Thanks for the reviews. Next up Wendy shows up and inadvertently causes trouble for the Telford family.

It had been two days since the boys had came to live with the Telford family and in that time things had certainly gone much smoother than they had the first day. Filip hadn't wanted to go into work that day, but with the president of the club dead every club member was needed more than ever. Kerrianne had been forced to go school because she couldn't afford to miss any more days if she didn't want to take finals. As a result, Fiona was home alone with the boys. For the most part she had no problem with this. Abel and Thomas had both behaved and she had taken painkillers for her sore ribs. The boys were taking a nap, and she was taking the opportunity to clean up the living room when the doorbell rang.

As with any family involved in criminal activities, she'd learned to be cautious with answering the door. This had been enhanced even more over the past few days after her run in with Gemma. She found herself keeping the chain in place even as she opened the door. A tall blonde stood at the other side and Fiona struggled to remember who she could be or if they'd met before.

"Wendy Case." the woman responded to the unasked question, extending her hand for Fiona to shake. When the gesture remained unreturned she added "Abel Teller's biological mother."

"The wee lads are resting right now." Fiona slowly reached to unlatch the chain while stepping back from the door at the same time which caused Wendy to look at her puzzled.

"You're their guardian now?" Wendy asked eyeing the dark skinned woman for a few seconds.

"Aye, the will left my Filip and I as their legal guardians."

"Filip?"

Fiona realized that Wendy had probably never heard of her husband by any other name than the one the club had given him. "Chibs."

"Is he here right now?" Wendy asked.

"He's at the club house right now." Fiona wasn't sure why Wendy was so eager to know where Chibs was, but didn't really think much of it "Do you want to wait for the wee ones to wake up?"

"No, I'll come back some other time." then Wendy said something that completely confused Fiona. "You don't have to put up with this just because he's with the MC."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Fiona hadn't considered that Wendy could have ended up misinterpreting the results of her tussle with Gemma to be the result of domestic violence.

Wendy looked briefly troubled before turning around to walk back down the driveway.

Although the comment made by the younger woman was puzzling and troubling, Fiona didn't allow it to trouble her and I soon temporarily put it in the back of her mind. In fact, she didn't remember to tell Filip about the visit until later in the evening.

"Abel's biological mother dropped by earlier this afternoon. I hope she doesn't plan to try to sue for custody." Fiona told her husband as they washed the dishes.

"Don't worry about it love, no judge is going to grant her custody with her history." Filip responded.

"We're not exactly perfect role models either." she pointed out.

Filip opened his mouth to respond when there was a knock at the door. Kerrianne was at a friend's house, so he found himself responding. For the second time in the past three days he was surprised to see Lowen at the door with a folder under her arm. However, even more surprising was the other person on the doorstep. Wendy Case was standing nervously slightly behind Lowen.

"Is there something I can do for you?" he asked warily.

"Is Fiona around?" the brunette asked.

"She's in the kitchen." he was puzzled by the glare Wendy seemed to give him as they walked past.

"What is this about?" Fiona asked as the two women walked into the kitchen.

"Are you sure you want to talk about this with him around?" Wendy asked.

Fiona tried to hide her confusion "I don't have anything to hide from my husband."

"This could be a touchy issue."

Now it was impossible to hide her confusion. Luckily the situation was diffused by Abel coming into the living room dragging his teddy bear. "I think there's a monster under the bed."

"Well, we can't have that now can we. Why don't I give that monster a piece of my mind." Filip smiled before scooping the boy up to carry him back to his room.

Fiona couldn't help but smile at the scene before turning back to the other women.

"What is this about?"

"How did you obtain your injuries?" Lowen asked while pulling some papers out of the folder.

"It was a misunderstanding with..." before she could finish she was cut off by Wendy.

"He might have even told you that he wouldn't do it again."

The older woman's confusion disappeared replaced by slight anger "You obviously don't know Filip if you think he's the person who injured me. It might be hard for you to wrap your pretty little head around, but he's not some pig with a bike. Beneath that exterior that you are shallow enough to only see is a gentle, intelligent man!" she spat. Normally she wouldn't let herself become so angry, but there were certain things that were not tolerated in Fiona Telford's book.

Lowen waited for the woman to cool down before deciding to ask the question again "How did you obtain your injuries?"

"A drunken catfight with Gemma."

Lowen eyed her nervously.

"I assure you I was not the drunk party or the instigator."

"Why would Gemma Teller start a catfight with you?"

"I think she was angry about not getting custody of the boys."

"Why didn't you go to the doctor?"

"I don't like hospitals." she sighed "How many more stupid questions do you have to ask? If we're done then I'd suggest you both leave."