Chapter 30- Fractured
Marks pulled up and saw Jade's door open. He ran up to the door and pushed it further open and saw a big white man over Jade choking her, laying on the floor just by her was a toddler on the ground. Without hesitation, he took out his gun and shot two rounds in the back of the man's head. The man fell on Jade and August pushed him off of her, quickly picked up Abel and checked for a pulse, finding one he quickly put him on the couch and fell on his knees next to Jade and tried to shake her awake. Getting no response, he started CPR on her.
"Don't do this Jade! Wake up!" he shouted at her as he continued CPR. Marks was so involved in trying to revive Jade that he did not hear Jax's motorcycle pull up. Jax walked in and saw Frankie's body and Jade on the floor with Marks leaning over her. He withdrew his gun and pointed it Marks.
"What the fuck is going on?!" he yelled at him. Marks looked up with tears in his eyes.
"Shut up Teller! I'm trying to save her." He leaned over to give her more mouth to mouth and then pumped on her chest.
"Come on Jade! Come on!" he cried as his chest compressions became harder. Jax mind was rushing ten miles a minute as he tried to put together what was happening. He put down his gun and stood there for a second trying to gather his wits. He didn't know what to do. He was so usually on point when it came to any violence when it came to club business but seeing his family hurt was throwing him for a loop. He heard Nathan cry from the kitchen and he ran to grab him out of the high chair. He quickly looked around for Abel and saw him lying on the couch. He quickly put Nathan in his play pen and got on his knees on the other side of Jade.
Jade suddenly grasped for air.
"Thank God!" Marks said. Jade looked over at Marks and then Jax. She tried to ask for Nathan and Abel but she could not speak.
"You need to take your son and Jade to the hospital. Looks like the guy knocked your son down. He still is breathing and has a pulse but you might want to have him looked at." Marks stood up as Jax lifted Jade up in his arms and carried her to the couch. Her face began to swollen and she began to cry as she gathered Abel in her arms to shake him awake.
"Ambulance." She managed to say. Marks was already on the phone dialing.
Jax quickly dialed Opie and told him to get here as soon as possible and call Gemma, Bobby and Chibs.
Marks got off the phone with 911.
"He one of you guys Jax? He has a Sons cut."
Jax looked down at Frankie's body and nod his head yes. What the hell was Frankie thinking coming into his home and hurting his family. Nomads had no sense of loyalty.
Marks asked Jax what to do with the body and they agreed on hiding the body. Blood had spilled on the area rug so they moved the coffee table, wrapped Frankie up in the rug, and dragged him in the closet in Jax and Jade's bedroom. Hearing the ambulance, they quickly pulled the coffee table back in position. Working together Marks and Jax got a story in place and Jade nodded her head in agreement. Abel started to come around and Jade hugged him tight planting his face with kisses. She pointed to Nathan in the playpen and Jax went to pick him up to hand to Jade.
The paramedics, Sheriff Roosevelt and a couple of his deputies came into the house.
"Jade can you tell me what happened?" Eli asked her as the paramedics started to access Abel and her.
She still could not talk and looked to Jax. Marks explain he had come over to return something to Jade and a man had ran out the door almost knocking him over. He told Eli he did not chase after the intruder as he saw Jade and Abel on the ground.
"Was he White, Black or Mexican?" Eli asked.
"He was white." Marks told him. Jax told him he had come home to find Marks giving Jade CPR to revive her.
The paramedics loaded Abel and Jade on gurneys to take to St. Thomas.
"Jax you and…I'm sorry what is your name?" he asked Marks.
"August Marks."
"You are Popes associate?" Eli asked looking Marks over.
"Yes." Marks responded.
Eli could not phantom why August Marks would be at Jax house.
"You and August will need to come down to make a statement."
"I have to do that later. I need to be with my family." Jax told Roosevelt.
Roosevelt nodded.
Jax, holding Nathan, and Marks followed the paramedics out to the ambulance. Gemma pulled up and almost ran the curb. A few seconds Opie, Chibs, Bobby and Kim pulled up.
"Abel!? Jade!?" Gemma yelled as she ran up to their gurneys as another ambulance pulled up.
"What happened!?" she yelled at Jax. She looked over at Marks. "Who the hell are you?"
"Mom not now!" Jax yelled at her causing Nathan to cry. "Can you ride with Abel and I will ride with Jade?"
"Yeah…yeah..sure." Gemma said as she climbed into the back of the ambulance with Abel. Jax handed Nathan to Kim, whispered into Opie's ear very quick, and told him what to do with Frankie's body. He crawled into the back of Jade's ambulance and saw that she had tears in her eyes. She was put in danger yet again and she would have been dead if Marks had not shown up when he did. He was grateful to Marks but he just wished it had been anyone else but him. He took Jade's hand after the paramedics had her stable for the ride to St. Thomas. He wanted to hold her so bad and tell her everything was going to be all right but nothing was going to be all right, she was always getting hurt and his family was put in harm's way again. He did not know what to do. He would have to leave Charming in order to protect his family. It was the only way.
Jade squeezed his hand to bring him out of his trance. Jax leaned over and lightly kissed her swollen lips. Frankie had really done a number on her face. He wish he would have been the one to have put a bullet in him.
Jax and August followed right behind Jade's gurney when they finally made it to St. Thomas. The doctors had to tell them both to step back and give them room so they can treat her. August sat in the waiting area and called Pope to let him know where he was. Jax took the opportunity to check on Abel. He found out that Abel was admitted right away due to his medical history. When he found Abel's room he found Gemma sitting down glaring at Tara as she accessed Abel.
"How is he?" Jax asked as he walked up to Abel's bed.
"He has a nasty bump on his head, we are going to give him a scan just to be on the safe side and keep him overnight." Tara told Jax without looking up at him.
"When will he have his scan?" Gemma asked as nicely as possible.
"Someone will be in shortly. I will keep you posted." Tara quickly exited the room.
Gemma got up and walked up to Jax.
"You going to tell me what the hell happen to Jade and my grandbaby?"
"It was Frankie. He attacked Jade and looks like Abel got in the way."
"Why the hell would Frankie do that?"
"I think it is because she is black."
Gemma nodded her head. She remembered Bobby mentioning to her what Frankie said to Jade when she was last at the clubhouse.
"If Marks had not shown up when he did she would be dead right now." Jax shook his head to keep the tears from falling. Gemma hugged her son tight.
"Baby don't dwell on what could have happen….be glad that Jade and your sons are alive." While holding her son Gemma did not want to ask Jax why Jade's ex-boyfriend was at their house from the get go. She figured he had enough on his plate right now.
"Where is Frankie now?" she asked
"In a closet."
Gemma nodded her head. She knew what that meant and did not need any more clarification.
"It had to be done." Gemma told him.
"Marks did it….I need to go check on her. Let me know when they take Abel up for the scan." Gemma nodded as she gave Jax a quick peck on the cheek.
Jax found Marks in the room Jade was assigned to. She was sedated and asleep. Marks was sitting by her bed with his head in his hands. He looked up when Jax walked in.
"Why was she not protected Jax?" He asked upset.
Jax shook his head.
"I had no way of knowing this would happen. I do protect her but this attack came out of nowhere."
"You had no idea you had a sadistic fuck sitting at your table?" Marks voice started to rise as he got up and walked towards Jax.
"I have a lot of sadistic men at my table but they no better than to ever hurt my family."
"Well this one tried to kill her and knocked out your son. Look what kind of men you keep company with. He almost killed her!" Marks shouted as he gave up trying to control his anger.
"I can say the same for you….Dawn Trager ring any bells?"
"You son of a bitch!"
Before Jax realized it Marks fist hit him square in the nose and before he could recover Marks punched him in the gut. Jax doubled over with pain. His reflexes kicked in and he was able to block Marks next blow and land a good punch to his face. Jax smiled as Marks lip split open and blood spewed.
"You don't deserve her." Marks barked at Jax before he spit the blood that filled his mouth on Jax shirt.
"That maybe so…but you won't ever have her back." Jax punched Marks in the rib and he fell back and hit a chair next to Jade's bed. Jax punched him again this time in the nose and Marks fell to the ground. Jax got on top of Marks and began to lay multiple punches to his face. Marks finally got a few blows in and knocked Jax off of him. This time he got on top of Jax to serve his own punches to his face.
Jade jolted awake when she heard a loud noise. Trying to clear the fog she was in from heavy sedation she looked over in the direction of the noise and saw Marks and Jax on the floor exchanging punches. What in the hell! She tried to yell for them to stop but she could not get anything out as her throat was bruised and felt like someone took a hammer and nail and pounded a dozen nails in her throat. She huffed in frustration as she looked on helplessly as they kept beating each other to a pulp. Looking for something to throw at them she saw a pitcher full of ice water. She sat up slowly and held her breath as the pain in her ribs came to life. She lifted the pitcher; bit her lip to keep from crying out in pain and threw it in their direction as hard as she could. The pitcher missed them by a few inches but splashed cold water on both men. They stopped fighting and looked up in her direction. By the look on her face they both knew she was pissed. They immediately separated and stood up to fix themselves. Both of their faces were bleeding from various places. Jade could not believe they both physically fighting at a time like this. They both rushed to the bed and asked if she was all right completely bypassing the fact that they both were at each other's throats seconds ago. They asked again if she was all right and she motioned for a pen and paper. Jax ran to the nurses' station to grab a notebook and a pen.
"I'm sorry." Marks told Jade. She lifted her hand motioning for him not to say anything else. She was so grateful to him for saving her life but she just could not think of anything else except for her kids at the moment. Jax walked back in with a notebook and pen and handed it to Jade. Before Jade wrote on the notebook she noticed some of Jax blood was smeared on the paper. She sighed quietly as she wrote down where was the kids. Jax told her Abel was upstairs in pediatrics and Nathan was with Kim. Relief washed across her face.
What the hell is going on? She quickly wrote down.
"Jade you were almost killed today by one of his club members. Is this the kind of life you want for you and your kids?" Marks asked her.
That's none of your concern. She wrote.
"Yes it is my concern when I find someone I care about knocked out a floor with some low life choking the life out of her!" Marks could not help to yell at Jade. Could she not see if she stayed with Jax her life will always be in danger.
"You need to calm down August." Jax glared at him.
A knock at the door interrupted them. A doctor walked in with some x-rays. He looked at both men and decided he better not ask.
He told Jade she suffered a fracture rib on the right side, a broken nose and neck bruising. They had set her nose back so it could heal properly. Her ribs would take about 6-8 weeks to heal.
"The whites in her eyes have red spots doctor." Jax said pointing to the petechiae spots in Jade's eyes.
"Those are from her being strangled dumb ass." Marks rolled his eyes at Jax. He was a fuckin moron. Jax was about to jump in his face again but Jade grunted and looked at them both sternly.
"It will heal on its own. Ms. Monroe I am going to giving you a prescription to help with the pain and we would like to see you back in a few week. Just take it easy and let the body do what it does best and heal on its own….ok?"
Jade nodded yes at the doctor.
After the doctor left Jade scribbled on her notebook.
Please leave. I want to be alone.
They were about to argue with her but she threw her notebook on the floor to try to get her point across that she was serious. She laid back down in bed and turn away from facing them. After a few moments she finally heard their footsteps retreating. She closed her eyes and prayed for sleep.