Chapter 2
A couple of hours later, there's a knock on my dorm door. Opening the door, I see Gemma standing there. Seeing my red and puffy eyes she says "Let's get your face cleaned up. Lowen and the Justice will be here shortly." she tells me. "Okay." I tell her. I'm splashing water on my face when someone else knocks on the door. Jax walks in and sees me. "You okay?" he asks concerned. "Yeah. Look I know you voted but, Jax, I know Happy doesn't want this and I don't want this forced on him. I'd really rather take my chances with jail." I tell him. "You go to jail, there's no promise I can get you protection." he tells me. "I know." I say. "Club voted this is the best option. This keeps everyone whole. Including you." he tells me. I just nod. "After the ceremony, we'll get your things moved to Happy's house. Gotta make it look real." he tells me and again I nod.
Walking out to the main room, I don't meet anyone's eyes. I walk, with Gemma, over to where Lowen and the Justice are standing. "You ready?" Jax asks me. I just nod my head. Standing in front of the Justice, he asks "Who gives this woman away to be married?" Jax says "The club does." The Justice asks "Do you Happy Lowman take Clara James to be your lawfully wedded wife?" He looks at Happy and he says "Yeah." Looking at me he asks "Do you Clara James take Happy Lowman to be your lawfully wedded husband?" I nod my head and say "Yes." Gemma hands us rings and Happy puts the ring on my finger and I put the other one on his and the Justice says "By the power vested in me by the state of California I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss your bride." he says. Happy leans and kisses my cheek and then walks away and leaves me standing there. I walk away and head to my dorm to get my things packed and see Happy taking a croweater into his dorm.
A few minutes later, I walk back out to the main room and ask "Do I have to stay at his house? I can find somewhere else to stay." I say to Gemma. "It won't be that bad sweetheart." she tells me. "Yeah. Gemma, I just watched my husband take a whore into his dorm two minutes after marrying me. I don't really think he wants me in his home." I tell her. "Come on. You need to be living with him. Has to look real." she tells me. We leave and head to Happy's house. "Can you let him know I set up in the guest room?" I ask and she nods. "I'll be here in the morning to get you for work. I promise it will get better." she tells me before kissing my cheek and walking out the door. I walk into the guest room and don't bother to unpack. I need to keep my things packed up just incase. I put the bag over beside the closet door and lay down on the bed and sob. My wedding night and my husband is hooking up with a croweater while I'm at home alone. Every girl's dream.
The next morning, I am up and ready for work. Walking out to Gemma's SUV, I get in. "You get unpacked?" she asks. "Nope." I tell her and she looks at me confused. "Gemma, I spent my wedding night in bed crying while my husband was hooking up with anyone who wasn't me. I'm not unpacking because this isn't my home. This is his. As soon as this shit about Mark is done, I'm filing for divorce and getting the hell out of here. I don't even care where I go as long as it's not here." I tell her. "Clara…" she starts but I stop her. "Gemma, if that's how you spent your wedding night, would you stick around?" I ask. "No baby. I wouldn't." she tells me.
We get to the office and I clock in and start work. Once I'm sitting at the desk, Jax comes in and closes the door. "How you doing Darlin?" he asks. "I'm fine Jax." I tell him. "No you ain't." he says. I stop what I'm doing and say "I need a favor." He looks at me confused and I say "Being married to him, means I can't be forced to testify. How long do I have to be living at his house before I can separate from him and leave and still not have to testify?" I ask. "You have to be married at the time of trial if it gets that far." he tells me. "So until they drop the investigation, I'm stuck living in his house?" I ask. "Yeah Darlin. Are you okay?" he asks. "No, Jax. I'm not. When this shit with Mark is done, I need to know I can file for divorce and get as far away from here as possible." I say as the tears form in my eyes. "Yeah. Once we know it's all done, we'll help you get the divorce and help you get out of here if that's what you want." he tells me. "Thank you." I say as the tears fall down my face. He stands up and pulls me to him and rubs my back while I softly sob.