Chapter 8
Jax POV
Clay and I were helping Lex get things organized and ready for the trip up to Tacoma. She was in the chapel looking at the intel when I stopped in the doorway. "She's good at what she does." Lex said.
"I believe it. Hap taught her most of what she knows." I said.
Lex turned around and leaned against the table. "She speaks highly of you." Lex said. This surprised me. Don't get me wrong, Bells and I had always gotten along but she was always more of a free-spirit. "She hated not telling you what she was up to in Forks."
"She's my sister, I worry about her." I said.
"That's understandable. I've asked her to be my VP." Lex said, waiting for me to say something.
"You asking for her to get killed? I may not know a lot about your club, but I know what it's like to wear that VP tab. I know the weight that it holds." I said.
Lex looked over at me and smirked. "Bells said that you're a pretty good fighter." She said.
I smirked back. "I can hold my own." I said. I walked closer to her. "What about you?"
She leaned closer to me. "I'm better in the bedroom than I am in a fight, but I can hold my own." She said. She leaned back. "I need a drink." She said walking around me out to the bar room.
Bella POV
I pulled into the driveway of the address that Lex gave me. Hap and I got out of the car and I walked to my trunk. I opened it and grabbed the duffel bag that was waiting for me. I closed the trunk back. I looked at Hap. "I need you to take the back side of the house. I don't think that she'll run but just in case." I said.
He nodded. "Be careful." He said.
"Always." I said. Hap took off to the back side of the house. I made my way up the porch. I opened the front door and walked inside. I walked into the living room and saw Lexi sitting there.
She looked up at me. "I wondered when Lex would send you." Lexi said.
"Why'd you do it?" I asked.
"Money. Jane offered me money and a place in her ranks if I did it." She said.
I sat the bag down in the door way and walked into the living room and sat on the couch opposite of her. I pulled my gun out of the back of my pants. "You know that she would have killed you in the end." I said.
"How pissed is Lex?"
"I think that she's more hurt than anything. She feels betrayed." I said and Lexi nodded. "How do you want to do this?" I asked her.
"We can go out back." She said and I nodded. We stood up and headed towards the back door. I grabbed the duffel on the way out. We walked past Hap and he started following us. When we got to the edge of the woods, we stopped. She took off her kutte and handed it to me. I passed it back to Hap. "Tell Lex I'm sorry, okay?" She said and I nodded.
I had my pistol in my hand. "You know this one's hard for me, right?" I said to Lexi.
"I know. But you'll do it because your President asked you and you love your club." Lexi told me, hugging me one last time. "Stand by Lex and protect her. She looks to you." I nodded. She backed away from me. "Okay… I'm ready." She said.
"Lexi, the club has decided that because of your betrayal that your life is over." I said.
"It's okay, Bells. Just breathe." She said.
I pulled the trigger. I stood there and watched her fall to the ground. I let out the breath that I didn't realize that I was holding. A few seconds later, I felt Hap's hand on my shoulder. "You okay?" He asked me.
I nodded. "Yeah let's just get this done." I said. I grabbed my bag from him and reached inside for my pliers and the small box. I got on the ground taking one of her boots and pulling her sock off. I had my black gloves on, so I grabbed my pliers and I cut her big toe off sticking it in the small box. I handed Hap the box and he stuck it in my bag.
Forty-five minutes later, Hap and I are walking back to my car. I opened the trunk and stuck the bag in my trunk. I tossed her kutte in as well. I closed my trunk and looked at Hap. "Ready?" I asked and he nodded. We climbed back in my car and headed back to Charming.
Gemma POV
I was sitting at a table drinking a glass of whiskey, when Lex walked up and sat across from me. "You must be Gemma." She said.
"I am." I said, sitting my glass on the table.
"Bells says that you're the one that taught her how to take care of everyone."
I nodded. "I did. Does she talk about everyone here a lot?" I asked.
The girl nodded. "She does. When I first recruited her, I was hesitant. I wasn't sure if she had what it took, but then she started telling me about everything that everyone here had taught her…. And the next thing I knew, she'd gained us the reputation of being the assassin club."
"She did that?" I asked and she nodded.
"Gemma, she's good. She takes care of everyone and she protects her club all at the same time." She said.
"Her father was like that." I said, thinking about how loyal JT was.
"I've heard a lot about him. Not just through Bells but other clubs throughout the years. Our club is close with Indian Hills." She said.
If they were close with Indian Hills, then that meant that she knew Jury. I just nodded at her. "I just worry about her getting hurt." I said.
"I get that. My mom worries too. But she's good at what she does. The only reason that she got hurt so bad was because her cover got blown." Lex said, before she stood up.
"Lex." I said causing her to turn around. "Thanks."
Bella POV
When Hap and I got back to the clubhouse, I grabbed Lexi's kutte and the small box, shutting my trunk. I turned around and Hap was standing right in front of me. He was staring at me. "I'm okay Hap." I said.
"You know, I've been doing this a long time. It's one thing when it's a stranger… it's a whole other when it's a member that betrayed the club." He said.
"I have to get this to Lex." I said, walking around him. When I walked into the clubhouse everyone was staring at me. I walked over to Lex. "It's done." I said, handing her Lexi's kutte and the small box. Lex nodded at me. "I'm going to shower and then I'll be back." I said turning and heading toward Hap's room.
When I stepped out of the shower, I wrapped a towel around me. Lexi had been my friend. She had been my sponsor when I first joined the club. I knew that Lex felt betrayed by Lexi, but for me it was more than that. I felt like she betrayed that bond that we had throughout the whole club…we were a sisterhood. When I walked out of the bathroom, Hap was sitting on the bed. "Hap, I told you I'm fine." I said.
"I know. But you seemed kind of off." He said.
"I reconsidering going back." I said. Hap raised an eyebrow at me. "I'm not quitting the club, I'm just thinking about telling Lex that I need a break. I think I'm gonna tell her that if she needs me for a job that I'll be there, but I need a break from Forks." I said.
"That what you really want?" He asked me.
"Yeah it is." I said.
"Then that's what we'll do." Hap said, grabbing my hand and pulling me to him.
"I love you Hap."
"I love you too, Bells."
