lennon9091: Thanks for the review :):) I'm sure Juice will get himself out of trouble :P

MissTeller-Ortiz-Dixon: I like their relationship, too :):) You're right, Scar isn't gonna be too happy when she see's him, but I'm sure it'll work out ;)

Bamby

JPOV

Scarlett's car wasn't in the lot when we got back to the clubhouse. We waited, thinking she'd come back but she didn't. After a while, Jax, Chibs and myself went looking for her. We checked Jax's, Tara's, Clay and Gemma's, the police station, the cemetery, the park. But we couldn't find her anywhere.

Riding back into the lot, Clay and the others walked out of the clubhouse, heading our way.

"You find her?" Ope asked, moving to Jax.

Jax got off his bike, shaking his head, looking as worried as I felt. "We looked everywhere. Couldn't find her."

"You try calling?" Bobby suggested.

"She won't pick up," Chibs answered.

I felt so bad. I had no idea where she could be, all I knew was that it was my fault. I should have stayed clear from the girls. I should have sat at the bar with Piney, Jax and Clay. I should have known better.

Bobby rested a hand on my shoulder. "Look, we'll keep trying to call her. She'll answer eventually."

But something told me she didn't want to talk to any of us...

SPOV

I jumped out of my car, pulling my bag out with me as I made my way to the front door. It was dark by now, but not too late. My phone buzzed for the millionth time. I had about forty missed calls. The guys were obviously worried about me. But I didn't care. I didn't want to talk to any of them. Juice isn't the only one I was angry with. Jax and the others should have kept those girls away from him, or him away from the girls.

The front door flew open, mum's wide smile the first thing I saw. She ran up to me, arms open. "My baby girl," she laughed, holding me in a tight hug. "God, I missed you so much." She kissed my forehead.

My bag was taken from me as Tig stepped closer. "Hey, Lett." With one look he at me he could tell something was up. "Everything okay?"

Mum took a step back, now seeing what Tig saw. "What happened?"

"Gemma?" The frail, old voice made my heart ache. Memories from when I was little, the few times I had actually seen my granddad, came to mind. I had loved him so much. I still did. "Gemma, who is it?"

Mum stepped aside as Nate walked out to join us, Tara close behind him. His eyes looked me up and down with question, obviously not recognising me. But I recognised him. He looked exactly the same.

"Hi, granddad. It's me, Scarlett..."

It took a moment for the words to register in his head before his eyes lit up. He moved towards me, pulling me into a hug. "Oh my. Oh, look at you," he laughed, holding me as tightly as he could manage.

A tear fell from my eye as relief and joy flooded me. "I missed you."

He took a step back, looking me up and down, hands holding my arms. "You've grown up so much. Got your mother's eyes." He smiled. "Rose's eyes." Rose, my controlling, not so nice grandmother... we had never gotten along. "You must be freezing." He rubbed my bare arms. "Come on. I'll make you something to eat." He nodded, making his way inside.

...

I sat on the floor in front of mum, leaning against her as she played with my hair absentmindedly. Tig sat on the single chair, scotch in hand. While Tara was busy putting Nate to bed.

"So, you gonna tell us what's wrong?" Tig broke the silence.

I sighed, shifting slightly before answering. "The guys went to a party at Lin's today. Some Asian and Caracara girls the entertainment. I went there to make sure it was all good, just in case they wanted more girls... and that's when I saw Juice."

Tig, who had seemed upset about hearing the guys went to a porn-star party without him, suddenly looked deadly. "What did he do?"

"Two Asian hookers on his lap. Running their filthy hands all over him." I mummbled.

"I'm gonna kill him," was all Tig said, taking another drink.

"Not if I get to him first," mum argued, the two of them pissed at Juice- almost as much as me.

Tara walked in, moving to sit on the couch next to my mum. There was something going on, I could tell. The way everyone went silent as they just sat there. It was like they were waiting for something.

"What did you do?" I asked no one in particular.

A man walked in, dressed in all black. He looked creepy, like someone an author would create and put in some kind of horror book. His energy had me feeling off...

Mum, Tara and Tig stood, mum moving around me to stand in front of the man.

He nodded. "All done."

Tara looked behind the man, seeming confused. "Where is she?"

He just turned to her sharply. "Where's who?"

Oh, my God! Tara had said mum had the caretaker locked up downstairs. I hadn't seen or heard her since I got here. A bad feeling sunk in my stomach, as thoughts of what the guys might be doing here filled my mind.

Mum handed him some cash. "There's $1600."

"Um..." Tig gestured around the room. "Take the rest in goods. Anything."

The guy didn't even look around. He just moved over to Nate's golden statue of hands together in prayer. He then just walked out without so much as a bye.

"What did you do to the caretaker?" I looked at the three of them. When no one answered, it was enough for me to know. "You killed her?!"

"It was an accident," mum tried to explain.

"Self-defence." Tara added.

Tig groaned, sitting back down. "You two are really bad at keeping things secret," he noted, pouring himself another drink.

...

Mum had shown me the spare room where both Tara and I would be staying. It wasn't a big enough house for all of us to have our own rooms. I didn't mind though. It would be like sleeping over, as if we were in high school again.

I placed my phone on the bedside table as it vibrated, Jax's name on the screen.

"You gonna answer that?" mum asked as Tara walked into the room.

I shook my head, throwing my bag on to the bed to get some clothes out. "I haven't answered the other hundred calls. Why start now?"

She rolled her eyes, grabbing my phone and answering it. "She's not talking to you right now." There was some noise on the other side of the phone before mum turned to me with a disapproving look. "Yeah, I'll make sure she gets the message," she said before hanging up, putting the phone back on the table. "You didn't tell the guys you were coming here?"

"Nope." I shrugged.

"They've been calling you for hours. You couldn't have sent them a message?"

"If I wanted them to know where I was, I would have said. This way, I know for a fact I won't have to worry about them showing up."

"You know better than to just disappear. With everything that's been going on... they had no idea where you were Scarlett. They thought the worst."

I felt a little guilty as mum looked at me with those disapproving eyes. I hadn't really thought about what I was doing. I just knew I wanted to get out of there, and away from Juice.

"Look. I'll call Jax back and talk to him. Will that make you feel better?" I picked up the phone, walking past her without waiting for a reply.

I headed outside into the garden. It was beautiful, even at night. Nate worked on the garden most days, treasuring it as if it was a child. Seeing it at night, with the star and moon light was relaxing and peaceful.

I dialled Jax's number, waiting for him to answer at I took a seat on the bench. It didn't take long for him to answer...

"What the hell are you thinking? You know if you get caught with mum, you'll be arrested for aiding and abetting. That's a federal charge."

"Hello to you too." I rolled my eyes. "You know, I'll just hang up if you're gonna be like this."

He groaned audibly before going on. "I'm sorry. We were worried something might have happened to you."

"Nope. Just had to get out of there."

"Scar-"

"Two big breasted hookers, Jax. On his lap. Giggling. Hands running all over him. I swear to God I'm going to wring their necks if I ever see them again. And you can tell Juice I'm gonna castrate him while he sleeps." I was clearly pissed. "I know the rules. I know I'm supposed to shut my mouth and let him do whatever he wants. I know that. But I can't do that, Jax. I'm a Teller, I fight for what I want." I paused a moment before adding, "I'm your sister."

There was a silence, the air around me heavy with anticipation.

"You want me to deal with him?" was all he said, once again falling into silence.

That's all I needed to hear to feel a little better. It might be selfish of me, but knowing Jax would be me above one of his brothers meant a lot to me.

Bamby