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…Chapter 4…
"Holy hell." Miriam mumbled, slowly walking into the kitchen, the next morning.
"Good morning, Sunshine!" Amanda laughed, then Miriam flipped her off, making her laugh even more. "Yep, I love you too, Miri."
"Wait, hold the phone…" Miriam looked around. "How did I… how did I get to Nana's?"
"Juice carried you from the pool table to the car, then from the car, to the bed… him and Jax."
"Okay." Miriam leaned up against the counter. "I may have drank a little too much."
"Ya think?" Amanda laughed.
"Oh, bite me." Miriam waved her hand, then crossed her arms over her chest. "So, why are you up so early?"
"Jax is taking me to see my dad."
"Oh." she nodded.
"While we're here are you gonna visit your dad?"
"No… why should I?"
"I don't know." Amanda shrugged. "Just think about it." suddenly, both of them heard a motorcycle pulling up, and Amanda smiled. "See you later, Miri."
"Yeah." she waved her hand. "Have fun."
"Yeah, you too." Amanda said, before walking outside.
"Good morning, Gorgeous."
"Morning, Jackson." she smiled, walking up to him.
"How's Miri?"
"Very hungover and very cranky."
"I bet she is." Jax chuckled, handing Amanda his extra helmet. She put it on, then got on the back of the bike. "Hold on tight." he said, then after Amanda wrapped her arms around his waist, Jax rode off.
...
Miriam had taken a long shower to help with her hangover, and it helped a little, but not much. When she walked out of the bathroom, she saw Juice laying across the bed, looking through a magazine. "When did you get here?"
"About ten minutes ago… Evie let me in."
"Oh." she sat down next to him.
"How do you feel?"
"A little bit better." Juice chuckled, then she pushed him. "It's your fault I drank all those shots."
"Okay." he put his hands up. "It was kinda my fault."
"Kinda?"
"Alright." he laughed. "It was all my fault… I'll take full responsibility for your hangover."
"That's what I thought."
"Okay, Babe, I'll make it up to you, but first, what do you wanna do today?"
"Let me think." Miriam tapped her fingers on her chin. "I'm sure Manda will be with Jax all day and Nana will be out with her poker buddies, so how 'bout me and you stay here… watch movies and just relax."
Juice sat up and gave Miriam a kiss on her forehead. "Sounds like a plan."
...
"Nervous?" Jax asked, noticing Amanda tapping her knee - non stop.
"A little."
"You'll be okay and Gavin will be happy to see you."
"I know." she took a deep breath.
Jax pushed Amanda's hair behind her ear and noticed the look on her face. "What's wrong?"
"I'm…" she stopped herself and shook her head. "Never mind, I'll tell you later."
"Tell me now."
Suddenly, they heard a buzzing noise, followed by a guard walking in, and Gavin behind him. As the guard was taking off Gavin, he had the biggest smile on his face, seeing his daughter smiling at him. "Sawyer, you got ten minutes." the guard said, before walking back through the door.
"Amanda!" Gavin gave her a hug.
"Hi, Daddy."
He backed up to look at her. "You look so beautiful, since the last time I seen you… so grown up."
"Yeah." she nodded, then sat down.
"Jackson."
"Hey, Gavin." both of them shook hands, then both of them sat down, with Gavin on the other side of the table.
"So, what's going on? What's new?"
"Well, Dad." Amanda started. "Nana's seventy - fifth birthday party was yesterday, along with the clubs party."
"Did Renee show up?"
"No… Mom and Troy couldn't make it, because apparently, Mom got smashed at her company party."
"Figures." Gavin shook his head. "As long as Nana had a good time, that's all that matters, right?"
"Right?" Amanda agreed.
"So, how are you, Jax?" he noticed the V.P. still on his cut. "You ain't Prez yet?"
"Not yet." Jax chuckled. "Not sure when Clay's gonna step down, but it should be soon."
"Well, even though I'm stuck in here, you got my vote, and I know you'll take care of my little girl. I know she'd be in good hands."
Jax glanced over at Amanda. "Manda would definitely be taken care of and protected. I'd never let anything happen to her."
"Good." Gavin nodded. "One last thing I should worry about."
"Dad… how's Isaac?" Amanda asked, changing the subject.
"He's doing okay. He talks about Miriam all the time and he really misses her, but she never answers his calls or writes him back, or even come see him."
"I asked her if she was gonna visit him, but I'll talk to her again, and I'll have Juice talk to her too, but don't tell Isaac, because I don't want to get his hopes up, just to get shot down, ya know?"
"I won't say anything to him. " Gavin nodded, then noticed the look on Amanda's face, then glanced over at Jax. "Can I have my last few minutes with Amanda, if you don't mind?"
"Yeah." he stood up, shook Gavin's hand. "Take care of yourself."
"You too, Jackson."
"Manda, I'll be waiting outside." she nodded, then Jax kissed her cheek, and walked out.
Once Gavin and Amanda were alone, his face went serious. "Alright, now… tell me what's going on."
"What are you talking about?"
Gavin sighed. "Don't bullshit me, Amanda. I may be stuck in this hell hole for the rest of my life, but I can tell when something is wrong with my daughter."
Amanda took a deep breath. "Well, according to my doctor, there's something wrong with my heart, so I was put on the transplant list. I had gotten a call last night that the donor fell through, and I was bumped to the bottom of the list." Gavin opened his mouth to say something, but he just couldn't get the words, then Amanda grabbed his hand, and gave it a light squeeze. "Daddy, don't worry about me, I'll be just fine. My doctor is already looking into putting me up with another donor, so I'm going to be fine." she lied. "I don't want you to worry, because I'll be getting a new heart real soon."
"You sure?"
"Yes, Daddy."
"Does Jax know?"
"No." she shook her head. "I don't want him to know. I just want to get better, I don't want him or anyone else to worry about me."
A few seconds later, they heard that same buzzing noise, then the guard walked in. "Time's up, Sawyer… say your goodbyes and let's go."
Both Gavin and Amanda stood up, then Gavin gave her a hug. "Thanks for visiting me."
"You're welcome, Daddy."
Gavin gave her a kiss on her forehead. "Take extra care of yourself and let me know how you are, after your transplant."
"Sure." she nodded. "I will."
"Bye, Princess." Gavin smiled, then walked over to the guard, got his handcuffs back on, and walked through the door.
Amanda took a few deep breaths, then walked out of the prison doors. As she walked over to Jax, she was about to collapse, but Jax caught her in time, and grabbed her arm. "Shit." she muttered.
"Hey, I got you." he helped her up to her feet. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, yeah… I just feel a little lightheaded."
"Do you need to go to the doctor? Or the emergency room?"
"No, no, no." she waved her hand. "I just need to eat or lay down, but I'll be okay."
"That's fine, but I'm not leaving you… we could hang out at a hotel or something, as long as you want."
"What about Abel?"
"My mom has him and her knowing that I'm with you." Jax chuckled. "She'll be glad to watch him, until whenever."
"Okay." Amanda smiled. "Let's go."
"Are you okay to ride?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." she nodded, then Jax helped her get on the back of the bike, and they took off.
...
Jax took Amanda to the Red Lion Hotel in Sacramento and just in case someone was trying to find them, he used fake names. While Amanda was taking a nap, Jax went up to the convenient store to get them some snacks and drinks, plus he bought a couple of lottery tickets.
As he walked outside and got on his bike, his phone rang. Groaning loudly, knowing the ringtone, he took it out of his pocket, and pressed the talk button. "What's up, Ima?"
"You didn't come by the clubhouse… where are you, Baby?"
Jax cringed, hearing her call him Baby, it was like, it wasn't right, coming out of her mouth, then he took a deep breath. "Yeah, there's some shit I need to deal with for the club."
"When are you coming back?"
"Not sure… it's gonna take a while." he paused. "I'll call you later." and before Ima could respond, he hung up on her, then turned off his phone. After he put his helmet on and put the bag of goodies in a secure place, he started his bike, and rode off.
...
Juice walked into the room with a tray and set it in front of Miriam, on the bed. "Thanks, Juice." she smiled, seeing a bowl of chicken noodle soup, 7-Up, and some crackers.
"No problem, Babe." he laid down on the other side of her and grabbed the remote. "Anything good on TV?" he asked, changing the channels.
"I couldn't find anything, but good luck."
"Okay." he slightly nodded. "So… why was Manda on the roof yesterday?"
Miriam put her spoon down, pushed the tray away from her, and took a deep breath. "The participant for Amanda's heart donation fell through and it knocked her on the bottom of the list."
"Are you shitting me?"
"No." Miriam shook her head. "And it's killing me, because I don't know what to do. I'm trying to stay strong and be positive, but I'm terrified of of the possibility of losing my best friend, because what if she's right? She was saying - she might die waiting for another transplant. Manda thinks it's hopeless and I'm trying not to, but it's just hard." Juice reached over and wiped the tears from Miriam's face with his thumb, then she slowly shook her head. "I just… I just don't know what to do or say to her anymore, to help her feel better about this fucked up situation."
"Wouldn't it be best if the club knew about it? Especially, Jax?"
"Why?"
"To give Amanda support."
"Yeah." she nodded. "All of them should know, but Amanda should be the one to say something, and she'll probably do it, after her doctors appointment."
"Are you two definitely coming back?"
"We have to… for Lyla and Ope's wedding."
"That's right." Juice nodded. "You know, once everyone finds out about Amanda's condition, they'll flip."
"Yeah, I know… it just sucks."
"Well." Juice laid back down. "Let's hope that at her doctors appointment, she has good news."
"Yeah, let's hope." Miriam nodded, then went back to eating her soup, while Juice changed the channels on TV.
...
Jax walked back into his hotel room and saw Amanda on the bed, sleeping so peacefully. He put the drinks in the little fridge and set the rest of the snacks on the table, then he went into the bathroom to call Gemma.
"Hello, Jackson." she said, after three rings.
"Hey, Mom… can you do me a favor?"
"Does this favor have anything to do with Ima going ape shit, looking for you?"
"Part of it." Jax chuckled. "Can you keep Abel for a couple of days?"
"A couple days? What are you up to?"
"After I took Amanda to see Gavin, she sorta collapsed, but I caught her, so she didn't fall, and she wasn't feeling good, so we're gonna chill out of town."
"Oh, so you're with Amanda, huh? Well then, I'll be glad to watch my grandson… maybe you two can make me a granddaughter, while you're there."
"Very funny."
"You two have a good time and don't worry about Abel, he'll be fine."
"Bye, Mom."
"Bye, Baby." she told him, then he hung up his phone, and shut it off.
Walking out of the bathroom, he went over to shut the blinds and lock the door, then he took off his cut, and put it on the chair. He took off his shoes and removed his belt and everything else he wouldn't need at the moment, dropping it on the side of the bed.
"Amanda." he whispered, laying down next to her.
She mumbled something he couldn't understand, then she rolled over into his arms. "I love you." she mumbled.
"I love you too." he whispered back, even though he knew she wouldn't hear it. Jax closed his eyes, and held her tight, then fell asleep.