Chapter 3: It Was a Long Few Days
Jax, Chibs, and Clay pulled up to the crime scene as Opie pulled up in Donna's car. "Donna!" he yelled. "Donna." he ran over and saw her laying on the ground, covered in blood. "Oh God! Baby, no!" he cried.
Minutes later, Tig and Juice pulled up on their bikes, then got off too see what was going on. Juice looked down at Donna, then as he glanced up, he saw Cassie getting her arm bandaged from the EMT's. He ran over to her and said "Oh my God! Are you okay?"
"No." she whispered, then Juice noticed how puffy her eyes and cheeks were from crying. "Bullets went flying and some how my arm got hit."
"Do you know who did this? Did you see anything?"
"No." she lied, shaking her head. "It all happened so fast."
"Do you need anything?"
"I just want... you or Jax." she said, as tears fell down her cheeks.
He nodded, then went to go get him. He found Jax, helping Opie off of Donna, walking him away from her. "Jax!" he yelled, waving his arms.
"What!" Jax yelled back, the Juice pointed to Cassie by the ambulance and his eyes widened. "Oh... shit!" then him and Chibs ran up to her. "What the hell happened?"
Cassie looked down at the ground and Juice said "Cass was in the truck with Donna when it got shot up." he paused. "She got hit in her arm."
Jax kneeled down in front of her and looked up. "Are you okay?"
"No, I'm not okay." she shook her head, crying. "Do I look like I'm okay?"
"Calm down... do you know who did this?" she looked away. "Cass, I need to know if you saw anything."
She slowly looked back at him. "I don't know who it was... I didn't see nothing." Jax nodded and stood up as Clay and Tig walked up to them.
"What happened, Cassie?"
Jax glared at Clay. "She was in the truck when it got shot up."
"Did she see anything?"
At the sound of Tig's voice, Cassie started shaking. She grabbed Jax's hand and squeezed, then he carefully wrapped his arm around her, and glared at Tig. "No, she didn't... but she got shot in the arm."
"Jax, you should take her to your place." Juice suggested, then Cassie looked over at him. "What? Do you need anything?"
"Can you get my purse out of the truck, please? It's on the floor board."
"Yeah." he nodded, then walked over to it.
Clay, Tig, and Chibs went to talk to Hale and Unser. As Jax was about to, Cassie grabbed his arm. "Please don't leave me."
He shook his head. "I won't."
After Juice grabbed Cassie's purse, her and Jax got on his bike and rode off.
Clay pulled Tig to the side, away from everyone. "Did Cass see you?"
"I don't think so."
"Unser got her statement and she says she didn't see anything."
"I'm pretty sure she didn't see or even know that it was me."
Clay pointed his finger in Tig's face. "For your sake... you better hope so."
Jax pulled up to his house and parked his bike. He helped Cassie get off, then he got off, and grabbed Cassie's hand. "Do you mind staying here with me and Abel?"
"It's fine, Jax." she nodded. He gave her a weak smile, then both of them walked inside where Gemma and Wendy were waiting.
Gemma gave Jax a hug. "I'm so sorry, Baby."
"Yeah."
She let go of him and said "How's Opie doing?"
"You should go home, Mom."
"What about the baby?"
"I can take care of my son."
"You sure?"
"It's time for me to do this, Mom." he told her then he walked down the hallway.
Gemma noticed Cassie was standing there, then she saw her arm bandaged, and gasped. "What happened?"
"I was... in the truck when it got shot up."
Gemma pulled her into a hug. "Oh, Baby... I'm glad you're okay. I'm so sorry about Donna." Cassie just nodded and let go. "Are you gonna be here with Jax?"
"Yeah, I'm just gonna park it on the couch." Cassie paused. "I'm still a little shaken up and I feel a lot safer with Jax around."
"He'll always keep you safe." Gemma smiled, then she looked over at Wendy. "Come on." Gemma grabbed her purse. "Let's go."
Wendy scoffed. "Excuse me?"
"Well, this is Jax's house and the two of you are not exactly on good terms... besides I need help with the funeral arrangements."
Wendy groaned, getting off the couch, then got into Cassie's face. "You lay one finger on my husband, I'll rip your head off."
"Last time I checked, he divorced you." she chuckled. "But good luck with that."
Gemma grabbed Wendy's arm. "Leave Cass alone and let's go."
Once they walked out of the house, Cassie locked it up completely, then she went down the hallway looking for Jax. She found him in Abel's room and walked up to the crib. "He's beautiful, Jax." she whispered.
"Thanks." he nodded, wiping his eyes. "Are you okay?"
"Kinda sorta... but not really." she paused. "But I'm okay for now." he slowly nodded. "I'm gonna go lay down on the couch and get some sleep."
As she was about to walk away, Jax grabbed her hand. "Don't go." he stood up and pulled her towards him. "Stay with me."
"Jax..."
He brought up her hand to kiss it and said "Please?" She nodded, then he moved the stray hairs away from her face and softly kissed her on the lips. A minute later, both of them broke away catching their breath. Jax grabbed her hand and led Cassie to his bedroom, then shut the door.
Cassie woke up at six am, in Jax's arms. She felt a sense of comfort and security. But even though she let her guard down and let herself have one night of passion with him, she knew she had to leave back to San Diego soon.
A few minutes later, Jax buried his face in Cassie's hair and mumbled "I love you." her eyes shot open and she slowly turned her head to look at him, but she saw that he was sound asleep. Cassie carefully wiggled away from him and got out of his bed. She quickly got her clothes bacl on, grabbed her purse, then checked on Abel. He was sleeping so peacefully and looked so adorable. She gave him a kiss on his forehead and left Jax's house.
Within twenty minutes, Cassie called a cab, was picked up, and headed to Donna's house. After she paid the cab driver and got out, her phone rang. She took it out of her purse and pressed the talk button. "Hello?"
"Are you still coming into work today?"
"I don't think so, Trish."
"Why not? You're gonna get fired."
"Right now, it's not important."
"Cass, what's more important than your job?" Cassie groaned. "And you know Dr. Simmons will use this against you to get you out of there."
"Damn, I hate her."
"We all hate her, but you're good at what you do and you're an amazing pediatrician. Don't let that old bitter bitch ruin your career."
Cassie sighed. "Trish, I know you're trying to help and I love you for that, but if Dr. Simmons wants to fire me over something so petty, then let her. I can always find another job elsewhere."
"Fine." she said, in a defeated tone. "If you get fired... then I quit." she paused. "So, why aren't you coming into work?"
"Last night, me and Donna were going to the store. A car pulled up and shot up the back window." Trish gasped. "Killing Donna and somehow, my arm got grazed by one of the bullets flying."
"Oh my God!" Trish paused. "Are you serious?"
"Yeah."
"Who would do that?"
"I don't know." Cassie lied. "But eveything happened so fast."
"Wow, Cass... I'm so sorry."
"Thanks, I'll give you a call later with an update."
"Okay, you be safe over there."
"I will, Trish, bye."
"Bye." Cassie heard, then she hung up her phone, and walked into Donna's house. She visited with Opie, Mary, and the kids for an hour, and after that, she got into her car and drove to a Walmart.
Cassie ended up buying new bandages and a first aid kit for her wound, a simple black dress, and snacks for the long road trip. When she was done shopping for an hour, she left and went into a Motel 6 to pay for a room, and took a long nap.
The next day was the morning of Donna's funeral. Juice, Opie, and Jax sent Cassie three different texts the night before, telling her what time and where the funeral was.
After the service at the church, Cassie followed all the motorcycles to the cemetery and parked close by. As the Priest was talking, Cassie looked up and saw Jax walking towards the casket. Seconds later, Tara took Jax's cut out of Juice's hands as she stood up, then walked over to him, and helped him put it on.
Jax gave her a kiss, Cassie rolled her eyes and slightly shook her head. As they broke away from each other, Jax went up to Donna's casket and picked up a carnation. Cassie noticed that Jax was glaring towards Clay and Tig, she wondered if he knew anything. He kissed the carnation, putting on top of the casket with the others, and walked away.
After Donna's casket was lowered, Cassie said her 'goodbyes' to everyone, except for Jax. She got into her car and headed back down to San Diego.
