Jenna Pov
A Week Later
Things were going good, things were settling back to normal besides having a baby. Abel had hired a nanny since I had to go back work. He also had club business, and Eli couldn't be in the hospital day care until he was at least 6 months old. Wendy would also give the nanny a break and take him when she was doing shopping for things for the wedding. She didn't stop over the wedding every night when I got home there was about a thousand things for me to look at that she left at the house. And Jarrod would take him on the weekends if I had work and if Abel needed to handle something, Jarrod has gotten house arrest right now for the DUI he got. They gave him 9 months of house arrest and fines out the ass.
"Ok Mrs. Lawson you can go home, I am off the rest of the day to many hours in at the hospital. Now I have to be in for 7 tomorrow and I know Abel as somewhere he has to go by 9. so you will need to be here probably around 8"
"ok Miss. Harley"
"have a great day Mrs. Lawson" I said waving by. Mrs. Lawson was a nice lady, Abel and I actually went to school with her daughter. Her and I were actually kind of close in high school, we eve kept in touch after I moved. Until she went to travel south America and decided to stay there. I went to check on Eli in his crib, he was still fast asleep. I had no idea what to even do with myself, so I sat at the kitchen table looking at all the stuff Wendy had left. She was so excited for Abel and I to be getting married. Today she had left me magazines with types bridesmaid dresses and colors. I had narrowed it down to three that I liked, but couldn't figure out which colors. Slam went the front door. I walked out of the kitchen to see Abel, he was covered in blood.
"what the hell happen?"
"we need you at the club house Jenna, I was coming to see if Mrs. Lawson could stay late but I am guessing since you are here you sent her home?"
"why do you need me and yes I sent her home."
"Kenny has been shot, things went wrong at diosa when we had the meeting with the niners and well Kenny took a bullet for me." I didn't say another thing and I rushed out the door. I got in my car and drove as fast as I could. I knew I had some medical supplies in my car but not much. I couldn't take them from the hospital they would noticed I would just have to improvise. I pulled into the lot speeding slammed my car in park and booked it through the doors with my bag. They had Kenny in the chapel, he wasn't looking good at all. He had lost way to much blood.
" you have to save him Jenna" Jackie came over yelling
"i cant focus with her in her, get her out" I said to the guys. Chibs went over Jackie and walked out of the chapel with her. I took a better look at Kenny, it wasn't as bad as he looked. The bullet went straight through his shoulder, in and out. Now I just had to make sure it didn't hit anything major during its way.
"this is going to hurt Kenny" I said as I cut the bullet wound open further. He screamed on the top of his lungs. Some of the guys tried to quiet him down but it wasn't working.
"fuck Jenna" he shouted
"I am sorry but I have to get a better look" there wasn't much damaged, it tore through some muscle and tissue but that was about all. It missed his subclavian artery, and some how missed every part of his collarbone, and any other bone for that matter.
"you are one lucky son of a bitch Kenny, all I have to do it stitch you up a little bit to stop the bleeding and you should be good to go." I grabbed my stitching kit. "this is going to hurt but not as bad as when I cut you open" I tried stitching him up as fast as possible but there was a lot I had to do. I felt bad for putting Kenny through the pain but I had to get him stitched up to stop the bleeding.
Abel pov
Before I could finish saying anything Jenna ran out of the house as quick as possible. I got Eli dressed quick and put him in the car seat I had in the truck. I couldn't sit at the house and wait, what if something happen to Kenny and I wasn't there. I didn't want to speed to the club house with Eli in the car, so it felt like it took forever to even get down the street. Let alone across town to the club house, normally a 10 to 15 minute car ride turned into about 25 minutes. When I got there I could hear Kenny screaming from outside. Which wasn't good it was going to gain attention. Don't get me wrong Cooper Thompson was on our pay role but there was only so much he could help us with.
"can you hold him" I asked mom standing by Jackie and Chibs
"of course" she said taking Eli out of my arms, I went right into the chapel. Jenna was stitching him up.
"now when I am done here you need to take it easy. You cant forward to rip these stitches, you cant forward to loose anymore damn blood Kenny "
"i got it doc" Kenny smiled at her
"hey man" I said pulling a chair up next to him
"Abel man your woman is trying to kill me with this pain"
"i think she is actually saving your life"
" Kenny your arm isn't going to be the same you took a lot of muscle damage and tissue, now I tried to repair what I could but you need physical therapy. I know you wont go if I send you somewhere because people will asked questions but I will help you do it three times a week when I get off of work or before I don't care when just as long as you are doing it" Jenna said to him "now if you could just try to wiggle your fingers a little so I can make sure everything is ok" she continued. Kenny was able to move them a little and according to Jenna that is a really good sign. She was worried about him loosing feeling or motion in that arm. She left the room to go talk to jackie
"jezze man why did you go and take a bullet for me" I asked
"well Abel you have a fiancee and a son who's biological mother already bailed he didn't need to loose his father too, and Jenna would've been heart broken."
"what about Jackie?"
"i love Jackie man but she could find someone else and you know it. Not that Jenna can't but raising Eli by herself and trying to do her residency without you being there? Man It wouldn't work, Jackie and I don't have kids, you just have more going for you than I do"
"ya well you don't have to worry about saving me man"
"yes I do, your my brother"
"now I have some pain killers from the house Kenny, there isn't much there so use them when the pain is only really bad" Jenna cut in
"you couldn't have given them to me before?" he asked Jenna
"they take about a half hour to kick in, it wouldn't have really helped you much anyways"
"fine give me one of those bad boys now because I feel like I cant move" he said before trying to get up. His arm wasn't in good use though and some of the guys had to help him.
"here, now don't take anymore for at least 6 hours and this needs to be on you arm anytime besides sleeping and therapy." she said while putting a sling on him. He moaned and groaned as she was moving his arm. I felt horrible knowing that it should be me there instead of him. He was my best friend in all ways.
Jenna pov
Later that day...
I went back to the hospital to check on a little girl that came in two days ago, she was only about 4. I found her lying in the bushes out side. She had been stabbed, she was in bad shape when I found her. Her liver and kidney was stabbed also and she lost crazy amounts of blood. When she woke up from surgery she was scared she didn't know anyone and I spent all night with her in the E.R. We built a bond with each other and I was the only person she would talk to. She didn't feel comfortable with anyone but me. She wouldn't even talk to the social worker or the police.
"Lexy?" I said walking into the room, she wasn't in her bed as usual
"Dr. Harley" she said coming out of the bathroom
"hey there sweetheart" I said giving her a hug "when was the last time someone changed your bandages?" I asked
"i don't know"
"well why don't you get in bed and I will change them anyways" I said before grabbing the stuff I needed off of the counter. I peeled back the old ones, you could see they haven't been changed in a couple hours. I opened the new gauze and placing it over her wounds than taping them down. "ill be right back sweetie" I said before walking out the door. I was going to the nurses station.
"excuse me I am Dr. Harley I was just checking on my patient and I noticed that her bandages haven't been changed in hours. They need to be changed every two hours no excuses, I will not tolerate my paitent getting staff because I have lazy nurses who don't want to take care of a child because she makes it a little hard for them. The what 3 maybe 4 year old girl was stabbed, her parents are no where to be found and she woke up in a hospital with people she doesnt know. So sorry if she is a little bit scared"
"we are sorry Dr. Harley we didn't realize the time" one nurse said. I knew they just didn't want to deal with her. She was a little rowdy for the nurses and wouldn't let them do things but she was scared and they needed to understand that or find a different job.
"Harley" Dr. Zest yelled
"Yes, Dr. Zest"
"i thought I sent you home at like noon today"
"you did but I wanted to check on Lexy since I am the only one she will talk to. Thank god I didn't because her bandages were pretty bad they haven't been changed in hours"
"you nurses let a little girl who had surgery two days ago sit there with dirty bandages." they didn't even say a damn thing to her "your really not suppose to be working"
"i am not working I am here as a visitor"
"than visitors shouldn't be doing medical work Harley"
"yes Ma'am" I said before she walked away. I went back into Lexy's room. She was in her bed watching cartoons. I even laid down next to her until she fell asleep. She had no one so if it meant spending a couple hours with the little girl I didn't mind. I waited to leave until I knew she was fully asleep. The drive home was a little longer than normal but there was traffic at 9 pm at night I had no idea why. When I finally got home Abel had already put Eli to bed.
"Where have you been?" he asked as I walked into the living room
"I was at the hospital with Lexy, no one has shown up yet to say she belongs to them. She wont talk to anyone but me, and now she is giving the nurses a hard time and they don't want to do their damn jobs anymore"
"when does she get to come out of hospital?"
"well they are talking about 2 or 3 days she should be good to come home. As long as her wounds stay clean and start healing up nice"
"where is she going to go after that?" he asked
"probably some foster family who doesn't even really want her" I paused and started thinking "Abel how would you feel about her coming here. We have 2 other bedrooms, we have enough room and she already trust me"
"i don't know Jenna that is a big responsibility"
"just think about it Abel please?" I asked
"ok I will think about it"
The Next Morning...
I had work as usual, so I woke up got Eli together and than myself. Abel would wake up right before I would have to leave for work. And by wake up I mean come and sleep on the couch while the baby napped. Before clocking in I would swing by Lexy's room.
"And how are we this morning?" I asked
"we are good"
"and our pain today?"
"not bad"
"that is good, do you mind if I take a look?" she shook her head no. they weren't looking bad the nurses must have finally done there job last night after I left. Her wounds had begun to heal up nicely. "it looks great Lexy" I paused. "Lexy honey are you ever going to tell us how this happen to you?" I asked
"i don't want to talk about it"
"well you know the cops are coming back today, they need something so the person who did this to you could be caught and put away. It would also help us find your mommy and daddy" she didn't say anything. I would've waited and hoped she would've opened up more but I had to clock in and get ready for rounds. I went through rounds as quickly as possible and on my break I ran over to the children service center. I wanted to fill for a foster license in case Abel made the decision to let Lexy come home with us. There was lot of paper work, a social worker had to come to our home and inspect the house, talk with out family and make sure it would be a stable environment for a child.
"what is the waiting time for a license to go through" I asked the woman sitting at the desk
"normally about two weeks but in a case of emergency a judge can grant you a temporary license. Which in that case a social work would still have to come in an inspect the home and they would do unannounced visits until you would be granted with a full license."
"how do I apply for an emergency license?"
"well you would have to file this paper work" she handed me a stack of papers "and you will get a hearing within 3 days to go in front of a judge and at that point you would want to bring all the information on why you feel that child would be best with you and the judge will make his decision"
"ok thank you very much" I took the paper work and headed back to work. I also made sure to leave a voice mail with our lawyer.
Abel pov
I spent all morning with Eli, he was such a good baby. got there about eleven and took over. I came to the club house, when I got the phone call from the lawyer
"hello" I said in a curious voice
"Mr. Teller I had tried to call Miss. Harley back but I am guessing she had to go back into work. I got her voice mail about filling for emergency Foster care license for the little girl at her work" I couldn't believe that she went ahead with it without my answer.
"yes, the little girl was found outside of the hospital and her and the child have built a bond she is the only one she will speak to. No parents have turned up, and the little girl is most likely going to be discharged in a couple days"
"well if you have time when she gets out of work we could have a meeting and we can start the paper work. We don't have much time to get her in with you two we need to be fast about this process"
"ok" is all I could say.
"now Mr. Teller I know you are planning on getting married, but it looks best on the couple trying to get the license if they are married. The courts see it as a stable house hold more than singles or an engaged couple."
"so you are saying we need to get married"
"that is what I am saying,"
"ok well let go and talk to her and I will call you back with what time we could meet tonight"
"sure thing Mr. Teller" he said before I hung up the phone.
I couldn't believe Jenna had just gone forward with the paper work without us discussing it more, this just didn't involve her. It would included me, the club, our son, and even our nanny. We would have people following us around left and right to watch us. Government people and if they found something they couldn't just take the girl they could take Eli also. I got back on my bike and went to the hospital I needed to talk to her.
"can you page Dr. Harley for me?" I asked the nurse at the front desk
"yes" it only took Jenna a couple minutes before she came to the desk
"Abel what are you doing here? Is everything ok?" she asked
"well you see Jenna I got a nice phone call a little bit ago" I began to say
"from who?" she cut in
"the lawyer he could reach you so he called me about the emergency foster license. I thought we were going to talk about this jenna"
"i know Abel but I figured I would get the paper work started so it wouldn't take as long when and if we decided on it."
"well the lawyer wants to meet after work today because he wants to file it all. And by the way we also have to make a trip to the court house to get married because it looks better if the couple is married. I hope you understand what all this means Jenna and what you are asking of me"
"you don't have to do anything Abel, I will handle it"
"really I don't? Because i'm pretty sure we will have a social worker showing up and following us around. This puts my club in danger and also our son. What if they find us unfit Jenna they can take Eli. Or better yet what if they take Eli and then investigate the club, we could all go to jail what don't you understand that I needed to think about this. Its also something I need to let the club no about and take to the table."
"i'm sorry Abel I didn't realize. I will call the lawyer back and tell him to cancel it all"
"did you tell the girl already?" I asked
"i was just in her room when you had me paged I told her I would try"
"great Jenna, let me talk to the club if they are ok with it we can. And we can go to the court house tomorrow on lunch if you cant get off early enough today"
"ill see if Zest will let me take an hour or so, i'm pushing the limits anyways this week the board isn't happy and I am sure if I explain to her why I need the hour she will understand"
"damn you Jenna you are going to be the death of me"
"i hope you know how much I apperciate this abel"
"i know, now if you don't mind I have to go talk to the club, remember they need to agree on this. It involves the also."
"i get it Abel I do." she said right before her pager went off "i have to go, call me when your done" she ran off. I don't know what I am going to do with this woman. I called Chibs so we could call the guys into chapel.
"Man I need you to call the guys to church. Jenna did something that effects us all and well I just need to talk to everyone"
"is everything ok?" he asked
"everything is fine, can you just have everyone meet me at the club house?"
"of course son" "just give me about 10 minutes and we will be there"
"thanks chibs" I said and hung up
the drive to the club house all I did was think. Jenna had me up against a wall here. I love her and would do anything for her but I had to also consider my club. She was making me choose between two things I never wanted to have to choose between. I went and sat in the chapel. The guys all filled in within a couple minutes
"Thank you all for coming Abel has called this meeting so I am going to let him take the reins" chins said sitting at the head of the table.
"thank you everyone, now everyone knows about the little girl who is Jenna's patient. The one who was stabbed." they nodded their heads "well Jenna feels that she should live with us, this means we are going to be investigated by children service center. They will be following us around showing up at random times everywhere and any time. I need you to understand this effects this club also. We are going to vote on this,Jenna knows if you guys say no it is a no."
"so that's is huh"Chibs said "alright lets put it to a vote. I will start it with a yay. I think what you are doing is wonderful son and if it means we need to be on our toes for a little while than ok" they went around the table, voting on whether or not it was a good idea to bring this little girl into my house hold.
Jenna pov
I felt like it had been hours since Abel had left, I knew we couldn't do this without the club agreeing. I went to check on Lexy and than I was going to see if I could get out early so we could get married and meet with the lawyer.
"hey Lexy how are we this afternoon?"
"same as I before"
"Don't let being in the hospital get to you, you will be out of here in no time"
"and then I get to come home with you?"
"maybe, I'm trying Lexy" I gave it a second "don't you want to go home with your mommy?" I asked
"no, mommy would be mad"
"why would she be mad, i'm sure she would be happy to see you"
"she told me not to leave"
"why did she tell you that?"
"cause she had to go talk to one of those guys"
"what type of guys?"
"ya know the bad ones" she was opening up a little bit. It had taken some time but she was finally getting to the point of the stabbing I think.
"why did you leave?" I asked
"cause mommy was screaming, and that when" she froze
"its alright Lexy you don't have to say anymore"i hugged her "but I have to go talk to doctor zest about getting off early I will be back later tonight"
"ok, Dr. Harley" she went back to watching her cartoons. I did have to talk to zest about leaving early but I wanted to call Thompson and let him know what Lexy has told me.
"Sheriff Thompson here, sorry I couldn't answer your call right now but leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as I can" his voice said.
"Thompson it is Jenna Harley. I was talking with Lexy today and our talk went a little into detail and I believe it was right before she was stabbed. I asked her why she didn't want to go home and she said her mommy would be mad cause she told her not to leave while she went and talked to the guy as Lexy says. She said she heard screaming from her mother and she left, I didn't get her to say anything else but it sounds to me like we are not looking for where are mother is but where her body was left" I hung up and went to talk to Dr. Zest
"Hey Zest, I wanted to see if I can maybe head out late Abel and I have to meet with the lawyers about bringing Lexy home with us when she is discharged."
"its your career, not mine"
"so is that a yes"
"go if you want to but don't say I didn't warn you"
"thank you" I said before heading out to my car as I pulled out or the lot my phone started ringing. I was digging in my purse trying to find it, thank god I found it before they hung up
"Hello?" I said
"Babe, the guys agreed to bring Lexy home , now if you could get out of work and meet me down the court house. I'm bringing Kenny and Jacklynn with me as our witness."
"i am already out and ill meet you down there"
this was really how I was going to get married to Abel, in a courthouse after work. Its not that we wont have a big wedding anyways but I didn't picture it being like this. This was the moment I was going to become Mrs. Teller, well actually Dr. Harley-Teller. I was going to keep my name also.