Sorry for the delay, but I'm back and updates should *hopefully* be more consistent and quicker! This is a shorter chapter than usual but it's just to get things going again, enjoy.

What's Next~

It had been a couple of hours since Father Ashby had told them of the orphanage Abel was being held at until his adoptive parents came to get him. Jax was still trying to process everything on the way over there, he wasn't too keen on Tara coming with them but decided it was better not to argue with her. She was already on edge, hormonal as hell, and taking shit from noone, it would've been a turn on if he wasn't on the receiving end of her crazy ass mood swings and rampages.

He got snapped out of his thoughts when the bikes in front of him came to a stop outside of a fairly nice looking house. He slowed his bike down and started to get up when he felt hand pressing down on his shoulders, he turned to see Tara behind him, straddling the bike, her hands still on his shoulders as she climbed off. She looked at him in a way he knew all too well, Tara was nervous. "Please, Jax. Please promise me you won't do anything stupid or crazy." Her eyes pleaded with him.

She backed up enough to let him get off as she looked at him. Grabbing her hands in his, he looked at her,"Babe, there's babies in there. We're not going to do anything to jeopardize their lives. We just need to get Abel." She nodded and walked with him towards Opie and his mother while the rest of the guys stayed back.

"Let's get this shit over with, get Abel back, and get the hell out of Belfast." Jax looked at Opie and nodded in agreement as they walked towards the house.

When they walked in they saw a woman who looked like a nun and another one who was holding a small child. Walking past her, they went into the living room and looked around all the bassinets, none of which had Abel in them. Setting the baby down the two women walked to catch up with the three of them. One of the nuns spoke up, "Father Ashby said you'd be coming by." Jax glared at her, "Where's my son?" it was a question but sounded more like a demand.

The woman next to the nun came up closer, "Why don't we talk about this and mayb-"

"Where's Abel?" Gemma huffed in an irritated tone. Tara was standing next to her, shooting daggers at the nun and her helper but remained in silence otherwise. Opie was on Jax's right looking at them as well, waiting for answers. Feeling intimidated, the nun let out a breath. "He was given away to a family two days ago." Jax looked at her with wide eyes, "What family? Where is he now?"

"I don't have that information." This time Tara responded, "Bullshit. Where the hell is he?" The nun looked to her, "Look, an independent mediator protects everyone's anonymity."

"Tell me where my son is!" Everyone stepped back a little, startled by Jax's scream. Opie tugged at his arm until he turned to face him, "Jax, if they took him two days ago then Kellen knew about it." Shaking his head, Jax muttered, "Son of a bitch, I'm going to kill him." With that, he started walking out the door but stopped when he saw Tara and his mom talking in hushed voices. They looked up at him and Tara nodded and they headed towards him.

"Oh. Ow, wait.. wait." Gemma feigned pain. Tara didn't exactly approve of this plan but they were out of options.

Jax hurried over to her, "Mom?" Before another word was said, Gemma had a gun out and was pointing all over the place. "Over there." she pushed the woman who they had been talking to. Tara looked over at Opie and Jax, who looked completely dumbfounded, with their guns in hand. When Jax met her eyes with a silent question of what the hells going on? she just shrugged.

Looking over at another woman who was holding a child, Gemma motioned to her and said, "You. Bring me the baby." When she didn't respond Gemma got louder, "The kid!" which seemed to have worked because the lady practically ran the kid to her. After the kid was placed in her arms, the woman asked, "What are you doing?"

Gemma met her eyes, cocked the gun, and pointed it directly at the baby. Right away the baby started wailing with wide eyes. Jax looked at Tara and then his mom, in disbelief, "Mom? What the hell?"

Ignoring her son, Gemma kept focus on the woman. "You know the story of King Solemn, right sister?" "Yes." she said in a questioning tone. "If I was that mother, I'd rather have a half dead baby than watch someone else raise my flesh and blood. You understand where I'm going with this? Now you had to have done some kind of research on those parents, so we both know that this anonymous thing is bullshit." She breathed calmly, "Now you are going to tell us where my grandson is or I swear to God I will cut this baby in half."

Sheer terror was shown on the nun's face as she told the woman next to her to go get the file. Tara looked more pissed than ever and Jax shook his head in disgust. The woman quickly opened the file, "Katy and Mark Petrey. We do a four day transition period to make sure it's a good fit." After giving them the file and information, Jax, Opie, and Tara, and Gemma began heading out. Opie did a quick one-eighty and looked at the two woman, one of which was rocking the screaming child Gemma handed over moments ago, "Not a word of this to the priest or the Petrey's. Or we tell the cops about this little baby factory you got going on. Understand?"

They hastily nodded at him.

"So what do we do now? Track down Abel or?" Jax looked over at Tara as she talked, "You guys are heading back to the clubhouse, I'm going to find Abel." Tara shot him a look. "I'm going with you." She said in a serious tone.

Jax blew out a breath. "Tara, no. You're heading back with Opie and the rest of the guys and my mom. I don't even know where or who he's with. I'm not putting you in any more danger." She opened her mouth and then closed it, she wasn't sure what to say because she knew he was right. "Okay, baby." was all she said and Jax was a little shocked that she actually agreed and didn't try fighting it. Walking up to him she gave him a small kiss and hugged him tight.

"Get our boy back."

He pulled her into him tighter and wrapped his arms around her, "I will. I promise." She nodded against his chest, and they stayed like that a moment longer before pulling back and locking eyes. "I love you, Tara." She smiled, "I love you too, Jackson." Tara turned around and walked towards the truck Gemma was in as Opie got on his bike and they drove off.

As they were driving Gemma looked at Tara, who was staring out the window. "What are you thinking about sweetie?" Tara turned to look at her, "I'm not sure, everything I guess. Jax, Abel, the baby.." her voice trailed off, she didn't want to admit it but a part of her was always worried about the possibility of not getting Abel back, she blamed herself for his kidnapping and the thought of losing him forever had her on the verge of a break down.

Tara felt a hand cover hers and saw Gemma smiling sadly at the road. "Don't worry baby, we'll get him back." Instead of responding, Tara just grasped her hands and went back to looking out the window.

It had been a couple of hours since Jax left Tara to go and find Abel. It took him a while of walking around and looking carefully before he spotted his son. A man, not too much older looking than Jax from the looks of it, held Abel while his wife walked by them throughout the little market. Jax wanted nothing more than to go over there and take him back, but he knew he couldn't. What mattered right now was that his little boy was safe, he needed to head back and figure out a safe way to get him back.

He looked at Abel one last time and when he looked into his eyes he saw Abel staring at him, smiling uncontrollably and reaching for him. Jax's heart swelled at the fact that his son recognized him and quickly sunk because he couldn't do anything about it. He turned around and headed back to his bike.

Meanwhile Tara and Lyla were on the swings in the back, Lyla was sitting on Opie's lap straddling him. "Tara, what's wrong? You've been tense all day. Jax will be back, don't worry." Lyla said while looking at her friend with an intense gaze and added, "You're making me nervous."

Tara let out a sigh, "I'm okay, this is all just stressful and I know Jax tells me he doesn't blame me but I do. What if I could have done something more? What if I could've saved him?" She started crying as she finished her sentence and put her face in her hands.

Lyla looked at her man with a frown. "Tara." Opie said in an angry voice. "Stop thinking like that. Jesus Christ, if you had tried to do some crazy shit you could've gotten Abel and yourself killed. Jax would never forgive himself in that happened."

"And." Lyla chimed in, "You're pregnant. He'd die if anything happened to the baby." Tara looked up at her two friends and nodded, she knew they were right and she needed to stop living in the past and feeling regretful about it all. That didn't stop her from saying, "I know. I just can't help but think that maybe if I hadn't come back, none of this would have happened."

She felt a pair of hands on her shoulders and twisted around to see Jax looking down at her. "If you hadn't of come back, God knows what would have happened to Abel. I thank whatever's up above everyday that you came back to me to, to us, and that you're mine again.I love you, that's never changed and it never will. I wouldn't want life any other way than with you in it. You've got to believe that."

Tara didn't want to cry but that didn't stop the tears from streaming down her face as she stood up and jumped into his arms, clinging to his neck. Jax wrapped his arms around her and held her as she cried into him.

"I love you so much." Tara said as she pulled back and wiped her face.

Laying his hand over her cheek her looked at her in a way that made her heart stop, "I love you too." He leaned down and kissed her. When they broke apart at the sound of Opie making cat calls and laughing the two of them turned to look at him. "Good job, you got mine crying too." Opie nudged towards Lyla who was wiping her face.

"Shut up Ope, I wasn't crying I had something in my eye." She said as she winked at Tara.

Jax sat down and pulled Tara into his lap while Opie looked at him. "What happened brotha? Did you find Abel?" Jax nodded, "Yeah, I followed them to this market in town. he looks good and safe. When he saw me his whole face lit up, it hurt to walk away without him but I had to." He squeezed Tara's hand as he talked.

"That's good, he's okay. Now we need to find a way to get him back without hurting anyone." Opie looked at his best friend who nodded in agreement. "You're right Ope, but we'll figure out all this shit in the morning. It's almost midnight and all the guys are passed out drunk or still drinking."

The four of them agreed and Tara then changed the subject to lighten things up a bit. "We've been so busy we haven't even gotten to talk much Lyla, how you doing? The baby?" Lyla grinned at her, "We're both doing good, not too much morning sickness so that's good. And I have an appointment scheduled for whenever we get back, it's all looking good. What about you? I know all this had to be hard on you and the baby?"

Jax gave Tara a look as Lyla spoke and then added, "She's stressing herself out too much, which isn't good for her or the baby." Tara rolled her eyes, "I know, I promised I'd ease up a bit and I will." She looked at Lyla, "Other than that I'm okay. Been getting some kicks." she smiled when Jax placed his hand over her belly and rubbed it.

"So. Boys, now that you've had time to adjust to everything, what do you think about the babies?" Lyla asked, looking quizzically at both men. Opie was first to speak. "I'm alright now. Excited about another little one." He pulled Lyla in for a kiss. When they broke away she smiled and looked at Jax, "What about you lover boy?"

Jax turned his attention, reluctantly, away from Tara to look at her. "I'm nervous but happy."

The girls smiled and the guys looked at each other and smirked. "Let's get some sleep, tomorrow's a big day." Opie agreed as Lyla stood up and took his hand, the two of them disappearing into the clubhouse.

Tara turned back to Jax before getting up, "You sure everything's okay?" Jax took her hands in his and looked her in the eyes, "I'm sure." He brought her down to his lips and kissed her passionately, that passion quickly turned into intensity and Tara's hands found their way to his hair, keeping him against her.

Her hands left his hair and moved down to his arms, feeling his muscles bulge everytime he moved. She let out a gasp as Jax suddenly stood up with her in his arms and started walking towards the clubhouse to the dorm they were staying in. "Jax! What are you doing?" but he didn't answer and just kept walking until they reached their dorm.

Setting her down long enough to get the door open Jax grabbed her hand and pulled her into the room, pushing her against the door as it closed. Grabbing her waist, he pushed his body against hers as he fused his lips to hers. No one knew what tomorrow would bring, but having Tara in his arms made it all seem like it would be okay. And that's just what he did, he kept Tara in his arms all night, buried in her until they both wore themselves out and fell asleep in each others arms.

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