Epilogue

"Hey daddy." Janelle smiled at her father as she wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug. "I missed you so much." She pulled back and looked up at him before resting her head against his chest for a few more moments. "Did you miss me?"

Jax nodded as he eyed the brunette before him. "Yeah, I missed you darlin'." He smiled widely as he pressed a kiss to Janelle's forehead. "It's been way too long." He shook his head as he watched the teenager drop to the leather sofa. "Where's your brother?"

"Nolan is outside, he's on the phone with his girlfriend." She rolled her eyes and shrugged. "No courtesy at all." She shrugged as she scanned the clubhouse, her eyes instantly landing on her older brother Abel. "He left ya know… He just left on his eighteenth birthday without as much as a damn word to mom."

He sighed. "Yeah, I know. He told me when he came to visit me. I told him that he should've told her what he was doing."

"I agree." The sixteen year old nodded. "It wrecked mom, she didn't want this shit for Abel. You did seven fucking years in jail after you became a Son again. She wanted him to be better and do better." Janelle fiddled with her nose ring before dropping her hands to her lap as she turned her gaze back on her father. "I missed you so much dad. You missed the last seven birthdays. We haven't had one together since I was nine, I'm about to be seventeen in a few weeks, will you be there?"

"Yes, I'll be there." Jax smiled at his daughter, feeling the impact of the last seven years bear down on his shoulders once again. Not only had he made the initial mistake of helping the Sons he had ended up helping them a few more times before patching back into the club and rising up the ranks once again to become the Redwoods Sergeant at Arms before getting arrested with the clubs and landing a seven year sentence that took him away from his children. "I wouldn't miss it for anything."

"Good." Nolan dropped onto his sister's lap and smirked up at her. "She'd cry for ten years if you missed her birthday. She cried a month when it was her sixteenth birthday. She couldn't even leave mom's room without bursting into tears because you weren't there for her sweet sixteen. It was pretty dope though, she got a new car."

"I didn't know you got a new car." Jax smiled at his son before looking at daughter. "What kind of car did your mom get you?"

Janelle shrugged. "Her boyfriend bought me a BMW." She rolled her eyes. "I love the car so much but it's such a typical rich white girl starter car. I can't really complain about much else because it's a car and it gives me my much needed independence."

"Your mom's boyfriend is buying you expensive gifts?" Jax shook his head. "That seems like something a step-dad would do not just a boyfriend."

"It was basically a bribe." Nolan scoffed. "A hey, stop fucking my son and take this car type of bribe. Janelle was dating the guy's son before the guy was dating mom." He rolled his eyes. "Kinda fucked up huh? They had to break up so mom and Brody could link up."

"Shut up idiot." She smacked her brother's head before looking at her dad. "I wasn't fucking the kid dad. We were just dating. It wasn't even that serious or anything."

Jax nodded slowly a wave of relief rolling over him as he watched the two teens interact with each other. "You guys need to go to the house and settle in. Abel and I will be by in an hour. You hear me?"

Nolan stood up and pulled Janelle to her feet. "Yeah dad we hear ya loud and clear. You're gonna go recap with Abel and see what shit you can get out of him."

"Yo, what the actual fuck." Janelle looked up from her phone. "Gracie is having a fucking party and I'm out of town. That stupid cunt, she knew I was leaving. She's so not my best friend anymore. Disloyal bitch."

"Hey, hey." Jax shook his head. "Watch your fucking mouth Janelle. I know you don't talk like that around your mom so don't do it around me. You got it?"

"Yeah." She nodded. "No cussing."

"That goes for you too Nolan." He turned his icy gaze on his thirteen year old. "You watch your mouth too. If you don't do it in front of Noelle or Blair then you don't do it in front of me. Now, go to the house and settle in. Your brother and I will be there after church."

The brunette nodded as she grabbed her younger brother's hand and started pulling him towards the front doors. "Dad's got meaner." She murmured as they got into her car. "We'll just grab some beer and go to the house. It's summer time, we have to have fun. Live it up just like the guys in the club do. We are club kids after all."

"Yeah we are." Nolan nodded as he smiled at his older sister. "We are the club kids and we need to act like it. Without mom knowing though, she'd kick our asses if she saw us acting fools right now. Delinquents in Charming, cookie cutter kids in Orange County." He placed a cigarette between his lips and smirked before lighting it up. "Here's to spending the summer in good ol' Charming."

Janelle nodded as she peeled out of the Teller-Morrow lot. "Yeah, cheers to raising hell in Charming. We're gonna make this town our bitch before the summer is up. Here's to making memories that'll stay with us until we either get alzheimer's or die. Whatever comes first." She yanked the cigarette from her brother's lips and took a long drag before passing it back. "It's the summer of club kids… May we become legends among ourselves."

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Ha, that was a mean teaser to what the kids turned out to be like in their teens. bet you didn't see that coming, especially from Miss Janelle. but whatever, I hope you guys got the hint about what my next story is going to be about. So keep your eyes open for that. also, thank you for reading this epilogue. like I said before, it's been real you guys.

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