"Jax, if you don't shut that alarm off I'm going to scream." Mackenzie grumbled with her faced down in the pillow. She'd slept like a rock, but was never one to turn down more sleep. Jax did as she asked before rolling on to his side and rubbing her back gently. She turned her head towards him and blew some hair out of her face, causing him to smile and struggle with concealing a laugh.
"Mackenzie, we've got to get going so we can make it to the appointment." Jax said, planting a kiss on her forehead before sliding out of bed. Mackenzie rolled over and watched Jax as he pulled on a pair of jeans and a navy blue, reaper crew, t-shirt.
"Woman, are you going to stare at me or get your ass up out of bed?" Jax said, laughing as he pulled on his white sneakers. Mackenzie let out a dramatic sigh before swinging her legs over the edge of the bed. She dangled her feet for a minute before hopping off the bed and pulling on a pair of jeans and a pink button down shirt. Jax watched as she poked her stomach softly with her index finger.
"Darlin, what are you doing?" Jax said, eyeing Mackenzie as he shrugged his kutte on. Mackenzie looked up at him and pouted.
"I used to be super fit and run all the time. I've been healing, so I couldn't work out and got out of shape. Now I'm pregnant and that makes me so happy, but I'm going to get fat and." Mackenzie was saying.
"Mack, you're going to be pregnant, not fat and don't you dare say I'm not going to think your sexy or I'm going to want someone smaller. Whatever insecure shit is in your head, get it out. I love you and I don't even think about road ass now that we're together, so just don't." Jax said, cutting her off. He scowled at her for a minute before pulling her to him and giving her a kiss.
"Let's go get in your damn cage and see what the doctor has to say." He said with a smile as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and led her out of the house.
" ? It's nice to meet you. I'm Dr. Kalowski." A brunette woman said, walking into the room with a medical chart and taking a seat on a rolling stool. Mackenzie smiled and waited as the doctor reviewed her chart, nodding and hmmm'ing ever so often.
"Alright, so what we're going to do is go ahead and do a sonogram right now so we can get an eye on that little on and see how Mom's doing as well, okay?" The doctor said smiling and calling in a technician. Mackenzie felt anxious about the possibility of bad news, but as she looked over at Jax, she took a deep breath and felt a little better.
Mackenzie lifted her shirt up and shivered as the technician squirted some cold jelly on her stomach. She heard Jax laugh a little and rolled her eyes. The technician just smiled and ran a wand around on her stomach. Dr. Kalowski put a hand on the technician's shoulder and walked over to the screen. She pointed at a little blip on the monitor and turned to Mackenzie.
"That is your baby. It looks healthy, I would guess probably about six weeks old. With that, I'd put your due date at no later than July 4th. Now, I do see some scar tissue but we'll just keep an eye on it and make sure it doesn't cause any problems. From what I see now, everything looks great." Dr. Kalowski explained before pressing a couple buttons on the monitor.
"Is that her heartbeat?" Jax asked, speaking for the first time since the doctor came in. Mackenzie looked over at Jax and nodded as a happy tear ran down her face. He smiled and looked over at the monitor until the technician turned it off and handed him a few printouts of what they'd seen.
"Thank you, Kimberly." Dr. Kalowski said, waiting for the technician to leave the room. She sat back down on the stool and looked from Mackenzie to Jax before speaking. "Now, all though everything looks good now, you do need to take some precautions. No dangerous activities, like riding on the back of motorcycles. Keep your stress as low as possible and definitely no heavy lifting. Other than that, you can keep at your normal routine for now." Dr. Kalowski said implying that they could still have sex. Mackenzie blushed a little, making Jax laugh a little.
The doctor gave them some pamphlets and a card for their next appointment, along with her personal cell number in case anything came up. Jax and Mackenzie headed out of the office hand in hand. Once the elevator doors closed, Jax pulled Mackenzie to him and kissed her softly. Mackenzie leaned forward on her tiptoes and deepened the kiss, pulling him down towards her.
The doors to the elevator opened and they pulled apart slowly. Jax was looking down at her as they stepped out onto the sidewalk when she froze. He followed her gaze and saw an older, balding man in a suit standing outside of the police station. He noticed three men standing a few feet away from him, obviously doing security.
Mackenzie pulled Jax in the opposite direction of their car and the police station. She did her best to look inconspicuous while getting away from the man as quickly as possible. Jax was right beside her with his hand on her lower back.
"Mackenzie!" A woman exclaimed, stepping out of a black suv parked a few feet in front of them. Mackenzie stopped suddenly, leaning into Jax and breathing rapidly. The older woman stretched her arms out towards Mackenzie with a smile. She looked harmless in a pant-suit with her graying hair.
"Grace, what are you doing here?" Mackenzie asked, using a fake voice that Jax had only heard in the hospital while talking to the police. He was scowling at the woman until he heard footsteps coming up behind them. The man from the police station was walking towards them, security detail in tow. Jax pulled Mackenzie closer to him once the woman dropped her arms from their awkward hug.
"Sweetheart, I'm so glad you're here. Now I know why Bryan came up here. He said the two of you were making up. Where is he?" Grace said looking into Mackenzie's eyes with a smile. Mackenzie didn't understand how it wasn't obvious that she was with Jax. She put on a fake smile and swallowed back the vomit that was rising in her throat.
"Oh, Grace he came up on day and we talked, but that was it. I've moved on and he understood that. He wasn't happy but I haven't seen him in over two months." Mackenzie said, leaning even further on Jax. He was planning on how to sell this, but it was hard focusing when he was worried about Mackenzie. They'd just been told to keep her stress down, and now this shit.
"Young lady, you need to give us more than that. There wasn't any other reason for my son to come to this little backwards town. Where is he?" The man who had joined Grace asked, baring his eyes into Mackenzie. She looked back at Grace, not wanting to see Tony's eyes. She felt a panic rush over her. She honestly had no idea where they'd put Bryan.
"Mackenzie, we need to get on the road. I've got to be at work soon." Jax said as he rubbed her lower back again to soothe her nerves. He had all intentions to go to TM, but it wasn't for work. The man turned his glare on Jax and shook his head.
"You went from dating my son to this, white-trash? He could be Mayor one day and you just throw that away and break his heart?" Tony said, taking a step towards Mackenzie. Jax, pulled Mackenzie behind him and stood his ground.
"I don't appreciate you speaking to her like that." Jax said plainly. Mackenzie could hear the threat dripping from his words, but wasn't sure Tony was smart enough to pick up on it. Jax nudged Mackenzie back towards the car and took a couple steps backwards before turning his back to Bryan's parents and their security team.
They got in the Challenger and made the short drive over to TM without a word. Mackenzie could hardly breath as she got out of the car and headed straight to the clubhouse. Jax called for all the Sons to come inside as he picked Abel up and followed Mackenzie in. She was sitting on a leather couch and held her arms up for Abel as Jax sat him in her lap.
"Gramma gave me two popsicles! A red one and a blue one!" Abel said, smiling and holding up his stained hands. Mackenzie laughed and kissed his little fingers as she pulled him in closer, feeling the tightness in her chest loosen a little.
"What's going on?" Clay said as he walked into the clubhouse. Jax was standing behind the couch with his hands on Mackenzie's shoulders, looking down at Abel. He looked up and watched as Clay's face loosened from its scowl a little.
"People showed up looking for that ass that beat the shit out of Mackenzie." Jax growled. Abel's head shot up and looked at his dad.
"Momma's hurt?" Abel asked with his bottom lip trembling. Mackenzie shook her head and kissed him on the temple.
"No, little man, I'm not hurt. It was a long time ago. Why don't you go get a coloring book and we'll go color with Jessie?" Mackenzie offered, setting him down off her lap. He looked excited and ran back towards Jax's dorm room that he kept to mostly store Abel's stuff for his time at TM.
"It's his parents. His dad has a security team since he used to be Mayor. Grace was always oblivious to the shit Bryan did, but Tony knows. He saw him kicking me one day." Mackenzie said as she stood up and followed Abel over to the bar where Jessie was helping him up on a stool.
Jax turned to Happy with a serious expression. Happy didn't even need to hear Jax's question before he started nodding.
"It was clean, brother. No one is going to find anything. Truck's at the bottom of a lake, wiped and burned. Our hands aren't on this Jax." Happy said, nodding his head slowly and clapping Jax on the back. Clay nodded slowly and glanced over at Mackenzie.
"She a threat to say anything?" Clay asked Jax. Jax scowled at him and clenched his fist.
"She's no damn rat." Jax spat through gritted teeth. Clay nodded but didn't seem to convinced. "Don't mess with her. Leave it as I said. She's not some rat and you aren't going to fuck with her."
Clay tensed at Jax's words, but he remained silent. He lit a cigarette and raised his brow as Jax told the others what story they needed to stick to.
"Look, anybody asks, no one knows him or ever saw him except me. Juice, Opie, you two were at the hospital the most, just say it was a car wreck if anyone asks. They can't get shit from the doctors so what we say goes. Chibs, call Unser and make sure he's on the same page. Tell him to talk to my mom if he has any questions. No one outside of this club is to come near Mackenzie or my son." Jax ordered, looking around at his brothers. It comforted him to know that none of them would ever let anything hurt his family. For that, he loved them.