In Oakland, Jax was sitting watching the hotel. He had just seen a guy go into the room that he was told Tara was in. He hadn't seen any signs of his daughter yet. She had to be terrified and he was going to make that right. He was going to kill Tara and anyone who got in his way of getting to his daughter. He looked at Laroy.

"Go," Laroy said to one of his guys.

The dude walked up to the door and knocked on it. Jax watched from under cover. He was just looking for a reason to take off for the room. The guy scoped it out and walked away. They shut the door on him. He turned slightly and nodded. Jax felt his fists ball up. Laroy put his hand on Jax's shoulder. He shook his head.

"Let me do this, I'm really gonna fuck with them," he said.

"What do you mean?" Jax asked.

"Well I may scare your daughter at first but you have to trust me,"

"Ok."

Laroy and his boys had the Son's back off and they took the room. One of the guys carted his daughter off to a waiting SUV. A few shots were fired and Jax saw Tara come running from the room followed by one of the crew. She looked terrified. Jax kept his eyes on the SUV that had his daughter. He didn't want to blow this for Laroy. They came out of the room with all kinds of drugs and weapons. Jax just shook his head. Laroy called him from a gas station down the road. Jax met him down there with the rest of the guys.

"Where did she go?" he asked.

"My dude said she wrecked her car about two miles away," Laroy said.

"Sucks to be her."

Laroy nodded. His right hand man opened the back door to the SUV. Harlee was slightly out of it which had to have been why she didn't cry when they took her from the hotel. Jax grabbed his daughter and held her close. He stared at her for a moment. He knew she had been drugged. He was scared but he knew that Tara knew how to do it without actually hurting her. He was pissed beyond belief though about it. He took her to the van and settled her in on the floor. There were no seats in the van so he got in and held her while someone else took his bike back for him. They took her to a clinic that they knew the doctor at and knew they would be ok to take her to. They were told it was just a mild sedative and that she would be fine. Jax took his daughter home. He knew that this would be something that would weigh heavily on Tara's mind until she came clean. He was just waiting and he was not going to let her know that he had her back. He was going to screw with her head and show her just how fucked up she had gotten and the measures she had gone to hurt a little girl. He told Unser about finding her but kept up that she was missing for appearances. Luckily they lived in such a small town that it didn't make national news. They were able to actually let this play out.

Jax took his daughter home to her mother. He had her pack them up and they went to the cabin for a while. Jax wanted his daughter to be able to relax and adjust after the ordeal and Lanie needed the break from every day Charming. He enjoyed his time in the woods with his family.

"Baby, what happened?" Lanie asked.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Tara just gave her back?"

"No, we hatched a plan with the Niners to make her feel like she royally screwed up with all of this. I want to leave Harlee up here with Gemma for a bit. I want you and I to go back into town and get Abel's heart tests done."

"So she's supposed to think that Harlee is still gone?"

"Yeah."

Lanie nodded. They went to the hospital for Abel's tests. Tara didn't make eye contact with either of them. Jax had his arm around Lanie. She leaned into him and was really upset. After Abel's appointment, they headed out of the hospital. They scooped up Harlee and headed for the cabin.

"We need some relaxing time," he said.

She agreed with him. They enjoyed their time together as a family. Harlee was doing fine after her ordeal. She was sitting on the floor playing with Abel. Lanie was sitting on the couch wrapped in Jax's arms. He looked at her and smiled.

"Did you ever think we would be like this?" she asked.

"Honestly?" he asked her.

"Yeah, honestly."

"At the time, no I didn't. I screwed up so bad with you so many times. I didn't deserve a chance to be with you and Harlee but you gave me one anyways. I'm a very lucky man."

"You are her father. She deserves a shot at us being together. Even if you have screwed up in the last few months."

He rolled his eyes and held her closer to him. Harlee looked up at him. He stuck his tongue out at his daughter. She giggled. He remembered how scared he had been when Lanie told him that she was pregnant with Harlee. He had no idea how to be someone's father. He had screwed up a lot with his daughter but he was always given another shot. He had no idea why she had allowed him to be around but he loved his little girl. Lanie looked at him.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Just thinking," he said.

"About what?"

"How our life has been over the last four years."

"What do you mean?"

"Lanie I was scared to death when you said you were pregnant. I kept telling my mom there was no way she was mine. We had only been together once. I got smacked every time I said it by either my mom or Op."

"I knew Op was my favorite."

"Yeah yeah, but I'm being serious right now. I didn't know what the hell to do with a baby. I didn't think I could do it. I spent that whole nine months telling myself I was nothing more than a screw up and I had nothing to offer a kid. Then you called to say you were in labor. Something just clicked then. You needed me and I had to be there. When that nurse put Harlee in my arms, it was a done deal. I had to do whatever I could for her."

"She is definitely a daddy's girl."

"Yeah she is. She is my little princess and I can't imagine my life without her. She's my world. I can't thank you enough for having her and being such an amazing mother. I have been able to do what I need to do for the club without wondering if she's being taken care of. I know my baby girl wants for nothing."

"She's my baby girl too Jax."

"I know, I'm hoping Abel will be your little man as well."

"I love that little boy. I don't care who he came from. I will raise him just like I raise Harlee. It's just expanding our family."

Jax grinned. He was still thinking on how to handle this whole Tara thing. He couldn't hide Harlee forever. He knew that he was going to have to tell her that the little girl was safe but he wanted her to suffer. Harlee was lying on the floor now next to her brother. She was getting tired. Lanie got up and took her down to put her to bed. She was tired more now that she had been taken and drugged, but they had been told she would be for a while until the drug was completely out of her system. Abel needed a bottle so Lanie went to get it. Jax heard something outside so he went to check it out. He came back with Opie who had come up to check on his niece.

"Hey Op," Lanie smiled as they walked back in the door.

"You'll never guess who came to me asking for help," he said.

"Who?"

"Tara. She showed up about two hours ago, begging me for my help."

"For what?"

"She wants me to help her get Harlee back from Laroy."

Jax just shook his head. He had no idea when Tara had become so twisted but he didn't really care either. He wanted her out of his life. He was beginning to wonder how he should handle it. He was hoping that she would just go back to Chicago so he wouldn't have to do something that he wasn't a hundred percent sure he could live with.

"Happy said he would do it if you can't," Opie told him.

"I don't want her dead," Lanie said, "I just want her to go away."

"Jax,"

Jax didn't say anything. He didn't know what he wanted. Part of him knew that it would only stop if she was dead. He wondered if it would stop if she just left town. He didn't know what to say and on top of it all she claimed to be pregnant. He didn't know how much weight to hold to that. He looked up at Opie.

"No, I don't want her dead. At least not yet," he said.

"I'll let Hap know," Opie replied.

"I guess I should tell you both."

"What?"

"I don't want her dead yet because she claims she is pregnant. I can't live with knowing I may have murdered my own kid. That would make me no better than Wendy,"

Opie and Lanie just stared at him. They weren't sure what to say to that. Jax ran his hand thru his hair. Lanie sighed heavily. She wasn't sure she could deal with this right then. She was still reeling from her daughter being taken. She got up and walked back to check on her daughter. Jax looked at Opie.

"If this is real and Tara has my kid, Lanie will never forgive me," he said.

"Yes she will. Lanie loves you. She always has. That's why she wouldn't get rid of Harlee and why she had her. She has a piece of you that no one else has. She has your firstborn daughter and no one can take that from her," Opie told him.

"Yes but Op, if I have a kid with someone who tried to kidnap that daughter because I have her with Lanie, that's not right. I don't know if Lanie can deal with that. I don't know if I can deal with that."

"Just wait and see what happens. Tara has lied so many times already. You don't know if she is lying now."

"But do I want to take that risk?"

Opie sighed. He didn't know what to tell him. Jax sighed heavily. He looked at the hallway where Lanie had just taken Abel.

"I think Abel showing up was easier for her because she knew I never really loved Wendy," he said.

Opie nodded. Lanie came back after she had laid the baby down for the night. She looked at Jax and smiled. It wasn't a normal Lanie smile. This one was sad.

"What's wrong honey?" he asked.

She shook her head. He reached his hand out to her. She took it and sat down next to him. He pulled her to his chest. He knew that this was a lot on her. She had always been there for him and for the club. She was always doing what she could to take care of them all. She sighed deeply. He looked at his best friend who was just staring at him.

"I need to get back," Opie said.

"Thanks for coming to tell us about Tara," Jax said.

Opie nodded. He hugged them both. He headed out. Lanie looked at Jax after Opie had pulled off. Jax felt like a little kid about to get scolded. He still hadn't figured out what it was about Lanie that allowed her to have the effect on him of wanting to please her all the time.

"Why didn't you tell me that she might be pregnant?" she asked.

"You were hurt and then this shit happened with Harlee," he said.

"Jackson."

"I didn't want you to leave."

"Why would I leave?"

"Someone you can't stand and who hurt you and tried to take our daughter may be having my child. That's not exactly a conversation starter."

"Why can't you have as much faith in me as I have in you?"

"I don't know."

She sighed. She didn't want to argue with him. He looked at her. She sat down on the couch again. He looked at her. She stared at him.

"I love you Jax. I always have. I always will. You are my daughter's father. That's something no one else has," she said.

"I love you too," he told her.

"Just because some stupid bitch may be having your baby doesn't change how I feel about you. It didn't change when I found out Wendy was pregnant with Abel and it won't change now."

Jax nodded. She sighed again. He moved closer to her and put his arms around her. She smiled and snuggled into him. He kissed the top of her head.