Kayleigh woke up the next morning to an empty bed. She sat up and looked around. She grabbed her shoes and slipped them on and ran her fingers through her hair before she pulled it up in a ponytail. She walked out of the room and down the hall to the kitchen, hoping to god there was some coffee. She smiled when she saw a fresh pot brewing. She grabbed a mug and poured the caffeinated goodness into it. She grabbed the creamer and sugar and added it to the mug as well. She took a sip and walked out to the bar and sat down.
Gemma was sitting at the bar with her own mug of coffee. She sat down next to Gemma and grabbed the paper. Gemma smiled at her and continued to read the other half of the paper. They sat in a happy silence. The silence was only broke when the guys came in from the garage. Clay walked over and kissed Gemma before getting his own mug of coffee. Chibs was the last one in. He smiled and walked over to Kayleigh and kissed her forehead and took her mug of coffee. He found out the last time she was around they took their coffee the same.
"Jerk," she mumbled as she walked back to the kitchen to get another mug.
Chibs took her seat and face the rest of the club. When she was ready they were going to help her move. Kayleigh came back and sat down next to Chibs and started to sip on her new cup of coffee. He had finished off the other one and was reaching for it. She swatted at his hand and moved to the couch on the other side of the room. A few of the guys laughed, including Chibs. Kayleigh liked her coffee. She didn't function without some sort of caffeine in her system.
"You ready?" Chibs asked walking over to her.
"As I will be for nine in the morning," she said standing up.
Gemma took her mug back to the kitchen. Chibs grabbed Kayleigh's hand and started to walk out the door. Chibs was making his way to the bike when Kayleigh pulled her hand free.
"I'm not leaving the Lexus here," she said.
Chibs nodded and kissed her as he climbed on the bike. "Tara and Lyla are going to follow you to the storage unit in their cars. Jax, Opie, and I will follow on the bike. Happy and Tig will meet up at the house."
Kayleigh nodded and kissed him again before she walked over to her car. She started the car and pulled out of the lot. Tara and Lyla were waiting outside the fence for her. She waved to them and took off down the street.
Gemma was still sitting in the clubhouse when Clay walked back in.
'What's wrong?" he asked.
"Got a letter today," she said handing it over to Clay.
The letter was from Kyle. He was demanding his sister be returned to Ireland.
'What is this all about?" asked Clay.
"She told her family she was going to be gone three months. It's almost seven months later and she still isn't home," said Gemma. "I think we should talk to her."
"Yeah," said Clay reading the letter again.
"I'll stop by the house later today and talk to her," said Gemma standing up. "But right now I'm going to go see my grandson."
Clay kissed his wife as she walked out the door. Something was wrong, he just didn't know what.
Everyone was sitting outside the house when Gemma pulled up. Kayleigh had just walked out of the house with drinks on a tray and was passing them around. Gemma waved as she opened the backseat door. She pulled Abel out and walked over to the group. Abel squealed when he saw Jax. Jax took his soon from his mom and sat back down next to Tara. Gemma walked over to Kayleigh and whispered in her ear. Kayleigh nodded and set the tray down and walked into the house, Gemma following her.
Chibs was curious as to what was going on and followed them both into the house. They were in the kitchen when he found them.
"Have you talked to your family recently?" asked Gemma.
Kayleigh looked up when she heard someone walking towards the door. It was Chibs.
"Yeah. I talked to my aunt yesterday. She was pissed that I wasn't home," said Kayleigh. "She calls once every two weeks or so to check in on me. Why?"
"We got a letter from Kyle today," said Gemma.
"What's he want?" asked Kayleigh resting her arms on Chibs'.
In the midst of the conversation Chibs had walked over to Kayleigh and leaned back on the counter and pulled her in front of him, holding her tight.
"He's demanding your return," said Gemma.
"He's an idiot," said Kayleigh.
"That may be the case, but you're still technically an Irish citizen," said Gemma. "If he tries hard enough he can have you deported back to Ireland."
"Chibs let go, you're hurting me," she gasped out.
"Sorry," he said.
Chibs dropped his arms from around her waist. He had stared squeezing her closer to him when Gemma had mention deportation. Hopefully it wouldn't come to that.
"He wouldn't try that, would he?" asked Kayleigh.
"I don't think he would. It would bring too much attention to the mother charter and to SAMBEL as well. I don't think he would risk it," said Gemma. "But like you said, he's an idiot."
"I will talk to him later ad figure things out," said Kayleigh sighing.
"For now, get back to moving in. We're gonna keep you as long as we can," said Gemma.
Kayleigh chuckled as she hugged the older woman. Gemma walked out of the kitchen and left Chibs and Kayleigh alone. Kayleigh turned around and laid her head on Chibs' chest. Chibs wrapped his arms around her shoulders in a hug. They stood like that for a few minutes.
"Gemma's right. We should get back to work," said Kayleigh.
Chibs nodded and kissed the top of her head before he walked back outside. Kayleigh went back to unpacking the things in the kitchen while the guys started moving everything else in.
By seven o'clock that night everything had been moved into the house and the boxes were sitting in the rooms waiting to be unpacked. The mattresses for Kayleigh's bed were sitting on the floor in her room. She was going to have Chibs put the frame for it together tomorrow.
She was sitting on the floor in the living room eating pizza. The guys had gone back to the shop to get in a few more hours of work before they headed back to their own families. Kayleigh grabbed her phone and found Kyle's number. It was three in the morning in Belfast, but she didn't care. Kyle had it coming. The phone rang a few times before it was answered.
"You best have a damn good reason for calling this fucking early in the morning," said Kyle half awake.
"Oh I do dear brother of mine," said Kayleigh.
"Kay?" he said.
"Aye. What's this I hear about you 'demanding' I be returned to Ireland?" asked Kayleigh. "You act like they are holding me here against my will, Kyle."
"Kay, you have to understand…" he started.
"Don't even," she said. "I told Auntie three months. Auntie has been calling me twice a month for the past six and a half months. She knows where I've been and where I am now. I'm not doing anything against my will. And that includes becoming a US citizen."
"You can't be serious," said Kyle sitting up in bed.
"As cancer," said Kayleigh. "Now leave Gemma alone."
"You've got to be out of your mind," said Kyle. "Look, I'm going to come…"
"You are going to stay out of this. You are going to stay in Ireland eve if I have to have Clay tell Seamus. Do you not remember the big shit storm that happened the last time you came to get me?" said Kayleigh. "Just don't worry about me. If I need your help I'll call."
Kaye didn't wait for his reply. She turned her phone off and laid it next to the pizza box. She took another bite of pizza when she heard a bike pull into the drive. She looked up at the door when Chibs walked in.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Aye. Just dealing with Kyle," said Kayleigh. "Pizza?"
"No. I'm good," he said sitting down beside her. "How's the unpacking?"
"Horrible. I forgot how much crap I had," she said chuckling.
"How much crap do you have?" he asked.
"Over the past six months my friend Anna has been sending my thing to the storage unit for me," said Kayleigh. "It's only been a little at a time so Auntie didn't notice. But I think almost everything of mine is here. I think I'm only missing a few things."
"What's been unpacked?" asked Chibs.
"The kitchen and part of the living room," said Kayleigh.
"That's it?" he asked. "What about your bedroom?"
"I've got the chest of drawers filled with most of my clothes. And some of the boxes of my hanging clothes are in the closet," she said.
"And the bed?" asked Chibs.
"The mattresses are up there," she said. "The frame still ahs to be put together. I was gonna ask you to do it tomorrow."
Chibs shook his head and stood up. "Come on. You need some sleep."
Kayleigh grabbed the pizza box and put it in the fridge before she walked up the stairs.
