Happy POV

"Happy Lowman." Roosevelt started. "You are under arrest for the murder of Mr. Kukov. You have the right to remain silent…"

His voice was drowned out by Bri starting to cry. Her eyes grew dark and I knew in that moment she was going to hate me. I had fucked up, and made a promise I couldn't keep.

"He didn't do it." She moved forward and a police officer caught her by her arm and pulled her backwards. "Get off of me." She shoved the officer to the ground. "You can't fucking take him! He didn't fucking do it!" Her voice was harsh and this wasn't a Bri I had ever seen before. I knew she could get mad but this was pure anger. This was her trying to protect me.

"Miss Hohrykova." Roosevelt stepped between us. "You need to calm down and let me do my job."

"I don't give a fuck." She hissed. "You're not taking him away from me, he didn't do what you're accusing him of."

That was my Queen, coming to my defense. I felt proud and loved but scared and paranoid. I didn't need her ass getting hauled to the station with me.

"You're going to let me do my job, or you can get arrested too." He looked at her.

"Brianna calm down." I tried to reason with her. "Calm down, go back inside, the kids need you."

"Happy." She started. "You can't go in for a murder you didn't do!"

"Miss Hohrykova, I need you to back away from my suspect." Roosevelt said. "You're interfering with my job."

"I just want to talk to him." She looked at him with a glare that made him back away and give us privacy. "You're a fucking asshole." She shoved me and I smacked my cuffed hands on the jeep. "You should have fucking told me."

"Not now." I said through gritted teeth. "Get in the goddamn house and be a mom to those kids."

"Fuck you." She whispered. "I could have prevented this shit. She was there that night? Wasn't she? You didn't think to end her that night?"

"Brianna shut the fuck up and go inside the house." I growled. "Do it right the fuck now. I'm not dealing with you here, now. You want to see me you come to the fucking station."

She wrapped her arms around my neck as Roosevelt came back. "You better let me help your dumb ass Lowman. If you get life, I'm never fucking forgiving you and you better believe I'm taking those two kids and leaving the country."

"You'd do that to ma?" I nudged her away with my shoulder.

"Yeah." She hissed. "You haven't even seen my rage yet Lowman."

"We have to go." Roosevelt said. "You can see him later."

"Whatever." She turned away. "You've got the wrong fuckin' man."

"Brianna!" I yelled. "I love you, forever and always."

"I love you too, always and forever." She jogged towards me and hugged me. "I'm so pissed at you Lowman but I love you."

"I'm pissed at me too." I kissed her. "I'll see you later."

"I know." She nodded and backed away. Kozik caught her in his arms and hugged her as I watched her break down in front of me. She sank to the ground and buried her head in her hands and Kozik rubbed her back as I was driven away. No doubt facing a life sentence for murder.

#

"Wow." Roosevelt walked into the interview room. "Your wife has one hell of a pull Mr. Lowman."

"She's not my wife yet." I sneered at him. "What did she do now?"

"She's got you a lawyer out in the lobby already. You've been here what? Fifteen, twenty minutes?" He sat down across from me. "He can't help. I have a statement that puts you at the scene of the murder."

"I don't even know what you're talking about." I tugged on the cuffs that had me secured to the table.

"You're going to jail and I plan on taking the MC down with your no good ass." He smirked. "You're finished."

"I'm still standing." I smirked right back. "Am I being formally charged with the bullshit murder charge?"

"I'll get your lawyer in here." He stood. "Give you a few minutes to talk strategy before you answer my questions."

"Whatever." I shrugged and watched him disappear out of the room before the door opened back up and in stepped the lawyer that was always walking around with Bri and Aleksandr.

"You Mr. Lowman." He sat across from me. "Can't be stuck with the charge at hand. However, they found a gun in the saddlebag of your bike. Bri wants to see if she can take that charge for you."

"Fuck no." I shook my head. "I don't want her losing her doctor degree for some bullshit gun charge. I'll take it."

"Well in that case, at your arraignment you will see if you're formally charged, if not then you'll be off the hook for that but you're looking at serving time for a parole violation." He frowned. "That would be a minimum of three years and a maximum of seven."

"Fuck, that's better than life is." I rubbed my thumbs together. "How was Bri?"

"When I left her she was packing to leave." He looked at me. "I got my team, we're working on finding out who signed and wrote the statement."

"Natalie Monroe." I said. "Had to be."

"Where can I find her?" He held up his pen.

"She's dead." I deadpanned.

"That's even better." He nodded. "No witness to testify against you. This charge can't stick. No judge will try you on it."

"Can you tell Bri not to leave without seeing my Ma?" I looked at him and he nodded slowly. "It'd kill my ma if Bri took the kids and left without so much as a goodbye."

"I'll tell her." He stood as the door reopened and Roosevelt stepped in.

SOASOASOA

Kozik POV

"Bri, I will kick down this fucking door if you don't unlock it." I pounded on the door as the babies cried. "I'm fucking serious."

I brought my leg up to kick in the door when it flew open. Bri looked at me. Her face was streaked with mascara and tears, her hair was disheveled and her eyes were big and sad. "I hate it."

I pulled her into a hug. "It'll be okay Bri."

"That's what he said." She pushed away from me. "He promised and now he's in jail looking at a life sentence. What the fuck am I supposed to do now Kozik? Huh? Who's going to help me with the babies? Who's going to love me like he loved me?"

"It won't stick." I pulled her back into a hug. "Worst case scenario is he does the sentence for the weapons charge we got a while back. Seven years."

"Seven fucking years?" She looked at me. "I can't wait seven years for his dumbass."

"You're in love with him." I watched her move around. "You can wait."

"Fuck that." She hissed. "I told him I wouldn't wait for him if he went down for club shit. I told him not to get involved with Russian shit. Kukov wasn't going to move on him or Jax."

"How do you know that?" I looked at her.

"I've been marked for over a goddamn decade by that man. He's not stupid, he marks people so he could put paranoia in their minds." She said. "I was scared then my husband told me it was him flexing his muscles. I'm still standing aren't I?"

"Could have told Jax." I rubbed the back of my neck.

"I told Jax." She said. "Day before the party he came by asked about it. Told him it wasn't shit to worry about."

"Fuck." I dragged a hand over my face.

"You all fucking knew there was a chance of him getting arrested huh?" She looked at me. "All of you guys knew it and that's why he kept claiming club shit. You guys let him dig his own grave and then threw dirt on him when he fell in. You Sons of Anarchy have no idea how great of an enemy you just made."

"Bri, calm the fuck down." I grabbed her hand but she reached around and slapped me harder than I had ever been slapped before. "It's not the end of the world."

"Why don't you fucking get it?" She dropped to the ground and started to cry. "That man is my fucking world, what do I do with him gone? Huh? Who's going to take care of me while I'm taking care of my kids?"

"Us. Our family." I sighed. "It's not the most ideal situation. We won't let you do this shit on your own. We got you when you need shit."

"I'm rich, I will never need anything. I don't want my best friend and lover sitting behind bars for seven years. You know how much shit he's going to miss. First steps, words, birthdays, first day of school. Everything! You think they're going to welcome him into their lives?" She looked up at me.

"Stop being a pessimist. If you welcome him back they will do the same." I plopped on the floor. "You fucking love that man, you can make shit work. You're engaged to him. You can make something work. I don't know Brianna, do the prison clause, get some side dick if you need it in the future. Just don't give up on that man."

"My heart is broken." She laid out on the floor and turned away from me. "This shit was preventable. This is all my fault. If it wasn't for me then there never would have been a Russian problem."

"No don't fuckin' do that shit Bri. This isn't your fault. We fucked up. We own up to that shit." I rolled her so she could face me. "You got it. This shit isn't your fucking fault."

"I hate him." She whispered.

"You don't hate him." I rubbed her years away. "You hate his actions."

"I'm so fucked up." She twisted her engagement ring on her finger before sliding it off. "I'm done."

She pressed the ring into my hand. "Brianna."

"No, keep it and give it to him when he gets out of prison." She stood up. "I'm packing my shit and leaving Oakland and California."

"Where?" I stood up and pinned her to the wall by her waist. "You can't just run away from this fucking situation. You got a lot of people here for you. You're pissed off, you're heart broken, but you're still in love. You're still trying to help him."

"Stop Herman." She rested her fists against my chest. "I can't stay in this house. I can't be surrounded by memories when my life just took an unexpected turn."

"You knew the possibility of him getting locked up. He's a fuckin' criminal. He kills for a living." I hissed. "Don't play dumb now Brianna because that's the last thing you are."

"I just wanted the kids to have a dad. Tara was right I should have just had an abortion." She crossed her arms and I slapped her.

"You need to think before you fucking talk Brianna." I barked. "You love those kids, you know Happy loves those kids. He's the one that should feel guilty and have regrets not you. I can't let you leave California. I'll help you move into a house if you have to but I have to keep you in California, only way any of us can help you out."

"Whatever." She slid down the wall. "I hate it."

"Go take care of your kids." I yanked her up. "If I gotta be an asshole you keep you on track then so be it. You're no stranger to it."

"I don't want to." She snarled at me. "Call a fucking nanny."

"You know damn well Happy wouldn't want a nanny raising his children." I pushed her towards the nursery.

"It's not about what he wants anymore. It's bout what's easiest for me." She planted her feet and I couldn't move her on the carpet. I lifted her at the waist and tossed her into the nursery and slammed the door shut behind me.

"Do that shit again and see if I won't slap the shit out of you." I blocked the door. "Don't turn away from your kids because their father fucked up. Can't punish them for the sin of their father."

She nodded and picked up Alessandria. "Ale." She smiled. "Your dad's stupid."

"Don't bad mouth him to the kids either. What the fuck is wrong with you?" I looked at her. "You that fucking twisted up about him being arrested ?"

"Yes." She looked at me. "Yes I am. I can't be levelheaded right now. My best friend fucked me over from the grave. Natalie gave up Happy. I'm on the verge of jumping out of my skin to plunge a knife in Juice's throat because he probably said shit to her."

"Bri focus on the task at hand. Take care of your kids and I'll handle all the other shit for you." I looked down at her. "If I come back and you got a nanny I will beat your ass woman or not."

"Fine Herman." She rolled her eyes. "Go tell your club I'm coming after them."

"Nope." I shook my head. "You're not doing shit. This is where you belong with your kids. Let me deal with this shit for you. No calling in the fucking mafia."

"Fine." She whispered. "Take Juice, and can you make sure Nik is on her way."

"I'm on it. Don't try to leave either. I'm putting eyes on you." I opened the door. "I'll send Esai and Alvarez over."

"Whatever." She looked at me until I closed the door.

I walked down the hall and bumped into Nik.

"She's in the nursery. I'm heading out to handle the club." I nodded.

"Whatever." She shrugged. "She'll still kill the club. If she wants to."

"Trying to avoid that." I frowned. "Don't let her withdraw from those kids."

"I won't." She smiled.

#

"Any news on Happy?" Jax looked over towards me and I shrugged.

"He's lawyered up." I said slowly.

"They're blocking out our club lawyer." Juice frowned. "Won't let her near Happy."

"Bri is a mess." I said. "She doesn't even want to be around her kids, she's talking about moving out of state and pretty sure she's planning to hurt this club for Happy going down. Blames it all on Juice and Jax."

"Aye, scorned woman." Chibs frowned. "Let her know the club is here for her, we don't want Happy to be locked up either."

"Worst case is life, best is three to seven years." I knocked my knuckles on the table. "I think the lawyer is working on the murder charge being thrown out before his trial. His arraignment is Monday."

"We need to make sure he has protection over the weekend?" Jax looked at me with disbelief.

"Bri already has that shit handled. Brown is going to have his back." I said as I reached into my pocket and played with the engagement ring.

"She still has that much pull around town?" He looked at me.

"Yeah." I nodded. "Comes with being a Hohrykova."

"We'll all be there." Tig said. "Show him he has our support."

"This fucking sucks." Juice said. "Happy had just barely inked her too."

"That's what that bandaid was hiding on her arm?" I looked at him. "Shit, she gave me the engagement ring to hold until he gets out of prison."

"Jesus." Jax rubbed his beard. "Monday, courthouse no leather."

"Got it." I nodded and stood. "I need to head back. Make sure she's doing what she needs to."

"I'll come." Juice jumped up.

"Nah, she doesn't want you around, so you go be with Luna." I pushed past him and out of the clubhouse. I had to do my best to right the situation if I could. If I couldn't then I'd have to just be a best friend to Bri and help her until Happy got out.

SOASOASOA

Bri POV

It was Saturday, I had cooled off a little bit and needed to talk shit out with Happy. It was something I needed to do. After getting a few hours of sleep, I had slipped into Kozik's room and asked for my ring back. It felt good to have it on again. I wasn't sure if I was going to wait or not but I was sure I was in love with Happy and always would be, even if he and I were apart. Fate was Fate and it couldn't be changed.

"I'm here to talk to Happy Lowman." I told the officer at the front desk. "Brianna Hohrykova."

"Alright." He stood. "Follow me."

"Sure." I walked closely behind him and he led me to a room that was closed off and had the blinds drawn.

"I won't record anything." He smiled and let me inside.

"You'll get your payment. Mailbox at your place." I winked.

"Brianna." Happy rasped. "What are you doing here?"

"Came to cry mostly." I smiled weakly and sat down across from him. "I don't understand how you could have fucked up so badly and not have told me a single goddamn thing."

"Recording." He pointed at the camera.

"Bought the room." I shrugged. "You're so fuckin' stupid. I hate you so much right now Happy."

"Don't say that shit." He grabbed my hands. "It won't be a murder charge."

"I know that." I sighed. "I could have kept you out of this shit if you guys would have fuckin' told me."

"Wasn't your fucking problem." He blinked at me.

"It's my problem now. I got two kids without their dad. I don't even want to look at the kids. That's how much I'm hurting. Can't even walk through the house. If I'm not pissed, I'm crying." I looked at him. "I'm hurting and I don't know how to get above it. I never felt anything like this. Never."

"I'm sorry." He blinked away his tears. "I'd take this shit back if I could. I should have listened to you."

"What do I do?" I looked at him. "How do I make this right?"

"You can't, it's my fuck up and I'm going in for it." He shook his head. "I'm sorry Brianna."

I stared at him, wanting to hate him, wanting to slap the shit out of him. I just couldn't. He was in visible pain and that said something. It just didn't do anything. I was still a single mom to two young babies and my niece. No matter how much we fought the charges he would be doing time. "I took off my ring, then put it back on."

His mouth dropped open and he let his head hang down. "You're breaking shit off Brianna?"

"I don't fucking know." I hissed. "I am in love with you, and I'm never going to be in love with anyone else, but am I supposed to sit home alone for seven years?"

"Yes." He nodded.

"If I was your wife I would." I looked at him. "I'm not though."

"You're my Queen. You're supposed to hold down the kingdom while I'm away. I'll be home Brianna." He said. "That I guarantee."

"Yeah." I wiped my tears away.

"Bri." He started. "Stop that shit. I'll be fine, I'll come home to you and the kids. I promise."

"Who's going to take care of me?" I looked at him. "Who do I cry to at night? Who do I laugh with? Who do I get to complain to?"

"Bri, stop." He shook his head. "If you want to go get married then do that shit. I can't stop you. I'm hurting, this shit is tearing me up. I never wanted to lose you or those kids. Hell I even see that glittery brat as my own kid."

"I don't want to hurt Happy." I wiped his tears away. "I don't want any of this shit. I always saw it being me and you to the end. It was in the cards. It's supposed to be fate."

"It still can be." He nodded. "I'm not asking you to wait for me. Not asking you to put your life on hold and shit. I just, I don't fucking know a damn thing anymore Brianna. I'm in love with you and want us and everything we've worked to build. I just I guess I want you to wait, but I'll understand if you don't want to."

"I love you." I stood up. "I love you so fucking much Lowman. This is killing me. It hasn't even been a full two days yet but it feels like an eternity."

"My arraignment is Monday." He said. "You'll be there?"

"Yeah." I nodded. "I will be."

"I love you. Forever and always. Don't ever forget that." He said.

"I won't." I gave him a kiss. "God you're going to be the death of me."

"Give the kids a kiss for me and please don't take them away from Ma. She'd die if did that." He sniffed and let me wipe his face clean with his shirt.

"They're with her now. Nik and Monica are at her place." I smiled. "God Lowman, I'm so sorry."

"Nah, I'm sorry Hohrykova." He frowned. "I let you down."

"It happens. I don't regret it." I sighed. "It'll work itself out."

"Hope so." He smiled.

"Keep the faith." I kissed his head. "Let me fix this for you. For us, for our family. Please let me fix this babe."

"Alright." He nodded. "Don't get yourself in trouble. Won't do any good to the kids if we're both in prison."

"Babe, let me do this. If it works you'll get the minimum. If it fails, you'll get seven. I just want to help you." I wiped my tears away. "I'll get you through this shit. I promise it. Just don't make me regret this shit."

"Hap-B." He smiled. "Love you."

"Love you too." I sighed. "I love you so fuckin' much."

#

The trial was starting. I sat in the corner with Kozik. He held my hand and squeezed it tightly. I couldn't even see straight. The tears were blurring my vision and my heart was beating so hard I could hear it in my ears. This was going to be hard. This shit was going to be difficult.

"You'll be fine." Kozik whispered against my ear. "No murder charges."

I turned and looked in Happy's direction. He was in the suit I had picked up on the way here. He sat straight up and looked straight ahead. Although I couldn't see his expression, I knew it had to be his signature blank stare.

Vladimir stood up. "Your honor, I ask you to remove the murder charge on my client on the count that the so called witness is deceased. She is said to have ties to Kukov."

"Let the record show that this arraignment is not for a murder charge but for a parole violation." The judge looked around.

"I object." The opposing lawyer stood. "There was another witness."

Everyone gasped and looked around at each other. Happy didn't even flinch at all.

"Is this witness liable?" The judge looked at the lawyer.

"Both witnesses were found dead. They both had given statements that put Happy Lowman at the murder scene." He sat down.

"I object." Vladimir said. "Both witnesses could have fabricated the story."

"Then this here, is for a weapons charge and parole violation." The judge boomed. "Do not waste my time with charges that can't stick." He looked over in my direction and nodded slightly.

I gave him a small nod in return.

"Let's just get this over with today, no sense in waiting another month to sentence Mr. Lowman." He looked over his paperwork. "How does the defendant plea in context to the parole violation?"

"Guilty." Happy rasped.

My stomach did flip flops as we all waited for the judge to decide what was going to happen to Happy. I squeezed Kozik's hand and closed my eyes, I could no longer hear anything.

"I hereby sentence Happy Lowman…" The judge spoke. I opened my eyes and realized I hadn't heard what he was sentenced to but the smiles on his brothers faces let me know it couldn't have been too bad. I stood and squeezed past Kozik. I rushed out of the courtroom and too the steps outside, I sat down and dropped my head into my lap.

"Brianna." I felt Kozik sit next to me. "Why'd you bail out. His sentence wasn't bad. It went really well."

I zoned out again. It was my subconscious dealing with the whole ordeal. My mind played it over and over again trying to figure out what the judge and Kozik had told me. For the life of me I couldn't remember what they had said.

"We'll celebrate." Kozik stood up. "I'll be right back."

I felt arms wrap around me five minutes later. "Kozik, let me go." I leaned my head back to look up at him and gasped. It wasn't Kozik who was embracing me. "Oh my fucking God."

"Three years." He rasped. "I'll be home in three years. Think you can fuckin' wait for me?"

"Yeah." I wrapped my arms around his neck as the guards came to get him. "I love you Happy."

"I love you too Brianna." He kissed my neck. "Three years will fly by. I promise you that. Stay out of fuckin' trouble."

"I will." I nodded. "I promise."

"Good." He said as the guards cuffed his hands. "Visit if you can."

"Brown is good." I smiled and winked as I felt another set of arms wrap around my shoulders.

"You ready to go home?" Esai asked as I tilted my head back to look at him.

"Yeah." I nodded as I watched the guards and Happy disappear back inside. I let Esai lead me away. Three years, three years. I wondered just how much shit would change in that time frame.

The End.


A/N: so that was that. I couldn't bring myself to have Bri walk out on Happy like I had originally planned for this finale. My sister practically beat me up for the original ending. Bri had called off the engagement and moved on to a different Son.

whatever, I had to amend this little A/N to let you guys know that there's no sequel anymore because no one was reading it and when I say no one I actually mean no one. I had gotten up to about chapter twelve with it before I pulled it down because it had no views and even less reviews which was weird because it was on the fave/follow list of nearly 90 people. so sorry that I had to pull it but I couldn't continue a story that no one was reading or leaving feedback on.