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Chapter 21

Happy stood around with the others, waiting, again. This fucking run was a damn pain in the ass. They had been stopped more than they'd been on the road. It pissed him off have to stand around and wait. He was used to being busy. That, along with the restless feeling he couldn't shake had him on edge more than he was comfortable with.

He looked up and Shep was standing off away from the others talking on the phone, Hap could tell by the way he was standing that it wasn't anything good. Shep nodded at him to come over and pointed to the phone. In a few strides he was standing next to the El Paso prez, Shep pressed the speaker button.

"CJ, Happy's here. Repeat what you just told me."

"There was another package this morning, on her desk in the office."

Happy could feel rage start to build up and he tried to push it down, "Did she find it?"

"No, she's still in the bed resting, the shot didn't work as good as it has in the past. Made her really sick, she slept a little on the bathroom floor, and that wasn't very good. I went over to her office to get out paperwork we needed. When I went in it was there at her desk just like the other one was." CJ told them. Happy hated he told her to do what the doctor said and it made her sick.

Hap nodded at Jax, Chibs, Juice, and Tig as they walked up.

Shep asked CJ, "What was in it?"

"Not much really, two knife looking tools and some straight edged blade tool. And, a note." CJ told them. "The note says 'Time to finish what I started' and that's it." They all knew it was from Creagan.

"So someone is either at the club or snuck in while it's on lockdown." Shep asked sounding pissed.

Happy made himself take deep even breaths in order to keep himself under control. His brothers standing around him were also watching as he did this, they knew him well enough to know he was close to the edge.

"Yea man, I've checked the security feeds, the ones on her office paused yesterday evening and didn't pick back up until this morning. The rest of the cameras on the property were hacked too. No feed from last night until this morning. Whoever did the hack was good, not better than me though, I found a small trail that I'm following. Hopefully it'll lead somewhere."

Shep lit his cigarette and took a drag, "Goddamn it, I should've just made her come with us. All we can do right now is just make sure we keep someone with her at all times. Family only." Shep looked around before what he had to say next, "If she's still asleep she doesn't know about the package, don't tell her. It's just some random tools and a note to scare her. The state she's in now, it's just asking for trouble."

Happy shook his head in agreement. She didn't need to know, it'd just mess with her head. When, not if, he got his hands on the fuckers messing with her it was going to be a long, very painful death. Even telling himself that didn't ease the pent up rage he felt. He slid his hands in his pockets to hide the slight shaking that had started. The move didn't go unnoticed by the men standing around him.

"I hate hiding shit from her, she'll have a fit if she finds out. And, we'll be the ones to suffer if she throws a fit, you're safe because you aren't here." CJ sighed. "But, you're right. It may do more harm than good if she did know. I'll put it in my dorm."

"Send me a picture of the tools." Hap told CJ. He wanted to know what they were.

"You sure Hap, there doesn't seem to be anything special about em."

"Yea, I wanna know."

"Ok, give me a few minutes after we're off here." CJ told him. "I gotta go. When you guys stop tonight at the check in, Juice and I will need to set up the computers and we'll all go over the modified plans. I'll have to get Melissa to make a few adjustments too. You all will need to be there, don't really need the others."

CJ hung up and the others walked to their bikes. Shep stood staring at his bike. "It's fucking hard to stay and not head back." He blew out a breath, "She's my only sister, I'm supposed to protect her. The boys there love her and will do what they can, she's their family too, but even with them she can still be skittish sometimes when she gets scared. I left her there man, don't know now if it was the right thing to do." He looked at Hap and then headed to his bike.

Happy watched him walk off, he could tell that Shep was more upset than people realized. The worst part was Hap agreed, they shouldn't have left her, he was to blame too. He couldn't shake the bad feeling he had in the pit of his stomach. He headed to his bike, not acknowledging anyone as he did. Chibs was parked next to his bike, smoking, they sat not saying anything for a while. Hap's phone vibrated and he opened it, it was a message from CJ, it was the pictures of the tools in the package. Chibs leaned over to get a better look, and let out a low whistle. It didn't make sense to him why they'd send random tools. He knew those types of tools and what they used them for. There was a point to it, he just didn't know what it was. An uneasy feeling bothered him but he pushed it out of his mind.

"Ya good Hap?" He raised a brow at him, watching Hap's jaw clench and unclench.

Hap just nodded, Chibs would know he didn't want to talk.

"She'll be ok. Melissa's a smart lass, we'll get this worked out."

They both sat in silence until it was time to head out.

-xx-

Melissa sat in her room on the sofa, she hadn't been up long. It was way past lunchtime and she felt horrible. The shot Auggie gave her had made her sick, she'd spent the night throwing up and sleeping on the bathroom floor for small stretches of time. Auggie and CJ had stayed in her room for most of the night to keep an eye on her.

They'd left this morning so she could get in bed and rest a little more. CJ said he was going to work on some things they needed to change for the run, he'd need her to come out later to help with some of it. Auggie was going to his room to sleep, he'd probably have company, the club sluts always found a reason to go see him.

Getting up and heading to the shower, she picked up her phone and gun on the way. The shower helped very little, it was always hard to shake the after effects of that sleeping shot, it took her days usually, the fact it had made her sick only made the whole experience worse. Putting a little effort into trying to make herself look better than she felt was easy enough. Leaving her room she headed out to see where CJ was.

Walking out into bar she found him on his computer, "Hi." She told him as she hugged him before sitting down next to him.

"You feeling any better? You can go back and rest some more if you don't, I can manage this. I probably only need your help with a few things later. The guys should be stopping for the night in about four or five hours. Jax said they'd stop in about an hour for fuel if we needed anything then."

"I'm ok. I can help, keeping busy helps." She told him, noticing he seemed a little hyper. That usually meant he was tired or hiding something. He'd been up with her most of the night so he was most likely just tired. "I'll walk over to the office and grab my computer and stuff. Be back in a minute."

"Wait, Allen will go with you."

Letting out a sigh, knowing there was no point arguing. "Fine." She waved for Allen to come with her as she walked out the door. Noticing he wasn't as talkative as normal she looped her arm through his, "You ok, seem a little quiet?"

"You've always loved that house in Charming. You think I'd like it there, in Charming?"

That wasn't what she had expected to hear. "Why? You thinking about transferring to SAMCRO?" They had stopped walking and sat down at the table outside her office.

"Just thinking, you know I love it here. It's my home, my family. I just need something different. I like the SAMCRO guys, and I have a feeling you'll be there more than here which makes it a little better too. Anyway, I was just thinking about it really. No real plans. I'll talk to Shep when he comes home."

She moved over to sit beside him, wrapping her arms around his waist to hug him. "Allen, you're a good man. Anywhere you are is lucky to have you. You do what makes you happy, make your life the best it can be. Just stay safe. If that means you'll be in Charming while I am, that's just a bonus for me. You won't have to babysit me there, hopefully." She laughed.

Tightening his arms around her and laughing too, "You probably won't have a babysitter there, but I bet Hap won't let you out of his sight very much."

"Yea, he's a bit protective." She said with a grin.

"A bit." He laughed. "I like him though. The fact that he wants to keep you safe makes him ok in my book."

"I love you Allen." She told him.

"I love you too Sweet M. Now let's get moving before CJ sends out a search party."

Getting her stuff and heading back with Allen, he was right, when they came back in CJ wanted to know what took so damn long. She looked over at Allen and he just rolled his eyes and grinned.

"Good grief CJ, I'm tired, I walked slow. You could have went and got my stuff for me, you know, if you were a good guy." She teased him.

"That ship sailed a long time ago. Now get to work princess." He laughed.

They worked for the next hour coming up with some changes to help the run go a little smoother. CJ told her to call Jax to get some of the information off of the truck log that they would need. Dialing his number she waited for him to answer.

"Well, hey there darlin'. You sure you calling the right phone, there's a tattooed killer who might get jealous." He teased.

"You're a funny guy Jax, he'll be ok...I think." Melissa teased back. "I need some information from the logbook in the truck, gotta make some adjustments before we talk to you guys tonight." She could hear Chibs talking to Jax in the background, telling him he had somebody on the phone.

"Listen darlin' I'm gonna have to hand you off to get those numbers, I gotta take this call."

"Sure, no problem." She heard the phone being moved around and Jax told whoever got the phone to get the information. A familiar voice came through that made her heart beat a little faster. That sneaky Jax.

"Yea." Happy grunted.

"Happy, I need you to do something for me-" She began but was interrupted.

"Melissa?" He sounded surprised but his tone quickly changed, "I can think of a few things I could do for you."

She didn't even have to see him to know that he had that smug grin on his face. "I bet you could." She chuckled, "But, this is business, so get your mind out of the gutter."

He laughed, "We'll finish that later. What do ya need?"

She explained to him what she needed and he found it in the logbook. It took them a few minutes to get it all in order but it wasn't hard.

"Thank you." She told him. "Hopefully these changes we have will make the run easier. We'll go over it all later tonight with you guys."

"You feeling better, I heard you were sick most of the night."

"Jesus Christ, you all do gossip more than women. Can a woman have no secrets. Geez" She laughed and heard him grunt what sounded like a denial.

"Don't keep secrets from me." He told her in his, don't argue back voice.

"I won't. I feel ok, not great, but better than last night. I always need a few days to get over those shots, the getting sick, well that's never happened. Wasn't really my best night."

She could hear voices in the background talking to Hap. "Gotta go. I'll talk to you tonight."

"Ok." She said not realizing he had already hung up. Her brother Loken always did that too, impatient men.

Thinking of Loken she sent a text since he probably wouldn't answer. Love u & miss u.

Moving back over to CJ they got back to work and stayed busy until it was time to let the guys know what changes had been made.

-xx-

Happy sat down in the room Juice was in, he was tired, it had been a long fucking day. It was made even worse having to to stay at another disgusting motel. He looked around at the SAMCRO guys, Shep, and one of his cousins, they looked just as tired as he felt. They had worked their asses off.

Juice had the computer set up and was talking to CJ, they could see almost the whole El Paso clubhouse bar.

Hap heard Melissa's voice before he saw her, just hearing her made him hard. When she finally came into view he realized he missed seeing her, not just fucking her, hell that couldn't be a good sign. She was talking to Allen and hadn't noticed that the video feed was on, he liked seeing her when she didn't know they could see her. Damn, she was beautiful. Hearing CJ talk she got up and came over to him.

"Hi, guys." She smiled and sat down.

He watched her as she worked with CJ and Juice, she'd add to the conversation with everyone when it was needed. She'd met his eyes once and he raised a brow at her, she just grinned at him and went back to work. A few minutes later they had stopped, needing some kind of paper form to scan for Juice.

"I think I have some in my room on my desk, if not CJ has some on his. Be right back." She stood up and walked off. Happy had to admit he liked watching her ass as she left.

She'd been gone for more time than it should have taken to get a piece of paper even if she had went to both rooms. He was getting ready to say something when Juice asked, "She get lost?"

"Son of a bitch! She went to my dorm." CJ stood up and went to turn around but stopped when they heard the door from the hall slam open. "Fuck, Shep I told you she'd pitch a fit." CJ griped as he rubbed his head in frustration. Hap looked over at Shep who had the same look as CJ.

Melissa had a box in her hand and even from a distance she looked furious. By the time she was close enough for them to see her face you could see that she was barely keeping a grip on her anger. Her eyes were almost black as she glared at CJ and the computer. When she got to the table right in front of CJ that they been using, she swept her hand across it knocking the glass pitcher and cups to the floor breaking them.

Holy shit she was mad, Hap thought. He leaned forward a little to watch. He noticed everyone else around him had too. Except for Shep who looked a little uneasy. Looking back at the screen when she started to talk.

Slamming her hand down on the table she left the note from the box there, and pointed at CJ and the computer, "So, who's going to explain this to me?" She demanded. And then, she dumped out the tools that were inside.

Taking a deep breath before talking, CJ held up his hand, "Melissa, calm down. It was on your desk this morning when I went to your office to get our stuff-"

"And you didn't think I had a right to know!" She yelled at him.

"It wasn't like that, we just didn't want you to worry. It's just some damn random tools and a threatening note."

"We! So all of you knew?" She glared at all the guys there with her and at the computer at all of them. "Everyone thought it was ok to just keep it from me, I had no right to know?"

Shep leaned forward, "Melissa,-"

"No, you don't get to talk Shep. I know you made the decision, and no one else thought enough of me to even think I was capable of handling it!"

Happy watched as she yelled at them all, it hit him that she included him in that group. She was pissed at all of them. He still thought they'd made the right call. He watched as a man came from the hallway door, he was only wearing jeans. Who the fuck was that? And, why was he half naked and heading towards Melissa?

Tig leaned over and whispered to Shep, "Who's the stud? Another cousin?"

He watched Shep shake his head no, "No, he's not a cousin."

Happy got a little pissed as the guy put his hand on her arm to get her attention and she didn't even flinch. If the asshole wasn't family, who was he and why was the fucker touching her. He was the only one who could touch her!

"That's Auggie, the doctor." Shep told them.

That was the doctor! Hap had just assumed the doctor was a fat middle aged man, not somebody who looked like that. Her voice snapped him back to the screen.

"Don't even try it Auggie, you knew too I bet." She watched him. "That's what I thought." She went to smack his hand off and one of the club sluts stepped over to her and grabbed her arm. "Don't you fucking touch him." The slut yelled.

Every man on each end of the computer sucked in a breath because they could tell by how Melissa jerked her arm it wouldn't end well for the woman who grabbed her. Sure enough, Melissa jerked her arm back and grabbed the screeching woman by the hair on the back of her head and slammed her face into the table, blood flowing instantly. "Get your damn hands off me bitch. Apparently you don't know your place if you think you can come in here, talk to me like that and put your hands on me. I don't give a damn who you just fucked. Get out, now, or I'll give you another friendly reminder." She glared at the bleeding woman who turned and hurried out of the bar. They heard Melissa mutter, "Stupid fucking whores." Happy was beginning to learn she cussed when she was pissed off.

Jax chuckled and they looked over at him, "Gemma and Tara are gonna fucking love her." They all nodded in agreement.

He watched as the doctor finally put a shirt on and sat down beside CJ. Melissa was still glaring at everyone as she picked up one of the tools she'd dumped out. "You asses thought these were random tools, huh." She held it up and then she stabbed it into the table.

"There's nothing fucking random about them." She started to pull the edge of her shirt up and Hap wondered what the hell she was doing.

"You see that one," She pointed at the one stabbed into the table, "Well, that 'random' one made these two scars." Pointing to her sides. He'd noticed the small scars but hadn't really thought much about them.

"Do you want to know how I know these tools are the ones that were used on me?" She said and stabbed the other two into the table. "Look on every handle. You'll find my fingernail marks where I tried to pull them out of my body. That's right, he left them there and I tried to pull them out."

"Melissa, we didn't know." Shep tried to talk to her.

"I said I didn't want to talk to you Shep, at the moment I don't want to talk to any of you. And no, you didn't know and never intended for me to know either. You were going to keep it a secret from me, like I'm a damned child. What else have you kept from me?" She yelled at Shep, not giving him a chance to reply.

Taking a deep breath and pinching the bridge of her nose, "I understand the situation I'm in, I have to depend on all of you to help keep me safe, to stay alive, and I can never be grateful enough for that. But, that doesn't give you the right to make decisions that concern me and not even have the decency to tell me at all." With that she turned around to leave, on her way out of the room she slapped another glass off a table and broke it. They heard doors slamming as she went through them and finally she must have made it to her dorm it was the last slam they heard.

They all sat in silence, no one really knew what to say. She had been furious. Happy admitted to himself that seeing her like that made him horny as fuck, he'd like to fuck her senseless while she was mad sometime. He was definitely going to have to remember to make her mad once or twice, he had a feeling it would be worth it. Shep was right, she was a handful. He always liked a challenge.

Tig stood up and grinned at him and everybody else, "Hap man, I think I'm in love with your woman. She's beautiful, smart, can bust someone's face, and she's a little crazy! Holy shit, she's perfect. I gotta go get a drink and smoke." Tig left the room laughing while Hap glared at him. The others just laughed.

"I think I may have pissed her off a little." Shep chuckled. "I'll give her a while to cool off before I call her. Might need to let her sleep on it tonight."

"Well, which one of you assholes is driving back to go back there and check on her." CJ teased them. "I'm not fucking going back there, I'd like to keep my balls."

Happy stood up with the others as they headed for the door. They joined Tig outside, standing around. Jax was staring over at the bikes thinking, "Shep, we got to get her outta there. Get her to Charming as soon as we can. She'll be safer there. It'll have to be done so that whoever is watching her won't know it."

"You're right. I'll talk to CJ and see what we come up with." Shep said.

It was about damn time someone decided to get her to Charming. Happy thought he was going to have go get her himself. He'd be able to make sure she was safe in Charming. Hap headed to his room. He'd give her little time before he talked to her, knowing she'd be pissed at him too.

-xx-

Chibs stood with Jax after the others left.

"I like the lass."

"Yea, me too. She is kinda crazy, just enough to keep Happy busy." Jax laughed. "I figured it's best we get her to Charming before we're short two guys. Shep and Happy both have been a hair from turning around and heading back to El Paso, I can see it on their faces. Plus, I think whoever is after her is ready now, it won't be pretty either. Makes me nervous."

"You're right. I think she'll be a good match for Killer, I wasn't really sure if she could handle him at first, she seemed too sweet. Now I'm wondering if he'll be able to handle her."

Jax nodded, "Those are usually the best kind." He said thinking about Tara and grinning.

"I'll make some calls and see about getting her to Charming." Chibs told Jax as they headed inside.

-xx-