Chapter 27: The Truth

Liv never would have thought that waking up would be the hardest things she had done in a long time. Liv's sleep was laced with dreams of happier times and the nightmares of her past; she woke up restless and fatigued. Liv longed to have Happy next to her to take away her bad dreams but then again maybe that was the reason she was having the bad dreams… he was gone.

She could do this, she told herself as she climbed out of bed. Liv stretched her sore limbs as she walked to the bathroom to shower; washing away the memories of Happy's touch on her body and how he made her feel. Liv left the shower feeling slightly refreshed and ready to restart her life in Charlotteville but not before making one more phone call.

Charming: Happy & Tig

Tig's head was throbbing as he walked into Red Woody, he couldn't remember leaving the previous night. Venus must have had to drag him out; he was drinking his to forget. He had to let Olivia go just like he let his angel go all those years ago. It broke him. Tig would have stayed in bed nursing his hang over but Jax wanted them at the clubhouse for a meeting. So there he was hang over and all at Red Woody ready for their meeting.

"Want some of the hair of the dog that bit you, Tiggy?" Chibs held out a glass of brown liquid that Tig could have only guess was whiskey.

"Nah. I'm fine." Tig shook his head. He didn't want to look at another glass of whiskey or liquor for a few days.

"Suit yourself." Chibs brought the cup to his lips and drank the liquid down quickly. "Both of you assholes look like you have seen better days." He directed his glance towards Happy who was sitting at a one of the tables with a stern look on his sleep deprived face.

Tig started to walk over to the table where Happy sat when his phone rang, it was a number he didn't recognize; he answered it anyway.

Happy didn't want to talk to Tig, he didn't want to talk to anyone for that matter. He hadn't slept well and he would have rather have been on his bike where he could forget about everything, everyone and just be. He was grateful Tig's phone rang and interrupted whatever he was going to say to him. Happy glanced up at Tig, who had a smile on his face as he sat down at one of the tables he had been close to. It was immediate to Happy who was on the other line.

Tig couldn't contain his smile when he heard Liv's voice on the other side of the phone. "Hi Daddy."

"Hey Baby girl. You make it home okay?" He asked curiously.

Liv sighed, "Yeah, we got in early this morning. I would have called but I…" she paused for a moment. Tig knew she was searching for the right words. "I was exhausted and just needed to sleep."

"I'm glad you made it safe sweetheart. You happy to be home?" He asked.

Happy waited on baited breath to see Tig's reaction to whatever Liv said on the other line.

"I suppose I am glad I am home. I am far from joyful about the whole thing. I had decided I was going to move to Charming but then Juice came back from the dead. Happy fucked up and then I fucked up so I guess the honest answer is no I am not. I am far from happy about my life right now." Liv said honestly into the phone. The distance between them had made her grow bold so she felt like she could say what she needed to, to Tig.

Tig glared over at Happy, he knew that something had happened between them and the whole reason she was gone was because of him. "What happened?"

Happy caught Tig's glare, he figured that whatever Liv was saying to Tig was about him. He was surprised she hadn't already told Tig about what happened between them. Tig had seen the bright red slap mark on his face the day he had called Liv a whore. He had only said that in anger, Liv cut him deep by sleeping with Juice. It was then he realized that every time he fucked some whore when he was with Liv he was doing that to her. For the first time in his life he felt guilty about having sex, he felt guilt that burned his very soul. He was the reason she left and he had no one else to blame but himself.

"Does it matter, Daddy?" Liv questioned. "It's done now and we have both went our separate ways."

"Baby, it does matter." Tig encouraged her to go on.

Liv let out a deep sigh, "After Juice came back, Happy started to push me away. I know it is because he saw my reaction to Juice being alive. It was a gut reaction, I never thought I would see him again and there he was, alive and in the flesh. After you brought me to see Juice, I realized that I didn't feel the same way about him as I had before. I wasn't the same girl who fell in love with him. I loved Happy." Liv paused, Tig to tell his daughter was on the brink of tears. He was about to tell her, she didn't need to carry on but she started again. "I heard those whores at Red Woody outside my office door, talking about how someone they had slept with has so much stamina and how they couldn't wait to fuck him again. Then I heard them say my name, I knew it was Happy. He always ran when things got rough between us. This time he pushed me too far away. When Quinn brought me to his place I just sat there and considered everything we had been through together and still I wanted to make things work. When he woke up, we fought. I told him I wanted him and that I loved him. He told me he didn't want me. Hearing that…from the man I loved…shattered my heart. I left, I found my way to Juice's house. I slept with him, out of anger and the need to feel wanted by someone. The next morning I felt so guilty not only for what I did to Happy but for using Juice to so I could feel wanted by someone. Daddy…I broke us." Liv was crying at this point.

Happy couldn't take the look on Tig's face as he listened to whatever Liv was saying on the phone. He could see pain and betrayal flash across it and didn't want to deal with the aftermath of the phone call because he knew there would be hell to pay.

"Olivia." It was the first time Tig has said her name since she left, "You didn't do anything wrong. You didn't break anything, he did." Tig finished as Jax started to call everyone into the Chapel. "Baby, I have to go. I love you and I will visit soon."

"I love you too, Daddy. Bye." Liv's voice was sad and it broke Tig's heart that there was nothing he could say or do to fix it. But there was something he could do to make himself feel better.

Tig stood up from where he was sitting just as Happy walked by and he punched him hard in the face. There was enough force behind his punch to make Happy stumble backwards a few feet. Tig braced himself for Happy's onslaught but nothing came.

"I deserve much worse." Happy said with anger on the edge of his voice as he passed Tig on the way to the Chapel.

"Damn right you do. The one thing you don't deserve is the sadness she is feeling over you right now." Tig growled. His daughter didn't deserve to be treated like a croweater or Diosa whore and that is precisely what Happy did.

Liv

Liv paced her house nervously as she awaited her guests. She had called Big Jim after she got off the phone with Tig. Since she was in the sharing mood she may as well come clean with Jim too; he deserved to know the truth. Liv had also called Natalie and Juice and asked them to come over as well. May as well have them all there for it. Liv hadn't really went into how she ended up back in the grips of Marks and Cartwright. Liv's internalizing of everything was interrupted by the doorbell, she knew it was Big Jim she had asked him to arrive prior to when she told Natalie and Juice. She took a deep breath as she walked to the front door and let him in.

Liv let Jim into the house and turned towards the kitchen before he could get a good glimpse at her face and the fading bruises, they covered the whole left side of her body, with spattering on the right.

"When did you get in, Liv?" Jim called as he walked into the kitchen and sat that the bar. He watched Liv skitter around the kitchen but not look at him, something was going on with her; it was not like her to be so stand-offish.

"Early this morning." Liv had her back to him. "Jim before I turn around I need you to promise me something." She took a deep breath knowing how protective Jim had been over her since her parents had died.

Jim just wanted to know what was going on with Liv so he agreed but not wholeheartedly. He saw the deep breath that Liv took just before she turned slowly to face him. She looked at him with sadness and shame in her eyes as he saw the remainder of the fading bruises. Jim jumped up quickly and crossed behind the island where Liv was standing. "What the fuck?!" He exclaimed as he touched Liv's face. "Did Happy do this to you?"

Liv snorted at the thought of Happy laying a hand on her but then again he had hurt her more deeply than Marks and Cartwright ever could had. "No, he didn't do this to me. I will tell you all about it when Nat and Juice get here. But before they get here I need you to promise me you will not mention anything about Happy coming here with me to Juice." Liv maintained eye contact with Big Jim trying to convey how serious she was.

"Juice? Liv you need to give me more than you'll tell me. What the fuck is going on with you?" Liv only heard Jim swear a few times in his life and they were both when he was under great stress, Liv had now heard him say fuck twice in a matter of minutes.

"Please, I will tell you everything when Juice and Natalie get here. For my happiness please just don't say anything about Happy being here. Juice thinks that everything is the same between us as it was before all this happened and I don't think he could handle hearing that I had fallen in love with someone else while he was gone." Liv pleaded with Big Jim, who ran his hands over his face which was covered in stubble.

"Fine Olivia, but if I am not satisfied with the truth then I am telling him." Liv knew it was an empty threat and she knew he wouldn't say a word about Happy to Juice especially if he saw what Liv saw in him, he was fragile.

"Thank you." Liv said just as she heard her front door open, "Hello! I brought muffins and Juice!" Natalie's voice called from the foyer.

"We're in the kitchen, come on in." Liv responded knowing damn well that Natalie would have come in even if she said she was naked and making love to a man on the sofa. It was just the way Nat was, Liv's house was her second home.

"Hey!" Natalie's voice was far too chipper for how Liv felt. Liv desperately wished that some of her perk and zeal would rub off on her.

Juice followed behind Nat, his eyes on Liv. She looked tired, she must not have slept very well. He walked up to her and took her into his arms. "You look sleepy." He kissed her forehead although what he really wanted to do is feel her lips on his again. He wasn't going to push it and would allow them both some time to adjust to being back home.

It was as if Juice knew what Liv needed right at that very moment, someone to hold her. She relaxed in his embrace, the embrace that made her feel safe before all the shit went down. "I didn't sleep well once I got home but I am sure I can work a nap into my day." She gave him a sad smirk as she pulled away. "We need to tell Jim what happened." Liv stared into Juice's brown eyes, she wished at that very moment she could forget everything that had happened and just start where she and Juice had left off. But how was that going to be possible when her heart belonged to someone else even if that person didn't want her heart.

"Are you sure?" Juice asked quietly as he glanced up at Jim who was watching them. Juice was sure his bruises and cuts had not gone unnoticed.

"Yes." Said in a whisper, "Does anyone want coffee?" As she turned her back to everyone.

"Sure, get us all some so we can get the truth out." Jim said impatiently.

Liv could feel all their eyes on her as she sat down on the couch next to Juice. He instantly interlaced his fingers in hers, she appreciated the support she felt. He was the only other person who knew what it was like to be locked away by August and Moses. Liv took a deep breath as she was drawn back to the night she left Juice's house and her life was sent spiraling out of its safety zone.

"I lied to you when I told you I was visiting family." Liv admitted to Jim. "I had been kidnapped by a man named August Marks, he was a man who wanted to hurt my dad and the men in the SAMCRO with him." Jim frowned at Liv's admission to him.

"I didn't know why I was such an interest to these men, even after I met Bobby." Liv smiled at the thought of Bobby's friendliness and the relief he had brought her. That was something she would never forget about him. "I watched Marks and his man Cartwright, kill Bobby in cold blood. I prayed that they wouldn't play games with me like they had him. I prayed my death would come swiftly. It didn't; instead I found out that my dad was still alive. Cartwright told me that he had killed Juice. That he had shot him in the head when he was trying to save me. I was tortured for days before I met Bobby and raped for days after his death." Liv's voice was cold and detached, it was as if it happened to someone else and she was just the story teller.

"I prayed for death. I prayed that I wouldn't have to deal with another moment of those horrible men touching my body. Trying to make me forget my Puerto Rican rat. But he was the one who got me through those moments." Liv admitted as she looked over at Juice, who had heard this admission for the first time. He smiled warmly at Liv as encouragement to go on. He was glad to hear that he could help her through the tough times like his memories of her did for him.

"One night, I thought the Angel of Death had come for me." Liv bit her lower lip thinking about that night and Happy. Looking back she was scared of Happy when he sat on the bed with her but he was the first person since Bobby's death that had shown her kindness and knew what she needed. "It wasn't the death that came for me, it was SAMCRO. It was Happy, who found me and cut the zip ties from my wrists and lead me to my freedom." Liv's heart hurt thinking about Happy; Juice's hand clutched tighter to Liv's, bringing her back to the moment.

Jim sat silently as he listened to Liv's story. Aria had tried so hard to keep Olivia from the life that her father lived and there it was oozing into her quiet, unassuming life and ripping her peace away from her; replacing it with violence. She never deserved any of it.

"I met someone when I was in Charming." Liv said quietly as she looked over at Juice. Natalie wondered if she was going to tell Juice about Happy. "His name was Jake. He was a beautiful blonde haired boy who reminded me of Adonis."

Juice felt the sting of jealousy when she saw a small smile cross Liv's face as she mentioned Jake. It made him wonder what happened to him.

"Jake worked for Red Woody, he acted in porn movies. I knew there would never be anything between us. He betrayed me to Marks and Cartwright, he lied to me and told me one of my dearest friend was in trouble. So what did I do? I stupidly went with him. I was just so worried about Lyla." Liv bit her lower lip thinking about how all she wanted was for Happy to save her that day. She couldn't hear him on the other end of the phone but just having him on the phone made her feel safer. "Jake sold me to Marks and disappeared. Marks had Cartwright beat the shit out of me, I remember the pain and…" thinking about Happy. "…then I woke up with my dad hovering over me telling me we had to go. When we got out into the parking lot there were men bringing Juice out of the building." Liv smiled over at him, "He was alive."

"What happened to the guys who took you guys?" Jim asked but the look on Liv's face made him wish he hadn't. It was a mixture of pain and relief.

"They won't be bothering us anymore," she said blandly.

Jim shook his head, "How can you be sure Olivia?"

Liv went to open her mouth but Juice interjected, "I saw their bodies on the way out of the building. And before you say anything Jim, these men were the ones who kidnapped us, killed a man in cold blood, tortured us and allowed other men to defile Liv's body without even thinking about it. The world is a far better place without those men." Juice finished. He never saw Cartwright's body but he knew he was somewhere in the warehouse, dead or SAMCRO never would have allowed Liv to leave. She had become much more to them than just some girl who got caught up in the shit storm they left in their wake; she had become their family. He missed what that felt like but he would give it up all over again if it meant he could have Liv in his life.

"And what about you, Juice? What happened to you over those three months?" Jim asked. Liv and Natalie looked at each other because they were equally as curious since neither of them knew what happened while he was being kept by Marks. Liv had seen the scars that were scattered across his chest, nothing good happened to Juice.

Juice took his free hand and ran it through his hair, he knew that this question would come up but he didn't expect it from Jim. "I hadn't heard from Liv for hours and her car was still in my driveway. I was on edge because it wasn't like her to just leave her car." Liv was brought back to the frantic voicemails from Juice.

"I received a call from Marks. I had met his before when I was in SAMCRO; so I was well aware of what he was capable of. When he told me he had Olivia, I never hesitated to go and deal with whatever he had for me." Liv's heart sped up, Juice had risked his life to save hers. Why had her feelings towards this man ever changed? When it was clear, that he loved her more than himself and she selfishly moved on with another man.

Juice paused thinking about how much he just wanted to get Liv out of harm's way the whole time Marks and Cartwright had him in their clutches. He hadn't know she was safe. "I wanted to keep Liv safe." He looked over at Liv who was staring at him with tears beginning to form in her eyes. "I am sorry I couldn't keep you safe. I am sorry I couldn't keep you from the horrible things that happened to you. I tried, I tried every day." He couldn't look at Liv anymore without wanting to cry himself. Her pain and her suffering broke his heart; he believed that everything happened because of him. He turned back to Jim and Natalie, "I gave Marks any intel on SAMCRO, he wanted to keep Liv safe. They taunted me with her bloody shirt the first day and then there was a video of her tied to a chair. I kept telling them I wanted to see her, to see she was safe but they never let me. After the first week, I never got any more videos or proof she was alive, I only had their word that she was safe. So I kept doing what they wanted or demanded of me." Juice said sadly.

Liv sat there as silent tears fell down her face and took in every Juice was saying in. Every decision he had made after he had received the phone call from Marks was for Liv and not for him. She didn't know what to say to him, so she sat there silence as Jim and Natalie took it all in with her.

Jim finally broke the silence, "Thank you for trying your best to keep, Olivia safe and for bringing her back in pretty much one piece." He gave Juice and Liv an encouraging look. He couldn't have been happier that Liv had people who cared and looked out for her. He decided to keep his word to Liv and not mention anything about Happy coming to Charlotteville with her or how much in love she seemed to be with him when they were there.

Liv wiped the tears from her cheeks and gave Natalie a stoic smile. Nat had been awfully quiet during the whole story which was very unlike her. It could have been that she had heard and lived Olivia's story before or maybe she was too engrossed to say anything.

Natalie smiled back at her best friend, she had left out a very important player in the story. Happy. She wanted to know what happened between them but it was obvious enough to Nat that Liv didn't want Juice to know about them. After hearing Juice's story, Natalie knew it would kill him to find out while he was suffering; Liv was in the arms of another man, even if she thought Juice was dead.

Nat knew Liv would tell her about what went down between her and Happy when they had some alone time. And if she didn't she would push her for the truth. Liv owed her that much.

Liv hugged Jim tightly before he turned to leave. He had stuck around most of the day with Natalie and Juice. He was wanted to be sure that Liv was going to be okay especially after she told him she didn't want to go back to work until after she fully healed and then she only wanted to be part time. Jim understood the healing and finishing mending up but he didn't understand why she didn't want to come back full time. He was sure she would change her mind after she settled back in to her routine.

Natalie left shortly after Jim, she pulled Liv into a hug and whispered into her ear, "Promise me, you will tell me what happened between you and Happy."

Liv pulled back and nodded her head at Natalie whose brown eyes searched her face, "Of course. We'll have lunch tomorrow." Liv promised her Nat. The promise was enough to satiate Natalie's curiosity for a short time.

With Big Jim and Natalie gone, Juice and Olivia were finally alone.

A/N: I am so sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out to you. I have been struggling to write it and didn't really have a direction for it. I hope you enjoy it and I promise the next one will be more entertaining and hopefully will come out sooner than this one. I am starting back on days soon so maybe I will have more time to write…my schedule has been so wonky lately. :/

Enjoy and please let me know what you think. Cheers!