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Killers Baby Girl

Summary: Happy Lowman - The Tacoma Killer, club Enforcer, ruthless man - never wanted family of his own others did. All he needed was his club and his mom. He wanted to do the one thing he liked to do most in life; kill for his club. On a trip to Charming Happy is asked to pull off a job killing James O'neily, a favour for the Irish. But not everything goes according to plan and that one kill will end up being the best thing that ever happened to him..

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Chapter 13

Happy wasn't surprised when he finally got out of the hospital and escorted Bramty back to the clubhouse that everyone was waiting for them. With the way they'd all just found out he has a kid it was understandable that they'd have questions.

He was hoping that he could go to Clay first about this because it wouldn't be too difficult for the club to have Juice pull her medical records and realise that she wasn't actually his kid. Although Donut had told him that the kid didn't have a fathers name on the birth certificate.

Happy sighed but kept his face a mask of a blank glare as he walked through the clubhouse doors with Bramty sleeping in his arms. Happy nodded at Clay and quickly walked up to his dorm room which was clean already since he was a slight neat freak.

He was thankful that Kozik and Tig had pushed him in the hospital to explain to them the truth of the situation, because he had been focused on getting to see that Bramty was gonna be okay... He hadn't started to think about the next step. Both Tig and Kozik had quickly agreed to help him try to keep Bramty safe.

They couldn't let Bramty go back to living with Katherine!

Kozik was going to talk to Donut and see what they could do about making sure Bramty could legally stay with him. The club really didn't need Katherine calling the cops on them or getting him arrested for kidnapping or some shit.

If he could get custody of Bramty then he could just kill Katherine.

Happy tucked Bramty into his bed as her sleepy green eyes opened half way and he chuckled watching her try to stay awake. "Baby girl I need you to go to sleep and stay right here until I get back, okay?" she nodded before cuddling against his pillow and he smoothed her hair down as he stood and quietly shut the dorm door behind him.

Sighing deeply Happy ran a stressed hand over his face trying to prepare himself for the questions that were going to be asked and the answers he was going to have to give.

If Jax hadn't of made himself extremely clear the next day when they weren't drunk he could have used that excuse like Kozik suggested but Jax wasn't going to let this go by lightly, not for him.

"Hap"

Happy looked up when he heard Tig's voice behind him, Tig stepped out of his dorm room across the hall and Happy quickly walked over wanting to know exactly what Unser and Rosen had to say.

"Unser says you'd probably need a judge on the payroll or a sympathiser to let you adopt the kid... If we could get her original birth certificate and submit it to the courts with your name and signature on it, then it could be done that way and a fake DNA test ain't that hard" Tig relayed

"They don't even have their own place.. I don't think the junkie whore even has Bramty's birth certificate" Happy sighed

Tig clapped him on the back just as Kozik appeared behind them, "Spoke to Donut" Kozik announced and both Happy and Tig looked at him expectantly. "Says he can get a fake DNA test certificate but you'd have to submit it to the courts"

He was getting serious pissed off with all this talk about going to court, there was no way a judge would give him custody of a little girl with his criminal record and affiliations in some custody trial but he wasn't seeing much else they could do. "Well, do we have a judge under our thumb? or how can I get one cause I'm not sending her back to be-" he cut himself off and his brothers nodded solemnly in understanding.

"We have a sympathiser in Lodi... he did the paperwork and approval for Abel when the ATF called child services on Jax and Tara" Tig suggested and Happy nodded.

"Need you two to go and talk to him about this situation... say whatever you have to brother, I need my kid with me. I thought she'd be safe with her mom, Katherine is a junkie whore but I thought she would just ignore Bramty... I can't protect her from her own mother, Bramty will spin whatever story we need to get this done"

Tig and Kozik headed off down stairs and Happy decided he would go and take care of Bramty while he waited for them to get back.

The more time they had to get him custody of Bramty the less chance he would have to lie to the club and the less chance Jax had of trying to enforce his order of staying clear of Bramty or Katherine.

If Happy could stand there and say Bramty's his kid then they'd accept that but if he had to stand there and say she's his kid but not legally then there would be problems.

And he was hoping for both their sakes that this judge could be quick about this because the club was gonna need answers on who the fuck snatched a club kid to get information about them. Even though they had taken one or two guys to the warehouse for 'interrogation', Clay was still going to want to talk to Bramty about it.

Kozik and Tig walked triumphantly out of the court house, both of them nodding at Rosen as the lawyer got in his car and drove off. He and Tig had called the clubs lawyer in to help them get the paperwork drawn up for Happy to adopt Bramty.

With a fake government DNA test done by Donut and a few affidavits stating that they'd witnessed a long standing father-daughter relationship Happy and Bramty have, Rosen had no trouble with the paperwork getting fast tracked.

Luckily all they had to do was tell the judge about the conditions that Bramty was living in and then tell him that Katherine's 'boyfriend' is a member and he wanted to get the kid away from that. Being a sympathiser the judge recognised the fact that the club would never allow a child or woman to be hurt and so he'd easily signed the adoption documents.

Happy Lowman was now officially and legally the adoptive father of Bramty Lowman.

They had been able to change the girls last name from her mothers as an option with the adoption... one forged signature later and Bramty Santiago was now Bramty Lowman.

After all, this was a new start for the girl and now she had a new last name to match.

"Hap's gonna be relieved we got this done so quickly" Tig commented and Kozik nodded, Happy was hauled up in his room until he could truthfully tell everyone Bramty was his daughter.

They didn't need police coming around in a few days arresting them for kidnapping and they all knew there was no way the club would approve of him being anywhere near Bramty as long as Katherine could call the cops on him.

Mounting their bikes he and Tig quickly headed back to the clubhouse where everyone was quietly waiting still in shock over the fact Happy fucking Lowman had a kid.

Clay was quick to stand and greet them, "Did you boys manage to calm the kids mother?" they both nodded, they'd told everyone Happy sent them to check up on Katherine so the bitch didn't call the cops about the kidnapping.

"Yeah man... she's not gonna come around here again" Kozik nodded at his president who returned the gesture. Kozik was sure that after the confrontation with Happy when they had realised Bramty was missing, that Katherine wouldn't come here again.

Kozik followed as Tig continued up the stairs towards the dorm rooms where they knew Happy was waiting. Knocking on the door, Happy was quick to open it and let them in. Kozik spotted Bramty laying on the bed, freshly showered and curiously watching their every move as they shuffled into the dorm room.

Kozik looked to Happy and handed over the papers from the court house, they'd managed to backdate it all a year so it looked like Happy has been Bramty's legal father for a year already.

"Changed her last name?" Happy asked smiling slightly as the killer skimmed over the documents.

Kozik nodded, "Yeah. shit. I hope that's okay brother"

Happy nodded looking up at them both, "I fucking owe you guys big time for this. Thank you"

"Shit Hap, you don't owe me shit" Tig argued back looking between Happy and the little girl, "If it were me there's no way I'd send her back either"

"What's the story we're telling here?" Happy asked moving further into the room to sit own on the edge of his bed.

"Your her biological father but her mother didn't put you on the birth certificate and you made it official one year ago with the courts just in case something happened to you... had to make it legal" Kozik shrugged, "Tell whatever you want about how long you've known her but I wouldn't mention how you actually met"

Happy nodded looking over at the Bramty who crawled up into the killers lap and rested her head on his shoulder. Kozik watched in slight amazement at how comfortable his brother was with a kid and judging by Tig's face he was just as shocked.

Happy Lowman was THE LAST brother he'd expected to be good with a kid.

Happy nodded, "Bramty?" the girl looked up at him and nodded, "You understand what he said?"

"Yeah Daddy" she giggled at Happy who rolled his eyes but smirked at the girl. "I get to live here!" she cheered

"Yeah baby girl, you do" Happy agreed "But we gotta go over the story here, okay? I need to be saying the same shit as you"

The raven haired girl nodded sitting up on Hap's lap, "You fucked Katherine and knocked her up-" Happy pulled the end of her hair, not hard just playfully and frowned at Bramty.

"Don't cuss"

The girl rolled her eyes and FUCKING smirked! "You, had sex with Katherine and got her pregnant"

Happy grunted, "Why you gotta play like that?" Happy shook his head but was smiling nonetheless. "They don't need you to explain that to them"

"I know but your funny when your annoyed" the girl giggled, "Okay. Your my dad and Katherine didn't like you so she didn't put your name on my birth certificate which means, legally, you weren't my dad and so one year ago you went and fixed it. Now I'm here and I'm going to live with you"

"Good. Now there's rules about living around the club but I'll explain that later just don't talk to any one if they don't talk to you first and you gotta answer Clay's questions, okay?"

"Okay daddy"

Tig chuckled and they all looked over to the SAA who grinned, "Ready to meet your new family?"

The Clubhouse was silent as all the patched members sat in silence having thrown anyone who wasn't family out for the day. Happy walked next to Bramty with Tig and Kozik trailing behind them as they all made their way down the stairs to meet everyone else.

Clay nodded at Happy when they walked into the room and everyone turned their attentions to Bramty who was by Happy's side. He kept his face blank but inwardly smirked at how confident and comfortable Bramty was around his brothers, his baby girl wasn't bothered by their staring.

Tig cleared his throat, "Right well. Figured we'd introduce ourselves before we start with any kind of questions" the SAA said to Clay who nodded in agreement.

" 'ello there little lassie" Chibs was the first to walk over to Bramty and Happy scooped his baby girl up so she could be eye level with his Scottish brother, " 'M names Chibs"

Bramty smiled unaffected by Chibs biker appearance that some, especially kids, found intimidating. "I'm Bramty" Chibs easily returned the smile after recovering quickly from the slight surprise of her easy acceptance of him.

"Hey there sweetie I'm Bobby" Bobby their treasury officer smiled at Bramty from his seat at the bar and Bramty smiled back at the curly haired Elvis impersonator.

"Nice to meet you darlin' I'm Jax" The VP spoke up giving the girl the blondes signature grin which Bramty returned. "This is Opie" Jax pointed out to the taller man and Opie winked at Bramty.

"I'm Juice" Juice piped up before Jax could introduce the kid and Happy gave a scowl in return but Bramty shrugged and gave Juice a smile ignoring the kids ADD and overly excited introduction.

"Bramty this is Clay" Happy rasped and Clay gave Bramty a small smile and a nod in greeting. "You're gonna tell Clay what happened"

Bramty nodded and squirmed so that he would put her down which he did and watched with a smile as she took a seat on one of the chairs ready to answer Clay's questions. "Daddy can I have candy?" she asked suddenly and the men around them laughed loudly.

Happy turned to Juice raised his brows at his increasingly nervous brother, the kid was scared shitless of him. "Candy for the kid. NOW" Juice nodded jerking his head up and down and scrambled off to find candy.

Bramty beamed a smile Happy's way and he rolled his eyes.

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Clay stared at this little girl in sitting in front of him amazed that she was the killers daughter. Of all the guys around here he never would have thought Happy fucking Lowman would be the one to get a bitch knocked up.

He understood why Happy had chosen to keep the kid a secret after Happy explained that he didn't introduce the kid to the club earlier because he wasn't in Charming often and having her anyway associated with him would be dangerous. Apparently Happy hadn't known about her for years either but it didn't matter cause he loved the kid.

Clay sighed and sat down in a chair across from Bramty so he hopefully wouldn't make her feel more uncomfortable with the questions he had to ask. Though if she wasn't scared of Happy he didn't think she'd be scared of him. Especially after seeing her reactions to the men who took her, not once did she cry and instead of admitting what she knew she'd fought back and lied to protect her dad - that was Lowman blood all right!

"What's your name kid?"

Her bright green eyes met his as she answered making him feel a little uncomfortable under her gaze. "Bramty Lowman"

Clay nodded, "Who's your mom?"

"My moms Katherine Santiago" her little legs swung back and forth under the chair that was too high for her to reach the floor.

"How old are you, Bramty?"

"I'm 8 years old" she smiled at him and took the bag of lollypop's that Happy had sent Juice out to get for her a few minutes ago.

Clay chuckled as he watched her face light up in excitement as she took the bag from Juice and opened it searching for a flavour she wanted. "How did the men take you from school?"

Her little green eyes widened as she looked up at him and he wondered if she was more traumatised than Happy had said she was. She looked at Happy and then back at him before sliding off the chair and walking over to his ear cupping her hands around the side of his face and whispering, "I don't like my teacher and I was walking around the school so I wouldn't have to listen to that bitch keep talking... I was supposed to be in class but I didn't listen to the rules"

Clay nodded when she pulled away and went back to sit down on her chair. He tried to not laugh as she eyed Happy who was watching her with narrowed eyes but Clay couldn't help a small chuckle as he shook his head.

The guys in the room all raised their brows wondering what the girl had told him, "Wagging school already, Hap's she's gonna give you hell old man" Clay smirked at the killer who rolled his eyes.

"Fuck me" Happy grunted and grabbed a beer with a huff making a few of them laugh.

Clay turned back to Bramty who pulled out a blue lollypop triumphantly and started unwrapping it. "What happened then?" he asked

She didn't look up as she bit her lip struggling to open the fucking candy as she answered, "The two men tried to catch me but I got away. I didn't see the other man around the corner and he got me. They had black masks on their faces and they had gloves on"

Clay nodded and was surprised when she continued without prompting, "They carried me to a red car... I don't know but I think it was one of those sedan ones... I think" she paused and frowned before nodding as if she'd just decided that what she said was right.

"You like cars?" he asked

"Nu-uh, I don't like red sedans anymore" she shook her head at him making those pigtails swish back and forth.

Clay nodded because what the hell else was he supposed to do?

Bramty didn't wait for him to ask another question before answering still struggling to open the candy wrapper, "They had a black...I don't know what it was, but they put like a bag or something over my head until we got to the building. I saw only a few men that were already inside the room and they all had masks on"

Happy sighed and crouched beside his kid and she reached into his Kutte pulling out his pocked knife. "What happened before they set that camera up? the first day they had you" Happy rasped shaking his head with a smirk as the girl used Happy's pocket knife to cut the wrapper off the lollypop she'd been struggling to open for the past 10 minutes!

Bramty shrugged, "The first day they didn't do anything. They asked me my name and how old I was and then left the room. The first time they actually asked me for information was when they walked in with the big camera"

Clay nodded, they'd seen what happened to her when the camera had turned on which meant he only needed to know what happened after... although from what Tara had called and told Jax before her pregnancy tears made her cry so hard they couldn't understand her - the girl had been assaulted badly.

"What happened after they turned the camera off, Bramty?" Clay asked ignoring the glares being sent his way from Happy, Tig and Kozik.

Bramty played with the ends of her hair and didn't look up at him before she gave a big sigh and took the lollypop out of her mouth. Her green eyes met his, "They didn't ask me any more questions when they took me out of the room from the camera"

"Can you tell us what happened afte-"

Bramty cut him off by turning to her father and lifting up the skirt Tara had got her from the hospital gift shop. Bramty showed her father the bandages on her legs from where the bastards had stabbed her, "Daddy my leg hurts"

Happy nodded and crouched back down letting out a sigh when Bramty hooked her arms around his neck wanting to be held. Clay knew this was her not wanting to talk about it and so he didn't push any further, she'd told him that they didn't ask questions after the camera was off and from what they had heard it seemed the men no longer believed she knew anything about the club.

The girl smiled at Tig and Kozik when her father picked her up and from what Clay could tell he wasn't the only one surprised she wasn't in tears by now like they'd expected from a child her age.

Only Happy Loman's 8 year old get's kidnapped, stabbed a few times in the legs, assaulted and then hours later acts like it never fucking happened!

"When I went to the chemist one time the girl at the counter gave me colourful band-aids and they were so much cooler" Bramty pouted and a few of the guys cracked smiles at that.

"Anyway, Hap we should talk about what you want to do now brother... I don't know what you and her mother want to do-" Clay started

Happy cut him off, "I want her to stay with me... stay here in my dorm where I know she'll be safe for now at least"

Clay looked at the other patched members in the room, everyone nodding in agreement. It made sense to have the girl here where nobody would fuck with her and she could also be around her father. As long as no other members had a problem with it then neither did he.

"Alright brother, talk to Gem or Tara, hell even Donna will help you make sure she the girl has the shit she needs" Clay patted the killah on the back giving a friendly smile to the girl before walking off in search of his wife.

The past few days had been fucking crazy!

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