Chapter 14
A little later, we get home and as soon as we're there, I tell Happy. "I'm gonna get a shower." He nods and says "I'll order dinner." I nod and head to the shower. Letting the water cascade over me, I stand under the water and think to myself. "It's over. He's gone." I whisper. But why do I feel like it's not? I finish with my shower and walk out into the living room as the food arrives. We sit down to eat and neither of us say a word. We just eat and watch tv.
After dinner, I clean up a little and pour a glass of wine and walk out to the back deck to sit. After a few minutes, I hear the door open and Happy sits on the step behind me. "You okay little girl?" he asks. "Yeah. Just thinking." I say. "Talk to me." he says. I move out from in front of him and stand up. I start to pace a little, getting my thoughts together. "Babe, what's wrong?" he asks concerned. "It's done. He's gone." I say. "Yeah. It's done." he says and I look at him and he sees in my eyes what's running through my head. "Don't matter. You're my wife, nothing changes that." he says. "Are you sure? Happy we only got married so I would have to testify against you. The investigation is done. We don't have to stay married anymore." I tell him. He stands up and walks over to me. Cupping my face he says "Don't matter. I love you. You love me. We're married. Only difference now is that we don't have to worry about that shit anymore. We can just enjoy being married." he tells me. "Are you sure? Happy…" I start and he stops me by crashing his lips with mine. "Til the reaper comes Mrs Lowman." he says. I take a deep breath and say "Til the reaper comes Mr Lowman." he says but in the back of my mind, that fear is still there.
The next day, we head into work and I am sitting in the office. I look down at my simple wedding band and see Gemma walk in. "Morning baby." she says. "Morning Gemma." I say softly. She looks at me and asks "You okay?" I look at her and say "Just processing I guess." She nods but doesn't say anything. "I'm going to check the groceries. You good here?" she asks. "Yeah. Go ahead." I tell her. She walks into the clubhouse and sees Happy standing in the kitchen with Jax. She looks at Happy and asks "Clara okay?" He looks at her and says "With the shit with asshole she is. But about us she isn't." he tells them. "What's going on?" Gemma asks. "We got married so she wouldn't have to testify against me if it came to that. Now that the investigation is done…" he starts and Jax finishes for him "She thinks you're going to want out of the marriage." Happy nods his head yes. "I gotta find a way to show her that I'm not going anywhere and neither is she." Happy says. He looks at Gemma and says "I have an idea but I'm gonna need your help." She smirks at him and says "Anything you need." He starts telling her the plan.
That evening, we get off work and Happy says "I want to take you somewhere." I look at him and nod. I follow him to his bike and we head off the lot. A little later we pull up to the streams and we get off the bike. Walking over towards the lake I see there's a fire pit with a fire going, sleeping bags laid out next to it and a picnic basket sitting there. "Happy?" I ask. "Come on." he tells me. We walk over and he pulls me over to the fire and says "I wanted to do something special for you. Clara, we got off to a shit start. Our wedding wasn't the best and neither was our honeymoon. I know I tried to make up for that with the redo of the honeymoon but now that all this shit is done, I need to do this right. You deserve better than what you got." he tells me as he reaches into his kutte and pulls out a small box. Getting down on one knee, he opens the box and says "This was my ma's. Clara, the only finger this ring belongs on is yours. You married me and you stood by me. You sacrificed so much to make sure I was good. I love you. Nothing changes that. But you deserve this done right. Will you continue to be my wife?" he asks and I look at him shocked. "Happy? Are you sure?" I ask. "Never been more sure baby. Will you?" he asks again. "Yeah. Yeah baby." I say and he slides the ring on my finger. Standing up, he pulls me to him and my arms go around his neck. He picks me up and my legs go around his waist. He carries me over to the sleeping bags and lays me down by the fire. We start shedding clothes and he makes love to me nice and slow. When we reach our release, he pulls the other sleeping bag over us and we just lay there in each other's arms and talk. This is easy the best night of my life.