As soon as Happy was taken away from the house, Unser waited impatiently to question the remaining witnesses. Gemma was on her phone talking to Clay all the while holding her grandson tightly.

Juice speaks up. "It was a home invasion. Weston had a gun to her head as soon as she opened the door. He used it to get me to drop my gun and they taped me to the chair. The second man held his gun on the baby. Weston thought it was Audrey's kid, and she let him believe it. She ah, she did what he told her to. He told her he wanted her to come to him willingly, or he would kill the baby. The third man came in and Weston told Audrey that they killed Happy. Things started to get bad then Gemma came in the front door and got Weston to back off Audrey while Happy came in through the back. I knocked down the one guy, Happy took out the guy on Abel, then the guy I knocked over, and Gemma took out Weston. It was all self defense."

Unser looks incredulously at Juice. "And that's it?"

"Pretty much."

"Jesus Christ, this incident is inside Charming limits. This is gonna bring more law down on us, maybe Feds and ATF for sure." Unser let's go with his frustration.

"She didn't ask to be assaulted Wayne." Gemma chastised.

Unser looked away from Gemma, guilt clear in his expression. "Sorry Gemma, I know this must be hard for you."

"Not as hard as it was on Audrey today. If you're through with us for now, I'd like to head to the hospital. This was all on Weston." Gemma lowered her voice so only Unser and Juice could hear. "This doesn't have to involve the Feds, Wayne. Weston showed up at Audrey's house a few weeks ago, and asked her out. She declined. Weston came back and attacked her. We can make a case that this was personal, not MC related."

"That's good to know. I'll be sure to pass that information on to the appropriate parties."

"You do that." Gemma says as she makes her way with Abel out to the car. "Juice, please wait here for Clay and the others, they should be here soon. Let Jax know I have Abel and he's fine, ok?"

Tara steps out of the treatment room and sees Audrey sitting stiffly in a chair, arms hugging herself as her bare left foot bounced continuously with nervous abandon.

She sits next to her friend before speaking. "Hey, he's stable, and being taken into surgery now. He has a punctured lung; oxygen was collecting in his chest and collapsed his lung but they placed a chest tube and drained out the air and blood then the lung reinflated. He's heading into surgery to stop the bleeding and repair the soft tissue wounds but it doesn't look like he will need lung surgery, which is really good news. Surgery should be short then they'll bring him to recovery; you can see him once he's out of there and in a room." Tara watched as Audrey expelled a deep breath then nodded to her friend that she understood what she had just been told. Putting a hand on her friend's shoulder, Tara broaches the next subject gently. "Audrey, are you hurt? Do you need medical attention?"

Audrey shakes her head in response to Tara's question. Knowing what she wants to ask, Audrey replies "He didn't rape me. Gemma got there in time. She killed him."

"Gemma did?" Tara was startled by that revelation. "Even if you weren't raped, we should really document your injuries just in case the law has any question of motive. Are you ok with this? I can do the exam and take the pictures if you'd like."

"Yeah, ok. I don't want Gemma getting in any trouble for saving me." Audrey let herself be led to an exam room by her friend. Tara remained quiet except for telling Audrey the steps she was taking. There was no need for an internal exam, but Tara did take external swabs and pictures of the bruising and bite marks; she also drew blood to be screened for diseases. Audrey looked down at the angry red bite marks on her right breast and wished she could will it away. It was an obvious territorial mark. She tried covering it with her hand, then she rubbed it, but that only made the skin more red.

Tara gently moved her hand away. "Audrey, hey don't. You're only hurting yourself."

"I don't want Hap to see it. I don't want him to ever see it. How long til it goes away?"

"Don't worry about that right now. Let me get scrapings from under your nails then you can have a shower, how's that."

"But Hap.."

"By the time you're out of the shower, he'll be getting set up in his room. I'll take you to him then. I'll leave you some scubs and some flip flops to put on until we can get you some clothes."

Audrey did as Tara suggested and stepped into the shower. She refused to look down this time, already knowing what she would see. She concentrated instead on running the wash cloth lathered in antibacterial soap over her body with her eyes closed. She'd wound her hair up in a bun at the top of her head, so she didn't have to deal with washing it right now. She needed to finish up and get to Happy.

Audrey was only back in the waiting area a few minutes when Hap's doctor comes out to speak to the family. The doctor balked at telling her Happy's condition, because she was not next of kin or his medical proxy. Audrey was becoming increasingly upset when Tara stepped in speaking with the doctor and smoothing over the hospital privacy policies.

"He's very lucky. The chest tube seems to be working and his lung reinflated. He's maintaining his own airway. We got the bleeding stopped and sutured the wounds. His arm injury was a flesh wound only; no muscle damage. That has been stitched up. He most likely suffered a mild concussion from hitting his head. We'll have to see how he responds when he wakes up. The fact that he was up and functional after the initial head wound, is a positive sign, but not conclusive. He's being set up in an ICU bed for right now, so he can be monitored until he wakes up. The nurse will be out in a few minutes to bring you to him. Do you have any questions for me?"

Audrey shook her head and the doctor left. Audrey turned to find a chair to wait, her legs were a little wobbly and she was exhausted. Audrey's head quickly popped up when she heard the sound of heeled footsteps in the corridor. She relaxed at the sight of Gemma, but remained silent until she sat next to her and placed the carrier on the floor in front of her. "He ok?" Audrey asked staring at the child's sleeping form.

"He couldn't be better. Thank you for protecting him." Gemma said watching as Audrey checked him over herself.

"I'm glad. The Doctor said Hap's gonna be ok. I'm just waiting for them to settle him in a room so I can see him."

Gemma sensed from her voice that Audrey was still numb from her experiences. "That's great news. I'll let the club know. How are you doing?"

"I'm fine. Thank you for saving me Gemma. I was out of options."

"That prick deserved to die. I'm glad to be the one to send him straight to hell."

"Me too." Audrey agreed before being interrupted by the nurse arriving to take her to Happy. Before following the nurse, Audrey turned to Gemma, "You don't have to stay, I'll be fine."

Gemma shot her a warning look and said, "I'm not leaving you here by yourself. I'll wait until the relief crew gets here. I'm here if you need me."

Audrey nods before turning and following behind the nurse into the ICU. "He's still out from his surgery, but it shouldn't be much longer. He needs to rest, so don't overtax him when he wakes up. Push the call button when he does wake, so we can check his responses, ok?"

The nurse was clearly looking for an indication that Audrey was paying attention. She looked the nurse in the eye and acknowledged her request. They entered a room, and Audrey got her first look at Happy. Her heart surged at seeing him breathing, but her fears were not assuaged. She makes her way to the bed and runs the back of her hand along his cheek and across his jaw. She feels a little better at the warmth of his skin. Her other hand grabs his hand and squeezes it. She didn't know if he knew she was there, but it made her feel better. She bent down and kissed his dry lips, not taking her eyes off him for a second.

After getting her fill of assuring herself that he was ok, her exhaustion started to set in again. Looking around she found another one of those hard-assed plastic chairs in the corner, and she pulled it next to Happy's sleeping form and sat down heavily. She again grabbed his hand and began talking to him, telling him that everything was fine, they were all fine. With her other hand she traced the patterns on his tattooed arm, a favorite pastime of hers when they share a bed. In her head it somehow made her feel closer to him. She needed that right now. She felt herself becoming more tired, her mind wanted to shut down, but her fingers kept moving.

"You're gonna wear a hole in my arm if you keep that up."

Audrey sat up straight startled form her semi conscious state by the voice she longed to hear. Once she became alert, she smiled down at him. "You always say that."

He'd obviously been awake for a few minutes before he spoke, based on how awake he seemed now. She saw his questioning eyes bore into her. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine Hap, all of us are fine, and you will be too." Audrey informed him as she pushed the call button. "You need to be still though; you have a chest tube in place. The bullet punctured your lung but the doctors assured me you would be ok. How do you feel?"

"Audrey" was the only word her got out before the nurse came in to check on him, informing them the doctor would be in shortly. Audrey knew by the warning tone when he said her name that he wanted details. To be honest, Audrey was glad for the interruption. When the doctor asked her to step out during his examination Audrey stepped back into the waiting area to look for Gemma. Seeing the matriarch still sitting where she left her, Audrey smiled at her savior. "He's awake, they're just checking him over now."

"That's good; he'll be home with you before you know it."

"Yeah, I'm relieved. Speaking of home, I don't know what to do. The animals need to be tended to, and I've got nobody. There's no way Elliot will let Tristan help me after what happened. Fuck, 10 minutes earlier and she would have been caught up in that whole mess."

"Don't worry about them for right now. I called Juice, he's taking care of everything. Clay called Elliot and told him what happened. Then Tristan got stubborn and insisted that her dad bring her to your place so she could take care of the puppies. She should be there by now." Gemma paused then tried to lighten Audrey's mood. "I think we're rubbing off on her, what do you think?"

Audrey gave a half hearted laugh. "You may be right although I'm not sure Elliot will appreciate it. Thank you, Gemma, for handling that. I don't want to leave him yet."

"That's what I do. I handle problems that come up for the club and for family. You are a part of that now. We do what ever is needed for family. By the way, you need to hear this now because I don't know when the cops will come to take your statement. I told Wayne about Weston coming to the house before and asking you out. I put the bug in his ear that this was a personal attack not MC related. We need to go with that, understand?"

Audrey was about to respond when she sees the Doctor leave Happy's room. She quickly nods in Gemma's direction, then stood up and waited for him to speak. "He's doing well. There are no outward signs of lingering concussion symptoms and the chest tube is doing its job. He just needs to remain still for the next few days as he's healing. We'll monitor him for a few more hours here in the ICU then, barring any unforeseen complications, we'll move him to a regular room in the morning. Now that I'm not concerned about concussion complications, I've ordered an increase in his pain medication. You can go back in, just know he'll probably be groggy and go back to sleep once he takes the pain meds. It's the best thing for him right now."

"Thank you Doctor." Audrey says and she watched him walk away before she sat back down.

Gemma looked at her curiously before taking a seat next to her. "What's up? Why aren't you running back in there to see him?"

Audrey shrugged and looked down. "It's not that I don't want to see him, I told him I'm fine but he'll want answers, and I'm not sure…" she let her words die out but Gemma understood.

"He's concerned for you, that's all. Just reassure him that Weston didn't do what Hap thinks he did, then sit with him til he falls asleep." Gemma watch as Audrey continued to sit there. "Audrey, I know you may not want to talk about what happened just yet. I get that you need to wrap your head around it first. But you need to get your ass in that room and let that man know Weston didn't rape you. Because from what I saw when I came in your front door, I'd say it's a question weighing on his mind. He won't be able to rest until her hears that from you."

Audrey felt her eyes start to burn then straightened up when Gemma chastised her. "I'm being stupid, I'm so fucking tired I can't think." Standing up she hugged Gemma. "Thank you for everything you've done for me tonight, including setting my ass straight. I needed that. I'm gonna go in now."

As Audrey hugged Gemma goodbye she heard her whisper, "You just need to stay strong til the morning. Set that as your goal and you'll be fine. It's not forever, just til morning, right?"

Audrey nodded her agreement, and headed back into Haps room.

"Hey" she smiles at him as she enters the room. "Sorry I took so long, I was talking with Gemma."

She makes her way closer to the bed. Taking his hand in both of hers, she looked him in the eyes. "He didn't rape me; he assaulted me. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, that, I thought you knew. I think I'm exhausted and not thinking straight."

She saw the look of relief cross his face before the concern set back in. "What did he do? What do you mean assaulted. You need to tell me."

"I'm fine, really Hap." She assured him again. "Can we just talk in the morning? Please?" Changing the subject, as she often does mid conversation, she asks. "The Doctor said he increased your pain meds, shouldn't you be getting sleepy by now?"

"Na, I gotta push the button first. I wanted to talk to you, make sure you were alright before I took anything."

"Hap, I think we both need some rest. Take the meds; I'll still be right here in the morning, I promise."

Reluctantly, he agreed and soon drifted off to sleep, while she once again took his hand in hers and watched him sleep. A few short minutes later, she lost the battle to keep her own eyes open.

By 8 the next morning Juice walked through the hospital doors and made his way to the room they had just moved Happy into. Gemma sent him on a mission to pick up Audrey and bring her home and to not take no for an answer. He wasn't looking forward to that conversation.

Knocking softly on the closed door, he enters the room. He finds Hap awake and Audrey in the most uncomfortable looking position he could imagine. She sat with her legs under the chair, her feet wrapped around the front legs so she wouldn't fall off. Her body was bent forward, her head lying on the bed next to Hap's hand, which was slowly stroking her hair. She was out. "She's exhausted."

"She's earned it." Juice says with admiration "She's a brave girl Happy."

"Tell me."

"She hasn't?"

"Not yet"

"She will"

"She needs the sleep."

"It's too late, I hear that sexy rumble, and it goes straight to me doodah."

Hap smirks at her and tosses a glance at Juice to bring him to her attention."

Audrey turns around to find their not alone. "Oops"

Juice watches as Audrey rubs her eyes in an effort to become more alert. She sits up straight unwrapping her legs from the chair and stands up to stretch her legs and crack her back. She takes the cup of coffee Juice offers gratefully. "So what's the news?"

"All three men are dead. The house is still cordoned off as a crime scene. The county sent over a team from Lodi this morning and they are still there collecting evidence. Unser said he would get on them to get the house cleared as soon as possible. I've gone back to my apartment I have the kitten with me, Jax took Goliath with him. Daisy's still in the barn. Tristan and Elliot showed up to care for the dogs and the birds. It's Saturday so she will be available for the next two days to help out."

"I heard vague rumors to that effect. Gemma said Tristan stood up for Daisy and plead her case to her dad."

"Yeah, he insists on accompanying her though." Juice added.

"I can't say as I blame him." She said dejectedly.

"Well, the cops let me pack you a bag, and I have it in the jeep. Tara said you could stay at her house as long as you need."

Audrey nods in acknowledgement. Juice shifts nervously. "So can I drive you over there? You look like you could do with some more sleep."

"I do need to go and check on everything soon, but I need to talk to Happy first. Can you wait for me?"

"Yeah, I'll be outside."

Turning back to Hap she asks "You doing ok?"

"Yes, I'm more concerned about you, you look like shit."

"Thanks." Her hand went to her face which she was sure looked a site; she could feel the swelling still and the bruising would be showing by now.

"That's not what I meant" Hap said as softly as his gravely voice would allow.

"I know. I could use about 10 more hours of sleep and I'm sure it shows." She sat back down and entwined her fingers with his. "I was careless yesterday, I thought it was Tristan at the door. He threatened to kill Abel if I didn't do what he said. His hands were on me, and he left some marks but, I was honest last night when I told you he didn't rape me." She looked into her lovers eyes. "Is that enough for right now?"

"For now. I will get Juice to tell me his side."

"Don't blame Juice, Hap. I'm the idiot that opened the door. He had a gun to my head before Juice could do anything. And Juice was great afterwards. He took care of me the best he could. He was a good friend to us."

"I'll keep that in mind. No go check on your animals, I know you're not leaving to go sleep. When you come back we'll talk more."

"You know me so well." She bent down and placed her hand on his scruffy head rubbing her thumb across his forehead and kissed his welcoming lips. "I love you Hap. I'll be back soon."