Abel pov
I was standing in the court room with Jenna, Kenny and Jacklynn. This was nothing special, nothing close to what Jenna deserved but right now it was what she wanted.
"Do you Abel teller Take Jennifer Anne Harley to be you wife? To love and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer til death do yous part?"
"i do"
"Jennifer Anne Harley Take Abel Teller to be your husband?To love and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer til death do yous part?"
"I Do"
"Well than by the power vested in me I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride" I pulled Jenna in close a kissed her. This was it, it was official she was my wife. There was no running away now.
"congratulations guys" Kenny said hugging us
"Now you really are my sister, and Abel well i'm happy you finally got her to marry you. I love you too." Jackie said
"you know Jenna we should probably head over to the lawyers office, now that we are married."
"your right Abel, hey guys well meet you back at the club house"
"let's go Mrs. Teller"
"just for you its Dr. Teller. I haven't told you yet but I think I want my name to be Dr. Harley-Teller"
"why?" I asked
"because I started my career off as Dr. Harley Abel, I don't want to go and change it but I want to carry your last name so this way I can have what I want in both ways kind of."
"Jenna you can do whatever you want, see this little paper right here? It means your mine forever and always, till death do us part darlin'. So you go change your name to anything you want as long as you are my wife I don't mind"
"your the best" she kissed me. We went right over to the lawyer's office to get the paper work started. There was so much information that he needed. We were there for hours before we finally finished. He said that we should have to appear in front of a judge within 2 days.
Jenna pov
Abel and I finished up at the lawyers office and I went back to the hospital to visit Lexy. When I got to the pediatric floor I noticed the cops outside of Lexy's door.
"Dr. Harley" cooper said. Cooper was on of the police officers I went to school with his and officer Reynolds.
"actually it is Dr. Harley-Tell" I said holding up my left hand showing them my rings. "what is going on in there?" I asked
"Thompson got your voice mail, we started looking at the information you gave us and he found three Jane doe's around the age of Lexy's mom, the same hair color, and pretty much the same build."
"are they alive?" he shook his head at me. They were all dead, I truly hoped that not one of them were her mother. I walked through the door, Thompson was sitting there on the bed showing her three pictures. Lexy picked up the second one and muttered the words I dreaded hearing.
"Mommy" Thompson just let his head down, he didn't want to hear her say that as much as me.
"Lexy sweetheart can you tell me what your mommy's name is?" Thompson asked her. She looked over at me first before answering him
"Janelle"
"and what is your last name sweetheart?" I asked, I figured since she was opening up this would be the time to ask
"Carver"
"that helps us a lot Lexy, thank you very much." Thompson said before walking into the hall way
"ill be right back" I went out behind him "what does this mean?"
"well this means, I contact the Stockton police department. And I am going to make sure there is a cop outside of Lexy's door at all times. This is a homicide and an attempted homicide now"
"i should probably tell you than Abel and I sent in forms today. We are trying to foster Lexy, I am hoping it goes through by the time she is out of here."
"well I would say that I would send a cop with you guys, but I know Abel. He will make sure you guys are protected and if you have any problems just call"
"i will, now if you don't mind I am going to head back int here with her until she falls asleep."
"you have a good night Dr. Teller" he smiled at me
"actually its Dr. Harley-Teller but I like you so much I will let it slide."
"keeping your name also?"
"i am, I worked hard to get to where I am today, and well I want my last name to reflect on that also not just abel's"
"its not really just Abel's last name anymore is it?"
"i guess its not just his" I said "ill see you around sheriff"
"have a good night Jenna" I went back into Lexy's room. She was watching cartoons as normal. I tried spending as much time with her as possible but at some point I felt like I was neglecting Eli for spending so much time with Lexy. But Abel understood why I do what I do, Eli at least has Abel there where Lexy has no one but me"
" ?" she said in a questionable voice
"lexy call me Jenna or whatever you would like, but what up sweetheart"
"i miss my mom, sheriff Thompson showed my that photo of mommy, she looks like she is sleeping."
"Lexy you need to know something" I paused how do I tell a 4 year old she wasn't going to see her mom again.
"do you know what heaven is? Did mommy ever explain that to you" she nodded
"she explained heaven when my doggy went there"
"ok well your mommy had to go see your doggy"
"is she coming back?"
"i don't think so sweetheart, at least not right now. you see that old doggy of yours needed your mommy's help so she is helping him or her out right now."
"so she is with him for right now?"
"thats right, but listen I promised your mommy I would take care of you"
"ok Dr. Harley" we left the subject at that. I laid in bed with her as I did every night until she feel asleep. Than I drove home, kissed my son goodnight and went into bed with Abel. Abel was already sleeping, I crawled into bed and just laid down next to him.
The end of that week...
Abel and I had our court date and we were granted a temporary foster license. He agreed that the best place for Lexy right now was with me. She felt comfort with me, and he didn't want to ruin that after the little girl had just lost her mother. There was a lot of guide lines we had to follow, and a social worker would show up to the house at least once a week. I also got the paper work done for Lexy to start Day care at the hospital while I was working. That way Mrs. Lawson would still only have Eli.
"are you ready, Lexy?" Abel asked. She wasn't completely comfortable with him yet so she nodded.
"you know Lexy for this to work you have to talk to him to" I said
"Lexy, I know this is strange for you. You haven't really seen much of me but I am here to help you just like Jenna here. We are a team in our house, we all work together."
"abel she is four I don't think she understands what your trying to say" he wasn't the best with kids, I mean he was only a first time dad and Eli was a 3 months old. We had gotten a lot more information on Lexy though since we were Abel to figure out who her mother was.
"i get it, Dr. Harley. Its like cheerleading we have to work together."
"kind of like that Lexy, now how about we get going. You get to meet my son when we get home. His name is Eli but I am sure Jenna here told you that"
"i cant wait, I always wanted a little brother" she had a smile on her face. She hoped off the bed grabbing my hand we walked out of that hospital together. Abel had picked her up and put her in the car seat that he had bought for her. He bought a lot of stuff, he wanted to make sure she had everything she needed. He felt just as bad for her as I did. Wendy had wanted to through Lexy a big grand welcome home party but Abel told her no, that he wanted Lexy to adjust to living with them first then there could be a party. We pulled into the drive.
"is this where you live?" Lexy asked
"this is were we live Lexy you are part of this family now. No matter what we will always be part of your family" Abel said
Abel pov
I wasn't really on board with the Lexy thing at first but seeing that helpless child in the hospital I knew she belonged with me and Jenna. I knew we had to do anything we could to help her. I mean come on that is what the sons was about.
"you ready to head in there yet?" Lexy was a little nervous about going in at first so is stayed outside with her. Jenna was going to stay outside with her but I figured it would be a good time for us to bond. So I sent her in to let Mrs. Lawson go home early.
"i think so" she held my hand as we walked through the door. I lead her to what we set up to be her room.
"this is your room Lexy"
"and this is my bed?" she asked looking at the princess canopy bed I had bought for her.
"yup everything in this room is for you, the dressers have clothes in them. Don't worry I didn't pick them out I just footed the bill"
"i've never had a bed like this" she said
"what kind of bed did you have?"
"just one on the floor." it was the saddest little thing I could of heard,
"well now anything you need just let me know and I will take care of it. Like I said you are family now Lexy. We do everything we can for our family"
"thank you Abel."
"your welcome Lexy, now do you want to meet Eli?" I asked knowing her answer would be yes. She nodded her head. I knew Jenna was in the nursery with him. We walked down the hall and into the nursery. I was right Jenna was in there holding him in her arms. I knew she felt bad for not being here with Eli as much.
"is that him?" she asked looking at him
"it sure is would you like to hold him?"
"yes!" she said in excitement. I went over to take Eli from Jenna, Lexy was sitting on the floor patiently. I placed Eli in her arms, but didn't fully let go. I didn't know if she would be able to support the weight.
"hi Eli, I am your new sister" she smiled. She was so great with him better than I ever expected.
"well while you guys play with Eli I am going to go make dinner. I hope you guys are hungry"
"alright babe, call us when dinner is done"
"will do" I ended up laying down a blanket on the floor so she could play with Eli better. She would've spent all night there, if she didn't have to eat dinner. And Eli needed a nap.
"Guys get in here" Jenna called. This was about the third time she has called out for us to come eat, because dinner was done.
"alright woman keep your pants on" I yelled back "we better get out there she gets kind of cranky"
"i guess" Lexy said. I picked Abel up off the floor and we headed to the kitchen. It is crazy to think how much I have fallen in love with this little girl already. This is exactly why I wanted a boy when I found out about Eli. I knew I would be wrapped around my little girls finger. And well Lexy already had me there. I placed Eli in his bouncer and we went to the table to eat.
"took you long enough"
"we were bonding" Lexy came off with.
"well I am glad you were but your dinner was getting cold."
"its ok I have eaten dinner cold before. Sometimes I haven't ate because mommy had no money." the more I was finding out about this little girl's past broke my heart a little bit more.
"you don't ever have to worry about that again, we promise. There will always be 3 meals a day for you here." I said. We continued to talk and eat our dinner when the door bell rang. I didn't really want company tonight and the club and my family knew that. So it better be a damn good reason why someone was at my door.
"ill get it" I got up from my chair. There was a woman who I didn't know standing on our porch. I opened the door a little slow.
"can I help you darlin'?" I asked
"actually I am the social worked assigned to your case. I am here for a visit, I would like to see how Lexy is doing her first night in the new house"
"sure thing, but can I see a card or something first. I am sorry, if you could excuse me being cautious with the extent of what happen to her mother and her I am just being a little extra safe."
"i understand, here is my card" she handed it to me
Carol Jones
child service center
(606)-675-8907
I opened the door and allowed her in, she understood with the death of Lexy's mom and the stabbing done to her I was just protecting my family. And Lexy was in fact that now, she was family. I showed her towards the kitchen.
"Lexy this is Mrs. Jones can you say hi?" I said
"hi Mrs. Jones" she said with a mouth full of food.
"i see you are enjoying yourself"
"i am, when i'm done eating would you like to see my room?"
"i would love to Lexy" she could eat her food fast enough. She was excited to show off her new room. When they went to her room I followed. Even though she showed me her card I was still a little on edge. I couldn't make a move or anything considering we were being watched and she might really be social services I didn't want to do anything to jeopardize anything that would take Lexy or Eli away from us.
Two months later...
Jenna pov
Everything was going great, yesterday was the last visit with the social worker. We were no longer and emergency case we were given our actual fostering license. We were also informed that we could try to adopt Lexy if that is what we wished to do. That they tried to contact anyone they could but Janelle's parents had passed away years ago. She was an only child, and there was no name on the father part of her birth certificate.
"Lexy" I called coming home from work. I worked night shift last night, so I was just getting home. "Abel" I called again.
"Out here" Abel yelled from the back yard. He had the sliding doors open, i'm guessing so he could hear Abel who was napping in his pack and play. As I walked outside I saw Kenny and Abel trying to put a swing set together.
"and what is this?" I asked
"Lexy wanted a tree house that was also a swing set, this was the best I could find" it was a cute little swing set. It was wooden and even had a little spot where you could climb up and sit.
"daddy bought it for me" I was shocked as that word came out of Lexy's mouth I gave Abel a look.
"she's been calling me it all day, and honestly I kind of like the sound of it" Abel said
"and uncle Kenny is funny" she continued. "come join us mom" now that is what shocked me. I could understand her calling Abel daddy considering she never had a father, but she had a mother. I felt the tears start rolling down my face
"are you ok mom?" Lexy asked
"i am fine, sweetie"
"but you are crying?"
"it is a happy cry because I am such a lucky mom to have a daughter like you" she just smiled at me. You would never think this little girl has ever gone through what she has. She didn't let any of it phase her ever, she would get up like none of it happen yesterday. I went over by where Kenny and Abel were "building" the swing set.
"i think we should just call someone to do this"
"hell no, us outlaws can figure it out. We don't need to spend the extra hundred dollars, and I already spent 689." my jaw almost dropped when he told me the price of that thing. I knew Lexy had Abel wrapped around her finger but I did not expect it to be this much. I would've said something about the price to but Abel answered his ringing phone
"abel" he said
"ok I get it, I am on my way"
"should only take me about 10, 15 minutes top"
"alright bye"
"i have to go, Kenny can you take Jenna and the kids to the club house. Ill be there as soon as I can" I knew Abel sending us to the club house couldn't be good. There was only two reason an old lady and kids got sent there. Either something happen and they were locking down, or Wendy was planning a party or something. And if Wendy was planning a party I would've known, which only left one option... LOCK DOWN.
"everything alright?"
"not really man, go take them. Tell Chibs to lock it down I will explain when I get tehre" he said, walking up to me Abel kissed my forehead "i love you babe but I got some shit to handle, don't get stressed ill tell you later." I didn't question Abel in a time like this I knew how this shit went down, I lived it my whole life. Well when Wendy would help me because my own mother couldn't.
ABEL POV
Seeing Jenna's face drop the way it did when I told her the price of the swing set was priceless. I knew she would probably chew my ass out for it later. I guess I was saved by the bell because before she could open her mouth my phone started ringing.
"abel" I said
"Good just the person I needed to talk to. I am only going to say this once. I know about you and your club. I also know that little girl you have living with you witness something she should have. Meet me under the bridge come alone and don't try to fool me I will know. And if you bring someone remember I know what you look like but you have no idea who I am
"ok I get it, I am on my way"
"how long does it take?"
"should only take me 10, 15 minutes"
"ok just hurry"
"alright bye" I hung up the phone.
"i have to go, Kenny can you take Jenna and the kids to the club house. Ill be there as soon as I can" I saw the look on Jenna's face. She was scared, she grew up with the club. We all knew what this meant unless ma was planning a party she knew it was a lock down. And we haven't had a lock down since when ma brought us back home, and so often after for the next year or so. So this meant business
" everything alright?" Kenny asked. I wanted to answer him but I really didn't have the time to explain it right now. And not in front of Lexy.
"not really man, Jacklynn is already there at the club house just take them there and call me when your done I will fill you in" I said before kissing my old lady's for head "i love you babe but I got some shit to handle, don't get stressed ill tell you later." she knew something was up but she also knew as my old lady she had to handle it, take care at home while I take care of the problem. I rushed out of the house as quick as I could. It didn't take me long to met up with this scum bag. He knew about Lexy, he knew about the stabbing I pulled under that bridge and I saw him. He was a tall black man with a hoodie pulled over his head. I also saw a lot of red, I was so filled with rage that I could kill him.
"You have a lot of fucking nerve" I yelled walking up to him "do you know who you are fucking with."
"i know everything about you, I have been watching since that little bitch made it"
"that's my fucking daughter your talking about, watch your tone or I will kill you right here and now"
"oh big bad biker, I am so afraid." he paused "listen this is how it is going to go down, you are going to bring me the girl or I promise you I will kill you, your family, your friends, anyone I can kill I will. Me and my whole crew."
"see I can tell you don't really know anything about this live and you are just a little boy who likes to act like he has balls. Because if you had balls you wouldn't have called me to meet you. You would've just taken care of your business but you called me because you are afraid."
"you think I am afraid of you that is funny. I'm telling you ten o'clock tonight right here or I will be out of you" I couldn't take his shit anymore, I went to reach for my gun but I realized I ran out of the house so fast I didn't grab it. I had only one choice, to use my bare hands. I decked him so hard in the face he went right to the ground. We rolled around for a little, throwing punches. Until he pulled out a gun, he shot me right in the leg. We still wrestled around, I was bleeding like a mother fucker. Finally I got a punch in that knocked him right out. I grabbed his gun and shot to rounds off into his chest. I knew I didn't have much time to move the body, someone had to have heard the gun shots and probably called it in by now. I drug his part a pretty far distance with my bike, up and into the woods a bit. I then ripped part of my shirt off and tied it around my leg. I rode all the way back to the club house like that. As I pulled up to the lot the prospects opened the gates, I took my normal spot. And that was it. I collapsed to the ground.
"Oh fuck" I heard tiny and jimmy yell. I could hear them rushed towards me.
"Abel" one of them shouted I couldn't make anything out. Before I could even try to say anything my eyes closed.