Chapter 3
Once I get calmed down, I get back to work and Jax walks out to the clubhouse where Happy was. "Where's Hap?" Jax asks Rat who's behind the bar. "His dorm." Rat says. "He's not alone." Rat adds. "Shit." Jax says before heading down the hall to the dorms. Knocking on the door he hears Happy yell "Go away." Jax gets more pissed and says "It's me. Open the door." Jax yells and a minute later he opens the door. Jax looks at the half naked croweater on the bed and tells her "Get out." She grabs her things and heads out the door as fast as she can. "What's this about Pres?" Happy asks. "Are you that much of a fucking dick?" Jax asks as he closes the door. Happy doesn't answer. "You're in here fucking anything that walks while your wife is in the office asking me about getting a fucking divorce because she'd rather do jail time. You know you have to make this shit look real right? Can't do that if she's alone and you're fucking whores. You need to figure this shit out." Jax tells him. "Nothing to figure out. I didn't want this. Club voted this shit. She don't want in this, let her get the divorce. I don't fucking care." Happy says. "You're staying in this marriage. This is to protect your ass and hers." Jax says and sees Happy glare at him. "Club order asshole." Jax seethes and Happy just nods.
It's time to go and I head to Gemma's SUV to head back to Happy's house. I get out of her SUV and she tells me that she will see me in the morning. I go inside and to the guest room, not bothering to eat. An hour later, I hear a knock on the front door. Walking to the door, I look through the peephole and see my father. Can't I catch a fucking break? Opening the door, I ask "What do you want?" My father looks at me and asks "Where's Mark?" I still have my hand on the door and say "I don't know. Told me he was done with me and I moved out." I tell him. "Well, I have another friend who I think will be interested in you. Get your things together." he tells me. "I'm not going with you." I tell him, trying to shut the door but he pushes it open and follows me in. He grabs my hair and slams me into the wall and starts punching me in the stomach and ribs before punching me in the face. Hearing a motorcycle pulling up, he runs out the back door as I start to pass out.
I wake up and see bright lights. Opening my eyes a little more, I see Gemma sitting beside my bed with Jax and Happy on the other. "Gemma." I rasp out. She gets up and gets me a drink of water and raises my bed up a little more. "Hey Darlin. How you feeling?" Jax asks. "I'm okay." I say without looking at him. "Do you know who did this?" Jax asks and I don't answer for a minute. "Clara, who did it?" Happy asks. "Doesn't matter. Wasn't club related." I tell them. "How do you know?" Gemma asks. "Did you know the person?" Jax asks. I nod my head yes and say "It was personal. I'll handle it. It's not a club issue." I tell him. "Let her get some rest. We can talk more about this when she's out of here." Gemma says and Jax nods and says "Okay." He gets up to leave and Happy follows behind him. "Why was Happy here?" I ask. "He's your husband." she tells me. "That's funny." I tell her sarcastically and we sit in silence until the doctor comes in to release me.
Once we leave the hospital, Gemma takes me to the clubhouse and takes my bag that she went to pick up and bring it to the dorm I was staying in before. Jax walks in as I am getting settled on the bed and sees my bag. "Those all your things?" he asks. "Yeah. Never unpacked." I tell him. "Why not?" he asks. "Not my home." I tell him and he just shakes his head. "We need you in chapel with us." he tells me. I just nod. Gemma helps me up and down the hall to the main room. Happy actually walks over and helps me into the chapel and goes to help me to a chair and I say "I'm good here." I tell him and brace myself against the door frame. "We need to know who did this to you." Jax says. "It was personal. Not club related." I say. "I know but you're a member's wife. That makes it club related." Jax says. I shake my head and say "This was on me. I'll handle it. I appreciate the concern guys but this is something I need to handle myself." I tell them and go to leave the chapel. "You're my fucking wife. We handle this." Happy says. I turn to him and say "Happy, I can handle this. Please just let me handle it." I say. "Can I get a minute with my wife brothers?" Happy asks and they head out of the room. Before Chibs leaves, he helps me to his chair and says "You need to sit Lass." I nod and take the seat he helps me to. "Why won't you let us help you?" he asks. "Don't do that." I say as I go to stand back up. He looks at me. "Don't act like you care. This doesn't have anything to do with the club. This has to do with me. I don't want the club to worry about it." I tell him. He stands up and walks over to stand in front of me. Getting almost nose to nose with me, he says "You're my wife. The club will handle this shit." he says before telling the club to come in.
The club comes back in and takes their seats and I am standing again. "The club will handle this. You're a member's wife. That makes it a club issue." he says. "Jax, to let the club handle this means I have to share some history." I tell him. "We're listening." he says. I take a deep breath and am bracing myself against the wall. Happy walks over and makes me take a seat in his seat. "The reason I was with Mark was because my father sold me to him, to be his personal party favor." I say and they all look at me. All but Happy. "I guess he got wind that Mark was out of the picture and he found out where I was and paid me a visit. Wants to sell me to someone else. When I said no, he did what he always does. He beat me. He took off when he heard the motorcycle pull up." I say. "Shit." Tig says. "I would appreciate it if you all would let me deal with this. The last thing we need is something happening to him and more eyes being put on me and the club." I say. "We're handling this. You don't leave here until this is done." Happy says. "You're an Old Lady Doll. That makes it a club responsibility." Tig says. "I'm a wife, not an Old Lady. No crow. So, no disrespect guys but I don't think Old Lady rules apply to me." I say before trying to stand up. Happy goes to help me and I say "Please don't." before pulling away from him. I move to the door and say "Thank you for your concern guys, but this issue is mine." I say before walking out of the chapel.
Gemma sees me walk out of the chapel and head down the hall and moves to help me to my dorm to get me settled on the bed. Jax pulls Happy aside and says "You need to fix this shit. I don't care of you want to be married or not. She's your Goddamn wife now and you need to start treating her that way." Happy nods and heads down the hall to my room.