NOTE: These will be the final two chapters for In Business with the Right People. Initially, I'd planned to just write this one story but I had so much fun creating Henni that I'm not quite ready to let her go! I've already begun writing a follow-up so I hope you all will enjoy it once it's finished. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this story. I appreciate any feedback so please post comments to let me know what you think.
"That's good news, Amy. Set up a meeting with Barry London over at Lyle Holdings. I'll email a list of the files I'll need once I'm settled here. Okay? Thanks Amy. Hey, I need to take this call." I pressed the talk button on the steering wheel of the rental I was driving. "Hey Gemma."
"Hey sweetheart. How close are you?"
"Oh, maybe 10 minutes or so. I just passed the 'Welcome to Charming' sign. Everything okay? You need something?"
"Yeah I'm fine. I just forgot about a doctor's appointment I have first thing this morning and Nero's already left for Diosa. I need you to drop Abel at school if you can."
"Sure. I'll head right over."
"Thanks sweetheart. See you in a few."
Shorty after, I pulled in behind Gemma's SUV. Tig's bike was there too. I walked into Gemma's kitchen to see him sitting at the table smoking a cigarette. "Hey doll, what are you doing here?"
"Hey Tiggy. Gemma asked me to drop Abel at school. You escorting her to the doctor?"
"Yeah. Jax know you're here? He was gonna have Hap with you when you're not at the clubhouse."
"Shit. I forgot to call him. I'll just drop Abel off and head straight over to TM."
"I'll call one of the prospects and tell him to meet you at the school."
"Tig, that's not necessary. By the time he got there I'd be on my way to TM. You mind putting Abel's booster seat in my car?" I handed him the key as Abel and Gemma walked in the kitchen.
"Okay Abel, Henni's taking you to school this morning." Gemma said to Abel as she put on his backpack.
"Henni!" Abel ran to me and I scooped him up into a big hug, covering his cheeks with kisses.
"You ready to go buddy?"
"Yes! I want you to come in and meet my teacher!"
"Okay we can do that. Let's go so you're not late." I took his hand and walked out the door. "I'll see you later at TM." I said to Gemma.
"Bye Gramma."
I quickly buckled Abel in then hopped in the driver's seat. Lowering the window, I called out to Tig, "I'll let Jax know I'm here."
"Alright doll. You go straight to the clubhouse after you drop the kid at school."
"I will. See you later." I said as I backed out of the driveway. As soon as we pulled off Abel began peppering me with questions and telling me all about his friends. We laughed and chatted during the short ride to his school. "Hey buddy. Would you like to come to my house and stay with me for a few days?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Abel said bouncing in his seat.
"Okay. Okay." I said laughing. "I have to take care of a few things for Daddy and Gramma first and then we'll go to my house in a couple days. Alright?"
"Yay! I can't wait!"
"Alright little man. Here we are. Let's go in so I can meet your teacher." Abel reached for my hand as we walked into his school laughing and making plans for what we were going to do when we got to my house.
"I'm looking at this black bitch right now! She's taking the kid to school. I'm sure it's her. What other whore would be taking his kid to school?" Weston growled.
"Alright well we know she's here so get back to the house so we can figure out what to do." Darby said.
"And give her time to get to Jax. She's alone, man. If we wait she'll have protection and we can't do shit after that. Now's our chance to really hurt Teller!"
"Listen, I want to hurt the Sons as bad as you do but I'm not trying to start a war! We can't handle that kind of heat right now!" Darby warned.
"Fuck that man. They won't even know it was us. We can pin it on the Mayans or something. All hell will break loose. They'll be so distracted looking for her and taking out Alverez that we can start running crank again."
"That'll never work you dumbass. Get back here and let's figure out something that won't get us killed. I'm not going to war with SAMCRO!"
Weston hung up on Darby and waited for Henni to head back to her car. "This fucking bitch is standing in the way of our share of the pie. She has to go!" he says to himself. He starts his truck as he sees Henni getting into her car.
"Shit. I better call Jax. He's gonna be pissed." I pressed the buttons on the steering wheel to call Jax as I pulled out of the school parking lot. His phone went to voicemail. "Hey baby. I'm in town. I dropped Abel off at school for Gemma and I'm headed to TM now. Love you." As soon as I hung up, I noticed a truck driving up fast in the rearview. "What the fuck!" He rammed into my car, sending me off the road and into a tree. I was dazed and trying to focus when the door swung open. I was dragged out of the car and thrown into the backseat of the man's truck.
"Wha- Who are you? Where are you taking me?"
"Shut up bitch." I was hit over the head with something and everything went black.
"What the fuck man!" Darby screamed. "I told you to stay clear of her. You just brought a fucking war right to our doorstep!"
"I told you nobody will know it was us! There were no witnesses."
"Yeah right. Anybody could have seen you snatching her out of the car in broad daylight you idiot!" We're gonna have the cops and the Sons crawling up our asses now!"
"Well this was our shot and I took it. Getting rid of this bitch gets us back in the game!"
"Us? I want no part of this shit. You have any idea what Teller is gonna do to you when he finds out you took his Old Lady? I sure as hell ain't sticking around to find out!" Darby stormed out of the house with four guys right behind him. A few guys stayed behind with Weston.
"Go on you pussies! I ain't afraid of the Sons!"
"You should be." I said as Weston turned to see me staring back at him.
"Shut up whore."
"Darby's right." I said chuckling. "You are an idiot. You can't even come up with a better insult. You're so pathetic. I'm gonna enjoy watching Jax rip you open."
"I said shut up!" Weston was breathing hard and pacing the floor.
"What's the matter? You just realizing that you're gonna die and your children won't even have a body to bury?"
Weston stomps over to me and backhands me hard across the cheek. I could taste the blood in my mouth. Lucky for him, I was tied to a chair with my hands bound behind my back.
"No one even knows you're here bitch. It's your body they're never gonna find."
"Even if that's true, you're still as good as dead. Jax will never let you live. Are you guys willing to die for this trash?" I asked the remaining men in the house. They looked terrified but didn't say a word.
"Get her black ass outta my face. I need to think!" Weston yelled at two of the men.
I laughed as the men rushed over and released me from the chair. They threw me into one of the bedrooms and handcuffed me to the metal headboard of a dirty bed. Without a word they left me there and locked the door behind them.
Gemma pulled into the TM parking lot with Phil. Jax had called the guys in to church so Tig sent Phil to escort Gemma to the clubhouse. "Hey Chucky." Gemma said walking into the office to put her bag down. "Henni in the clubhouse?"
"Henni? She's here? I haven't seen her today?"
"What? She said she was coming here after dropping Abel off. Maybe she got one of the prospects to escort her on some errands?"
"I don't think so Gemma. Everyone is here. The guys are still in church."
"This is not good." Gemma grabbed her phone and tried Henni's number. Voicemail. "Shit."
Unser drove into the TM parking lot and walked into the office. "Gemma. I'm afraid I have some bad news."
"Is it Henni? Is she…oh God Wayne. Where is she?"
"We don't know. We found a rental car on the side of the road up against a tree. No one was inside but Henni's bag was in there."
"Come with me. We gotta let Jax know now!" Gemma and Unser hurried into the clubhouse. Gemma rushed in the chapel. All the guys looked over at her, annoyed that she had interrupted them.
"Ma what is it? We're almost done here, can't it wait?"
"No son, Henni's missing." Jax jumped up from his chair.
"What? Missing? How?"
"We found her rental off old Alameda Road slammed up against a tree with her wallet and phone inside." Unser explained. "Two kids said they saw a green late model pickup speeding away but couldn't see who was driving."
"Sounds like Weston's truck." Tig said.
"Weston took her…fuck!" Jax yelled.
"That motherfucker hates Black folks Jax." T.O. warned. "We gotta find her fast."
"I know. And when we do, his ass is mine." Jax growled.
"I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that." Unser said. "I'll head back to the scene and let you know if we get any leads."
"Thanks Wayne." Gemma said.
"Tig, Chibs, T.O. and Hap come with me. Bobby, you and Montez head over to Redwoody and make sure Luann and the girls are alright. The rest of you stay here. Ma, don't leave here without someone with you." Jax commanded.
"I'll have Phil and Rat come with me to pick up Abel."
"Call Nero and alert him to what's going on." Everybody scattered as Jax stalked out of the clubhouse with Tig, Chibs, T.O. and Happy close behind. They sped out of TM parking lot headed straight to Darby's house. "Fuck!" Jax screamed as he slammed his fist through a wall at Darby's. He was long gone. "We'll find her Jackie." Chibs said.
Unser arrived back at the station to find Darby being fingerprinted. "What's he doing here?"
"Highway Patrol picked him up for speeding. He has outstanding warrants and a search of his truck produced a couple guns and heroin."
"Well I'll be damned. I'll take him back when he's done here."
"Sure chief."
Unser escorted Darby back to one of the cells after he was booked. "Where's Henni Darby?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Cut the crap Darby. You know something. Why else would you be hightailing it out of Charming. Where is she?"
"I don't know shit!"
"So that's what you're going with? How 'bout I give Jax a call and let him come down and ask you a few questions." Unser said pulling his phone out of his pocket.
"Alright! Alright! Shit. I didn't have nothing to do with this. It was all Weston. This was all his idea, not mine."
"I'll be sure to let Jax know. Go on."
"Weston showed up with her at the farmhouse out on Route 9. She was out cold but alive when I left."
"You better pray she's still alive. Even if she is I doubt that'll save you." Unser headed back to his office dialing a number on his phone. "Jax, I got something."
I woke up to find it was dark out. The house was quiet. "Hey!" I called out. "Anybody, here?" One of Weston's men opened the door.
"What?" he snapped at me.
"I need to go to the bathroom." He walked over to release me from the handcuffs.
"Hurry up. We're leaving in 15 minutes." Leaving? Shit. Where are they taking me? I thought to myself. I knew I was already lucky to still be alive. If they took me out of here, I'd never see my family again. I went into the bathroom and tried to close the door behind me.
"Leave it open. And don't try anything." I stepped into the dirty bathroom not bothering to turn on the light. I didn't really have to go but I figured with the light off the man wouldn't be able to tell what I was doing. I looked around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do next. Just then I heard gunshots outside. The man ran toward the front of the house. I jumped up to lock the door and then got in the bathtub. Please let that be Jax. After what felt like forever I heard footsteps outside the bathroom door.
"Ye okay Henni?"
"I'm okay Chibs." I jumped up and hurried to unlock the door. I nearly knocked Chibs over hugging him.
"Whoa lassie. I got you. You're safe now."
"Where's Weston?" Suddenly I was angry. "I want to watch him take his last breath."
"He's outside, lass. Sure ye wanna do that?"
"He ran me off the road Chibs. He wanted me dead. I need to see him get what he deserves."
"Aye." As Chibs walked me outside, we passed a body in the living room and two more bodies on the porch. Tig and T.O. were standing just behind Jax. Hap was dragging Weston from the side of the house. He tossed him to the ground at Jax's feet.
"Get up you piece of shit." Jax commanded. The rage emanating from him was so intense I could feel it from the porch. Weston got to his feet.
"You really gonna fight me over that black bitch!"
"Oh I'm gonna do more than fight you." Jax got right in Weston's face. "You take the woman whose gonna be my wife and the mother of my children and think all I'm gonna do is fight you?" Weston took a swing at Jax striking him square in the jaw. Jax chuckled. "That all you got? Come on. I know you got more than that!" Weston swung again landing another punch. This time Jax swung back. Hard. Weston spit blood as he tried to fight back. Jax landed blow after blow on his face until Weston was a bloody mess. He dropped to his knees and Jax grabbed him by the throat. He was choking the life out of him. Weston reached up grabbing at Jax trying to breath.
"Wait!" I yelled from the porch. Jax looked up at me as I walked down from the porch and stood beside him. "I told this trash I was gonna watch you rip him open and I'm a woman of my word." I reached over and pulled Jax's knife from the sheath at his side. "Here baby. Don't make a liar out of me." Jax looked down at me with a smile that could only be described as pure evil. He took the knife from me and stabbed Weston in the stomach up to the hilt. Jax turned the knife and yanked it up Weston's body. He pulled it out and stabbed him again yanking the knife through his torso. Jax tossed him to the ground. I stood over and spit on Weston's lifeless body. "Death is too good for you but I did enjoy watching you die." I started walking back towards the road.
"Take your lady home, Prez. We'll clean this up." Hap said. Jax nodded and jogged to catch up to me. "Henni, babe, you alright? Are you hurt?" Jax turned my body towards him to look me over.
"I'm okay. I just want to go home." Jax pulled me into a tight hug and I began to cry.
"Okay, babe. I got you. I got you. I'll never let anything happen to you again. I promise."
I wasn't okay. How could I be? But it wasn't from watching Weston die. I got complete satisfaction watching Jax gut that piece of shit. I didn't even really feel any fear. They could have killed me at any moment but I knew Jax would find me in time. No, it was pure rage. That racist fuck tried to take me from my family. He wanted to destroy those I love. I should have killed him myself. Jax took us back to his house. Once we got inside he held me by the shoulders. "Henni, you sure you're okay. You haven't said much. I'm worried."
"Don't be. I promise you I'll be fine." He looked at me a few moments. "Alright babe. I'll run a bath for you and get you something to eat. Just relax. Let me take care of you tonight."
I was soaking in the tub while Jax went out to grab us something to eat. Normally a warm bath would relax me right to sleep. Not tonight. I kept replaying what happened over and over in my head. Each time growing more and more upset. I needed a distraction. I needed Jax. By the time he returned, I was leaning against the frame of the open sliding glass door with a glass of wine. I had slipped on one of his plaid shirts and dabbed on a little perfume. That always made me feel sexy and I was definitely in the mood for the kind of distraction that only Jax could provide.
"Hey babe. Did you enjoy your bath?" He walked up behind me wrapping his arms around my waist and kissing me on the neck.
"Mmm, you smell good."
"I lied baby." I turned around to see Jax's handsome face laden with worry.
"About what Henni?"
"About me Jackson. I'm not fine. I'm not okay. I'm pissed."
Jax shook his head. "I was prepared for you to be shaken up babe. I don't know what to do about anger."
"This shit is in my head. I'm trying to get past it but I just can't." I finished off my wine and placed the glass down. I slowly ran my hands down his kutte and rubbed his crotch making him moan. "I need you Jackson. Make me forget."
Without another word Jax kissed me hard. He grabbed my ass and lifted me up. I wrapped my legs around him as he walked us back to the bedroom. He sat me down on the bed and ripped the shirt off. "You wanna forget huh baby? That's what you want?" Jax quickly unzipped his jeans. I nodded my head as he stroked himself. I was instantly wet just watching him. "I can make it so that all you can think about is this dick baby. I won't be gentle."
"The last thing I want is for you to be gentle Jackson. You know I like it rough."
"Turn around. Get on your hands and knees." I did as I was told. Jax didn't waste any time. He slammed into me and it felt so good. "Just like that baby. Don't stop. Please don't stop."
"I like it when you beg, Henni." Jax wrapped one hand around my throat and smacked my ass with the other. "You want more baby?"
"Yes, Jackson! Please! More!" I moaned my words as he relentlessly pounded into me. I could feel my orgasm building and knew I wouldn't last much longer. "You wanna cum babe?" I was so consumed by how good he felt that I couldn't speak. Jax smacked me hard on the ass again. "Answer me Henni!"
"Yes, Jackson! Please!"
"Please what?"
"Make me cum baby. I wanna cum." Jax grabbed my hair and fucked me faster and harder. I screamed, exploding around him. It didn't take long for his release. He was still inside me as we flopped down unto the bed. He kissed my shoulder and we slowly drifted off to sleep.