"We are working through this. We are going to be better than we were yesterday." Sunshine looked at her reflection in the full length mirror and smiled. Taking in the curves that once were nonexistent. She was no longer tall and twig like. She was shapely and she knew that she had to use that to her advantage. "Better."
She stepped into her dark blue dress, moaning softly at the way it hugged her curves tightly. It was sadly the most intimate touch she's had in months. She shook her head, shrugging into her dad's kutte. She was out to make a scene. Let the club know she was anything but afraid of them.
The material was soft, the patches in perfect condition still. First 9. Redwood Original. Sgt at Arms. One she never understood until a conversation with Happy. Her dad was basically the person who handled all of the dirty work. The blood was on his hands.
At the end of the day, her dad was just as bad and just as guilty as the men she wanted to bring down. The men she grew up with, her friends. All criminals and killers. That fact had washed away the last grain of guilt she had felt for wanting to watch the club burn.
She may be a child of a First 9 member but she also knew right from wrong. It was black and white. No gray areas involved. There would never be a justifiable reason behind the acts of terror the club committed. She was going to shut the club down even if she perished in the process.
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"What is she doing here?" Tara watched Sunshine walk into the clubhouse before turning to her husband and shaking her head slowly. "She doesn't give up."
"She doesn't." Jax smirked and shook his head. His blue eyes on the brunette before he looked at Tara. "She's just being immature. She's trying to make some kind of point."
"Yeah, that I'm just as important to this club as you are." Sunshine smiled brightly at the couple. "I assume my invitation was lost in the mail." She grabbed a beer and sighed. "Haven't seen Jury since I was half this height. I was always a favorite among the charters. If I had a dick, I'd be VP right now."
"I don't know." Jax shook his head. "I still think you would've hightailed it out of Charming. Some people just aren't cut out for this lifestyle darlin'."
"Oh honey, you have no idea." She patted his face. "I can adapt to any lifestyle. Now if you'll excuse me. I have some people to get reacquainted with."
"Hold up." Jax followed after Sunny. "Adapt? You've never had to adapt. You got out of Charming, twice. What you have had to adapt to? You weren't stuck with anyone here."
"Why are you following me? Go be a husband." She waved him off. "I can adapt. I have adapted. Marriage, divorce. I can adapt. I can change things up." She stopped at the bar. "Do you have coke? The soda not the drug."
"You came here to prove something." He murmured to her. "No one cares about you. You have no allies here. You're the enemy."
Sunshine nodded slowly and smiled before turning to look him in the eyes. "I'm here to watch you squirm." She tapped her nails on the bartop. "You have your friends. I have mine." She shrugged slightly. "Hmm, I swear I invited some friends here. They should be here any second now."
"San Joaquin Sheriff's Department!" The officers busted in. "Everyone on the ground!"
"There they are." She laughed. "Gotta hate party crashers right? I love this though. I really do." She stepped over Jax and head towards Tara. "Arrest her, she's in violation of her bail."
"What?" Tara gasped as she was roughly pulled up to her feet. "You can't do this."
"Oh but I can." Sunshine grinned. "ADA, I can do what I want. Like revoke a person's bail or what have you. Perks of being a boss." She shrugged. "You should see the dumbass look on your face right now. Pure comedy. I love it. I do."
SOA
"What did you do?" Emilia looked at Sunshine. "You have nearly forty Sons in holding cells. Tara's distraught because she's back in jail!"
"Good morning, I'm great. Thank you for asking." Sunshine shrugged. "I'm kinda in the middle of breakfast. Long night. So many probation and parole violations. Lots of prospects squealing like piglets. It's amazing really."
"Are we cutting a deal?" Emilia slapped the table. Irritation etched into her already angry expression. "Or are you gonna keep flaunting your pull?"
"I dunno." She took a sip of her coffee. "I honestly wanna finish my breakfast. Then I wanna go play with a detective and see if he'll help me out of this dress."
"Sunny!" Emilia growled. "You can't do this!"
"I'm sure I can hold everyone for forty eight hours." She sighed as she stood up. "I'm seriously sexually frustrated. I wanted to fuck Happy but he moved out. Now I gotta find another lay."
"Happy or Juice weren't at the party." She eyed the brunette carefully. "Did you plan that?"
"I'm not stupid." She shook her head. "If they weren't there then that's on them. I'm not into the whole making people look like they're cooperating. I'm also not even talking to anymore people. I'm gonna go home. Crawl into bed and take a nice nap."
"I will get you laid! Reinstate her bond. She can't be back in jail. She has kids. I know you can't relate but you can empathize." Emilia nodded. "Sunny, please?"
"First of all. No. Second of all, hell no. I'm doing my job!" Sunny nodded. "It's my job to put bad guys in jail."
"She's not a bad guy!" She exhaled. "She is a woman in love who did a series of bad things!"
"Hey! That's not my fucking fault! Her life! Her series of shitty choices!" Sunny growled. "Don't guilt me into letting her go free. She aided in an innocent woman's murder. I don't care if she has kids. I will do my job and put her behind bars for years. I will make sure her kids go to a good home. Don't lie and say you believe she's innocent and wasn't consciously aware of what she was doing."
"I am not saying that. Ease up and she may toss you a bone." Emilia sighed. "This is hard. When I agreed to this, I was told she was completely innocent and that I had nothing to worry about but going up against you. I'm trying to have a breakthrough with Tara but it hasn't happened yet. By the way everyone fucking hates you."
"I don't care if they hate me. I'm here to do my job." She shrugged. "Look at that being lied to again."
SOA
"You're out." Emilia sat down. "It took me a bit but she finally budged. I know I said I would have you out in hours but this wasn't so bad."
"I want to make a deal." Tara nodded her head slowly. "I'll work with Patterson, I don't want to work with Sunny. I can't be in jail. I can't be away from my boys. I want to make a deal with her. Witness protection for me and my boys."
"Are you sure?" She nodded slowly, taking out her notebook. "We should outline some terms. So you can go to Patterson and know exactly what you are going to say. I'll make sure Sunny has no part in this at all. Ok? We'll get you and your boys to safety."
"What about you? When Jax finds out, he'll be mad at you." She took the pen and furrowed her brow. "I'm sorry you're in this mess now."
"Trust me, Jackson won't fuck me over. He knows who my father is." Emilia smiled. "Focus on what's best for you and your boys. I'll worry about myself and my daughter."
"Who's your dad?" Tara smiled. "A Son? Mayan?"
She shook her head and chuckled. "Oh no. Neither of those. He's just a really mean man." She shrugged. "He socked Jax in the face the first time they met because he thought Jax broke into my home."
"Is it hard raising a kid on your own?" The older woman sighed. "I'm afraid to do it on my own."
"It's a challenge but it's worth it. Seeing Ava's accomplish all her milestones and knowing that I was the one behind it all. I can take all of the credit. Selfish but amazing." Emilia grinned. "You'll be great at it. Trust me you're basically a single mom now anyway."
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"Lot of guts showing your face in Charming." Gemma looked at Sunny before shaking her head in disgust. "You show up to a clubhouse party, wearing your father's kutte and you disrespect it, him and your club family by having it raided by sheriffs."
Sunny nodded slowly as she looked slightly down at the woman. "Well, I figured I needed to finally stop fucking around and do what I get paid to do." She shrugged lazily. "I don't know though, I'm starting to think that this whole speech about the club being family only applies when you're in debt to the club or you need the club. I am not in debt nor do I need the club." She scoffed. "You can always swing by my office to try to get the kutte back."
"Don't want it back." She shook her head again, crossing her arms over her chest. "Look around you Sunshine, you have nothing going for you. You don't have friends, you don't have any family around. We're all you got when it's all said and done, all you have to do is stop going after Tara. I know that Jax would forgive you."
"I dunno." She examined her nails and nodded. "I'm not even on Tara's case anymore, which means one thing. She's managed to get off with the help of Emilia or she's made a deal with Patterson." She let out a long sigh. "I'm on to a bigger monster now though if you haven't already noticed."
"Tara would never make a deal." Gemma rolled her eyes. "She knows what's good for her."
Sunny nodded her head slowly and smiled. "Well, then maybe I rubbed Emilia the wrong way and she got me kicked off. I don't know but I do know that I'm working on a huge case and I'm going to be so happy when I win." She grabbed her milkshake. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I a job to get to."
Short but needed update. it's setting up for a whole lot of fun. thank you for sticking with me. I know it's a bit slow but it'll pick up. I promise.