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…Chapter 14…
Come Back Home

It's been over three and a half weeks since I left Charming. I kept getting text messages and phone calls from everyone, but I haven't responded or texted anybody back. I also met up with Danny, but I told him what happened to my dad and that I wanted to be left alone, for good, and he went back to Las Vegas.

I traveled down the coast of California and ended up in San Diego, near the beach, and I've been staying in a motel under a fake name, so nobody could find me, because I'm sure they've had Juice hack into places on the internet to look for me, but I'm not on the grid, at all.

...

As I was sitting at the beach, digging my toes into the sand, my phone rang. "Gemma" flashed on the screen. I took a deep breath and pressed the talk button. Here we go. "Hello?"

"Holy shit, Girl!" she yelled at me. "It's about time you answered your phone. Where the hell are you?"

"Um… at the beach."

"Everyone's been worried sick about you." she paused. "Especially Jax."

"I know… and I'm sorry."

"Why'd you leave?"

"I just needed some time away to clear my head."

"When are you planning on coming back?"

"I don't know." I said, shaking my head.

"We know you miss your father, so do we, but we're here for you." I didn't respond, I just sat there looking out at the water. "So… come back home."

I sighed, thinking about it for a few seconds. "Okay."

"Good, tonight is Abel's homecoming."

"He's getting out?"

"Yep, he's a fine, happy, and healthy baby."

"That's good, I'm glad he's okay… alright, I'll be home tonight or sometime today."

"Meet me at the hospital at six thirty."

"Okay, see you then, Gemma."

"Bye, Angel Baby." she told me and I hung up my phone, then sighed. Damn, I'm gonna miss the beach.

...

I got into town seven hours later. I looked at the time and it was five thirty. I sent a text to Jax. "Can you meet me at my house?"

He responded within seconds. "I'm already here."

I raised my eyebrow and replied. "Okay, be there in a few." I put my phone in my lap and continued driving to my house.

I got there five minutes later and saw Jax's bike in the driveway, so I parked on the side, got out of the car, and walked into the house. It was ridiculously quiet as I was looking for Jax, then I went into my room, and there he was, sitting on my bed.

As soon as I shut the door, he got up, and before I could say anything, Jax pulled me into his arms and hugged me tight. "Don't you ever… leave me again." he whispered.

"I'm sorry."

He backed up to look at me. "Why'd you up and leave like that?"

"I just needed time to clear my head." I shrugged. "I was upset about my dad and I wanted to be alone." he nodded. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay… I'm glad you're here and you're alright." he paused. "I was worried about you."

"I know, Gemma told me."

"You talked to my mom?"

"Yeah, earlier… she convinced me to come home and she told me Abel's getting out today."

"Yep." he nodded with a smile. "So where'd you go?"

"San Diego." I paused. "So, how's everyone since I've been gone?"

"Well." Jax started, pulling me towards my bed and we sat down. "McKeevy was beaten to death by the port commissioner, which is Hefner, so Bobby and Ope was supposed to take care of it. Opie froze, so Bobby was the one who pulled the trigger, and the ATF bitch put him in jail because a witness fingered Bobby as the shooter."

"Oh, no."

"Then the ATF bitch took Ope, Donna, and the kids over to Stockton, in some holding facility and tried to get Ope to rat on SAMCRO, but I believe he hasn't."

"I know Opie wouldn't rat."

He nodded, then took a deep breath. "I need to tell you something."

"Okay."

"And it's just between us… and Tara." I made a face. "Just listen." I nodded, waiting for him to continue, as he took another deep breath. "You remember that guy we saw at the hospital, watching us with Abel?"

"The ATF guy grilling sausages at the fund-raiser?"

"Yeah." Jax nodded. "He wasn't here to 'look into' SAMCRO, he was here for Tara."

"What do you mean?"

"She dated him in Chicago, then when she ended it, he went all crazy, and was stalking her."

"Okay." I nodded, not knowing where he was going with this.

"She got a restraining order and he was the reason she moved back here." Jax looked down. "After I dropped her off, he was in the house waiting for her, then he attacked her. She managed to shoot him in the stomach and called me to go back there." Jax looked up at me. "I killed him, Rox." my jaw slightly dropped. "I shot him in the head, burned him, then buried his body in a shallow grave." Jax grabbed my hand. "I don't want you to think I'm some kind of monster."

"I'd never think that about you… you're too important to me and I'll stand by you with anything."

He smiled and kissed me on my lips for a good minute, then he rested his forehead on mine. "I have to go meet Clay at the clubhouse… I'll see you at Abel's homecoming."

"Gemma told me to meet her at the hospital."

"Okay, then I'll see you there." I nodded, then he got up walking to the door.

"Jax… wait." he turned around and I went up to give him a hug. "I missed you."

"I missed you too, Babe." he backed up to look at me. "Just please don't leave me like that again."

"I won't."

He gave me a kiss on my nose, then let go. "See you in a little bit." I nodded with a smile, then Jax left. As soon as I heard him take off on his bike, I locked up the house, and got into the shower.

A/N: This is just another filler chapter… hope youse guys liked it! R&R!