A/N #1: Hello, to all you readers out there. Massive massive apologies. Yes, I know. I'm horrible for not updating in months. I'm sooooo sorry for not updating ANY of my stories. I hope that will all change. Some of them, I started writing again, breaking the writers block, so there's that. I hope all of yous are still with me and enjoy this chapter. Slowly but surely, more will be coming soon.

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…Chapter Six…

It was extremely quiet in the house and Ava didn't like it too much. "Hello? Anyone home?" she called out, but got no response. "So I am alone." she muttered, looking out the window, seeing that her Tahoe was gone as well as Gloria's truck. "Awesome." she plopped down on the couch and turned on the TV. As soon as she got comfortable, she heard the sound of motorcycles pulling up, followed by a knock on the door. She got up and after she opened it, she had a huge smile on her face, seeing two familiar faces. "Chibs… Juice!"

"Wow, Love." Chibs hugged Ava spinning her around. "Long time no see."

"Yeah, it's been a while."

"How are ya?" he asked, putting down to her feet.

"I'm alright." she nodded, then gave Juice a hug. "Hey, you."

"Hey, Ava." he backed up to look at her. "Where the hell have you been, girl?"

"In Arizona." she shut the door. "Come, sit down." Juice sat in the recliner, as Ava and Chibs sat on the couch. She looked between both of them. "So, what's up guys?" she asked, muting the TV.

"Jax wanted me to give you this." Juice reached into his pocket and tossed a prepay phone in her lap. "I put all the numbers you might need."

"Thanks." she nodded.

"Jackie Boy told us that you have a wee one." Chibs looked around. "Is she here?"

"Her name is Lily; her and my friend Tiny went out somewhere shopping."

"Alone?"

"Yeah."

Juice shook his head. "Jax also told us that your ex is after you… Ava, they shouldn't be alone."

"Alright." she grabbed her other cell phone. "Let me see where she's at." she dialed the number. "You… are going to her?"

"Yeah, but I'll also have Hap meet me there."

Ava nodded at Juice as she got no answer, so she tried again, and put it on speaker. "I swear this girl better answer her phone."

"What's up, Beeotch?"

"Hey, Tiny… where are you and Lily right now?"

"Well, my love, Lily and I are at Target in Lodi. Just doing a little more shopping."

"And what are you buying exactly?"

"Lily wanted to get a card for her daddy when she meets him."

"Who's her daddy?" Juice whispered.

Ava shook her head. "Hey, Tiny… two of the guys are gonna meet you at Target."

"Why?"

"Just a little precaution, so you're not alone, in case something happens."

"Okay." Tiny took a deep breath. "Who or what am I looking for?"

"The guys you are looking for… one has a mohawk and tattoos on his head and the other is bald with tattoos on his arms - both wearing cuts."

There was a long pause before Tiny spoke. "What the hell is a cut?"

Ava chuckled. "Oh, right… you don't know. A cut is their black leather vests with patches on them. Just look for a huge reaper on the back."

"Okay and their names are?"

"Juice and Happy."

There was another long pause before Tiny spoke again. "Alright, Lily and I will be in the books section, near the DVD's."

"Awesome, they're on the way, bye." then Ava hung up her phone and glanced at Juice. "You better get going."

"Yeah." he stood up. "But first… who's Lily's father?"

"Trust me." Ava sighed. "When you see her, you'll know."

"Alright." he chuckled, as he bent down to give her a kiss on the cheek. "Glad you're home." she just nodded, then Juice walked out of the house.

"So." Chibs looked around. "Where's Gloria?"

Ava shrugged. "I have no clue."

"Have you seen Elias yet?"

"Yesterday, for a little while."

"I'm sorry about that, Love… he's a good guy and I hope he comes out of it."

"Thank you, Chibs." she gave him a slight smile. "I hope so too."

Five minutes later, the door opened and Jax walked right in. "Hey." he nodded at Chibs.

"What's up, Jackie Boy?"

"Where's Juice?"

"He's meeting Happy at Target in Lodi." Ava sat up straight. "Because Tiny and Lily are by themselves." suddenly, she noticed the pissed off look on his face. "What's wrong?"

Jax ignored Ava's question and glanced at Chibs. "Clay needs you at the clubhouse. I'll stay."

"You got it." he stood up and gave Ava a kiss on the top of her head. "See you later, Love."

"Bye." she waved, then Chibs walked out of the house. Jax locked the door and turned to face her. "Uh, is something wrong?" he just glared at her, thinking about the conversation he had with Gemma, after he walked into the office not too long ago.

…Flashback…

"You wanted to talk to me about something?"

Gemma looked up and smirked a little. "Actually, I have something to show you. I didn't get to finish talking to you earlier. You just took off."

Jax groaned, sitting in the chair. "Show me what?"

"Something that belongs to you." she held up her phone. "Take a look."

Jax grabbed it and stared at a picture of a blonde hair, blue eyed little girl with a bruise on her face and a cast on her wrist. "Who…"

"That's your six year old daughter Lily and Ava's kept her from us."

Jax snapped his head up at Gemma with his eyes wide. "Are you sure she's mine?"

"You can see that Lily is a spitting image of you and Ava didn't even deny it."

"How long have you known about this?"

"Yesterday morning. I didn't want to tell you then because of Ope's wedding."

Jax stared at the picture again. "Why does she have a bruise and a cast?"

"Ava's ex did it." Gemma crossed her arms. "And I'm sure she just sat there and let it happen." Jax was livid. He quickly sent the picture to his phone, then set Gemma's phone on the desk, and stood up. "What are you gonna do?" she asked, seeing that look in his eyes.

"Get some answers." he said, storming out and slamming the door behind him.

…End of Flashback…

"Jax?" Ava said, snapping him out of his angry daze. "What's wrong?"

"When the hell were you gonna tell me?!"

"Tell you what?" she winced, a little.

"This." he held up the picture of Lily on his cell phone and Ava sighed in defeat. "You told me that you had no intentions on coming back here." he paused. "Were you ever… going to tell me that she's my daughter?"

"I would have." she paused. "Eventually… I just didn't know when or how I'd tell you."

Jax stood in front of Ava, looking down at her. "Last night, I asked you where her father was… you said 'he's around, but we're not together' and you were talking about me the whole damn time! Why the hell didn't you say anything, Ava?!" he shouted, making her flinch.

"I… I'm sorry."

"You're sorry? And you just sat there and let your piece of shit ex boyfriend of yours hurt and bruise my little girl?!"

"No, no, no… back up." she stood up and got into Jax's face. "I didn't let him hurt her nor did I just sit there. That's a goddamn lie. I told you exactly what happened and what I did to get us the hell away from him. And as for the bruise, it's from a kid that was bullying her since school started. I told her - if it keeps on - she had my permission to hit him back. A few days ago, he hit her again and she gave him a black eye. After that I pulled her out of there." Ava crossed her arms. "Now, I don't know what the hell Gemma told you, but don't you dare, stand there, accusing me of letting any of this happen to our daughter."

Jax looked into Ava's eyes and knew she was telling the truth. He heavily sighed, then uncrossed her arms, and pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry." he whispered.

"I'm sorry too." she slightly nodded. Jax backed up and stared at her, then kissed her lips. Before she knew it, Jax picked her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist as he carried her into her room and locked the door.

A/N #2: There ya go! It's kinda short, but there's more to come. Don't forget to R&R! Enjoy!