Chapter 3
Bella POV
When we walked back into the bar room, everyone was staring at us. Hap looked down at me and nodded. "I want you to go with Gemma to the hospital, okay?" Hap said to me. I wanted to protest, but he shook his head.
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, okay." I said.
"Okay that's settled. You lot, church now." Clay said ushering the guys into chapel.
Hap leaned down and kissed my cheek. I stood beside my mom and watched Happy walk to the chapel. "Come on baby girl, let's go get you checked out." Ma said.
I nodded. "Yeah okay." I said as Ma led me out of the clubhouse and helped me climb into her caddy.
Happy POV
I hated to leave Bella so soon after she got home but I needed to sit down with Clay and the guys and figure out where to go from here. I needed to find out how Clay wanted to handle this. When we walked into the chapel, we all took our seats. "Now, I'm not going to get into the fact that you inked my step-daughter without even telling me that you were with her. At this point it doesn't really matter. What matters now is how we deal with the fucker that hurt her." Clay said, and I nodded.
"I say we bury him." Jax said. "No body and I mean no body hurts my sister."
"Agreed." I said.
"So how do we handle it?" Tig asked.
"I say we reach out to Tacoma and see if they can track this guy and his friends down. Get the scoop on them." I said.
"That might could work. Have Tacoma do the investigative work." Clay said. I nodded. "It's definitely an idea. I'll reach out. Till then…" Clay said glaring at me. "You keep her safe." Clay says to me.
"Promise." I said. Clay bangs his gavel ending church. Everyone gets up and starts to leave. I don't move from my chair and neither does Clay.
"Close the door." Clay says as Jax is about to walk out. Jax nods, closing the door behind him. "You should have told me." Clay says.
"I know, and we wanted to. Bells thought that if we did that you might change your mind about sending her away. She knew that you were sending her away for her protection." I tell him. "I'm starting to think now that we should have just sent her to Tacoma. Kozik would have kept an eye on her."
"Your right about that." Clay says. Clay lets out a sigh and rubs his hand across his face. "What's done is done. There's no changing that. All we can do now is make sure that they pay for what they did to her." I nodded. "Go on get outta here. I'm sure you wanna go check on her."
"Thanks." I said getting up from the reaper table and making my way outside.
When I get out to the parking lot, Jax is sitting on his bike. "You ready to roll out?" He asked me.
"Yeah. One thing first. We good?" I asked him.
"As long as you protect my sister and don't hurt her… we're good." Jax says.
Bella POV
When we got to the hospital, Ma got me signed in and then she walked with me back to the room that they stuck me in. The nurse handed me a hospital gown and told me to put it on. She stepped outside while I changed. I looked at my mom and saw that she was frowning. "You okay, Ma?" I asked her.
"Yeah, I just hate that somebody hurt you baby that's all." Ma said. She helped me climb into the hospital bed. "Are you happy?" She asked me and I looked at her confused. "With Happy I mean."
I nod. "Yeah, Ma. I mean we've been apart for a year. But before I left, we were really happy." I told her.
Ma nodded. "We just gotta get you healed." Ma said with a small smile.
"Hey Ma," I said, causing her to cock her head at me, "I want to say thanks for not completely ripping my head off about not telling you about me and Hap."
Ma sat on the edge of the bed and puts her hand on my knee, "Baby, I wouldn't be able to stop you even if I tried. Your just like your dad and Jax. When you set your mind to something, there's no stopping you."
"Damn straight." I said. After about ten minutes a nurse came in to tell me that they were taking me for x-rays so that they could see how bad my ribs were.
Happy POV
When Jax and I got to the hospital, we went in search of Bella's room. When we found the room, the only person we found was Gemma. "They took her for x-rays." Gemma said and we both nodded. Jax and I sat in the chairs on the other side of the room and waited for Bells to come back.
We sat there for about 20 minutes before they came back. When they came in, Gemma helped Bells back into bed. "The doctor should be in shortly. I'm gonna go see if I can rush your labs." The nurse told Bells walking out. Jax followed her.
Gemma walked over and kissed the top of Bells' head. "I'm gonna go call Clay and give him an update and get some coffee." Gemma said walking out, shutting the door behind her.
I walked over and sat on the edge of the bed so that Bells could curl into my side. "I missed you." Bells said.
"I missed you too. I wished that you would have called me when the stalking started. I would have been there." I told her.
She entwined our fingers. "I know, but I knew that you were handling shit down here and that you needed to be available for the club." She said.
I kissed the top of her head. She was a true old lady…putting the club first. "I get that, and I appreciate it…but it's my job to protect you." I tell her.
"I'll be fine once my ribs heal and I can get in the ring and work off this tension." Bells said.
I couldn't help but smile. "That's my girl." I said. She tilted her head up and I leaned mine down and kissed her.
We sat like this for about another ten minutes when the doctor came in. "What's the verdict, doc?" Bells asked.
Bella POV
"Well, you have two fractured ribs and a broken one. There's not much that we can do for that. On another note, your mother mentioned that you were raped, is that correct?" The doctor asked. At the mention of rape, I felt Hap tense beside me.
"Yeah that's right." I said.
"Okay well, we're going to need to do a rape kit and start you on a course of antibiotics as a precaution."
"Do you think that she needs the antibiotics?" Hap asked. I knew that he was just as worried.
"It's hard to tell. Any time we have a rape victim we always prescribe a course of antibiotics just in case." The doctor says and I nod. "So I'll just send the nurse back in to do the rape kit while I get your prescription and discharge papers ready. Are you in any pain?"
"Yes." I said.
"Okay, I'll also write you a prescription for some pain meds as well." The doctor said as he headed towards the door.
"Thank you." I said as the doctor walked out and closed the door behind him.
"I'm gonna go find Gemma." Hap said and I nodded.
Jax POV
I was still having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that somebody had hurt my sister. I was sitting in the waiting room waiting on everyone when I saw Hap walk in. "How's she doing?" I asked him.
He sat down beside me and ran his hand over his face. "Okay, considering. Doc's ordering a rape kit. He's putting her on antibiotics and pain meds." Hap said. Damn. "Why would someone want to hurt her? Bells is one of the sweetest girls around."
I shook my head. "I don't know man. I promise you though, we're gonna make him pay." I told him. Bells was my sister and I would protect her with my life just like I would anyone, but now it was Hap's job to protect her.
"I shouldn't have let her go up there. I should've made sure that Tacoma was looking after her." Hap said.
"There's no way that you could have known that this was going to happen." I said.
"I know. Your right. I just feel like if she had been at Tacoma that this wouldn't have happened." Hap said.
I put my hand on his shoulder. "We're gonna make this right." I said and he nodded.
Half an hour later, Ma, and Bells came walking into the waiting room. "We can go now." Bells said.
"Let's head back. Clay sent the prospects to get pizza and beer." Ma said and I nodded.
I walked over to Bells and pulled her into a hug. "I'm okay, Jackson." She said.
I pulled back. "I know. I don't want to think about if you weren't." I said.
"It's all healing at this point." Bells said. "That and the fact that I really wanna kick the crap out of someone." She said with a smile.
I couldn't help but laugh. "That's the Bells that we all know and love." I said to my sister.
Bella POV
When we got back to the clubhouse, Hap and I stayed outside for a minute before going in. "You okay?" He asked me.
"I am. I just wanted a minute with you before going in." I said wrapping my arms around his waist. I leaned up and kissed him.
"Well, I'm all yours." He said, when I pulled back.
"I know that you're planning something." I said. "And when you find him…I want a shot."
Hap raised an eyebrow at me. "Bells, I love the fact that your just as crazy as I am, but I'm not letting him back near you." Hap said.
"Hap, he hurt me. He and his backwater family hurt me. Don't you think that I deserve that closure?" I asked him.
"She's right you know." Hap and I turned and saw Clay leaning against the building. Hap glared at him. "Hear me out. You taught Bells to fight, you taught her how to shoot. In a crazy way, you've turned her into the female you. If it was any of us, we would serve our own justice and she knows that. She just wants the chance to find her own closure." Clay said.
Hap looked down at me. "I'll think about it." Hap said. "I need a drink." He said walking into the clubhouse.
I walked over and hugged Clay. "Thanks." I said.
"Your welcome pumpkin. This is hurting him as much as it is you. I can see it in his eyes."
"I know. I'm just ready for it to go away." I said to Clay.
"Give it time. Does he know?" Clay asked me. I looked at him confused. "About the time you spent with Alexis."
"How did you?" I asked.
"She called when she'd heard that you left Forks." Clay said.
"I haven't told him yet. Alexis wants to handle this internally just as I'm sure you do." I said.
"I do. Alexis and her crew will be here in 2 days. You need to tell him." Clay said.
"I will."
