He got her up the next morning which so happened to be a Friday. He took her to school before going to work in the garage. Malone came by with paperwork for filing with the court to stop the visits on the grounds of Jocelyn's mental well-being. They were filing to have the GAL removed from the case because of the three incidents where Jocelyn had to be physically removed from Tig or Gemma to be taken to see Maria. He was fairly certain that this would make it so that he would be done in court soon.

Gemma picked Jocelyn up from school early. They had called to say Jocelyn wasn't feeling well so off she went to pick her up. She walked into the school. Jocelyn was in the nurse's office.

"I'm here to pick up Jocelyn Trager," Gemma said.

"We hope she feels better," the woman at the desk said.

Gemma showed her ID and went to get her. The nurse stopped her in the hall.

"I am concerned that it may be her appendix," she said.

"So what do I need to do?" Gemma asked her.

"I strongly recommend getting her to the doctor to have her checked out."

Gemma nodded. She walked into the room. Jocelyn was lying on the cot. She definitely didn't look real good. Gemma pulled out her phone and called TM, knowing Tig wouldn't have his phone directly on him.

"Teller-Morrow Auto, Chucky speaking, how may I be of service today," Chucky answered.

"Put Tig on the phone," Gemma said.

"Who's calling please?"

"Chucky, I will fire you if you don't put Tig on this phone now,"

"I accept that."

He was gone and a moment later Tig picked up.

"What's wrong Gem?" Tig asked.

"The school nurse is telling me I should take Joce to the doctor," she said.

"I'll meet you there,"

"All right,"

Gemma hung up and held her arms out to the six year old. Jocelyn just stared at her. Gemma scooped her up and went to the car. She put Jocelyn in and buckled her in. Jocelyn had started to cry from the movement. Gemma felt bad for her niece. She drove to the doctor's office, calling Clay along the way.

"Hey baby," Clay answered.

"Hey, I'm headed to Jocelyn's doctor and I pulled Tig from TM. I just wanted you to know," she said.

"Is she ok?"

"The school nurse was worried about her appendix."

"Damn, well keep me informed and tell her Uncle Clay loves her."

"I will baby."

Gemma got off the phone as she pulled into the doctor's parking lot. She parked next to Tig's bike. He was standing at the door waiting for her. The moment he saw them he walked over to the vehicle. Jocelyn was whimpering in the back seat. He opened the back door and looked at her.

"What's wrong princess?" he asked.

"My belly hurts," Jocelyn sniffed.

"Where does it hurt, baby?"

She pointed to her right side. He scooped her up and walked inside. She was huddled against his cut. He kissed the top of her head. He tried to move without bumping her around too much. He had already checked her in at the office.

"Mr. Trager?" the nurse said.

"Right here," he said.

"Bring her on back."

They hadn't even sat there for ten minutes. Tig and Gemma went back to the room. He put Jocelyn down on the bed. The doctor was in just after the door shut. They weren't playing around with this. He checked Jocelyn over and sent them straight to the hospital. Jocelyn was going to need emergency surgery before her appendix burst. Gemma called Malone because Tig was due in court that afternoon.

"I'll take care of it," he said.

"Thanks," she replied.

They pulled up to the hospital. The doctor had called so they were waiting on them. Jocelyn was taken straight up to surgery. Tig looked at Gemma.

"Shit, I have to go to court," he said.

"No, your place is here with your daughter. I already called Malone and he is taking care of it," she said, "But you should be the one to call and tell the club. Clay already knows we had to take her to the doctor."

Tig nodded. They were in the waiting room waiting on news about the little girl. Tig took his phone out and called Clay.

"What's going on Tigger, how's our little one?" he asked.

"In surgery," Tig said.

"What the hell?"

"Her appendix is ready to burst. They had to get her in right away and cut it out before it poisoned her."

"Boys drop everything. Our little girl needs us."

Clay hung up but not before Tig heard the bikes firing up. He didn't know exactly where they were because he hadn't been doing much because of court. He got a cut of whatever they were doing because of the patch on his chest but Clay kept him out of the loop so he didn't have to lie about anything. Tig looked at Gemma.

"They are all on their way," he said.

She nodded. She had figured that they wouldn't stay away knowing that Jocelyn was having surgery. He sat down in the chair next to her. She sighed.

"She's going to be ok," she said.

"I know. I just don't want my baby to be in pain," he sighed.

"I know you don't."

By the time the doctor came out to tell them about the surgery, the waiting room was full of Sons. The doctor looked surprised.

"Mr. Trager," he said.

"Yes," Tig stood up.

"Jocelyn did very nicely in the surgery. She is currently in the recovery room but she will be able to go home soon."

"They're sending her home after having surgery?"

"Yes, this is an outpatient procedure now. It's not as invasive as it used to be. We made one incision on her abdomen and it was stitched with three stitches. She will be fine."

Tig nodded. They gave him a sheet with what Jocelyn should eat for a few days before she would be willing to eat anything else. It was only another hour before she was released and Tig took her home. She looked miserable and every move hurt. He gave her a dose of Tylenol before she went to sleep on the couch. He slept on the other couch that night so he was close in case she needed him. He had wondered if he should call Happy and let him know what was going on. Happy was close to Jocelyn and was always making trips to Charming to see her.

The next morning, Tig woke up to Jocelyn watching cartoons on the couch she had slept on. He looked at her. She looked better but was still making faces when she moved. As the day wore on the guys all stopped by to see how she was doing. Soon the couch became covered in stuffed animals and there were balloons on the ceiling. He picked up the phone in the afternoon to call Happy.

"What up bro?" Hap asked.

"Hey, don't know if you have heard or not but Jocelyn had her appendix removed yesterday," Tig said.

"Is she good?"

"Yeah, Gemma picked her up from school and we took her to the doc, they sent us straight to the hospital, and she went straight to surgery."

"Damn, I'll be by sometime next week. There is a lot of shit going on up here in Tacoma right now,"

"I just knew you'd be pissed if I didn't tell you."

"Well don't we just sound like a couple of women?"

Tig laughed. Jocelyn looked at her dad from her zoo on the couch. He was hoping that she would be feeling better for school on Monday. Jocelyn hated missing school. He got off the phone with Happy just in time for Malone to call.

"Hey, you're good over missing court on Friday. I just need the hospital papers to prove she was there," he said.

"I got them here at home," Tig replied.

"All right, well here's the deal. Changing GAL's is not happening right now, and the visits are now to be in a public place that Jocelyn is comfortable."

"The only place she's really comfortable is TM and that's not a good idea."

"Is there a restaurant or a park she likes?"

"You want my daughter out at a park until 8pm?"

"No I don't. They want to move up the visits by at least an hour. Start at 5 and end at 7."

Tig sighed heavily. He didn't want to move all this around and now he was going to have actually deal with Maria himself. He really didn't want to do that. He hadn't ever meant for Maria to get pregnant but he wouldn't change Jocelyn for the world. She was everything to him. He had changed his life for his daughter. He looked over at her. She smiled. She looked like Maria but she had his blue eyes.

"So I have to deal with this now?" he asked.

"For now," Malone told him.

Tig just rolled his eyes. She was staring at him still.

"Well the only place I'm ok with and she is comfortable with is going to be TM," Tig said.

"Is there a place that she can play?" Malone asked.

"Yeah, they put in a play place for her."

"Ok, I'll let them know."

"All right."

Tig got off the phone.

"Who was that?" Jocelyn asked.

"That was daddy's lawyer," he said.

"Why?"

"Baby girl, we are going to have to have you see Maria at the shop for now,"

"But I don't want to see her,"

"I know you don't baby."

He sighed heavily.

"How are you feeling baby?" he asked.

She shrugged. He got up from the couch.

"You hungry baby?" he asked.

She nodded.

"Daddy, will you be there?" she asked.

"When?" he asked her.

"When I have to see her?"

"Yes baby, I'll be working but I will be there."

She nodded. She looked at him again. He made Jocelyn something to eat. She relaxed on the couch. He catered to his daughter all night.

"Daddy, I love you," Jocelyn said.

"I love you too baby," he smiled.

He put a movie on for her. She looked at him.

"Daddy, watch it with me," she said.

He sat down next to her. She snuggled into him. He smiled. He loved snuggling with his little girl.