Hello all! First can I just thank you all for sticking by me while my computer goes through it's glitches. Second, I hope you all like this chapter. It's sort of a filler chapter that's why it's not too long.
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Her body ached. Her eyes blind to the world around her, all she felt was severe pain. One that she suspected wasn't going away anytime soon. She tried to move but felt herself pinned. She was wondering why she wasn't waking up from this horrible dream.
"Fuck!" Someone cursed, and she felt something wet drip down her legs. It took her a minute to realize someone was between her legs. And someone else was holding her down.
She opened her mouth to scream, but almost chocked on the gag that occupied it. "Looks like sleeping beauty's awake."
Darkness. That's all she saw. Something was covering her eyes as she squirmed around what felt like an old mattress. She tried screaming again, but only heard her muffled cries. She was hysterical at this point. "Shut up bitch!" She cried harder as she felt her face slapped. Dear God where was she?
"Think this'll teach her?"
"Nah, I want her to look at me when it happens."
Laughter, then. "You're crazy man. What if your uncle finds out?"
"Uncle Dar will just have to agree with me." She felt herself flipped onto her stomach. Before she could scream again, her blindfold was taken off. She stopped breathing when a mirror image of what couldn't be Bella stared back at her. Her eyes black and blue, swollen lips, and a definitely broken jaw. Scarier than that was the man now positioning himself behind her. He grinned at her evilly. "Remember me sweetheart?" Mr. Unknown from the horrible party she attended, grabbed her hips roughly, pointing them up. "Say hi to your boyfriend for me." The moment her gag was ripped off, she heard a scream so horrible, she'd never forget it. It sounded like an animal being skinned alive. Like a dying cat. It sounded like...her. As he entered her over and over, she grew louder and louder. The pain intensified with every entrance his unwanted member made into her backside. The worst part was that she couldn't even struggle. She had to sit there and take the pain. Take what this man was inflicting upon her. For reasons she did not know.
After five minutes of the torturous and horrendous pain, she merely lay emotionless. Her screaming done. The only thing she wondered now was-when death would come for her.
"The deal was, you stop whatever you're doing with the Mayans. That's means no more fucking drugs in Charming. You wanna sit there and tell me you didn't bring any of that shit into my town?" Clay asked Darby, angrily.
Darby began fidgeting. "I swear Clay, you got it mixed up. Alvarez and his men, they're fucking liars!"
Clay raised a threatening hand. "By tomorrow, that shit better be out of here. Got it?"
Darby nodded. "I'll make sure of it Clay."
Jax got up and patted Darby on the back. "Good boy Darbs. Now you get to live another day." With that, he walked out with Chibs behind him.
"How ya think that went?"
Jax shrugged. "Fine, I-" He felt his pocket vibrate and picked up his phone. "Hel-"
"Jax! I'm so sorry! I swear, I tried to stop her but she wouldn't listen! She kept going! I'm so sorry Jax!"
"Whoa, Allison-" Jax frowned as he heard Bella's best friend sobbing over the phone.
"I'm so sorry." She continued to sob. "It's my fault. My fault."
"Allison!" Jax yelled over the phone. "What the fuck happened?" He prayed it wasn't what he thought.
"It's Bella." The girl cried quietly.
He walked into the quiet little house, Allison and his mother in tow. His gun cocked and ready he got passed the empty living room. "You sure she's here?"
"I don't know." Allison cried. "That's what the guy on the phone said."
"Ma, take Allison and go outside." He saw blood on the bedroom door down the hall and felt himself gag.
Gemma cocked her .38. "I aint going no where."
Jax took a deep breath before opening the bedroom door.
"OH MY GOD!" He heard Allison scream. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he felt his mom hold him up as he practically dropped to his knees at the sight in front of him. Flashes of Bella smiling appeared in his mind. Of her sweet innocent face. The one he fell in love with. Not the bloody pulp laying on the bed in front him.
"BELLA!" Allison screamed, running to her and shaking her lifeless body. "Bella wake up!" She sobbed. She cradled her best friends head and sobbed. "I'm so sorry." She kept repeating as she rocked back and forth. "I'm so sorry."
"Dear God." Gemma mumbled. "Jax," She whispered.
The last thing he remembered was holding his mom tightly as he began to cry hysterically.
"Fractured ribs, broken nose, arms snapped practically in half. She'll be in surgery all day tomorrow. She's been unconscious for a while."
Jax barely listened as the doctor listed everything that was wrong with Bella. His Bella. The one he'd promised to protect. Looking at her broken and bruised body laying in the hospital bed, he wished he could off himself.
"There's one more thing." The doctor said quietly. "Are you her legal guardians."
Gemma stepped forward. "I am, yes."
The doctor sighed. "Can we talk in private?"
Gemma looked at her tortured son. "Anything you can say to me, you can say in front of my son."
The doctor cleared his throat. "Yes, well." He took a deep breath. "Usually in these situations we do a number of tests. Either for drugs, alcohol, poisons, anything really. Also-"
"What?" Gemma asked.
"Rape." The doctor said quietly, though Jax heard him.
"And..?" Gemma asked again.
"Rape kit came back positive. I'm so sorry."
Gemma stood in shock as Jax sat in silence. His mind was refusing to accept the horror that someone had been inside his girlfriend. Forcefully. He held his head as it began to spin with images of his sweet and innocent girlfriend treated worse than an animal. Of her body being abused in ways he couldn't comprehend.
"Jax!" Gemma called as her son ran out of the hospital room, gun in hand. She quickly reached for her cellphone and dialed Clay. "Jax is gone." Her husband quickly shut off the phone, and she assumed went to look for his step-son.
Sighing, Gemma turned toward the broken girl in the hospital bed. The one her son had fallen in love with. The one SHE had to admit...she loved as well. Walking toward the young girl, she slipped off the cross she wore around her neck and put it over Bella's head. "So you'll be looked after kid."
"It's all there."
Alvarez took the bag of money and handed it to one of his boys. He gave Bella a smirk. "You know we're gonna count it. And if you screwed me, even if it's a dollar, you're dead."
Bella nodded her head. "Yeah." She lit a cigarette. "You gonna count it, or can I leave?"
Alvarez smirked at her. "Stay right there Blondie."
Bella rolled her eyes and glared at the man now holding a gun to her head. "Alvarez! Get your boy to back the fuck off before I cut off his-"
"Calm down Bella!" Sam said elbowing her rougly.
Alvarez walked toward them. "Do we have a problem?"
Samuel shook his head. "No, every thing's fine." When Alvarez turned back to his boys, Sam glared at Bella. "I get that you're a little nervous, but calm the fuck down."
Bella frowned at that. Sam had never so much as sent a bad look her way, let alone cursed at her. Ever since they'd come to Charming, none of her crew wanted much to do with her. "Fuck off Sam." She mumbled angrily.
Samuel grabbed her upper arm roughly. "Damn it Bella! Stop being a bitch for one second and get your head in the game. I had to practically beg Jimmy not to put a bullet in your head the other night. He knows Bella. He showed me the fucking syringe."
Bella's blood froze. Jimmy knew she started again. Her hand unconsciously rubbed the scar on her neck. "You told him?" She asked furiously.
Sam looked like she'd just slapped him. "I'd never tell Jimmy. No matter how stupid you are, I don't want to see you get hurt." Sam sighed. "I don't know how he found out Bella, but he wants a meeting. With no Sons."
Bella felt her heart stop for a moment. She imagined all the horrific things Jimmy could do to her. She had no idea what he was planning.
But before she could respond to Sam, Alvarez walked back over to them. "You got your extension Blondie. Two months." He warned.
Bella nodded. "Two months."
Bella walked up to the front desk of the hospital. "Gemma Morrow."
The disgruntled nurse looked up something on her computer. "You family?" She asked.
Bella frowned. "Yeah."
The nurse didn't look convinced. "I need proof of identification Miss."
Bella bit her lip. "Listen lady, you either get me in there or-"
"Bella." Looking up and seeing Tara walked toward her was the last thing Bella wanted. "Uh, Muriel, this is Gemma's niece. I'll just take her with me." The older nurse merely nodded and went back to her computer. Bella snarled at her before following Tara to wherever Gemma was. "So when'd you last shoot up?"
Bella was taken aback. "What?"
Tara stopped in front of a hospital door and pointed at Bella's arm. "Your veins are practically popping out of you arm."
Bella quickly pulled down her shirt sleeve. "What's it to you what I do?"
Tara shrugged. "It looks fresh, so either you just started or you've fallen off the bandwagon." She stared at the younger woman for a moment longer. "Listen if you need help-"
Bella laughed. "I don't need shit from you."
Tara nodded. "I know. But if you want any help, call me anytime. Jax has my number."
Bella shook her head. "I'm sure he does." With that, she walked into the room Gemma was in. Tara watched her leave and sighed. She always felt she had some sort of debt she needed to repay Bella with. Remembering a night not too long ago made her realize she had much to do before the girl would forgive her.
"Gemma?" Bella asked quietly as she approached the older woman on the bed. She looked up at Bella, bruised and broken.
"What are you doing here?" She asked in a hoarse voice.
Bella frowned and walked to the side of the bed. "I came to see how you were doing." She looked at Gemma with sad eyes.
Gemma glared at her. "Don't do that!"
Bella's frown deepened. "Do what?"
"Don't fucking look at me with that pitying look!"
Bella sighed. "I don't pity you Gemma. I just want you to know I'm here for you."
Gemma mock laughed. "Oh like you know what I'm going through."
Bella looked wounded. "How could you say that." She whispered. "After what happened to me. How could you say that?" She looked like she wanted to say something else, but threw something at Gemma's bed. "Here, I got that for you." And with that, she walked out of the room, slamming the door shut.
Gemma sighed and closed her eyes. After a minute, she reached for whatever it was Bella had thrown on her bed. She almost cried when she saw what it was. The little cross she had given Bella so many years ago now lay at her feet with a little note attached to it. So you'll be looked after.
