A/N: I know that it has been forever since I have updated this story and for that I am sorry... I am back with a new update finally for you all... Hopefully ya'll still like this story!

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Once she was sure that Bethany wasn't going to wake up Gemma stood up and motioned for Jax to follow her out of the dorm room. Once they were in the hall and the door was shut she looked at her son with a smile on her face but with narrowed eyes. "I am only going to tell you this once, Jax. If you want to get Bethany to be with you, you are going to have to move slow and not pressure her into anything. She is hurting over her son's death more than the death of her husband even if she won't admit it right now. Bethany may have loved Oren but she was not in love with him no matter how much she wanted to be. She met him shortly after she turned twenty one and he was the first man that paid her any attention. She wouldn't sleep with him so he proposed to her and they got married. Not even two years later she ended up pregnant with Andy. The pregnancy was hard but she made it through and for all of Oren's faults he did love Andy very much. I'm not sure if Bethany even knew that he was running around on her but I knew about it and when I visited them shortly after Andy was born I lit into him. There was no way in hell I was gonna stand aside and let him hurt her like that. Last I knew they were living somewhere in Nevada but thinking and talking about moving here. Beth must have bought the building her shop is in before she even moved here if she was able to open it up a month ago. I wish to God she would have called me afterward so that I could have helped her through all this shit. I won't allow her to be hurt again, Jax. So you best be sure that she is who and what you want because I will NOT have you playing with her. That girl is innocent regardless of the fact that she has been married."

Jax nodded. "I'm sure of what I want, Ma. I haven't been more sure of anything in my life. Even before I knew she was Otto's daughter or what was going on with her I felt protective of her. I feel so even more now. Ain't nothing gonna hurt that girl because if something does then all hell will break loose. I will take it as slow as I need to. Right now I just want to be a friend and help her through this shit. She was ready to give up on living and that doesn't sit well with me. So we keep how I feel between you, the guys, and me right now. I just want her to get a better."

Gemma nodded and smiled. "So do I, son, so do I. Lets go and talk to the others. We need to figure out what in the hell we are gonna do so that we make sure Bethany doesn't get this run down again. It can't be good for her and it is only going to get worse when she starts going through chemo for the breast cancer."

Jax nodded again and then threw his an arm around his Mother's shoulder and led her back into the main part of the clubhouse. Once they were both there he noticed that Clay, Chibs, Bobby, Juice, Piney, Opie, Happy, and Tig were all sitting around the bar and walked over there. "We need to think of a way to help Bethany without it looking like we are ordering her around. Otto told Chibs and I that she doesn't take well to orders. She is gonna be even worse than she is now once she starts going through chemo. I may not know the girl that well but there is no way in hell that she is gonna let her shop be closed while she is dealing with this shit. On top of that we need to set a meeting up with Alvarez and see if he authorized the hit the on Bethany and her family. I am taking a shot in the dark here and saying no because Alvarez like us doesn't believe in hurting women and innocents and that is exactly what happened when the Nevada chapter of the Mayan's hit Bethany's car."

Clay nodded and held up one of his hands which had his cell phone in it. "I already thought of that, Jax. I made the call while you and Gemma were seeing to the girl. We are set to meet up with Alvarez at six tonight at the strip mall in Lodi. I am going to have to agree with you and saying that Alvarez didn't authorize it because he isn't in to killing women and children. My guess is that by the end of the meeting he is gonna be out for blood. What I don't get is that if none of us realized that Otto had a daughter beside Gemma how in the fuck did that Nevada chapter of the Mayan's realize it? Besides things have been going peaceful between us and the Mayan's lately."

Everyone frowned at that and it was Happy who finally rasped out "Could it be that they were after the girl's Old Man and not Otto? What do we really know about the girl's husband?"

Gemma sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "Oren loved to run around on Bethany. When I went to see them shortly after Andy was born I lit into him about it because I wasn't going to sit around and watch the girl I love as a daughter be hurt. It is possible that Oren got mixed up with the Mayan's but I can't be sure. I didn't talk to him that much if I could help it. There was always something about him that rubbed me wrong but I never let on about it to Bethany because she was happy or at least she seemed happy. Oren's full name is Oren Michael Young so that Juice can look up information on him. Maybe that will tell us all something."

Clay nodded and looked at Juice. "Get looking up information on him at once." Once he saw Juice nod and walk over to his laptop he turned back to the others. "Bethany doesn't step foot off of TM ground without Happy, Chibs, Jax, or Tig with her from now on. When she is at the shop one of you will be there with her at all times. When it is time for her chemo Chibs and Gemma will take her to the hospital and stay with her. For now we get the girls around here to help out at the shop so that she isn't running herself into the ground. She is going to need all the damn strength that she has to combat what is coming with the chemotherapy. Happy, I know you have knowledge of this shit so I'm gonna want you on hand to help us with anything that needs to be done for Bethany while she is going through chemo. She is SAMCRO and it is time that she realizes that."

Happy nodded. "I'll make sure to have joints on hand when she starts chemo. It may be the only thing that helps her get an appetite. When my Ma was going through chemo she wouldn't hardly eat anything. It wouldn't hurt for me to go with her to her first doctor's appointment so that I can speak to her doc."

Clay nodded and then looked at Gemma. "What do you think about having some of the girls work Bethany's shop, Baby?"

Gemma sighed and shook her head. "That won't work real well, Clay. From what I gather it is a family establishment and little kids go in there. Most of the girls that hang here dress like the sluts that they are."

Opie chuckled. "Lyla can help out I'm sure and she knows how to dress nicely and not slutty."

Gemma nodded. "Lyla would be a good one. I would suggest Tara but we don't need Tara thinking that since we are asking her for help that Jax is gonna get back with her. I would also suggest making sure that Tara doesn't have anything to do with Bethany at the hospital as well. We don't need Beth stressed out like Tara would do once she figures out that Jax has designs on Bethany."

At that Clay raised an eyebrow and looked at Jax. "You staking a claim on the girl then?"

Jax shook his head. "Not right now but it better be made clear she is OFF limits to everyone. Right now I am going to be her friend and hopefully something more as time passes on. I realized while I was watching her sleep that she is the one girl I am not gonna be able to walk away from. Even before finding out who she is and what she would mean to this club I was feeling very protective of her. Why do you all think I was constantly going to her shop? It wasn't just because I wanted some damn coffee."

At that everyone chuckled and then sat around talking as they waited on Juice to dig up whatever he could on Oren Young.


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