"We can talk and walk, just be normal. Nothing out of the ordinary is happening right now." Sunshine smiled as she glanced at Juice. "Two people just walking down main street, having a casual conversation and a cup of coffee." She placed a cup in his hand and nodded. "I want to help you get out of the mess Eli put you in. Nope, I'm not asking you for a favor, I am simply wanting to get you safe and into a better position."

"I don't need your help, the last time I worked with the law, it fucked me over." Juice shook his head as he dropped the cup into the first trash can they came upon. "I don't want a favor or any handouts. I want you to keep your distance."

She stopped walking, glancing around before shrugging her shoulders. "I want you to make it out of this mess alive, don't ask me why either. We barely know each other but I just want to help you survive this shit you were placed in…"

He looked back at her and shook his head again. "I don't want anything from you, I don't want to owe anyone anything. You're out to bring down my club, bring down my family, why should I trust you?"

"Ha," She covered her mouth at the realization of the inappropriate tone she had. "I'm not after your precious little club. I'm after Tara, everyone else is after your club and guess what? Happy, he trusts me enough to be my friend and be seen out in public with me. Affiliating with me, it won't tarnish your reputation, not unless you already have a sketchy one."

"I don't want a damn thing from you, alright?" He looked around before pulling his hood up. "Keep your distance, I don't want any trouble."

She nodded slowly. "Okay, sorry to have bugged you… It won't happen again." She watched him walk off before turning around and starting to walk back towards her car. "That man is scared."

"He has every right to be scared." Jackson walked out of the shadows. "I really don't appreciate you still hanging around Charming, getting you in trouble for harassment wasn't enough to get you to stop?"

"The fight for justice never stops." She shook her head as she looked at the man and smiled. "You should know that. I'm sure you're not as dumb as you look. You've always been a smart man, so I'm just waiting for you to offer up some deal that will save your wife, yourself and your club and screw over the law. I have one thing on DA Patterson, I grew up with you, I know you and I know you're smarter than every single person gives you credit for. You're going to fuck her over but I'll be right there to pick up the pieces and put you in jail. That's my sole mission. Tara is low on my priority list but she's still on that list nonetheless."

"You have no idea what you're messing with." he shook his head slowly. "You've been out of Charming for over a decade. You don't know how things work around here, the police don't run this town, the MC runs this town."

"It's the same as it's always been then." She looked at him. "I'm not afraid of you Jackson, I'll never be afraid of you. I hope you know that. I'm always going to do my job, may I say I do a damn good job at it too. I've never lost a single case, not even when I was assisting back in college. I'm 100-0."

"You're going to lose this one, Tara is innocent." He nodded. "She didn't know anything that she was doing was wrong."

She rolled her eyes. "I have hours of video footage of them together…" She shrugged her shoulders. "We're not going to stand here and do some back and forth bullshit because it's pointless for us to do so. I have a case to work on. Let's see, congratulations, I'm now working on this KG-9 case. So, excuse me, I have some Irishmen to track down."

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"Finally, off work and ready to have a beer and relax." Sunshine kicked off her shoes before dropping onto the sofa. "Are you really watching cartoons right now?"

"Yeah." Happy nodded slowly. "It's a good cartoon, not like these new cartoons, this is old school, quality content."

"How was your day? Do anything fun?" She looked over at him. "Might as well have conversations since we are pretty much roommates."

"It was alright, ain't anything fun happen." He shook his head. "I did have fun riding my Dyna though. Gave her a new paint job too." He flashed her a brief smile. "How was your day?"

"It was good, I ruffled some feathers, annoyed some people. So, I basically did my job." She smiled and shrugged. "I was thinking about something though, can I run this theory by you or do you want me to check my work at the door?"

"Your place." He shrugged. "Go on, start your blabbing."

She chuckled and nodded slowly, pulling her long legs onto the sofa before settling back. "This is my first huge case, well, cases. I have this theory that I'm being set up to fail because I know how this is going to play out. We'll be left holding the bag and nothing will have come of the hard work we put into this shit. I've known Jax, still know Jax and I know if he even gets backed into a corner, he'll try to make a deal to save his family, his club and himself. I know that deal won't do shit for us at all. So, I'm contemplating quitting while I'm ahead. I do not want to take a loss and I do not want to be played by some outlaw with nothing going for him but charm."

"I mean, didn't they put you on the case because of your credentials? Maybe you're the one to win it." He shrugged again. "You know the target the best and maybe they think you can see through the shit."

"Yeah but it's so annoying!" She grumbled, dropping her face to the pillow and shaking her head frantically. "It's so much work. Sifting through all of the shit that's ever been dug up. There's so many rico cases and there's so much corruptions. It just blows my mind that you all aren't dead already. Cartel, dead Russians, pissed off Irish men, really pissed off fed… It's just so much shit."

"Anything worth having ain't easy, pretty girl." he smiled at her. "Also, stop telling me shit. I could've done with just knowing it was a lot of work and nothing after that. The less you tell me, the less I know and the less shit I'll get from the guys, even tho none of them mess with me. I think they might be terrified of me or something."

"Oh yeah? Is that what you think?" She chuckled. "You're terrifying, I was afraid of you the first time we crossed paths then I got over it and wanted to be your friend."

"Because you're thick." He shook his head. "I told you to get out and stay out, look at you now, all in it." He rolled his eyes. "I would tell you to run for the hills but that'd be a waste and I know you want to see this through just be careful. You are going to piss off a lot of people and I'd hate to see you die at your prime."

"Lord, that was so romantic." Sunshine laughed as she turned her head at the sound of the doorbell. "You expecting anyone?"

"Why would I invite anyone over to your house?" he shook his head slowly as he stood up and moved to the door, peeking out the peephole. "It's some dude, you want me to open it?"

"Depends, does he look like he's here to kill me or no?" She stood up and moved towards the entryway and pulling the door open. "Oh, it's my hopefully soon to be ex-husband. Hopefully he's here to drop off some signed divorce papers. Happy this is Joseph, Joseph this is Happy. I know him from when I was in high school, he's here to keep me company and visit. What brings you here?"

"That's good." Joseph walked into the house and shut the door behind him. "Are you really working on the Sons of Anarchy gun case? I need to get on that too. I've been itching for something huge and this could be good for me. You know I'm running for Mayor and having a win like that? That would seal the deal for me."

"Oh my, I'm good, thank you for asking." She shook her head slowly. "He's a lawyer too, not as good as me but still good he's also a cop, so he's all about justice too…"

Happy shook his head as he looked at the pair. "I'm gonna go outside for a smoke. You two have fun with this."

"Look, you scared my friend away. He doesn't trust cops. Sunshine groaned as she dropped onto the sofa. "Look, I'll make a deal with you. You sign the divorce papers and I'll bring you onto my team. You don't sign the papers and I'll kick you in the balls again and start a opposition campaign so I can be mayor."

"Deal." He pulled out an envelope and passed it to the brunette. "I figured that you'd want it."

"Oh, so you kept it for leverage to get what you wanted?" she shook her head slowly. "I want you to know that I snuck a few extra terms into the divorce. So, thank you for the house, the cars, the settlement and all of the jewelry, even the heirlooms."

"Wait, what?" He reached for the envelope. "I didn't read those terms, I just signed."

"Well, fuck you huh?" She smirked. "You fucked me over and I just happily returned the favor. Thank you for paying off all of the pesky student loans, the mortgage and all of the cars. Man, I didn't know you paid so much for that engagement ring and the wedding set. Look at it like this, you got what you wanted and I got what I wanted. So, we're good to go now. Be at the office on Monday morning. I'm taking the weekend to myself."

SOA

"Jax, how are we going to stop this?" Tara looked at her husband and shook her head slowly. "I don't want to end up in jail and I think Sunny is dead set on having that happen. I cannot be apart from my boys, it'll kill me and I don't want Gemma raising them."

"She's not going to do anything, I have a plan and it'll get her far away from this and from us. I'm not going to let anything happen to you or let you be away from the boys." Jax shook his head. "Tara, we're going to get through this, I'm going to make sure of it. I really am going to make sure of that. Look at me, Tara, I promise you didn't come back to Charming just to end up having your life ripped away by some girl still holding onto a grudge. That's all this is, she isn't going to get far. Lowen is working on it as well."

"You really think she's holding onto a grudge from that many years ago? She's clearly moved on. I had Juice dig up some information on her, she was married, it's ended in divorce, he hasn't signed the papers, so it's not finalized. She's won a lot of cases and she's even managed to work as a Marshal for a year before returning back to law. She's one of the youngest attorneys the state has had that's been this high of a rank, not to mention that she's a woman. You think she'd risk all of that just for some grudge because of what we did in high school?"

"I think women are sometimes crazy and risk a lot just to get back at an ex." He shrugged as he grabbed the file. "I don't know then, we can look at it from all angles but we need to figure out how to get her off our case and especially of of yours Tara. I can't lose you, especially not because of you helping me and the club out."

The brunette nodded her head slowly as she allowed herself to be pulled into a hug. "I'm just worried, I don't want to lose my life and lose out on seeing the boys grow up."

"You won't." He rubbed her back slowly. "I have to run out for a hour or so, I'll be back though, before dinner."

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Jackson took in the surroundings, the large home with the wrought iron fence, keeping the world out while giving glimpses into the wealth that laid on the other side. The shiny black luxury cars and the sports cars. The shiny red pair of sports car that peeked out from the slightly opened garage doors. He moved towards the house, easily lifting himself over the gate and strolling right to the front gate. He pressed the doorbell and waited for an answer impatiently.

"Well, well, well, to what do I owe this surprise visit?" The brunette looked at Jax before crossing her arms over her chest. "Finally decided you needed those therapy sessions after all then? Come on, come lay on my sofa."

He flashed her a brief grin before shaking his head slowly. "No, not here for therapy sessions. I don't want to open that can of worms just yet." He shrugged as he followed her into the first garage. "You went to law school right?"

"Yeah." She nodded. "Before I realized I actually wanted to pursue a different life career, why? Do you need asylum? Who are you running from?"

"I have a hardass ADA on my case." he walked into the house, stopping to toe off his sneakers before following the brunette into the large living room. "I think you have the attitude to go against her and at least shake her up. I hear being a lawyer is more about having a strong personality and just knowing half of what you were taught in school."

"Who told you that shit because it's a lie?" She laughed as she dropped onto the sofa and eyed him carefully. "I don't know, I never put it into practice after college and all of that shit but I guess I can help you. You are going to owe me big time for this. What hardass lawyer is on you?"

"Her name is Sunshine Vellenueva." He dropped a picture on the table. "Don't let the looks fool you, she's a slobbery pitbull, just chomping at the bit to do some major damage to me and my life."

"Ha." She picked up the picture and shook her head. "I'm not going against her, not at all. I went to law school with her. I've seen her argue and win a case based on one piece of evidence and that happened to be the fact that the kid chewed the same brand of gum that was found at the crime scene." She dropped the picture. "I won't win against her."

He rolled his eyes. "Oh, so you won't even take on the challenge?" He nodded his head slowly. "And to think I thought you were a woman who loved a challenge. Emilia Ibarra, wussing out."

"No, no." She shook her head again and sat up straight. "You know what? I'm going to take on this challenge. Not because you called me a wuss either, just because I lost that case against her. I don't even care that it was mock court either, it was still dumb."

"Good." He smirked at her as he relaxed back into the plush pillows of the oversized sofa. "Welcome to the team."

I think I said over on tumblr that Emilia was going to make a comeback and after thinking it over and over, I felt like she would be a good match to go against Sunny or at least try her best. It'll be fun to see those interactions and it'll also be nice to see how far Jackson goes to protect Tara and keep her from losing her life and losing out on seeing Abel and Thomas grow up and hopefully become something other than outlaws.

Sorry for the delay in updates but I appreciate the continued support and let me know your thoughts and predictions. Also, sorry for those who may not like that Emilia is back but she's been revamped, so she's not entire the same OC she was in Foolish Ambiguity, may that story rest in peace wherever it is because I still can't figure out what happened to it.