It had been days since the wedding and life was settling down into normalcy for Andy.
They couldn't do a normal honeymoon obviously, not to mention she didn't think that he would be up for the typical Hawaii or beach locations for honeymoons, so they went to the cabin for the weekend.
After coming back, Andy got started with finally emptying all the suitcases she had brought with her. Finding place for all her stuff and putting it all in place so it didn't look like she was still living out of a suitcase. Unpacking and spending her days with Abel, she wasn't saying anything to Jax and he wasn't saying anything to her, but both knew that the worrying about ATF showing up to question her weighed on both their minds.
Andy was actually wishing at this point for them to hurry up and bring her in, just so she could stop worrying about it. The longer it took, the more anxious she was getting about it.
Jax had insisted that she come by TM today so he could take her for her State of California drivers licenses. Apparently it was some rule she had to get one within 10 days of living in the State or she wouldn't be legal to drive and they didn't want her brought into the station on something stupid like that.
She told Jax she could go in herself, but he insisted on going with her for some reason.
She finished the last of the suitcase unpacking and wanted to get her license and then started on the boxes she had shipped, but they were at TM. Andy quickly changing into a pink cotton fitted strapless summer dress so she'd look pretty in her license photo and packed up Abel in his carrier, she headed over there to get some of the boxes put in her SUV and see if Jax was ready to go to the DMV.
"Hi, Halfsack." Andy called out while she carried Abel and put his carrier on the picnic table outside of TM. Halfsack waved back at her and then yelled "Jax, had to go out with Op, he said he'll be back soon and not to go to the DMV without him."
"Ugh great." She muttered rolling her eyes. "Ok, while we wait can we load my boxes from Toronto up in my car?" She yelled back.
"Right on it." Juice said coming out from the office with Tig behind. Both of them disappearing into the office to grab the shipped boxes.
"Hey, heard your voice. Don't you look pretty today, ready for the DMV?" Gemma said coming out of the office to greet Andy and Abel.
"You'd think we were going to Disneyland, I don't know why Jax is so excited for this." Andy laughed.
"Guys and their cars type thing." Gemma said rolling her eyes. "It's like us going shopping."
Andy sat on the bench watching the guys load the boxes into her trunk, Tig shaking some as he carried them wanting to guess what was inside.
"Any of this stuff you don't want Drea, feel free to donate this way." Tig called.
"Hey, Prospect and I packed up this shit, we get first dibs!" Juice told him.
"You two got enough while in Toronto, spread the wealth." They bickered as Andy and Gemma just looked at them shaking their heads.
Out of the corner of her eye Andy then saw a Charming PD car followed by an unmarked black sedan, which looked like a Feds car enter the parking lot. It instantly got Tig and Juice's attention as well. Tig shut her trunk quickly while Juice jogged back over to Andy and Gemma. Also slerting Halfsack to tell the others that they had company.
Andy stood up, keeping one hand on the carrier in a protective stance. As the cars came to a stop, her eyes instantly landed on the figure she recognized.
"It's Blackstone." She whispered to Gemma. Seeing Blackstone come out of the unmarked Sedan along with the new FBI agent that has been traveling with Hale.
"The ATF boss of yours in Toronto, that showed up at your door?" Gemma said back. Gemma instantly worrying that the fact this guy came all the way from Canada could not be good for Andy.
"Yep." Andy said quickly. Looking down at Abel and then back at Gemma, "you're going to have to look after him today." Andy told Gemma as Gemma nodded knowingly that the cops were here for Andy.
"I'm going to go call the lawyer to meet you down at the station and tell Jax." Gemma said rushing off quickly to use the phone in the office.
"Anything we can help you with Hale?" Tig asked the deputy as he emerged from his cop car. As Chibs, Bobby and Clay now came out of TM after being alerted by Prospect that the cops were there.
"Not here for you Traeger." Hale responded to him, looking directly at Andy standing at the back. Tig followed Hale's glare and knew that it was time for Andy to go in for questioning. Gemma quickly came back out of the office coming to stand next to her.
"Jax and Opie are on their way, Rosen will meet you at the station." Gemma told her as Andy nodded.
"Officer McNally." Blackstone said walking over to her.
"Detective Blackstone." She said greeting him. "Funny, meeting you here, car trouble?." She smiled trying to act like she didn't know why he was here.
"Yes, well when one of our officers ends up connected to one of the biggest guns smuggling operations in the US we tend to want to find out where that officer's head is at, especially when she pretends she doesn't know her own cousin." Blackstone said glaring at her.
Andy said nothing in response to that, knowing she should not say a word without her lawyer. She looked over at Clay who had now come over to stand next to her on the other side.
"Aren't you out of your jurisdiction?" He asked Blackstone. Blackstone instantly recognized Clay as the head of the SONS and looked over at Andy seeing her standing united in close proximity with this guy.
"McNally you're in deeper than I thought. What would Swarek say if he could see you now? Cat got your tongue?" Blackstone still addressed her ignoring Clay as Andy rolled her eyes still not saying a word. Andy turned her head when saw Jax and Opie quickly and loudly ride in, placing their bikes directly in front of Hales car, essentially blocking them in.
"Ah, it's the 2 guys you don't know. Right McNally." Blackstone commented. Just as Jax jumped off his bike and headed straight for her.
"You have a warrant?" He asked coming up and addressing Hale.
"No need for such legalities, we're just going to borrow Officer McNally here for a little while and ask her some questions." Blackstone answered. Wondering why the VP of the club seemed so concerned over McNally.
"And who are you?" Jax asked angrily. Coming to stand next to Andy, resting his hand on her back.
"Jacob Blackstone, Toronto PD Guns and Gangs." He said to Jax, Jax's eyes instantly snapping towards Andy as she nodded her head that this was the guy who showed up at her door that day.
"If you don't have a warrant she doesn't have to go with you." Opie stated coming to the group.
"Aren't you all smart with you legal knowledge. You're right she doesn't have to come with us, however this is just a nice informal questioning that if Officer McNally has nothing to hide, she wouldn't mind speaking with her former boss will she?" Blackstone said addressing her.
Andy looked at at Jax and around at the others, Blackstone was right. There was no point in prolonging this, they knew he was coming. She wanted to just get this over with.
"It's ok. I have nothing to hide." She said looking over at Jax, letting him know she's strong and can do this.
"I have someplace to be by 5 o'clock, so this better not take long." She told Blackstone flatly, Andy still wanting to make it to the DMV today because she dressed up for it.
Andy went over to Abel, kissing him bye as he slept and looking at Gemma silently telling her to take care of her baby.
"We're coming with you." Jax said to Andy, hugging and kissing her bye. Andy smiled and nodded to him.
Blackstone's eyes narrowed at Andy's goodbye to Jax Teller and kissing the baby like he was her own, he guessed the child must be that one of her cousins she claimed she was coming to help out with.
However her relationship with Teller was something new and off the books. She acted like she didn't know him either back when Officer Cruz brought them in, they either got together really fast or there was a lot of history McNally was hiding.
Andy went into the squad car with Blackstone. Jax, Opie, Tig, Chibs, Prospect and Juice following in front and behind her on their bikes.
While the others staying back at TM watched them all drive out of sight.
"State your name for the record." Blackstone asked her as he sat with the ATF-FBI agent along with Hale in the interrogation room at the Charming PD. The clubs lawyer Rosen, sat to Andy's right. Jax and the others waited outside of the station on the steps for her to come out.
"Andrea Elizabeth Teller." She stated flatly staring at Blackstone and watching his reaction.
The look of shock on his face along with the FBI agents and Hale's was pretty funny. Andy couldn't help smirk. She also held some pride of derailing half their questioning they had lined up for her because she was now not under no obligation to answer anything about Jax.
"You married him?" Hale couldn't help spitting out. While Andy just smiled and said nothing.
"As you heard, my client say her name. She is the wife of Jackson Teller and she will be invoking spousal privilege, so she will not be answering any questions pertaining to him." Rosen told the officers.
"You do know this makes you look more guilty right? An FBI agent is DEAD, McNally! Do you get that or are you so turned onto the wrong side you don't care." Blackstone yelled.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Andy stated.
"Start asking your questions Officer, we're here out of courtesy, we don't have all day." Rosen stated.
Blackstone took a photo from a file folder and put the photo in front of Andy. She looked down at the photo and didn't recognize the person at all.
"Have you seen this man before?" The FBI agent asked.
"No, never." Andy answered honestly.
"He died, truck accident. Ran him off the road as he did a drop for Sons of Anarchy." The agent said as Andy still looked clueless.
"He died 2 days before you flew into Sacramento on your vacation leave." Blackstone stated.
"Are you going somewhere with this? If this person died before my client came to California, why is she being asked about him?" Rosen questioned.
"You were told that there was an informant in Sons of Anarchy, weren't you Officer McNally. As part of the routine traffic pick up of Jackson Teller and Opie Winston." Blackstone asked.
"Stop, you cannot ask her about Jackson Teller." Rosen interrupted.
"Fine, were you told in a private meeting along with Officer Cruz, Detective Swarek and your Chief of Police that there was an FBI agent informing on the club Sons of Anarchy and that Guns and Gangs was involved?"
"Yes." Andy stated.
"Did you inform Jackson Tell..." FBI agent stared to say.
"Object." Rosen interrupted.
"Did you inform Opie Winston of said conversation." The agent asked.
"No." Andy answered. Blackstone rolled his eyes believing she was telling the truth, if she told anyone it would be her husband and not Opie. However, she married the head criminal to probably avoid this.
"Did you inform any of the heads of the Sons of Anarchy..." The agent tried again.
"Object, you're trying to get my client to answer questions about her husband without saying his name." Rosen stated.
"What is your relation to Opie Winston." Blackstone asked.
"He's my cousin." Andy responded.
"Did you disclose this fact to your superior or fellow officers when Mr. Winston was brought into 15th Division by yourself and your partner?" Blackstone asked.
"He was brought in by my partner alone and no. I did not." Andy answered.
"Why did you not disclose your family relationship? Is it because you know you would have been excluded from receiving classified information and thrown off the case? " Blackstone asked.
"I did not think it was relevant and their was no case." Andy stated.
"You didn't think being related to someone your partner brought in for his known gun smuggling gang was relevant?"
"We weren't close. I hadn't seen him in years." Andy semi-lied. It's true while she was in Toronto they didn't keep in touch as much, but they still did have short conversations on holidays, birthdays. They were close, but only when around each other, it wasn't safe any other way. "In fact, we didn't speak to each other at all during the entire time he was in custody, check the tapes." Andy added, knowing that she had a brief conversation with Jax and that was it.
"How many times have you been to Charming, California?" Blackstone asked. Trying to put these pieces together.
"4." Andy answered quickly. Blackstone knew of 2, the 3rd and 4th times were a mystery on her file. "Andy went to highschool with me, here." Hale threw in.
Andy closed her eyes wanting to punch him again.
Blackstone looked at Andy in confusion, her file stated she graduated from a Toronto High school, but there was some years missing. Blackstone assumed it was just bad paper work and that she had spent her entire highschool period at the same school since there was no other highschool listed.
"You lived in Charming as a teenager?" Blackstone asked Andy.
"Yes."
The FBI agent opened a file folder and put a photo of tattoo on the table in front of Andy. She recognized it as the Crows woman tattoo. The one she currently had on her lower back. The one that meant she was Jax's love forever and part of the club.
"You recognize this tattoo?" The FBI agent asked. Andy knew he obviously did his SAMCRO homework and knew more than Blackstone.
"Yes." Andy stated, Blackstone looked confused he'd never seen this tattoo before.
"Do you know the significance of it?" The agent asked continuing his line of questioning.
"Yes."
"What does it mean?" He asked, Andy looking over at Rosen for guidance on this. Rosen nodded for Andy to answer the question because they had no grounds to object to it.
"It's a womans status tattoo, to show loyalty and love to her significant other."
"Status as an old lady to a member of SAMCRO, hence the crow with the heart and initials of that member in the heart." The agent added, as Andy nodded in agreement. This whole line of questioning seemed pointless to Andy, they still couldn't ask her about Jax, so they instead were asking about her tattoo.
"Do you have one of these?" He asked. Blackstone's eyes narrowing towards Andy to see her answer. He guessed since she was Jax Teller's wife it had to have been something she got recently to signify her place as the VP's wife.
"Yes." Andy answered boringly.
"And how long have you had it?" He asked her.
"9 years." She answered watching Blackstone's look of shock and the FBI agent just nod his head and write in his notes.
"So for 9 years you've been Jax Teller's 'old lady.' The agent asked. Andy just looked at the agent, refusing to answer that.
"I take it back." The agent responded knowing he wasn't going to break her at all.
Blackstone quickly realized this was going nowhere and fast. Andy marrying Jax Teller blocked all their lines of questioning, had she disclosed information to him that resulting in the "accidental" death of the FBI informant there was no way they could prove it. He couldn't be asked questions about her, she couldn't be asked questions about him and the rest of the club wouldn't know shit.
Blackstone had no idea what made Andy get into bed with this group, but he had to hand it to her for out smarting the Feds.
"We're done here." Blackstone stated, standing up.
"What that's it?" Hale asked from his corner.
"Mrs. Teller here," Blackstone said with disdain "has blocked any and all questions that we need to ask to get the information we need by invoking spousal privilege." Blackstone informed Hale.
As Andy sat there watching them, proud of herself. Blackstone could tell she was too and he wanted to knock her down some pegs.
"Any message you'd like me to give Swarek, Frank and the rest of your division you've turned your back against?" Blackstone asked her, Andy rolled her eyes before answering "Nope."
"This is all going on your file, the fact you're now a known associated member of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, married to it's VP. Inked with the tattoo as his old lady on you." The federal agent added, Andy just shrugged. She expected that much when she changed her name after she got married.
"It's going to raise flags every time you do anything, get insurance, apply for a credit card, try to get a passport, get a drivers license, try to enter Canada or another country. The fact you're married to that, will follow you forever. He's a well known felon and everyone will be watching you. Your training and career is basically gone, you've thrown it all away." Blackstone told her as a warning.
"Are we done? You finished harassing my client yet? A fact that will go in a file of your own when I file a report against you." Rosen asked and told them.
"We're done." Blackstone said as the FBI agent nodded.
Andy got up and told Rosen thank you for everything, before picking up her purse and walked out of the interrogation room. Ignoring Hale, Blackstone and the FBI agent. Not bothering with any goodbyes. She didn't need to do any fake pleasantries, she didn't want to know how long Blackstone was staying in town or do chit chat. Working with the FBI on the SONS case was probably the biggest thing of Blackstone's career so he was probably going to milk it for all it's worth despite the fact Andy was going to give him nothing.
Andy opened the door to leave the station and saw the guys all waiting by the steps. None of them were expecting her this fast.
"Hey, that was quick?" Jax said jumping off the ledge he was sitting on to run up the steps to hug her. The rest of the guys also coming up behind him.
"Not much they can ask without breaking the wife and hubby rule." She winked smirking. Proud of herself for rushing their wedding because of this same reason.
"That's it you done?" Opie asked.
"For now yes, Rosen's going to file some paperwork against them for harassment..." she started to say seeing Jax's demeanor change and go cold, turning to face him "it was nothing." She added before continuing, "Blackstone's probably going to stick around to follow me and try to get me on something to be pulled in again, but that's it. They can't ask me anything they want to because we're married and they have no proof to prove anything." She shrugged.
"Pulling that wedding out the way you did, act of brilliance there Drea!" Tig said as the guys just nodded.
"I know, I'm smart." She bragged as the guys laughed. "Now, lets get me to the DMV. Don't want them bringing me back in there because of illegally driving in California." She told them with a smile as Jax put his arm over her shoulder and led her towards his bike.
Blackstone watched from outside, Jax Teller put his arms possessively around Andy's shoulders, pulling her into his body and her wrapping her arm around his waist. They were for sure not just married to avoid questioning, this relationship was real.
He really wondered how real, how much did Swarek know and how much her father knew. 9 p lus years of history, is a lot.
It's obvious to him now she was with Jax Teller as a teen, getting a gang loves tattoo is a big commitment, a life long one. That she obviously kept through her engagement to Luke and her relationship with Swarek. He wondered how 2 detectives she dated didn't even realize she had a SAMCRO love tattoo on her. Idiots, he thought Swarek and Luke were.
However, brilliant of Andy in not indicating any connections to SAMCRO at all ever, until now. She hid her other life perfectly and Blackstone couldn't help think that's why she was so great at undercover work.