Chapter 22: WTF
The Harley came to a stop at Red Woody the last leg of their trip. Happy needed to check in with Jax before they were able to head home. Her tired legs and achy body was yearning for long bath and a full body rub down from Happy. She flopped her bag on the floor near the door and walked into the studio-bar area of Red Woody. Lyla was sitting at one of the table looking at stills of potential video covers. Liv plopped herself in the chair next to her.
"You look like shit." Lyla smirked at Liv whose hair was pulled back but it still didn't stop it from looking like she had a helmet on all day.
Liv rolled her eyes, "Gee thanks. I feel like I was just on a motorcycle for 12 hours."
An all knowing smirk crossed Lyla's face, she knew what a motorcycle to do to a woman. "Please the ride was not that bad, how many orgasms did you have?"
Liv shook her head at Lyla. "Is your mind always in the gutter? Wait what am I talking about you do run a porn studio." She teased.
"By your mood I am guess you are pent up, so none." Lyla mocked with a silly smirk on her face.
"God it is good to be home." Liv was seriously considering allowing Natalie to rent her house from her so she could move to Charming and make it her home. She wanted to be in Charming with Happy. It was something would she needed to think about more after the whole August Marks thing was over with. "I've missed your face." Liv smiled at Lyla who had become one of her dearest friends.
"I've missed your face too. By the way I don't know how you handle emails from all the creeps that email us. One of them offered us $30,000 to take Nadine out on a date." She shook her head.
"These girls are in the wrong business, maybe they should work at Diosa. Could you imagine how much money they would bring in? As for dealing with the creeps, I am just plain old mean to them and say NO." Liv had been dealing with men who she needed to said no daily for years, she learned quickly if she didn't say to the men at the diner they would have taken advantage of her caring nature. Granted she didn't say no often but when she did, she meant no.
Happy and Jax walked out of the Chapel to see the two women laughing merrily. "Don't let that one get away." Jax said to Happy. "They are one in a million, believe me I know." Jax thought fondly of Tara, there would never be another woman he loved like he had loved her.
"I know Prez. I know." Happy said as he walked over to the table where Liv was sitting. He placed his hand on her back, "Are you ready to go?" He nodded at Lyla who smiled in return.
Liv stood up and looked at Happy with her tired eyes. "Mmm. Yes please, all I want is a bath and to go to bed." Liv smiled at the thought of soaking in a tub filled with bubbles. "Bye Jax." She waved at him as they walked towards the door.
"Bye Liv. I will see you guys tomorrow." He approved of their relationship. Liv and Happy balanced each other out nicely and he would always support them as a couple. Charming would always be a place where Liv could call home, even if things didn't work out for Happy.
Happy had drawn a bath for Liv while she made them a quick meal. He walked out into the kitchen as she took the final bite of her food and followed by a drink from a rather large glass of wine. Happy walked up from behind her and took her shoulders into his hands. Not once did Liv complain about her back or shoulders bothering her on the ride home even though he was well aware that they did. Liv leaned into Happy's strong hands, appreciating his willingness to rub the knots out of her upper back. "You should go take your bath, I'll eat and maybe I will come and join you." Happy kissed her neck and turned Liv towards the bath room.
Liv climbed into the bathtub that was filled to the top with bubbles. She smiled at Happy's thoughtfulness as she melted into the warm water. Liv had always been amused that Happy had a large bathtub in his house since he didn't seem like the type that enjoyed relaxing in the bath after a hard day on the job. She closed her eyes and leaned back against the back of the tub allowing her body to relax. It wasn't very long before she heard the door open, Liv's eyes popped open to see a very nude Happy standing in the doorway. She slid forward in the tub allowing enough space for him to climb in behind her. Olivia leaned back into Happy as he wrapped his arms around her.
"This is nice." Liv mumbled
"Don't get used to it." Happy teased, "Your place is in my kitchen woman, making me food."
An indignant noise came from Liv as she splashed water back towards Happy hitting him directly in the face. Happy snarled as he playfully pulled Liv's arms against her body. She let out a squeal as she struggled to free herself. Happy's grip tighten slightly the more she struggled. Liv's resistance to Happy stopped and instead she moved her ass rhythmically against his crotch. Happy moaned with pleasure moving one of his hands to her breast and the other between her legs. Liv's moved her hands down Happy's thighs scraping her nails along the way. Her body was on fire for him, her fatigue from the ride home was quickly forgotten and all she wanted was to feel his body against hers.
Happy buried two fingers between Liv's legs the contrast of the warm of the water and the warmth of Olivia was a surprise to Happy. She felt so cool and wet compared to the hot water. Liv thrust her hips hard against his hand, his fingers filling her. "Someone is feeling a little greedy tonight." Happy's raspy voice whispered in Liv's ear as he pumped his fingers in and out of her. His breathing mimicked Liv's own heavy quick gasps.
Liv stayed her hips and grabbed onto Happy's hand to stop him from what he was doing. She wanted to savor her the feelings that had been building up inside of her over the course of the ride home. She turned herself so she was face to face with Happy and took his face into her hands and searched his dark brown eyes. Liv saw his love and need for her reflected in his eyes. She kissed him hard, her mouth fought to possess his. Liv ran her hands down his chest and under the water to his erection that was pressing hard into her thigh. Happy let out a deep breath as Liv started to rub his length. She couldn't help but be turned on by how hard and slippery he was in her hands.
"You going to do something with that?" Happy groaned with need. He wanted nothing more than to be buried inside of Liv.
Liv bit her lower lip as she climbed astride Happy and slowly lowered herself down on him. She sat face to face with him for a second waiting for her body to adjust to his size before she started to sway her hips. Happy enjoyed how her body fit him like a snug glove. He grabbed the back of her head roughly and kissed her possessively. Water and bubbles lapped the edges of the bathtub and spilled onto the floor. The climax that had been building all day for Liv finally reached its point and she exploded. She cried out loudly against Happy's mouth. Happy took over and pushed himself into Liv hard and fast. He followed a few seconds after Liv. Happy held Liv tightly to him as she breathed heavily with her face against his neck. "I can't get enough of you, Happy Lowman." Liv confessed to him breathlessly.
Happy smiled, he couldn't get enough of her either.
It had been over a week since Happy and Liv had returned from their trip up north. Life had gone back to its normal routine, Liv working at Red Woody while Happy went about his business with SAMCRO. Happy walked up to the bar where Tig was flirting shamelessly with one of the crow eaters.
"Beat it." Happy ordered her as he sat down.
Tig shot him a dirty look, "Since when do you get to say who keeps me company?"
Happy scowled at Tig, this was already hard enough for him to do but the old man wasn't making it any easier. "Since I wanted to talk to about something in private." Tig's face soften slightly, things had still been tense between him and Happy since he had found out about them. "I wanted to ask you if you would be okay if I made things official with Liv and made her my old lady."
What was this the Tacoma Killer wanted to make his baby girl an old lady? "Um." He thought about it for a second, Happy was fucked up but it seemed like he was a little less fucked up with Liv. He was impressed Happy had asked him before asking Liv. Tig nodded in approval. "Yeah, I am okay with that. You are the only other man I would entrust with her life. Now don't break her heart or I might have to kill you."
The words that flowed from Tig's lips couldn't have made Happy feel more content with where his life was heading. Liv was where he wanted his future to be. He smiled at Tig, "Wouldn't dream of it." He started towards Liv's office to talk with her about being his old lady when Jax burst in through the doorway of Red Woody.
"We've finally got a hit on Marks!" Jax was followed by Rat and Chibs.
Happy stopped in his tracks, he could end Liv's nightmares and give her back her freedom with two bullets. He turned quickly to face his president, if he could do this for Liv, it would just prove how much he wants her to be his old lady. "You sure Jax?"
"They are meeting with Tyler and the One-Niners in three hours, in Oakland." Jax started towards the safe where they kept their stash of guns. He would be damned if he wasn't able to get a shot on the man who murdered one of his best friends and mentors.
"Fuck." Tig muttered as he took the last swig of his beer and stood up. "Let's finish this."
Happy was ready to back up his president and his club. "Who's going to stay here in case anything happens?" He was being realistic it could have been a trap for them, they step away from the club house and Marks moves in and kills everyone inside; because that is what he would have done if he had the chance, destroy what they held dear.
"Rat. You are staying here, if there is any sign of anything you call us." Jax's voice was stern and commanding.
"Got it." He nodded as he helped pull guns out of the safe and bag them up in the black canvas duffle bags.
As Liv wandered out of her office, she heard a commotion in the main area of Red Woody. The saw that the guys were filling several bags with guns. "What's going on?" She piped up full of curiosity.
Happy turned at the sound of Liv's voice. "We are going to take care of Marks and Cartwright." Olivia's eyes got real big and concern washed over her face. "Don't worry we will be okay." Happy grinned at her.
She walked up to him and wrapped her arms around him. "Please be careful."
Happy snorted. "I'll be fine. You need to stay put unless something happens here then get out and find a place to hide. Got it?" Liv nodded. "Rat is going to be here with you while we take care of them."
"Okay." Liv nodded, Happy stared her down. "What? I'll stay put unless something happens." Liv stood on her tip toes and kissed Happy's lips. "Thank you for caring." She said softly.
He smiled as he grabbed one of the bags that had what Liv had to have estimated at least 20 guns in it. "I love you, Olivia." Happy wanted his words to her to be something profound but that was all that had come to his mind.
"I love you too." She smiled as she watched him walk away. For some reason she had a foreboding feeling about this. It seemed too easy and to be going too smoothly. She decided she was going to drive herself crazy if she sat and thought about it so she started back to her office. "Rat, I'll be in my office if you need me." She called to him. Rat just nodded at her because he was talking with a few of the Red Woody girls. Lots of help he would be if something happened, Liv thought to herself.
Liv started another email the same way she always did, Dear Valued Viewer… (NO! You can't take out our girls you, twat waffle…okay she only want to write that but she didn't.); when there was a quiet knock at her door. "Come in." She called thinking it was probably Rat. The guys had been gone for over two hours, it was an hour and a half ride to Oakland from Charming. The door opened and Jake had popped his head into the door. "Jake!" She was surprised to see him, she hadn't seen him since the whole Happy debacle.
"Hey Liv, do you have a second?" He ask before crossing over the threshold into her office.
"Yeah sure, come on in." She motioned him in.
"So I just got a phone call from Lyla. She is in some trouble." He said with concern in his voice.
Liv's nerve-endings singed, what if it had something to do with Marks? "What sort of trouble?" She couldn't let them get their hands on Lyla.
"Some lady problems, is what she said, she actually asked me to get you but I thought I would grab one of the members of SAMCRO first. However, I couldn't find Jax or any of the other guys. Can you come with me? She sounded panicked." Liv didn't even think anything about it, Lyla had often called her guy stars for help.
"Um, let me go see if I can find Rat and he can come with us." Liv stood up quickly hoping that her girl problems were not a code for anything else. She grabbed her phone of the desk and shoved into her jacket pocket.
"Alright, come on." Jake's uneasiness was written all over him.
They walked out into the main area of Red Woody and it was completely empty. "Rat?" Liv called out, thinking it was strange that he was not on his 'post' and if Happy or her dad were to find out they would kill him. "Where the hell is he?" Liv turned to Jake knowing that minutes were ticking away for Lyla.
"We need to go get her." Jake pushed impatiently.
Liv decided against better judgment to go with Jake without continuing to look for Rat. If she only would have walked into the chapel she would have found him face down in Red Woody pussy. She followed Jake out to his car, it felt strange to her to get into the passenger side of a car the last time she was in a car as a passenger she had just been liberated from her captors. "Thanks Jake." Liv glanced over at him, he was still as attractive as he had always been.
"For what?" He asked as they pulled away from Red Woody.
"For being such a good friend to Lyla." Liv felt relief wash over her knowing that he friends had such caring people watching over them.
"Mmm Hmm." Jake responded. "No trouble at all."
Liv watched Charming fade away into the distance as they drove towards Stockton. Jake had mentioned on the way to get Lyla that she was at Diosa working for Nero. However they passed the exit to Stockton. "Jake…you missed the exit." Liv said with some panic in her voice.
"Oh no I didn't." He pressed his foot on the gas pedal harder making his car accelerate quickly. "You should have just stayed with me, Liv…why did you choose him over me?" Jake's voice was full of irritation.
Liv could feel her phone vibrating in her jacket pocket, she was thankful she had turned off the ringer. At first she ignored it but when it immediately started to vibrate again she reached into her pocket as inconspicuously as possible and hit answer, at least whoever was on the other line would hear what was going on. "What do you mean Jake? Why did I choose Happy?"
"Yeah." He responded his eyes focused on the road and his task at hand.
"Where are you bringing me Jake?" Liv asked trying to get answers.
"Answer me, then I will tell you what your fate is." He snarled at Liv. Who at this point was contemplating an escape route. His car was moving too quickly for her to make a jump.
"It's plain and simple why I chose Happy over you. I love him." I love you Happy. She thought to herself.
"I hope he loves you too because then this will hurt him too." A cruel smile cross Jake's lips.
"Where are you bringing me Jake?" Liv asked calmly even though she was completely terrified inside, she only hoped that the person on her phone was still listening. "Are you bringing me to Oakland?" She asked knowing that SAMCRO was there hunting down Marks and Cartwright.
"No. They are not stupid enough to bring you to Oakland, where they sent the Sons as a diversion. We're going to Livermore." As soon as he finished his sentence Liv knew exactly who Jake was delivering her to.
"Jake, please don't do this." She pleaded. "If there is or was any part of you that cared about me…you are signing both of our death certificates."
Jake snorted because in reality all she was, was a conquest. "Please Olivia, I only wanted to get into your pants. And as for my death certificate it is not signed because I am being paid quite handsomely for bringing you to Livermore. I was a little worried that your boyfriend would have stuck around at Red Woody but when I walked in and I didn't see him I knew he went to take care of the guys who want you. And well Rat he was no problem at all I just asked one of the girls to seduce him." Jake confessed.
"Jake please." Liv could feel her anxiety level rising as they pulled off onto the exit to Livermore. "Please don't bring me to them, it's not too late to turn around and bring me back to Red Woody." Liv prayed that Happy was on the other line still. Her hand was in her pocket holding her phone so the receiver was hopefully picking thing up. "Jake…"
He turned and looked at Liv for the first time during the drive, his handsome face had a small amount of conflict flashing across it. "No. It was too late when we left, like you said I signed both of our death certificates. Do you really think that SAMCRO would let me walk away from this?"
If she could only convince him, "If you bring me back, yes."
"And August Marks? Would he let me live?" His blue eyes stared deeply at Liv.
"No." Liv was blunt remembering what he did to Bobby. "But he's not going to let me live either. They will kill me, can you hold that on your conscious?"
Jake snorted as he turned his car into a deserted looking industrial area. "With the amount of money I am getting I won't need to worry about my conscious."
"God. Happy!" She cried out as the car came to a stop and she saw the two African American men who haunted her dreams, August Marks and Moses Cartwright.
Happy had been listening to the call the whole way from Oakland. He had received a call from Rat saying he couldn't find Liv anywhere in Red Woody. When Happy has asked where he was when she could have went missing, Rat confessed he was face deep in some premium Red Woody pussy.
Happy didn't even wait for Rat to explain himself further he jumped up from where he was lounging and called Liv. "Liv!" He yelled towards his club members as he ran towards his bike. The rest of the club followed, Marks had set them up and they had walked right into his trap. She didn't answer the first call, he immediately dialed her phone a second time; he called again and the phone picked up.
"Where the fuck are you, Liv?" He growled into the phone. The voices were muted but he could tell she was in a car. Where was she?
He had picked out enough of Liv's conversation to find out it was the porn boy, Jake who had her and they were on their way to Livermore. Happy felt some sort of gratitude towards Jake since he was stupid enough to tell Liv where he was bringing her and that he hadn't checked her for her phone before they left. He start towards Livermore from where they were in Oakland it would only take them a little under 30 minutes to get there if they sped and avoided the traffic. He would be damned if anything happened to her. He would get his pound of flesh from the porn boy, even if he had to track him to the ends of the Earth to do so.
"God. Happy!" Liv's voice cried into the phone. He was speeding down I-580 one handed so he wouldn't lose her. He picked up his speed when he heard the fear in her voice.
"Hello, Olivia." It was Marks' voice. Happy wanted nothing more than to reach through the phone and kill August right there.
Liv let out a quiet sob. "Mr. Marks." She responded politely but her voice sounded shaky from what Happy could hear.
"Come on baby…give me something else. Where are you?" He pleaded, he couldn't get to her fast enough as he weaved his way through the cars with his brothers behind him.
It was as if Liv could hear him, "What is your fascination with abandoned industrial warehouses?"
Cartwright was the one who answered with a wicked laugh, "No one will hear you scream."
"Fuck you!" Liv bit back, Happy could hear a struggle before her phone went dead. Either she hit end or they had found her cell phone. He was hoping Liv had hit end before they had found her phone, otherwise they might move her.
Moses' hard brown eyes stared at Liv as she fought to break free from her the chair they had zip tied her wrists to. "You have such a foul mouth for such a sweet looking girl."
"Fuck you." Liv spat. The zip ties that bound her hands to the arms of the metal chair bit into her wrists as she continued to twist them to get them free.
"You thought last time was bad love. Just wait." Was all Cartwright said before he placed a piece of duct tape over Liv's mouth. "I'll take that off when I want to hear your screams." He smirked before he hit her upside the head with something hard.
Liv's head whipped to the right and pain shot through her body. She tried to straighten herself up as another blow came this time near her left eyes. Liv whimpered against the tape that made it hard for her to breath. She felt warm blood draining down her face from where his most recent punches had landed. She took blow after blow, some of them in the face or the gut, she couldn't fight Cartwright off. Finally the room started fade into darkness. As Liv welcomed the darkness and silence her final thoughts were on Happy.
"Olivia?!" A panicked voice called her from the nothingness. "Come on, baby girl." Liv couldn't figure out what was going on as her awareness returned to her. She felt like she had been run over by a car. "Liv, come on baby girl we need to get out of here." The voice was her fathers.
"Daddy?" She muttered.
"Yeah, it's me baby." She opened her eyes slowly and painfully. There was a loud popping sound from outside of the room they were in. "Come on, we need to get out of here."
Liv realized that she was no longer sitting on the chair but was laying on the floor. She tried to sit up but the room started to spin. "I.." Olivia let out a sob.
"Shh…I've got you." Tig helped her up and once she was standing, he put his arm around her waist to support her. She looked around the room quickly as they walked out and noticed Moses dead with a bullet wound to his head.
When Tig walked into the room when he was searching for Liv, he found Cartwright beating what he thought was a lifeless Liv. Tig didn't hesitated to shoot Moses in the head for what he had done to his daughter and to Bobby. When he reached Liv, he was surprised to see she was still breathing. When he first saw her he was prepared to bury yet another daughter. He was glad Olivia was a fighter.
Liv's sides ached and her head was throbbing something awful. She looked at the carnage around her and realized that her SAMCRO family had done this for her; to get to her. There was a large body lying in the middle of the floor, she recognized the man before they reached him…it was the other man who raped her. Liv experienced a sense of liberation as she stepped over him with her dad. One less nightmare for her to deal with. "Did you get Jake?" Liv questioned Tig.
"No, baby he was already gone." Tig moved a piece of hair from Liv's face as they stepped out of the warehouse and into the sunshine.
The sun hurt Liv's already painful eyes, she shaded them as she watched the members of SAMCRO and some of the One-Niners walk out of the warehouse. A defeated looking Happy was one of them. He hadn't found Liv, he was worried that they had moved her somewhere else, however it was a large place and there were still people searching. That is when he looked up and saw her standing with Tig. She had blood that had run down the side of her head and face, it had stained her white shirt. Bruises were already starting to form around her face but that was his girl. He ran to her and pulled her into his arms.
"You stupid, stupid girl. Why don't you do as you are told?" Relief washed over him as he inhaled her scent. She was alive and safe.
Liv let out a small cry of pain at the pressure of Happy's embrace. "Happy." She looked up at him through tear filled eyes. His mouth pressed on hers one thing he was worried he would never be able to do again.
"Hap?" A voice behind him called. He turned it was Quinn. "Come here."
"It's fine, I'll stay with her," Tig reassured Happy as he walked over to Quinn.
Liv watched Happy's facial expressions as he spoke with Quinn. Whatever Quinn had told him, did not go over well. A furious scowl crossed Happy's face as he turned to look at the door of the warehouse as it opened. Liv's gaze went to where Happy was looking… "OH MY GOD!" Was all she could say when she saw what he saw.
A/N: Got to love to hate a cliff hanger…I am going to try my hardest to get it out to you all on Sunday. I know THREE days! I have to work the next two overnights and sleep tends to be needed after an overnight shift. It will be out sooner if I do not work on Saturday…but don't count on that…we've been busy! But have no fear I am currently working on it. Enjoy!
