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Taming Ava & Fixing Jax - A Modern Fairytale

Chapter 34 Detonate

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Jax managed to get out of ICU without another attempt on his life or another life threatening infection. Each day in the hospital's prison ward passed slowly with Gemma and Ava sitting on either side of his bed. He preferred being alone so he could watch TV. The atmosphere was less tense. He was almost looking forward to returning to prison.

TB hadn't been able to get everything together before Jax returned to Kensington palace, but he had gotten the warden to place Jax in protective custody. He got a private cell and increased security. The downside, he was in his cell for 23 hours a day, but he had a TV, books and safety. It was a necessary trade-off until TB could work his legal magic and get him out permanently.

His team of investigators discovered that the prosecutor's son had some firearms charges against him that were mysteriously dropped after Jax was convicted. Ironically, his son's alleged crimes were much worse than the firearms charges against Jax.

TB was determined to get the truth out quickly to protect Jax. Once the truth about his trumped up conviction was revealed, anyone who wanted to kill him to keep the dirty conviction secret would no longer have a motive. That should keep Jax safe until he could get him out of prison.

A few days before the half hour documentary was set to air, TB surprised Ava with a ten day stay at her favorite very expensive spa retreat in North Carolina near the Great Smoky Mountains. He told her it was a reward for all her good behavior dealing with Jax's medical condition. He even added that he could see just how devoted she was to him.

The night the documentary was to air, he rented out the city's small theater usually used to put on badly performed plays. Tonight, there would be a different kind of performance on video. His tech staff was on hand to make sure playing the documentary went flawlessly.

Gemma handled the guests. All she knew was there was going to be a documentary about Jax. She didn't know the documentary was actually going to air on TV. The MC, crow-eaters and friends of the club would all be there. She rounded out the guest list with a few others including Elliot Oswald. Of course Wayne Unser would also be there.

TB was pleased with the final cut of the documentary. They had focused grouped the video, so they could fine tune it to make sure their message hit the audience. Jax Teller was an innocent man who had been set up by two corrupt ATF agents, the prosecutor made a deal to take Jax's case to trial knowing it was a fake case in exchange for dropping gun charges against his son and someone or a group was trying to kill Jax to keep the truth about his trial quiet.

To round out the documentary, TB got some video from Gemma of Jax as a child and young man. He looked almost saintly at the beginning of the documentary. At the end, he looked frail, sick and near death in a hospital bed.

TB was in the theater's audience when it played. Gemma watched it and was in tears by the end. She didn't know any of the details about how Jax had been set up. The anger from the audience was almost tangible. Jax had been right. He had been set up and framed.

When the documentary was over, TB told everyone that the documentary they had just seen was going to air on TV in an hour. He said that there would be another airing of the documentary in two days. He explained that it was his hope that it would put enough pressure on the government to get Jax's case reviewed by the presiding judge immediately.

Gemma thanked TB warmly for all that he'd done to free Jax. Clay said all the right words, but TB had the feeling that his heart wasn't in it. The documentary was a big hit with the theater's audience. Every member of the MC made a point of personally thanking TB for what he'd done for Jax.

Strangely enough, no one asked about Ava. He didn't mention that his daughter had gone to a spa retreat. He knew she wouldn't find out about the documentary until she returned to Charming. It was one those places where phones, televisions and laptops were forbidden. They filled their guests' time with activities from crafts to massages to hikes. It was all part of the de-stressing from modern life experience.

All they could do now was wait to see how the world reacted. To help things along, his public relations team was sending out the link to the online version of the documentary to the media and to every high ranking member of the government from the president to the head of the ATF to the judge who had presided over the case.

It was a waiting game now as they watched to see the impact from the bomb TB had dropped and hope that would be enough to get some justice for Jax.

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Author's Note: Jax gets out in the next chapter! And it isn't going to go the way you think it will.