She slammed into the house, walking down the hall, she scooped Sophia out of her bed, heading to the front door. She let out a little scream when she saw Gemma.
"What the fuck Gem?"
"Everyone is out looking for you baby!"
"Yeah, and everyone found me. Now I'm leaving."
"Don't do this baby...don't take his kid."
"I just need to clear my head, I'll be back Monday."
She ran out to the SUV, putting Sophia into her carseat, she took off for parts unknown.
She wasn't even to Charming city limits and her cell phone was blowing up, from Happy calling her. She rolled down the window, and threw the phone out on the side of the rode. She drove a little bit further before she pulled over, two other cars pulled in behind her. She signed the paper work, moved their luggage over, and she drove away, leaving her SUV abandoned on the side of the rode.
She headed South on the 5, she would find a place and stop somewhere.
XXX
"What do you mean she took Sophia and left?"
"Baby, she needed to clear her head, She said she'd be back Monday,"
"She's not answering her phone!" He sat down on the couch.
Juice was sitting at the kitchen counter. "Her phone is pinging on the 5 south of town."
Happy, Opie, Jax, and Chibs left the house to go find her, hoping she's still be there when they arrived. They called Juice to get an exact location of her phone, to see where she was. It was still pinging in the same exact location. Happy called her phone, he heard it ringing, they followed the sound, finding her phone off in the bushes.
Not liking where this was going, they continued to look around, Chibs spotted her SUV up the rode. They all had flash backs to two months ago, but this time, it was much worse, because Sophia was with her. They slowly approached the vehicle with weapons drawn, Happy opened the door, finding a note for him taped to the dash.
We're fine. I needed to get away, and think things through.
Maddie
"Fuck! She ran off with my kid!"
"Give her until Monday." Chibs said.
"She's gone for good. She ditched her cage, and phone. She ran off!"
"We'll find her like we did before." Opie reassured him.
"Juice, will be able to track her down." Jax told him
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She went back to LA, she could get a job there, she still had contacts. She had a safety deposit box, that had a stash of money and other valuables she could use to start over at a bank here in LA. She could hide in plain sight, and never be found, which is what she wanted. She was exhausted, she had gotten to LA, in time to watch the sunrise, she pulled up to the beach and watched the sun come up.
She heard Sophia waking up in the back of the car, she smiled. Opening the back door, she pulled her out of her carseat. "Good morning baby! Want to see the ocean?"
"Yeah mommy!" They took their shoes off, and ran along the waters edge. Sophia would giggle when the waves brushed her feet. She scooped the little girl up in her arms, they were laughing. "Mommy, where's daddy?"
"He's at home baby." The little girls lip pouted out, and her eyes welled up with tears.
"What's wrong baby?"
"I miss my daddy!"
Maddie felt horrible for taking her away, from Happy. "I know baby." She was debating on going back, because Sophia was hurting so much. She had to decide who's feelings were worth more, Sophia's or hers. She carried Sophia to the car, they were going to get breakfast, then find a place to stay for at least the next few days. Putting her shoes on, she drove them to a diner so they could eat breakfast.
She had enough money with her to not have to hit her safety deposit box for a couple of weeks, she needed to go open a new bank account. She decided that she was going to stay, she knew it was selfish to keep Sophia from her dad, but Maddie couldn't go back right now. She needed a couple of weeks to think about things, she was in love with Happy but she couldn't trust him.
All the lies in the last two months, had taken a toll on her, she watched Sophia eating waffles. She was devastated that she had miscarried Chibs baby and they hadn't been able to grief together. She remembered the love she had for him, and how hurt she felt when she found him in bed with another women. She thought about Happy, and the love she rediscovered with him. She couldn't go back to Charming right now, she needed time, to focus and get her shit together.
She wiped the tears from her eyes. "Mommy, why are you sad?"
"I'm fine baby!" She smiled at Sophia. "Mommy, needs a nap. Lets go find a place to sleep."
Maddie paid the bill, they walked out, and found a place for them to stay, she turned on the TV, finding cartoons for Sophia to watch. She dozed off, taking a catnap, she heard Sophia taking to someone. Her eyes snapped open, she was talking on Maddie's burner phone.
"Who are you talking to baby?"
"Uncle Opie!"
She took the phone from Sophie. "Hello?"
"Where the hell are you sis?"
"We're fine!"
"Happy is out of his mind! Come home now!"
"No, I've got to go!" She ended the call, looking at her daughter. "Did you call Uncle Opie baby?"
She nodded her head, her eyes filling up with tears. "I wanted to talk to daddy!"
"I'm sorry baby, I'm not mad!" She pulled the little girl into her arms, hugging her. She exhaled slowly, letting the tears roll down her face. She was stuck between the happiness of her daughters and her own. She pulled the little girl into bed with her, they curled up, and watched cartoons together.
XXX
"Sophia, called me." Opie took a drink of his beer.
Happy looked at him. "Any idea where she is? Can you call her back?" Opie handed him his phone, Happy hit redial.
"Hello."
"Where the hell are you?"
"Sophia, come say hi to daddy."
She held out the phone, for the little girl to take. "Hi daddy!"
"Hi baby girl!
"I went to the beach daddy!"
"You did? Can I talk to mommy?"
"I love you daddy!"
"I love you baby girl!"
"Hello."
"Get your ass home."
"I can't. I'm sorry." She ended the call, she was going to get a new phone on Monday, with a new number.
XXX
She and Sophia had been in LA for eight weeks, she had a job working on a TV show, she took Sophia to work with her, there was an on site day care. She had found out three weeks ago she was pregnant again, she was nine weeks a long. She hadn't told anyone back home yet, she kept the burner phone, so Happy could talk to Sophia. If he knew about the baby, he'd be more demanding then usually for her to come home.
Fuck, what was she going to do? She was watching Sophia play in the back yard, she smiled as she watched her daughter twirling and dancing around the yard. She knew she had to tell him, but she just didn't know when or how. "Come on kid, we need to go!" She couldn't believe that she was almost two, she'd gotten so big. She had taken a bunch of pictures and mailed them to Happy.
Sophia bounced over to her. "Can I call daddy?"
"Sure." She pulled out the burner phone and dialed Happy's phone.
"Hi daddy."
"Hi baby girl! What are you doing today?"
"Playing with mommy! She didn't have to work today."
"I miss you baby and mommy too!"
"Come get us daddy!"
"Where are you baby girl?"
"I don't know..I've got to go..mommy has got to go to the doctor."
"Is she sick baby?"
"Bye daddy."
Maddie picked up the phone. "Hello.'
"What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing why?"
"Baby girl said you had a doctor's appointment."
"I'm fine, I just a check up! I've got to go." She ended the call.
XXX
"Juice, any leads on where she is?"
"Sorry Hap, she's covered her tracks really well this time."
"Damn it! Keep trying please!"
He sat down at the bar, drinking a beer it had been eight weeks since he's seen her, he was about to lose his mind trying to find her. He was more then pissed that she had ran off with Sophia, but apart of him understood. He was going to find her, make her understand how much he loved her and bring her home. He nursed his beer, a croweater, pushed up against him, smiling at him.
"Hey baby! I can make you feel good!"
"Get the fuck away from me!"
XXX
She was in the make up truck at five am the next morning, Sophia was asleep on the couch in the corner. She was sipping on peppermint tea, trying to settle her morning sickness, while she worked. Since she had the early shift, she'd be done by noon, the second shift would come in for the afternoon shoots. She arched her back, working out the kinks.
The door opened, she turned around because she wasn't expecting anyone. "Fuck! How'd you find me?"
"Lass, you'd know I'd always find you!"
"How long before the rest of them get here?"
"They aren't, I didn't tell them I was coming."
"Why did you come?"
"To get you to come back. Hap is going out of his mind missing you and Sophia. He loves you...come back to Charming!"
"I can't...Chibs...I can't."
"Do you love him Maddie?"
"Yes, I love him. But I just can't..."
"Why not love?"
"I just can't go back. I have to get back to work." He leaned in, kissing her check, she watched him leave, wondering how long it would be before Happy showed up.
She picked Sophia up off the couch, and carried her to the daycare, she then went over to the set, so she could handle any touch ups that needed to be done. Her mind was still on her visitor from Charming. She was glad that Sophia slept through it, she would have been all over Chibs about seeing her daddy. Then the next time Sophia talked to Happy, she's tell him that she saw Fip and all hell would break loose.
She put her hand over her flat stomach, knowing that there was a little life growing inside of her. She thought about what Chibs had said to her, she couldn't keep him from his children. She should go home to him, but she didn't know if she could take another heartbreak. She touched up the make up, walked back to the trailer, put her kits away, she walked over to the day care and picked up Sophia.
"Want to go to the beach baby?"
"Yes mommy, I love going there!"
"Let's go home and get our swimsuits, and towels!"
They got in the car, driving home quickly, she fixed a picnic lunch, they changed into their swimsuits, then walked to the beach. It was just what she needed to relax, and gain some perspective on life and her situation. She was almost through her first trimester, she was going to start showing in the next couple of months. She needed to make the decision of staying or going. She was still torn on what to do, she's going to tell him, just didn't know when.
XXX
She lay on the table, waiting for the ulta sound tech, she was going to find out if the baby's sex if it was cooperating, and the overall health. There was a knock on the door, the tech came in, she squirted the gel on Maddie's stomach, and moved the wand around. The whomp, whomp sound filled the room, Maddie smiled, she looked towards the screen.
"Ms. Winston, it looks like you're having a healthy baby boy." Maddie felt the tears rolling down her face, she smiled at the thought of having a little boy. "Looks like you're right at 16 weeks."
"Thank you!" The tech wiped the gel off Maddie's stomach, she got up from the table. Maddie left the small hospital, and headed home, she picked up Sophia from her neighbors. They drove across town to get pizza, a car ran a red light hitting them head on spinning them around.
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"Teller-Morrow Automotive This is Gemma. How may I help you?"
"This is Linda Fraser, I'm a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital in LA County. We found this card in Madison Winston's belongings."
"Oh my God...is she okay. Chucky go get Hap!"
"Are you a family ma'am?"
"I'm her mother, just a minute I'll get her fiancee..."
Happy came into the office. "What is it Gemma?"
"It's a nurse with a hospital in LA county, they found our card with Maddie's things."
"Hello this is Happy Lowman."
"Are you Sophia Joy's dad?"
"Yes, who wants to know?"
"My name is Linda Fraser, I'm a RN at St. Mary's hospital in LA county. Your daughter and fiancee Madison were involved in a serious car accident today."
"Are they okay?"
"Sophia has some bumps and bruises, she'll be fine."
"And Maddie, what about Maddie?"