Chapter 3:
It was around six fifty when Isabelle and Megan pulled up to Gemma's house. As Isabelle was about to get out of the car, Megan pulled her arm and said "Wait..."
"What?"
"I'm gonna go change and bring Mom with me."
"Okay." Isabelle nodded. "Translation: I'm gonna wear something cute and sexy for Juice."
Megan laughed out loud. "You know that's right."
"See you in a little bit." Isabelle told her, then she grabbed her purse and got out of her car. As she was walking up to the house, Megan drove off.
Isabelle shut the door behind her, then heard "Hey Bella."
She turned around. "Hey Donna... what's up?"
"Waiting for Op to bring the kids."
"Oh cool... how are they doing?"
"Pretty good." Donna nodded.
"Bella!" Gemma yelled from in the kitchen.
"Yeah?!"
"Come here for a sec!"
"Okay!" she yelled, thne looked at Donna. "Be right back." Donna nodded with a smile, then Isabelle walked into the kitchen. "What's up, Gem?"
"Where's Megan and your mom?"
"Megan went to get changed and pick up Mom."
"Oh... okay."
"Do you need any help?"
"Yeah." Gemma nodded. "Can you set the table?"
"Sure." Isabelle told her, then went into the cabinet to grab some plates.
Gemma walked up to her and whispered "How's the bun in the oven?"
Her eyes widened. "What?"
"The baby."
"How do you know about that?"
"Come on, Bella... I am a mother and plus your cheeks are getting chubbier."
"Oh." she said, rubbing her cheeks.
"Have you told Jax?"
"No." she shook her head. "I'm scared to. What if I tell him and it drives him away."
"Maybe this is the news he needs to grow up and it will keep him from running away."
"It's possible, but I don't know anymore."
"How far long are you?"
"Ten weeks." Isabelle paused. "But I want to wait a few more weeks before I even tell anyone."
Gemma nodded. "Okay, Baby... my lips are sealed."
"Thanks, Gem."
"No problem. You just take care of yourself and my grandchild."
"I will."
Gemma gave Isabelle a kiss on her forehead, then said "Okay." then she went back to fixing dinner, while Isabelle set the table.
Jax, Chibs, Half Sack, and Juice walked through the house ten minutes later. "Hey guys." Isabelle waved.
"Where's Clay?" Gemma asked.
"Him and the rest of the guys should be on their way." Jax said, walking down the hallway.
Isabelle glanced at the guys with a questioning look and they'd either look away or look down at the ground. Then she found Jax in the bathroom and knocked. "Jax?"
"Yeah?"
She opened the door. "Is everything..." she paused as she saw blood. "What happened?"
"Nothing."
"Oh really?" she shut the door behind her. "Then why do you have blood on your shirt?"
"It's nothing, Bella." he took his shirt off. "It's not even my blood."
"What did you do?"
"We just roughed up some guys causing problems for SAMCRO."
"What if they retaliate or something?"
"They won't."
"How do you know that?"
"We... came to an understanding." he gave Isabelle a hug. "Don't worry, okay?" she nodded into his chest. "I'll get me another shirt and meet you out there."
"Okay."
Jax gave Isabelle a kiss, then as she was walking out of the bathroom, he smacked her ass. She gasped, then he smirked. "See you in a minute."
She laughed and walked out and shut the door. She sat down next to Chibs and rested her head on his shoulder. "You okay, Love?"
"Yeah." she slighly nodded. "I'm okay."
Juice tapped her on the knee and said "Where's Megan?"
"She went home to get pretty and pick up our mom." Juice nodded. "So where are you taking my little sister, Mr. Ortiz?"
"We'll get something to eat and maybe go to a movie."
"Okay... Megan is awesome, so you better be good to her or I'll kick your ass."
He laughed. "I will... I will."
"Good." she giggled.
Within a half an hour, Luann, Tara, the rest of the guys, Opie and the kids showed up. Isabelle wasn't too thrilled about Tara being there, but Jax told her to chill out, so Isabelle kept her distance.
It was about nine pm, when dinner actually started, but Jane and Megan hasn't shown up yet. Isabelle kept calling their phones, but got voicemail.
While everyone was eating, there was a knock on the door. "Go answer it, Prospect." Clay ordered.
Half Sack got up and opened the door. "Can I help you, Deputy?"
"I need to speak to Isabelle."
Jax got up and said "What's up, Hale?"
"Where's Isabelle?" he asked.
She got up from the table and walked into the livingroom. "Yeah?"
"Something happened at your house."
"What?" she asked. "What happened?"
"Unser got an anonymous tip that there was a disturbance and I grabbed some guys and went to go check it out." he sighed. "I found your mom and Megan." he paused as everyone moved from the dinner table to the livingroom. "Jane was in the bathtub with multiple stab wounds and Megan was hung from the top of the stairs." tears started flowing down Isabelle's cheeks.
"Who did this?"
"Well, Clay." Hale started. "Whoever it was... carved 'payback' into Megan's back." Isabelle shot a glare to Jax. "So, Bella." she looked back at Hale. "When you're ready, you'll need to come down to the station and identify the bodies." she slowly nodded. "I'm very sorry for your loss." he told her, then walked out of the house.
Everyone was at a loss for words, standing there silent and motionless. Isabelle started to cry, then Jax tried to comfort her, but she ripped her arms out of his grasp. "Don't touch me!" she yelled, then collapsed in Chibs' arms, and cried her eyes out.
Opie went up to Jax and said "I'm gonna take Luann, Donna, and the kids home. I'll be back."
"Okay." Jax nodded, then they left.
Gemma went up to Tara. "Maybe you should go."
"But..."
"There's nothing you can do right now."
"Fine." she told Gemma, then grabbed her purse, and looked over at Jax. "Can I talk to you for a second?"
He rolled his eyes, then followed her by the side of the house. "What?" she was about to wrap her arms around him, when he pushed her back and looked around. "What are you doing?"
"Are you coming over tonight?" he looked at her incredulously. "What? Are you?"
"No." he shook his head. "Did you not hear what Hale just told us?"
Tara shrugged. "And did you not hear what Isabelle told you... not to touch her."
"Whatever." he started to walk away, but she moved in front of him, blocking his way. "Don't... not now."
"Then when is a good time for you?" she said, with a serious look on her face, but Jax laughed, shaking his head, then walked back into the house.
Isabelle calmed down a little bit later. She wiped her tears, then whispered "Thank you, Chibs."
"You're welcome, Love."
Then Isabelle stood up. "Gemma, can you take me to the police station?"
"I'll take you." Jax offered.
"No." she said, shaking her head.
"Why?"
"Because you probably caused this and I don't want to be around you right now."
Gemma grabbed her purse. "Come on, Bella." then her and Isabelle left.
Clay snapped his phone shut, then said "Me, Tig, Bobby, and Happy will meet Op at Bella's to find out what happened from Unser." he paused. "The rest of you, go to the station to keep an eye on Gem and Bells." all the guys nodded in agreement.
A few minutes later, they all got on their motorcycles and rode off to where they were supposed to. As they were at a stop light, Jax said "You guys go ahead."
"Where you going?" asked Juice.
"To check on some things, besides Bella doesn't want me around her."
Chibs shook his head. "If you're off to see the doctor... it's not going to be a good idea, Lad." Jax just rolled his eyes. "Bella needs you."
"No, she doesn't." he told them, then Jax took off in the other direction. Chibs and Juice both shook their heads, then them two and Half Sack rode off to the police station.
