In Lodi, Dani was sitting in a huge warehouse. A figure came around the corner. She was scared but she was more worried that something had happened to her son. The man came toward her before taking down his hood.
"Bet you thought you'd never have to see me again huh?" he asked.
"How the hell did you get out of jail?" she demanded.
"Over-crowding is a beautiful thing."
"What do you want?"
"I just wanted to see my baby sister."
"You had to kidnap me for that?"
"I didn't know where you were."
"You aren't supposed to know where I am Derek."
"I had to see you."
"Derek, you raped me. You are my brother and you raped me."
"I don't know what came over me Dani, I was drunk."
"That's not an excuse. I was ten years old."
"I've changed."
"We'll see how much you've changed when my husband is thru with you."
"Your husband?"
"Are you really that stupid?"
"What?"
"I know you were told I got married and I moved away. I didn't let your abuse hold me back. I have a family and an amazing man who will protect me at any costs. That includes gutting you like a fish which I'm sure he wants to do right now."
He stared at her. He was sure she was bluffing. She glared at him. She was pissed about all of this. She just wanted to go home to her family.
"And you wasted my money today. Things just aren't going right for you are they," she asked.
"What are you talking about?" he sneered.
"When my husband finds me, you will be dead. I promise you that,"
"I'm not scared of your husband. You won't be alive to see it anyway. I will be making sure of that."
He slapped her as hard as he could. Her head snapped to one side. It was just in time that her husband saw it from the doorway. He rushed the man who had just smacked his wife and tackled him to the ground. Happy saw red the instant he saw the man hit her and he was definitely going to make the man pay for it. He had no idea who this guy was and he didn't care. He pulled out his knife. He was going to make this slow and painful. He was not playing games. Dani got up from the chair. Juice led her out of the warehouse. She wasn't hurt, other than the slap to the face. She just wanted to go home. Dominic started to get excited when he saw her. Juice opened the side of the van and let her climb in. She sighed.
"You ok?" he asked.
"I'm fine," she said.
Happy came out of the warehouse. He was wiping his hands off. She shook her head. He sat on the edge of the open van door. She moved toward him. He looked back at her.
"He said he was your brother," he said.
"He was my brother," she confirmed.
"The one who?"
"Yeah that brother."
Happy didn't feel bad about what he had just done. The brother he had just murdered had raped his wife repeatedly when she was ten years old. She hadn't wanted to tell anyone. Happy had actually met her when she was living at her aunt's house. The house she had been living in hadn't been safe because no one believed her about her brother. She had told someone at school and they had started the ball rolling on sending her brother to jail. She had recovered from it all and she was never once scared of Happy. She was able to maintain a normal relationship.
"It's done, you won't have to worry about him anymore," he said, not looking up.
"Baby, I didn't know he was out," she said.
"It's not your fault, I should have had this dealt with years ago."
"No,"
"Dani, let's just go home,"
She nodded. There was something different in his demeanor. He was blaming himself. He had thought this was because of the MC but it was because he hadn't dealt with something he should have dealt with a long time prior to this. She rode back on his bike. He loved feeling her arms around him as he rode on his bike. She rested her head against his back. He sighed.
They got to the house. She had to go get her truck from the police. She had to give a statement to the cops about what had happened. Happy had told her it was a suicide so that's what she told the cops. It was a suicide committed in front of her after he apologized for what he had done to her back then. It didn't take long and she was headed home. He had taken Dominic back to the house. She met them all back there. Gemma looked at her.
"What the hell happened?" she asked.
Dani had a very distinct handprint on her face. She shook her head and went to the bathroom to cover it with makeup before her son saw it. He had no idea what had been going on. He was too busy playing. Happy walked into the bathroom and leaned against the counter.
"This was my fault," he said.
"Don't do that," she told him.
"I should have dealt with it a long time ago,"
"D, we had no idea that he would get out, let it go."
"Baby what if he had really hurt you?"
"He didn't, so just drop it."
He sighed heavily. She looked over at him. He leaned over and kissed her.
"I love you," he said.
"I love you," she grinned.
She went to get started on dinner, like nothing had ever happened. She was always able to just bounce back like nothing was wrong. He loved that about her. This time it was weighing on her and she was trying to act like it wasn't. She hoped that he wasn't able to see that she had been thru some stuff that day.
"D," she said.
"What baby?" he asked.
"I want another baby."
There it was out there and he now had to deal with it. She just watched him. He stared at her for a moment.
"Are you serious?" he asked.
She nodded. She was worried about his reaction. He moved toward her and put his arms around her. She stared at him. He smiled and kissed her.
"Let's do it," he said.
"Really?" she asked.
He nodded and kissed her again. She put her arms around his neck and grinned.
"Anything my baby wants, my baby gets," he said.
"I love you," she grinned.
"I love you too."
He smiled. She pulled away to continue working on dinner. He went to check on the kids. Dominic was already on the kitchen floor playing with Tupperware containers. He was never very far away from his mom. Happy stopped in the doorway to his son's room. Donavan and Abel were playing with cars.
"Hi daddy," Donavan looked up at his dad.
"Hi son," Happy smiled.
"Want to play with us?"
"Not right now son."'
"Ok."
Donavan went back to playing with his new friend. Dani came down the hall. He glanced over at her. She stuck her head in the door.
"Go wash your hands for dinner," she told the boys.
She knocked on Tara's door. She got an answer and opened it.
"Dinner's ready," Dani said.
"Thanks," Tara said.
Dani nodded and went back to the kitchen. She already had the kid's plates ready. The rest of them sat down at the table and began to eat. Dani was not surprised that Tara came out, made a plate, and went back to the bedroom. She rolled her eyes. Happy reached under the table and squeezed her thigh. She looked at him. He shook his head. She made a face at him. He smiled. The kids paid no mind to Tara as she walked back down the hall. They were too busy eating.
"We got a new place to have the clubhouse for now," Jax said.
"Where at?" Happy asked.
"An ice cream shop."
"Really dude?"
"Yeah, it was the only place available. We need the money."
Happy just shook his head. They were going to be busy setting things up for the club over the next few days. He looked at his wife. She had her hand on his and wasn't letting him leave her thigh. He wanted desperately to move his hand higher on her thigh. She looked at him and shook her head. He couldn't help but smile. She was ready for the kids to go to bed. She wanted to get her husband in bed as well. He knew that she wanted to go to bed.
"Why don't you go relax in the tub? I'll take care of the boys," he said.
"You sure?" she asked.
He nodded. She took care of her plate and went to draw herself a bath. She relaxed in the tub knowing that he was taking care of the boys. She didn't realize how tense she had been until she slipped into the warm water. She had no idea how long she had been there until he came in the bathroom. He sat on the toilet seat and stared at her. She looked over at him. He reached out and took her hand.
"The boys in bed?" she asked.
He nodded. She smiled. He looked at her.
"Why don't we get you out of that tub and get you into a shower with me?" he smiled.
"Oh yeah?" she grinned.
"Yeah."
They had sex in the shower before moving it to the bed. She grinned when he layed her down on the bed. She grinned. He made sure she knew that he was hers and she was his. She was content afterward. He held her back against his chest as they both fell asleep.