...Chapter 3...
...Still at the Hospital, but Leaving Soon...
I was standing in front of Mom's door, taking a few deep breaths. I felt Jax squeeze my hand and when I looked over at him, he smiled at me, letting me know that it was okay. I slowly nodded and walked into her room, with Jax close behind me.
Now, I haven't really noticed how bad her face was, until now. The sight of her, made me start crying, and again, Jax pulled me into his arms. Minutes later, I backed up to look at him. "I want him dead, Jax... I don't care how you do it, just please get him out of our lives."
"I'll take care of it, Andy."
"Okay." I slowly nodded, feeling a little relieved.
"I need you to tell me... what else has he done? I mean, to you, Chloe, and your daughter."
"Well, he's tried to hit CeCe, a few times, but Mom always got in the way and took the beating." I paused to think. "This is the fourth time, he's hit me."
"And your daughter?"
"You mean, our daughter?" I thought to myself. "According to CeCe, he hit Jaylin twice, when I wasn't there."
"Okay." he nodded. "We'll somehow lure him out here and get rid of him for good."
"Thank you."
He smiled at me. "You're welcome."
Author POV:
"Guys." Chloe started. "I need you to promise me that you won't tell Jax about Jaylin. Andy wants to tell him, but at the right time."
"Chlo... he's gonna know she's his, once he sees her." Jake stated, sitting on the couch.
"Yeah." Juice nodded.
"Well, until then, could you not say anything?" all the guys looked at her with a blank stare. "Please?"
"Fine." Happy raised his arms in defeat as the rest of them just nodded.
"Thank you." she started walking towards the hallway. "Good night."
"Good night!" they yelled back and shook their heads.
Juice looked over at Jake. "You have to tell Andy to tell Jax."
"Why me?"
"She's your cousin, man." Happy said, taking a sip of his beer. "Why not you?"
Jake sighed. "Okay then, I'll tell her when she gets back."
Andy's POV:
We stayed in Mom's room for another hour, then as we were walking out, Jax stopped. "Can I show you something?"
"What?"
"Follow me." I nodded, then we walked to the other side of this floor, until he came to a stop, and nodded towards a window. I looked and saw a baby inside an incubator. "That's my son, Abel." he grabbed my arm, pulling me into the room.
I looked down at the adorable sleeping baby. "Wow, Jax... he's beautiful." he looks just like Jaylin, when she was born. "Jake told me you had a son, but he never told me what happened to him. Why is he so tiny?"
"You remember Wendy? She was a crow-eater?"
"Vaguely." I nodded my head, not taking my eyes off of Abel.
"Well, we got married, then she was too consumed into her drug habit, so I filed for divorce. About eleven months back, we tried to work it out, but it didn't happen, except her getting pregnant."
"Oh."
"So... Abel was born ten weeks premature, because of the drugs, and on top of that, he got the family flaw."
"Oh no."
"The doctor's done two surgeries on him to fix him up and now, he's doing all right, he's getting stronger."
"That's good."
"He has to stay in the toaster a little bit longer though."
"Toaster? Really, Jax?" I smacked his arm, then looked back down at Abel. I think Jaylin's going to be super excited that she has a little brother, because she's been asking for one. I looked up at Jax with a smile. "I'm glad he's doing okay."
"Me too, he'll pull through this... he's a Teller."
"Yep, he is." I nodded, in agreement, just like our daughter. We stayed in Abel's room for another ten minutes, then as we were walking out, my phone rang. I dug it out of my pocket and pressed the talk button. "Hello?"
"Hey, it's Jake... your car is still there. Juice and I let the girls ride with us." he paused. "Juice took Chloe and I took Jaylin."
"What?" I yelled. "You took my daughter on your bike?"
"Hey, she got a kick out of it... because I told her what it was and she told me, her middle name is Harley."
I groaned. "That doesn't matter if it's her middle name, Jake." I sighed and took a deep breath. "Whatever, I'm too tired to yell at you... I'll be there in a few." then I hung up the phone and by that time Jax and I was outside, by my car.
"What's Jaylin's middle name?"
"Harley."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah."
He smiled. "That's the coolest name, ever."
"Yeah, Jake was telling me that... Jay loved the fact that his motorcycle is a Harley."
"Cool." he nodded, crossing his arms over his chest. "So now that we're just standing here... how have you been for the past." he paused. "Six years?"
"I've been doing okay, working at this bank." I said, leaning against the car door.
"Any boyfriends?"
"Actually, yes... I'm still with Tyler."
Jax made a face. "You're still with that guy?" I nodded and he shook his head. "So how come you never came to visit or even call?"
"I don't know." I shrugged. "I just didn't want to travel anywhere with a baby." I looked at the time on my phone. "I gotta get going."
"Okay, I'll follow you." I nodded, then got in my car, and started it. I waited until Jax was ready, then I drove off, with him behind me.
A few minutes later, my phone rang. I took it out of my pocket and pressed the talk button. "Hello?"
"Hey, you're awake... couldn't sleep?"
"Oh shit, Tyler, I'm sorry I didn't call you."
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Billy beat the shit out of Mom and he hit me a few times, when I tried getting him off of her."
"What?" he yelled, into my ear.
"Let me finish." he groaned, so I continued. "When I got the chance, I hit him in the head with a bat."
"Shit, are you okay? Are you still at the house?"
"Here's the thing... I grabbed Mom, CeCe, and Jay, got into the car, and took off." I paused. "I didn't even have time to pack."
"Okay, where are you?"
"I took her to." I deeply sighed. "St. Thomas."
"In Charming?" he slightly yelled. "You drove all the way to California?"
"Tyler, I didn't know what else to do or where to go."
"Out of all the places, why Charming?"
"It seemed like a good idea at the time... it was the only thing I could think of." I said, pulling up to the house, shutting off the engine.
Tyler sighed. "Okay, I'll be there tomorrow."
"No, no... you don't need to miss your parents thing, it's important to them."
"So are you and the girls."
"I know." I got out of the car and shut the door, leaning on it. "But I know for a fact that we're all safe here, just do what you have to do over there." I saw Jax walking up to me out of the corner of my eye.
"Fine... I'll give you a call tomorrow. I love you."
"Love you too, Tyler... bye." I told him, then hung up my phone. I looked up and Jax was staring at me. "What?"
He chuckled. "You love him, huh?"
"Yes, I do, Jax."
"Then... why'd you come here, out of all places in the world." I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Jax smirked, getting closer to me, invading my personal space, placing his hands on the car, trapping me in between his arms. "I bet, by the time we get that asshole and before you leave here." he brought his lips inches from mine, making my heart race. "You're not going to wanna leave me." I felt the heat of his breath bouncing on my lips. "Again."
"Jax..." I breathed out, then within seconds, he crashed his lips onto mine.
