"Hey, girlie," Alyssa says coming into Chelsy's hospital room.
"Hi. How ya doing?" Chelsy asks. Alyssa was dressed down in a lengthy shirt and black tights.
"I'm doing much better, especially now that I've ordered so many gifts for my little niece," Alyssa tells her rubbing her stomach. "Have you heard from Abel?"
"Yeah, he's doing okay. I can't wait till he gets home. You tell your mother she won't see him for three days tops. I'm calling dibs," Chelsy says. There was a knock on the door and a worker comes in delivering her breakfast.
"Thank you," Chelsy says. She looks at the food choices. There's eggs that look plastic and grits with a fruit salad on the side. She take the fruit salad.
"You should go get me a real breakfast," Chelsy tells her.
"I can get someone to get us breakfast," Alyssa tells her and texts Tommy to get them something edible.
"Where is Tommy?" Chelsy asks.
"He spent the night at a girl's place. She's some girl from school. He won't tell me more than that. We'll find out soon enough," Alyssa replies laughing. When Chelsy flips through the newspaper, Alyssa tells her she has to go outside to pick up the breakfast from Tommy who had to rush back to the clubhouse.
The front page news was of a drug bust. There was a woman who overdosed and died. The cops found her behind a dumpster. Chelsy flips to the rest of the story on the inside of the cover trying to find out who it was and when her eyes read over the name, Wendy Forent, she had to read it again.
"Hey, I got the goods," Alyssa says coming back into the room carrying takeout from the diner of pancakes and hash browns.
"Wendy's dead," Chelsy tells her showing her the newspaper.
"What? She overdosed? Hmm," Alyssa says dropping the newspaper back onto the bed and goes back to taking the food out of the bag.
"Hmm? That's it?" Chelsy says laughing at how little she gives a shit.
"Once a druggie, always a druggie. Besides, I can't say she didn't deserve it. Why do you care? I thought you were done with her?" Alyssa asks her.
"I just wonder about Abel, that's all," Chelsy says.
"He'll be fine, believe me, this won't phase him one bit. When are you getting out of here?" Alyssa asks her.
"Hopefully today. My mom brought me clothes and so long as my lab results come back fine, I'm getting out of this place," Chelsy says groaning as she begins to dig into her pancakes.
….
"Tara? Did you see this?" Jax asks her as he shows her the newspaper. They spent the night at the clubhouse, not quite making it home after their quickie at the clubhouse the night before.
"Well, there goes that problem," Tara says going back to applying her makeup.
Jax looks at her seeing how she's not surprised at all by Wendy's death.
"Tara, you didn't do anything, did you?" Jax asked her.
"I was with Vivian before I came back here. I didn't see Wendy," she tells him putting an end to the subject. He walks up behind her kissing her neck.
"Why don't I believe you?" Jax asks.
"You tell me," she tells him giving him a kiss before leaving the bathroom.
"Shit," Jax says to himself wondering why he's having a hard time believing Wendy took the drugs herself. His old lady, on the other hand, had a deep hatred for her, and Tara's learned, over the years, that getting things she wants isn't hard with the right motivation. It wouldn't be hard to make Wendy's death look like an overdose, and he hopes his old lady knows what the hell she's doing.
…..
When the doctor cleared her to go home, Chelsy was beyond excited, especially since visiting hours were open and she could visit Abel.
"Tara's coming with us if that's okay," Vivian tells her. "I still think you can wait till tomorrow to see him."
"I know I can wait till tomorrow, but I don't want to," Chelsy says. They walk out and she sees Jax and Tara walking their way.
"Hey, guys," she greets them.
"Hi, darling," Jax tells her embracing her and giving her a hug. He pulls back when he feels something kick against him. "Was that her?"
"Well, it sure as hell wasn't me," Chelsy tells him laughing at how strong the baby is.
"I got some guys going with you," Jax tells the three of them.
"Okay. You ready?" Tara asks them as they leave.
….
When Abel comes through the door leading into the visiting room, Chelsy had to blink away the tears.
"Well, well, well," Abel looks at her when she stands up. "You look so sexy, babe."
"Sexy? I'm a balloon who's got a freak of nature kicking inside my belly. She won't stop. We'll need to get her into soccer," Chelsy tells her hugging him close.
"You doing okay?" she asks him when they sit down. Tara and Vivian stayed in the car, much to their dislike. Chelsy wanted this visit to be only her and Abel.
"I'm fine, darling, really. Don't worry. How are things at home?" Abel asked.
"Pretty okay, our mothers are…our mothers. They get along entirely too well for my comfort, and the guys are doing fine. Tommy may have a girl," she tells him.
"Tommy? Nah, it's a fling. My brother ain't ready for a nagging gal," he tells her catching her hand when she tries to pinch him.
"I'm not that fucking bad," she tells him laughing. She leans in to accept his kiss and sighs thinking how easy everything is with him even though they haven't seen each other in a while. "There's something I need to tell you."
"What?" he tells her holding onto her hand.
"Wendy was found dead last night. The cops say she overdosed," she tells him.
He pulls his hand back from hers, and sighs, looking away at her.
"She made her bed," he tells her.
"Yeah, she did," she says dropping the subject. "I love you."
"I love you too. How's the school situation going?" he asks.
"I'm postponing it till after the birth. I can't do school right now. There's too much I need to focus on and get ready before the baby comes," she tells him.
"Whatever you think is best," he tells her.
When it's time to go, the two of them allow themselves one last kiss with him drawing it out as long as possible before the guard calls his name.
"Your mouth is gonna have a lot of work to do when you get out," she hints to him feeling how wet she's getting just from one kiss.
"I aim to please," he tells her rubbing her stomach before walking away.
…
"How is he?" Tara asks still annoyed with being told to wait in the car.
"He's fine," Chelsy says putting on her seatbelt and settling in for the drive home. "Wendy's dead."
"Yeah, we heard," Tara replies not saying more on the topic.
"It was an overdose. I wonder what drove her to it. She's been sober so long," Chelsy says not attempting to delve too deep into the psyche of a drug addict, even a recovering one.
"She got what was coming to her," Vivian says.
"What the hell does that mean?" Chelsy asks seeing the look between the two of them.
"It means she got what she deserved. She's gone and that's that. Who gives a shit about why she did it?" Tara says.
"Hmm…"Chelsy says dropping it. "Where were you guys last night? Alyssa says you two left the clubhouse together."
"We went to see an old friend," Tara says being vague.
"Was this old friend Wendy?" Chelsy asks.
"Sweetie, are you insinuating we had something to do with Wendy's unfortunate demise?" Vivian asks.
"Yeah, given how smug you two look, definitely. What did you do?" she asks them.
"We didn't do anything," Tara says with a smile on her face.
….
They get back to Chelsy's house and Tommy was in the driveway.
"Hey," he greets her giving her a hug. She looks up at him and notices the hickie on his neck.
"Jesus Christ, Alyssa told me about this girl you saw last night. Was she trying to suck your blood? Are you into that kinda thing" Chelsy asks walking into the house with his hand over her shoulder.
"Sweetheart, I'm into whatever gets me laid," he tells her laughing.
When they get inside, Chelsy goes straight to the fridge, pulls out the peanut butter, and grabs a spoon.
"You are gonna start packing on the pounds fast, sweetie," Vivian tells her watching her stuff her face.
"I'm pregnant, sue me. Abel had no complaints," she tells her mother sitting down at the table.
"You remember when we could eat a whole can of peanut butter and not gain ten pounds?" Tara says commenting on her younger years.
"I know, right?" Vivian laughs in agreement.
"So the crib came in. When do you want to set it up?" Vivian asks her. "The furniture will be here in a few days too."
"Not yet. There's no rush. I still got a few more months before my due date," Chelsy says.
"Yeah, but the earlier we get everything set up, the better. That way, you won't need to worry about it later," Tara tells her.
"We'll do it in the next few weeks," Chelsy tells them.
She looks around the living room and gets up to go to the bedroom. There's a blown-up poster in the hallway that's framed and it's of the progression of Harley bikes from the first bike made to the modern dyna bike that Abel has. Jax got it for him when he was little.
She gets to the bedroom and sees her bag from the hospital was on the bed She took out the sonogram pictures, and put one in a baby yellow frame to join the other baby frames on the TV stand. Her mom told her she should put the pictures up in the baby's room, but she loves seeing them everyday, seeing how the baby is growing. She goes into the closet to put the medical documents into the safe when she sees Abel's cut.
She touches the SAMCRO patch and her heart feels heavy. She remembers the night they met, how strong and unbreakable he looked in that ring.
She's brought back to the present when the doorbell rings.
When she gets to the living room, she sees the chief of police.
"Chief Rodgers," she says greeting him,
"Hi, doll. You look great…I assume you all have heard of Wendy's death. There was someone who came forward claiming it wasn't an accidental overdose, that somehow you two were involved. This witness said she saw you with Wendy leaving the bar, and that Wendy was pretty drunk," Rodgers said looking at Tara and Vivian.
"Your witness is wrong, chief. We were together last night having dinner outside Bob's. We were in the parking lot eating take out," Tara says speaking of the only Chinese joint in town.
"Okay, well, I'll have to check that out. Officially, it's marked as a OD, but I just wanted to warn you that there may be an investigation," he told them.
"Check all you want. We had nothing to do with that woman's death," Vivian tells him, which was somewhat true. They never actually went inside the bar, but they spoke to Wendy outside when she came out with Eddie. After that, she and Tara went to get dinner.
When the chief left, Chelsy looked at her mother and Tara and watched them move around the kitchen continuing to get everything ready for lunch.
"You did it, somehow, you two killed her," Chelsy says.
"Oh, shit," Tommy says looking at his mother.
"No, we didn't. She did that all on her own," Vivian insists.
"Yeah, with help from you two. Does Jax and dad know or did you two just put this little plan together all by yourselves?" Chelsy asks them.
"Babe, you really don't need to worry about this," Tara says.
"Worry about this? What the hell do I tell Abel? I'm not gonna lie to him," she warns them.
"Nobody is telling anybody anything because there's nothing to tell," Vivian says. "Wendy did this. It was probably due to all the pent up guilt from being the reason you were in the hospital these past few days. It seems to be a habit of hers, being the reason people end up in the hospital."
"You two," Chelsy says walking away and going to sit down on the couch.
Tommy follows her and sits next to her.
"Our mothers are crazy as shit, but they mean well," he tells her.
"Well, they don't help me much at all by going to prison for murder," she tells him turning on the TV.
A/N: Hello, all! Here's the next one. Let me know what you think. I wanna thank everyone who's reading and reviewing. I'm really thankful for the support. Some reviews I would like to address though. Jodstar80, keep reading, I think you'll be happy with how this story plays out. For the guest who inquired about Tommy, I like to focus on one story at a time. I don't want to get started on anything new without finishing this story first. However, you definitely have me wondering about Tommy so maybe in the future, but definitely nothing until this story is done. The biggest thanks to Shantigal for catching the Dane/Kane issue. Dane is Chelsy's father, and Kane is the last name of Chelsy's grandfather, Vincent so thanks to her for bringing it to me attention. Thanks, guys and Enjoy!