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"Live and in the flesh," Sunshine smirked at Jax, crossing her arms beneath her bust before shrugging her shoulders slightly. "I just want to talk. I'm here on business." She dropped her arms before fishing her credentials out of her bag. "Assistant District Attorney and blah blah blah."

"What are you doing here?" Jax looked at the brunette carefully, taking in her appearance from head to toe. She still looked the same as she did they day she fled the town but somehow she looked more mature, curvier and even more hardened towards him. "I don't know what you'd want with me."

"I talked to your wife…" She let the statement permeate the air for a few seconds before irking an eyebrow at the man. "She seems to think she's going to get set free and escape any consequences. I offered a deal and I want her to take it. Tell her to take it."

"What's the deal?" He nodded his head slowly. "And why are you even talking to Tara huh?"

"Well, my boss, she asked me to do all of the grunt work. I just had to see for myself first hand what Tara was up to once I got a list of names. Boy oh boy was I shocked to see that she's locked up on a murder charge." Sunshine chuckled. "Even more shocked to see that you have two kids by two different women. I can't wait to see what Wendy has to say for herself when I stop off to visit her."

"What is the deal?" Jax stepped closer to the brunette. "I can't tell her to take it if I don't know what it is."

"She knows what it is." She shrugged her shoulders as she stood to her full height and scanned the forming audience. "I just want to let you know that I'm in town and I've got eyes on you." She circled her finger through the air and smirked. "We'll be in touch Mr. Teller."

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"Fancy meeting you here," Sunshine smirked as she watched Happy slide into the booth. "I had to stop in before I left back for home. See if my usual is still just as amazing as I remember or if it's just a greasy mess and I just ate anything when I was seventeen." She tucked her hair behind her ears. "You want anything? She hasn't taken my order just yet."

"I'll take whatever you're having." Happy eyed the brunette carefully before shaking his head slowly. "You have the guys in a panic. Trying to figure out why you're watching us and what kicks you're getting from it."

She laughed and shrugged her shoulders. "Look, I'm just here doing my job. I'm handling what tasks were set out for me. I am honestly just getting a kick out of seeing what shit Jax, Tara and Wendy have gotten themselves into. You know, Wendy stayed with me for about two years before she decided to run back home to Charming. She was doing amazing, taking classes, working and most importantly she was clean. Then one day she had enough and here we are. She had a kid with my exboyfriend and now she's doing well again but damn, her history is bad."

"Not everyone can get out of Charming and stay out of here." He shrugged. "I'm glad that you stayed gone though. Happy that I didn't have to kick your bony ass out of here."

"Whatever." She waved him off before taking a sip of her water. "You know that I am going to be sorry for anything that happens as a result of this mess. I know you're not going to get the hell out of here but damn, you're still my friend. Even if I forced you to be my friend because I like that you listen and don't talk much."

"We haven't talked in almost two decades but you're still forcing me to be your friend!?" He feigned annoyance and rolled his eyes. "Nah, nah, nah little girl. It doesn't work that way. What if I don't wanna be friends with you, huh?"

She laughed and nodded her head eagerly. "What!? You're a goofball… I cannot believe this, not at all." She shook her head slowly as she acknowledged the waitress. "Double bacon cheeseburger, fries, and a vanilla shake. He'll have the same. Please, and thank you."

"I remember when you were one too. I once watched you do cartwheels around the whole clubhouse before you fell out and got sick and Opie had to carry you to your truck." He shrugged. "You've come a long way."

"Still that girl just not when I'm in my big girl suits. When I put these on, I'm Sunny Vellenueva, ADA, I'm not Sunny." She sighed as she smiled. "Then when I get into my jeans, then I'm Sunny and the fun can commence. I just want to be all business and what not but right now, I'm off and I wanna enjoy this food before I go and surprise my aunt. She's not off for another two hours but I wanna surprise her. She has no idea."

"Your aunt's been doing good. I see her all of the time, she always tells me what you're up to." Happy shrugged as he placed a toothpick between his lips. "You tell her we were friends or what?"

"Mother's intuition." She twisted her rings around her finger and smiled. "I haven't talked to my mom since I left for college. I just know she got married to the new guy and they had kids, four of them. So I have younger siblings. It's whatever, she didn't even come to my wedding or worse yet, she didn't go to any of my graduations."

"When's the divorce finalized" He steadied her fingers. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not a talker, I just see that you've got a lot on your mind."

"He doesn't want to sign the papers." Sunny shook her head slowly. "He's stalling and it's annoying and I hate it. Never marry another attorney. You'd think I wouldn't have gotten married but we were together for like five years and we were in love and it was right, it felt so right but now I'm trying to pinpoint the first sign of trouble and I can't seem to figure out where shit went wrong… That's the most annoying part."

"Has to be a reason that he doesn't wanna sign them. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be intrusive and shit but since you pretty much told me your whole life story the first time we met…" He smirked at her as he watched the plates of food be set down on the table out of the corner of his eye. "What's the big deal?"

"Prenuptial agreement." She chuckled as she grabbed the ketchup and started to drizzle it over the fries. "Has a whole adultery clause in it. Neither of us is supposed to partake in adulterous activities and if we do, we are in a lot of trouble. Him, he's a trust fund kid, he comes from money, old and new. We didn't even make it a year before he cheated, we made it eleven months, three weeks and six days." She scoffed and shrugged. "He doesn't wanna pay up and he doesn't want to split anything and he's being a child and I want to just settle it and say that I won't take a damn thing but then my more stubborn part is saying to make him pay because that's the only way he's gonna hurt. Plus, school was expensive, I could use the money to pay off loans and keep my paycheck for buying a home."

"So it's true." Gemma tapped her nails on the table, effectively grabbing Sunshine's attention. "You're really back in Charming."

"On business." Sunshine nodded slowly. "And before you even start in on this, I'm off for the day. I'm getting food and I ran into Happy. Wanna sit and join us? I will share some of my fries with you and everything Gemma."

"No, no. Juice and I are here, picking up our order for the guys." She gestured to Juice. "Copping out on dinner tonight."

"Juice." She looked at the man with the mohawk and smiled. "Weird name and cool haircut and tattoos. I'm Sunshine but most people call me Sunny."

"Sunshine, what a weird name." Juice shook his head and smirked. "Mohawk was a sober choice, tattoos were a drunken one."

"Oh, here I was thinking it was the other way around." Sunny shrugged. "Silly me, nonetheless it's a pleasure meeting you. Who would've thought there was another attractive Son. I was thinking Happy was all the club had to offer but here you are."

Juice chuckled and nodded eagerly. "Everyone always thinks Jax is the good looking one. Never me. This is cool."

"Juice, go grab the food and meet me at the car." Gemma shook her head slowly, watching him walk away before turning her gaze onto the brunette. "You've probably made his year by saying that but keep your distance. Don't need you messing with Juice."

"Oh, I had no intentions of messing with him." Sunny shook her head slowly, as she looked slightly up at the older woman. "You sent him away before I could launch into my history with Jax. Who is looking a bit beat for his age? I guess it's not easy being King after all is it?"

"I've got my eye on you." Gemma nodded. "Enjoy that food."

SOA

"Vellenueva." Sunshine held up her badge, eagerly awaiting to be admitted into the attorney room. It was another day and another chance to ruffle Tara's feathers. Get her to save innocent children and to stop being foolish. "Here for Knowles, I know her attorney is already in the room with her. I just know it."

"Let her through." Tyne Patterson ushered the brunette past the guards and shook her head. "Sometimes you cannot be polite with these people."

"I'm learning that now." She nodded slowly as she tried her best to stay at pace with the shorter woman. "You walk really fast for someone so short."

"Not all of us can have long legs and look like a model." Tyne chuckled as she opened the chamber door. "Go on, I want to see you in action. I want to see what all the rave is about with you."

"No pressure whatsoever." Sunny rubbed her palms on her jeans and shrugged. "I thought I'd keep it casual, seem less intimidating. Gotta keep something for the courtroom. I did some digging last night and I've uncovered a whole lot." She moved into the room and dropped the thick folder onto the metal table and smiled. "Boy oh boy, have we got a lot to talk about today Mrs. Teller."

"First of all, I want to know why both the DA and ADA are in here working this case?" Lowen looked at the brunette. "Also, is anyone going to take into account that they have a history together?"

"Decades ago and I wouldn't call it history, we barely interacted with one another." Sunny opened the folder, slowly beginning to lay out picture after picture before she ran out. "I did some digging last night. I wanted to prove that you volunteered at the prison solely because you thought you were being a good old lady, going to help your husband get his club clear of a RICO case that was pending at the time. One that magically vanished once Otto did this." She tapped on the pictures. "Jamming a crucifix into a nurse's neck. Now, we both know that you aren't a dumb woman Tara. Commonsense would have you know that bringing in an unauthorized item to an inmate is illegal, not only is it illegal but it endangers you, the inmate and anyone around said inmate. Now, I wanted so very badly to give you the benefit of the doubt. I wanted to come in here and say, well she didn't know any better but then something struck me as surprising." She set down a slip of paper. "You willingly and openly neglected to mention to the prison that you were married, that you were married to a felon who happens to be the president of the club that Otto Delaney is or was a member of…"

"Hold on, this is not an interrogation and you're not prosecuting my client right now." Lowen shook her head. "Like I said before she didn't know what she was doing was wrong."

"Oh, she knew." Sunny nodded her head slowly. "You can see the guilt written all over her face. She knew what she was doing and she knew it was wrong but she continued to do it anyways because she wanted to help her husband and his club. She didn't think she'd get caught up, she didn't think she'd ever end up in this position but when you play with fire you get burned."

"If you continue with this, this meeting can be over." The older woman nodded. "Back it down."

"All I'm saying is that an innocent woman lost her life." She shrugged as she took a seat. "I don't think it's fair that her murder will go without any justice. She went into work, she never thought she would be hurt and I think that's so damn sad." She tapped on the pictures. "Take that in, all of the blood. I bet you can still smell it and I bet you replay that day over and over and over when you're in that hard ass bunk, trying to fall asleep at night. I'm here to bring forth justice and I think she should take my deal. Relocation of the children, under witsec and they'll never know that their mom was an accomplice to murder and that their father is a monster."

"You're going to let her go off on a tangent?" Lowen looked at Tyne Patterson. "This isn't the trial and this isn't the courtroom."

"I think she's doing what she does best." Tyne nodded slowly. "She didn't rise up the ranks this fast because she is bad at her job. She rose up the ranks because she's the best at what she does. I think she's barking up the right tree. We're getting out of here but you know my deal as well Mrs. Teller. It's not as harsh as Miss Vellenueva's but nonetheless, it'll protect your boys."

"I'm not a snitch, I'm not a rat. I'm not turning on my husband, the father of my children." Tara looked at the women. "I'll take my chances."

"Oh, too bad." Sunshine started piling up all of the pictures. "Should've taken the deal. I don't plan on extending another offer. Hopefully, Patterson will entertain you in the future when you're panicked and don't know what else to do as your life crashes down around you. I'll be seeing you in court."

"The good cop, bad cop routine is working," Patterson whispered as they walked out of the room. "You did good in there, I was worried that you wouldn't be able to separate yourself from the past you had with her."

"I'm a professional." She smiled. "I'm good with separating personal and business. Plus, all of that was decades ago and doesn't even matter now. I am however going to still declare it, that we went to highschool together to the judge, I know Lowen will try to play that card and get me removed but I want this case. This is a career making case, just as the Sons of Anarchy is a career making case for you."

"Keep it that way, let the facts of the case lead you." Tyne smiled at they got into the SUV. "Miss Vellenueva, this is going to make both of our careers. Eyes on the prize. We want justice and evil removed from this state. We're so close, so we must stay focused."

OMG! thank you for the amazing feedback on the first chapter. The first chapter is always the hardest for me but I'm glad you're enjoying the story so far. I hope I didn't disappoint with this chapter because I really liked it when I read it over.