Both men found her in the kitchen, drinking whiskey Opie took the bottle from her hands. "What the hell is going on Maddie?' She closed her eyes, trying to hold back the tears, his hand was on her shoulder. "I'm your big brother, let me make it better."

She turned looking up at him, shaking her head. "Ope, just leave it alone. It's over!"

"Has that asshole put his hands on you before?" He asked through his clinched teeth.

She let out an exhale, she ran her hand through her hair. "He slammed me against the wall, holding me there, trying to keep me from leaving him. Other then that, it was mostly him controlling me, with emotionally, verbal, and mental abuse. That's why I ended the engagement and left him, that and he made me choose between him and my family."

She looked at his face, she could see the anger in his eyes. "Why did you stay with him?"

"Please, don't ask me that."

"Tell me sis...why?"

"Because I wanted to be loved...because I didn't think I deserved better..." He pulled her into his arms kissing the top of her head.

"Christ, sis! Don't you know you deserve the very best of everything? If he shows up here, I'm going to hurt him!"

"He won't, he's a coward!" Opie hugged his little sister, he had failed her as a big brother, never again.

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Happy stood back listening to her, he felt his rage building, this asshole Paul was as good as dead if he showed up anywhere near Maddie. He looked at her, how can anyone so beautiful think she didn't deserve the best. He watched her, walk away from Opie and smile at him. He leaned against the counter, wanting to go pull her into his arms and comfort her.

She hugged Opie, as he left the house to go home to his kids. She turned to face him, he walked up to her cupping her face, he kissed her. He broke the kiss off after a few minutes. "Let me see the bruise."

"Happy.." She shook her head, he touched her face. He pulled off her shirt, looking at the one on her collarbone. It's the only one that the others had seen, no one had seen the ones on her back. He slowly turned her around, looking at her back.

"Damn girl!" He gently touched her back.

"No one has seen the ones on my back. Gemma and Chibs have seen the one on my collarbone, they know...I made them swear not to tell. Jax's seen the bruise on my collarbone, but has no clue what it's from."

"Why?"

"I was ashamed, embarrassed.." She closed her eyes, not wanting to finish. His lips slowly closed over hers, he pulled her body close to his. He reached around to unfasten her bra, his hands pulling it off. His mouth left her lips, trailing down her neck, his lips closed over her hardened nipple. She let out a gasp. She pulled away grabbing her shirt off the floor and pulling it on, she grabbed her bra off the floor turning her back to him.

He turned her around to look at him, seeing tears in her eyes, he cursed under his breathe. "I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault I'm damaged." She turned and walked away from him. Gemma and Clay walking in stopped him from going after her.

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She rushed into the bathroom, shutting and locking the door. Pulling off her shirt, she put her bra back on, she washed the make-up off her face,, and put her shirt back on before leaving the bathroom.

She walked back into the kitchen, hoping the Happy was gone, he was sitting at the table with Clay. Gemma say her walking into the room, she smiled at her.

"Hey baby, how was your first day?"

"It was great."

Clay looked up, seeing Maddie. "Sit down, little girl." She sat down next to Clay, looking at him. "What's this I hear about your fiancee hurting you?"

"It's nothing for you to worry about." She glared at Happy, knowing he had to of said something. "It will be fine." She got up, walking to the door, she needed a minute without eyes looking at her. She walked outside inhaling deeply. She walked around the corner of the house, hiding in the dark.

Hearing the door open, she leaned against the house. She heard Happy calling her name, she stayed where she was, she didn't want to see him. He walked around the corner of the house finding her, he pulled her into his arms. Not saying anything to her, he pulled her from the darkness, dragging her back into the house.

Clay looked at her. "I'm your Godfather, I'm not letting some asshole get away with hurting you!" He kissed her forehead, before walking out of the room.

She was looking at the floor, trying to get her emotions under control. Happy stepped over to her, lifting her face up. "I'll be by to get you in the morning." He kissed her gentlely before walking out the door.

Maddie stood in the middle of the kitchen, feeling afraid, it had been awhile since she was allowed to make her own decisions. She could feel the old her breaking through the years of being locked away. She didn't know if she knew how to be the Maddie fierce and strong, all she knew was how to be Madison meek, and mild.

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She had a restless night, filled dreams of a certain tattooed bald biker. She was out of the shower with a towel wrapped around her, when Gemma walked into her bathroom. She tredto hide the bruising on her back. Gemma turned her around, pulling the towel away from her back.

"Shit baby! You've got to tell Ope."

"He knows enough."

"Does he know about this?"

"Gemma, please...?"

"Baby, he hurt you!"

"It's over. No one needs to know about this." Maddie finished getting ready for work. She wasn't in the mood for anyone's pity today. She walked outside carrying her bags, putting them in the car. Happy wasn't there yet and she didn't care. She left without having any protection or detail with her.

She pulled into the parking lot, dragged her bags out of the car and headed inside. She was the first one in, she was enjoying the quiet as she sat her work station. She heard several motorcycles riding up, she closed her eyes because she knew that it wasn't going to be pretty.

She had locked the door behind her, she heard pounding on the door. Thinking about ignoring the angry bikers outside for a minute, she knew it would only make matters worse. She slowly walked to the door opening it, Opie, Jax, and Happy stormed inside, Chibs and Tig were leaning against their bikes.

Opie grabbed her arm. "What the fuck were you thinking?" She just stood staring at him, not saying anything. Jax and Happy were glaring at her, she had her arms crossed over her chest. "Are you going to answer me?"

She looked up at him, trying not to cry. "I was thinking I wanted my life back. The person I was before I met Paul Wheeler and became a weak person everyone pitied. Someone that could take care of herself and didn't need protected."

She clinched her jaw, willing the tears not to come, but the damn broke. Opie stared at his sister, he cursed under his breath before pulling her into a hug. "Sis...this has nothing to do with that asshole! It's the Mayan attack that has you under protection."

"I'm sorry this hat I took off on my own. As you can see I'm in one piece!"

Jax walked forward pulling her from Opie's arms. "My turn." He wrapped his arms around her in a hug. "Little sister, we just want to keep you safe."

"Might as well bring Tiggy and Chibs in, I'm sure they want to have their say." The whole time she kept her eyes on Happy, his eyes were glaring at her. She could feel his anger radiating from his body, she was wondering what he'd have to say. She had a feeling it wouldn't be as kind as the other men.

"By the way, Juice is here with the wrecker. He's taking your car back to TM, so we can fix it. You'll be riding home with Hap tonight." Opie informed her.

Tig and Chibs came in hugging her, not saying a word, their looks were enough for her to know that they were unhappy with her. They left the studio except for Happy, he came up behind her, whispering in her ear.

"We'll discuss what you did later." His hot breathe, on her ear was doing strange things to her body. He sat down on the couch, so he could keep an eye on her for the rest of the day.

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She packed up her bags, getting ready to leave. "Everyone else gone? He growled.

"Yes." He pulled her into his arms crushing his lips to his. She tried to pull away from him, his hold was too strong. He pressed his body to hers, pushing back her hair he nibbled on her ear. Trailing kisses down her neck, he nibbled at her collarbone. She closed her eyes, wanting him to go on but knowing she should put a stop to it

He released her from his hold, she stumbled a little, his hands went to her waist to steady her. "Let's go!" He dragged her out to his bike, climbing on he handed her a helmet, she put it on and climbed on behind him. She wrapped her arms around his waist, he took into the night.

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He pulled into a drive, she frowned not recognizing where she was, he climbed off his bike. She took off her helmet, staying on his bike, looking at him.

"You've staying with me, until further notice, because of your little stunt this morning." He growled. She could feel the anger bubbling up, from the pit of her stomach.

"Who decided this?" She asked through clinched teeth.

"Opie, Jax, your dad, Clay, me."

"And I get no say in the matter?"

"No!"

She climbed off the bike, feeling pissed off at the world she threw the helmet at Happy's smug face. Walking towards the steet, she had no idea where she was heading, but she wasn't staying here. Suddenly, she felt like her old self, the women that didn't take anyone's shit. She was lifted off her feet and thrown over his shoulder.

She let out a indignant squeal, he swatted her ass. "Stop moving or I'm going to drop you!" He carried her into his house dumping her on the couch. She glared at him, her arms crossing over her chest. "Glare at me all you want princess, this is were you're staying."

She lay down on his couch, thinking what a cluster fuck her life had become. Her phone rang, unknown caller, she figured it was probably one of her family members explaining why she was being punished by being forced to stay with Happy.

"Hello?"

"You little whore, was that your boyfriend carrying you into the house?" Happy walking in seeing the fear in her eyes, he grabbed the phone from her hand.

"Who the fuck is this?" He growled.

"It's Madison's fiancee. I saw you with your hands on her, you fucking her? She's a dead lay!"

"Come near her, ever again and it will be the last thing you'll do!"

"Tell Madison I'll see her soon." He ended the call. Happy stared at Maddie sitting on the couch, she had her knees pulled up to her chest, her face buried.

She was lifted off the couch, she didn't fight him. He carried her into the bedroom, laying her gentlely on the bed. "He's not going to hurt you." He growled.

She curled up in a ball, one phone call, hearing his voice and she lost herself. She heard him curse, and his boots hitting the floor, she felt his arms around her. He pulled her close to him, she laid her head on his chest, she fell asleep.

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She woke the next morning still in his arms, she had a moment of panic not remembering how she got there. The it all came flooding back, the phone call, the knowledge that Paul was in Charming. She slowly sat up, easing herself out of his arms. Sitting on the edge of the bed, she started to shake, strong arms snaked around her pulling her back next to him.

"Stay next to me." He growled. He kissed her, his lips hungrily taking hers. His tongue slipped into her mouth, teasing hers. His hands went to her shirt, unbuttoning it, trailing kisses to her chest. He raised his head up, looking at her, he pulled her up to unfasten her bra. She didn't stop him, as he pulled it from her body. He lowered his head, taking a hardened nipple into his mouth. She arched her back, moaning, she didn't stop him.

He took her nipple between his teeth, gently sucking it, his fingers played with the other nipple rolling it between his finger and thumb, pinching it slightly. He moved down, pulling off her pants, his fingers grazing the front of her panties. He slowly removed them, his fingers slid inside her. She arched her back, he pulled his fingers our teasing her clit, she grabbed the pillows.

"Please.."

"Tell me what you want."

"Take me!"

He got up from the bed, taking off his clothes, slowly he thrust inside her. She wrapped her arms around his back, lifting her hips to meet his. She pulled her legs up to his waist, he hooked his arm under her knee. She screamed his name, as she found her release, his breathing changed, he grabbed her shoulders thrusting inside her one last time, before collapsing on top of her.

He rolled to his back, staring at the ceiling. "You okay?" He asked, sneaking a look at her.

"I'm okay." She was trying to get her bearings, she threw her arm over her eyes. She felt the bed shifting as he got up, he picked her up carrying her to the bathroom. Sitting her down on the, he reached into the shower, turning on the water. He pulled her into his arms, kissing her, his hands wandering down to her ass, and pulling her against him. She could feel him getting hard again, he opened the shower door, picked her up, and carried her inside.

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She sat across from him at the diner, the waitress was taking their order. "Coffee and toast, please." Happy gave her a disapproving look.

"Is that all you're going to eat?" She looked uncomfortable, not wanting to explain. "No judgment here, Maddie. Eat what you want."

She looked at the waitress. "Sorry, I'll take a breakfast special number 2."

"No problem sweetie."

Happy placed his order and the waitress walked away, popping her gum. He frowned at her. "Did that asshole tell you what you could and couldn't eat." She looked away from him, not wanting to answer. "Answer me."

"He said he didn't want a fat fiancee."

She heard him curse under his breath. "You do know you're not fat right?" In fact I like my women with a little more meat on their bones! You need to be fattened up!" She looked at his smiling face and threw a butter packet at it, which made him laugh at her.