Holly sat in the living room with Chibs, both of them eating breakfast as Gilmore Girls played on the TV. Holly needed something that had nothing to do with violence for a while.
"Maybe you should get out of Charming for a while, lass. We can't worry about you and Abel at the same time. It's taking too much of our concentration. And you're focusing on Abel and Jax and it's taking too much out of you."
"I want him home."
"We'll bring him home. You need to trust that."
"I trust you. I just can't sit around."
"Why don't you go visit Gemma and Tig? Take some time to take a breath."
She nodded, leaning into him, letting her mind wander. When Jax got home, she looked back at him, getting up to make him some food, only to be stopped when he grabbed her arm.
"You ok, darlin'?"
"No. But neither are you."
He kissed her head gently, placing his hand on her belly gently.
"I've been thinking about it, and I'm gonna go see your mom. Maybe I should get out of Charming for a while. My being on autopilot isn't helping you or anyone else but I can't get myself out of it."
"I think that's a great idea. You want me to call Tig?"
"If you don't mind. I'll go pack a couple bags."
"Ok. Mom doesn't know about Abel, and Clay and I wanna keep it that way."
"No more secrets, Jax. I can't handle it."
"Then tell Tig. But not mom. I promise to update you when we find anything, but if mom finds out, she'll come back and we'll have her to worry about too."
Holly pulled up to the address Tig sent her, getting out and grabbing her bags before going up to the door, knocking. She walked inside when Tig let her in, letting him lead her to the room she'd be staying in. She closed the door behind her, looking at him.
"Cameron killed Sack. And kidnapped Abel. We don't know anything for sure."
"Shit. Why didn't Clay tell me?"
"They don't want Gemma to know. Don't want her coming back to Charming right now."
"Shit. How are you doing, doll?"
"Horribly. I wanna go back and help out, but I'm not helping. I'm just floundering right now. So Jax sent me here."
"Please tell me you'll be easier to handle than Gemma."
"As long as Gemma doesn't find out about Abel, yeah."
He pulled her in for a hug, kissing her head.
"I'm pregnant."
"You are? Does Jax know?"
"Yeah. I'm supposed to be on bedrest, but I've been restless, so I've been running around."
"In other words, I'm to keep you in bed?"
"Yeah."
"Alright. Climb in, doll. Why don't fire up your laptop, watch some netflix? I'll bring you something to eat."
"I already ate. But I'd love some tea, if you don't mind."
"Alright. I'll be back."
Holly sat up in bed, her phone going off having woken her up. She answered her phone when she saw Jax's number.
"What'd you find?"
"Jimmy says Cameron's still stateside. We're seeing a bounty hunter to see if they can help."
"Jax….I don't trust Jimmy. Not just because of Chibs, but because of who he is. Anyone who has the balls to steal someone's wife and kid and do what he did to Chibs would have no trouble lying about something like this. I wanna believe that Abel's stateside, but I have the sinking feeling that he's not. I don't trust Jimmy O, and I don't think you should either."
"We're looking into it, babe. I just wanted to let you know and check in. Were you asleep?"
"Yeah. Although, I think Tig slipped me a couple sleeping pills."
"Tell him not to do that. I don't want anything to happen to this kid."
"Tell him yourself."
"How's mom treating you?"
"She's been treating me ok. I told her that I needed some time to recover from what happened with Weston and that Zobelle got away and that you wanted me out of town in case he came back. For my safety."
"Smart thinking. What'd you tell her about Abel?"
"That I would've brought him but you wanted to stick by him while they did a couple tests and checkups."
"That's smart. I gotta go, babe. I love you."
"Love you too. Stay safe and keep me updated."
"I will."
Holly helped Gemma patch Tig up, cleaning up the wound and stitching up bullet hole after cleaning it out, keeping her mouth shut so she didn't puke, keeping her lips pressed together. She felt Tig looking at her as she started gagging.
"Was it the sound?"
She nodded, clearing her throat a bit, putting a bandage over it, not saying anything.
"Go, doll."
She ran to the toilet, holding her hair back as she emptied her stomach, coughing hard and wet as she finished, flushing before going to rinse her mouth out and brush her teeth. She groaned softly as she walked back out, taking the water Gemma handed her, taking a couple sips as she sat down on the bed.
"You doing ok, baby?"
"I am now. You ok, Tig?"
"I'm better than your stomach."
She nodded, clearing her throat as she sat back, looking over at him.
"How's Nate?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen him."
"Why don't you go look for him?"
"What about you?"
"I'll be fine. I'm gonna try and go back to sleep."
"Have you not been sleeping well? You've been doing nothing but sleeping since you got here."
"Not really. I usually don't sleep well without Jax around, but I'm so tired."
"Ok, baby. I'll bring you some soup in a little bit. Get some rest."
Holly looked at her phone, seeing Jax's number, staying in her laid back position.
"Hi, babe. What's up?"
"Have you actually been in bed this whole time? I keep waking you up with my calls."
"I've been up and down, but I'm catching up on sleep, I guess. I was more tired than I thought. Nightmares take their toll on you."
"I'm sorry. I wanted to let you know that Abel's in Canada."
"What? You finally found him?"
"Yes and no. We're gonna go find Cameron and bring Abel home."
"I wanna go with you. Please? I need to see that he's ok with my own eyes."
"I don't want you to see what I have to do. What I'm gonna do to Cameron when I catch up with him."
"Then I'll stay in the fucking car. I'm not gonna….."
"Holly? Relax. I don't want you to see this because I want to keep you from as much stress as possible so we can carry this baby safely. Ok? So take a breath. I will bring our son home and then come get you."