave.