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I was locking up the library when my phone buzzed. I reached into my back pocket and saw I had a text from Gema.

'Meet me at St Thomas, will be with Abel.'

I stepped out of the elevator and made my way to Abel's room, nodding and smiling at the nurses and doctors I passed. I found Gema right where she said she would be, sitting in the chair and reading Abel a book.

"Hey," I greeted her as I closed the door.

"Hey," she closed the book.

"What are you reading him?" I asked as I came to stand next to her.

"Peter Rabbit," she smiled down at the book. "It was one of Jax's favorites when he was little."

"I am sure Abel loves it to."

"Have you heard from Jax?" She asked, turning in the chair to face me.

"Yeah, he called last night."

"Typical," She huffed.

"What?"

"Clay was supposed to call me when he got there to tell me how Jax is doing. I didn't think it was a good idea to have him go to Nevada with a new baby." She scowled.

"He seemed fine," I assured her. "He told me about the patch over."

"Yeah, Clay told me yesterday too. That's when I told him to call me. I threatened to show up, if he didn't but I figured you would have heard from him."

"I can see you doing that." I laughed.

"I would too!"

"I don't doubt it." I grinned. "He was fine when I talked to him, tired I think, but looking forward to the party."

"I can just imagine the kind of trouble they could get into."

"What do you mean?"

"Jury's business, it's running pussy in upstate Nevada. Tig was devastated when he found out that he wouldn't be there for the party."

"Oh." I frowned and crossed my arms while Gema watched me carefully.

"You could set the rules..." She said after a moment of silence.

"Gema..." I sighed, going over the Abel and putting my hand in his box, his tiny fingers wrapped around one of mine.

"I'm just saying."

"I'll talk to him." I said finally, still looking at the baby.

"You will?" She sounded thrilled.

"Just talk," I said looking over my shoulder. "We need to find out if it's something we both want, and how we want it to go. If we don't want the same things, there is no use starting something that isn't going to go anywhere."

"That's fair." She said, nodding.

"What else is going on?" I asked.

"You still up to help with my fundraiser?"

"Of course! It's for the music program, right?"

"Yeah, for the middle school."

"I'll be there, just tell me what you want me to do." I wiggles Able's little hand, strong grip.

"Probably working the booth with me and LuAnn."

"How is the porn Queen?" I asked.

LuAnn was a nice woman. Her old man Auto has been inside for a real long time. She started out as a porn star, now she directs behind the camera instead of in front of it. She even owns her own studio. She tried, when I was younger, to convince me to work for her. Even if Jax hadn't thrown the worlds biggest fit when he heard, I still would have said no. I enjoy to watch the occasional porn, I have no interest in being in one.

"She's good. She did a little digging for me, on our favorite doctor."

"Oh god," I shook my head. "Anything turn up?"

"No, just that she filed for a restraining order, it didn't say who for though."

"Have you eaten?" I asked as I pulled my hand back after Abel let go of my finger.

"No."

"How about we go to the diner." I suggested. "Best not to talk about it when we are here."

"Sounds good," she put her book on the chair as she stood and came over to Abel. "I will see you tomorrow little man. We love you." She gently stoked his soft little arm.

"Yes we do." I agreed.

We left the room and stopped by the nurses station to let them know so they could have someone go check on him. They had been so great about giving us space to interact with the baby while not hovering. Tara was standing with the group of nurses, glaring at us while we spoke to Kelly, the woman who was usually checking in on him.

We ignored her.

The diner wasn't busy when we sat down, only a couple of tables were occupied. We were enjoying our meal when the bell over the door chimes and Gema looked up.

"Caption America, two o'clock," she said quietly.

"Hello, David." I said as he stopped next to our table.

"Lily, Gema," he nodded to us, arms crossing.

"What can we do for you?" I asked while Gema just watched.

"What happened to the Fun Town worker?" He asked without preamble.

"Who?" Gema asked.

"The man who attacked the Oswald girl."

"Not a clue." Gema said casually, I shook my head.

"I know Oswald talked to the club, the girl finally told us and do you know what we found when we got there?"

"Nope." I said as I popped a fry into my mouth.

"A group of carnies, beat to hell. They denied anything happened, even as they picked themselves up off the ground, but our guy was gone." He was obviously really frustrated if he came to us.

"Why ask us?" I asked him, "Why not ask the guys since you seem to think they did something."

"I would, but they all seem to be gone." He said through clenched teeth.

"Well we can't help you." Gema said.

"Fine." He said after a moment of us just looking at him.

"Will you be helping at the grill for the fundraiser coming up?" Gema asked him and I could see a muscle twitching in his jaw.

"Wouldn't miss it." He said, still looking angry. "Enjoy your dinner."

We watched him leave, picking up a bag on the counter and disappearing with a cheerful tinkle of a bell.

"That man is wound way to tight." I said.

"Yeah, he's just pissed off because Unser extended him position another 6 months." Gema said.

"I thought he was done."

"It was decided he needed to stay on." She shrugged.

"Did he decide that, or did Clay?" I asked rolling my eyes.

"Who knows," she said with a smile as Destiny came over to refill our drinks. The woman walked away and my phone went off.

"Hey," Jax said in my ear.

"You forgot to call your mother." I said grinning at the woman across the table. "I just barley managed to stop her from driving up there to see you."

"How embarrassing would that shit have been." Gema huffed while Jax laughed in my ear.

"Thanks for that," he said.

"I thought I was going to have to slash her tires!" I said with an over exaggerated sigh. Now Gema laughed to.

"Just make sure to do all four so insurance will cover it."

"Well duh, three tire slashes are only meant for enemies! For family, you do all four."

"I am on my way back." He said still chucking at me. "We just stopped for gas, should be there in an hour or two."

"He'll be back tonight." I told Gema who was watching me impatiently now, she nodded.

"Sounds good. How was the party?"

"It was alright, the morning after was the exciting part."

"What happened?" I asked, dreading the answer already. I knew what his idea of excitement was.

"I went out for a morning ride to clear my head, got spotted by some Mayans. They followed me back to the club house, had ourselves an old fashioned Nevada shoot out, with modern fire power."

"Oh my god! Is everyone ok?"

Gema's head snapped around so fast I thought she might have given herself whiplash. I held up a finger, asking her silently to give me a second.

"Yeah, everyone's fine. It was more of a pissing contest than anything else. No one even got a scratch." He assured me. "Thinned our Jury's guys a little more though."

"I am glad everyone is ok." I said as I heard another voice call his name.

"Hey, I gotta go," he said. "We are heading out, I'll stop by your place when I get back. Going to go see the kid in the morning."

"Sounds good, ride safe."

"Always."

"Bye."

"Bye, baby."

I put my phone on the table and shook my head.

"Well?" Gema demanded. I glanced casually around the diner and saw we were the only ones left in it besides Destiny and she moonlighted as a crow eater so I wasn't worried about her repeating anything she might overhear.

"The ones who stayed got Patched in," I said. "But they had a shoot out with the Mayans in the morning. He said he went out for a drive and got spotted, they followed him back and they went at each other. He said it was just them pissing on their territory."

"Jesus." She said. "I knew it was a bad idea to let him go up there."

"He said everyone is fine.

"That's good at least."

"He and some of the guys should be here in an hour or so."

"Did he say if Clay was coming back with him."

"No." I shook my head.

"Those two have been in a weird place since Abel was born." She said.

"I am sure having a kid has changed the way he sees some things."

"Like what?" She narrowed her eyes at me.

"I don't have any examples, Gema. It was just a general statement."

"Any idea where his head is at?" She asked next.

"On his shoulders." I said instantly.

"Cute." She wasn't impressed.

"I don't know what to tell you," I huffed, refusing to give in on this. "He hasn't said anything out of the ordinary or troubling."

"Fine." She put some money on the table and we both slid out of our booth. We said good night to Destiny and left the diner. I unlocked my car and opened the door before turning back

To Gema.

"Let me know more about the fundraiser when you can," I said. "I'll do any job you need besides dressing up like Elvis."

"You are in luck, Bobby has cornered that particular market." She smirked at me. "I'll call you later."