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Author's Note: Thank you all for the positive reviews. I'm planning on writing other chapters in the POV of other characters mentioned. I guess I should have clarified things. Sex is going to happen for Milla and Juice again it just won't be for a few months. Sex would put too much strain on her heart and would make her blood pressure go wonky but she will be able to have sex again. If she couldn't there would be no way that she'd let Juice go without she loves him too much to deny him that release. My sister had horrible blood pressure and microstrokes throughout her pregnancy so I'm taking some of her experiences and putting them in here. She couldn't have sex from her fourth month on and she survived. She also gave birth to a healthy, happy, beautiful little girl so it inspired me. Again thank you all.
Chapter Four
"What?" I couldn't believe what I'd heard.
"Ummm, your Mom's here in the hospital. She had a heart attack." I stared at Paco, wondering what the fuck he was on and if it was safe for pregnant women.
"What the fuck is she doing here?" I asked to myself and Paco was going to answer before he was shoved out of the way by Jax.
"Hey Millipede." I glared at him and he gave a look of pure venom to Paco, "She knows? You fucking told her."
"Don't yell at Paco, he cared enough about me to tell me the truth. What room is Ma in?" He took a breath and I saw him debating what to tell me.
"I'll get you a wheelchair and take you to her." He was lying, he was gonna go outside and ditch me. He went out the door and just like I predicted he didn't come back. Luckily a few minutes later my husband, who I was pissed at, came walking in.
"Hey baby." He gave me his smile and I simply glared.
"Get me a wheelchair and take me to my mother." I raised myself on the bed and moved my arm so it wasn't bent as badly.
"Baby, that's not a good idea." His smile faltered.
"Did I fucking stutter? Get me a motherfucking wheelchair and take me to my goddamned mother, I won't say it again. Come on or you won't be getting laid even after the baby comes." I put down the rail and put my feet over the edge. He sighed in defeat and whispered to Paco who made a dash out and in a few seconds brought in a wheelchair.
"Be careful baby." Juice said as he grabbed the machine my IV was hooked up to and pushed me down the hall. Luckily Mom was in the cardiac wing like me and we didn't have to go far. Outside of the door I assumed to be Ma's there were two federal agents.
"Stop right there." One of the agents frisked Juice while the other just gave me a glance. "Relationship to Mrs. Teller?"
"Daughter and Son-in-Law." They nodded and allowed Juice and I through. As soon as I saw my mom I sighed. "What did you do?"
Juice pushed me up to the bed and Ma got a look at me. A gasp left her lips as she saw my cast and by bandaged up left side. I also knew that I was pale as a ghost so that obviously didn't help her out any.
"Baby…why didn't anybody tell me she was this bad?" She looked at Dad who shrugged.
"Thanks Ma, you're not exactly a beauty queen either. What possessed you to come back? God, now I'm going to lose my Mom, my father, my brother and my husband. Why'd you come back?" I started crying and Juice hugged me carefully as I buried my face in his chest.
"Baby, I had to see Abel and you-" She didn't get to finish her thought because I looked up at her, suddenly enraged.
"Don't, don't you fucking lump me into this stupid, selfish decision. I'm fine, we were getting updates on each other. Jax had a fucking plan! You fucked it all up by coming back here. Yeah, it's fucked up that you didn't know about Abel but you know what? I agree with Dad and Jax's decision, it was better for you not to know. I love you, love you so much but right now." My heart started beating fast and Juice put his hands up.
"That's enough. Milla, you can see your Mom after you calm down and Gemma, I'm happy you're alive." After that my husband wheeled me out and back to my room.
"Thank you baby, I was getting stressed." He didn't say a word as he moved me to the bed and hooked me back up, "Baby?"
"I knew I shouldn't have taken you to visit. You're already stressed the fuck out and now you stressed yourself out even more and Gemma didn't need that either." He gave me a pleading look and I just stared at him evenly.
"I couldn't stop myself. I'm fine now I shouldn't have said that stuff with the agents in the hallway. Fuck! I was so fucking stupid." He sat on the bed next to me and held my hand in his.
"Not your smartest decision babe, but for what it's worth I agree with you to an extent." I rested my head on his shoulder and he tilted his head against mine.
"I love you." We stayed there like that for a while before Jax took him out. It looked like seeing my husband was going to be a rarity in the future.
"Hello beautiful." I looked from the television where I was watching Iron Chef America and saw Piney standing in the doorway.
"Hey Uncle Piney, what's up?" I moved the bed up and noticed his face, "What's wrong?"
He went back out in the hall and there was a scuffle followed by a pained groan as he pushed Juice into the room. There was something wrong, he had some butterfly bandaids on his cheek along with a pretty intense bruise, he was walking gingerly and trying to get out of the room. What shocked me most and was the last to register was the fact that he didn't have his cut.
"What happened?" He tried to get out then but Piney blocked the doorway and Juice had too much respect to push past the old man.
"CL bastards took my cut baby." I took a few deep breaths to calm my heart. I'd been taught the importance of the cut since I was a kid. They might as well have cut off his dick.
"Baby, how badly are you hurt?" In the grand scheme of things the only thing that mattered was whether he was gonna be ok or not.
"I'm fine, they patched me up." He looked down and I put my hand out to him.
"Come here baby and tell me what happened, in detail." He did as I asked and joined me on the bed. He told me everything and I had to take deep calming breaths. Everything he described was stupidity in the grandest scale. It wasn't all on him though.
"You're gonna get your cut back baby, that's all there is to it. It's going to be bloody but it's what you have to do baby. Lay here with me for a while, who knows when we'll be able to do this again." I leaned in and kissed him, I thought he'd reject it but he kissed me back before he rested his head against mine again.
He'd lost his cut but he was still alive…Shit, there was no greater shame. I didn't love him any less but there was this nagging voice in my head that said he'd fucked up, even though he was vastly outnumbered and beaten to unconsciousness it still shouldn't have happened. Bobby and Tig had to answer for it too. As SaA one of Tig's responsibilities was protecting the colors and he fucked up. After all the progress we'd made I was back to hating Tig. Juice had to get his cut back and the retribution had to be brutal. Maybe he'd be earning his "Men of Mayhem" patch for this.
"Where's Juice?" Tara asked as she entered the room and looked at the spot Juice had recently been.
"Went home to take care of some stuff. What's up, you don't look so good?" That got a thin smile from her and she took the seat by my bed.
"Gemma just handed my ass to me about Abel. I knew it was going to happen." She had tears in her eyes and I gave her a soft look.
"Ma's fierce to the point of it being impractical. She'll understand in time that you being dead wouldn't have helped anyone, just like Jax will realize that he's being a dick." She looked at me in shock and I gave a one armed shrug. "I'm his little sister; I'm allowed to make bitchy observations. I know he's in pain, a pain I never want to understand but he shouldn't be pushing you away. You're the only mother Abel has ever known and you're the love of his life. He needs you and needs to get his head out of his ass."
"How'd a little runt like you get so wise?" I chuckled, yep I was always the runt when she was dating Jax and I was glad she didn't forget it.
"The life either makes you wise or a lunatic, Bobby and Tig are prime examples of the extremes. If you need to talk I'm here."She nodded.
"No matter what happens I consider you a sister." She got up and kissed my forehead before she went out the door leaving me blinking in her wake. Why did that feel so final?"
"Do this for me and I'll make sure you're patched into Charming." Paco and Chick looked at each other and I raised my eyebrows.
"Juice said not to let you out." Chick said and Paco nodded.
"Yeah, but I promise he won't know. I need to apologize to Mom for my reaction earlier. Please?" I gave them my puppy dog eyes and they caved.
"Fine, but we fought you the whole way." Paco said as Chick got the wheelchair. It was the same procedure as before and Chick got to wheel me in while Paco stayed in the hallway.
"Here to rip me a new one?" Ma asked as soon as we were alone.
"Here to apologize. I was out of line. I'm not saying that I didn't mean what I said I just could have done things differently." She smirked and put out her hand I took it and she held tight.
"Yeah you coulda done things differently. Don't ever tell me I don't worry about you though, I was a nervous wreck when I heard you were shot. Is Esperanza really ok or was your Dad lying to me again?" She asked and I gave her a light smile.
"Espy's fine, stronger than I am and getting stronger every day. I have to have her C-section though, I can't have babies naturally Ma. I guess I should be glad I won't be stretched out when I can finally have sex again." Mom snorted.
"Oh baby, those are just drops in a bucket. It will all work out, somehow it will. You've gotta have faith." I took a deep breath and nodded, not really feeling her method but I could pay lip service.
"I have faith in my man, in my club and in my family, that's what I have faith in." She gave me a smile.
"That's all you need babygirl. Now, tell me about what I missed while I was away. I have a feeling your Dad left out a lot." She sat back and I told her everything. I was still angry about what happened but I wasn't going to let it get in the way of loving my mother. I loved her more than almost anything and even though I was pissed I was glad to have her home.
"Mother and daughter reunited at last." I looked up to see Agent Stahl enter the room and Mom removed her hand from mine.
"Don't start this shit now you bitch. You've already said your piece." I sat back in the wheel chair and watched the predatory look in the uber bitches eyes.
"Just wanted to have one last chat, but since your daughter's here I guess it can wait. Don't wanna give her another heart attack. How's the arm sweetie? Gunshots can hurt like a bitch." She tried to look concerned and couldn't pull it off.
"Seeing your face hurts a lot worse. Mom, can you press the nurse call button? I need to get back to my room. Seeing this bitch's face made me nauseous." Mom smiled and hit the button.
"Now that's just not nice. I truly want you well Milla, wouldn't want your baby to end up in the system because Mommy can't take care of her." I was seeing red no one threatened my baby. Suddenly my heart started beating fast and I couldn't breathe. Mom had pressed the nurse call button and one of them rushed in, saw my distress and checked me over before she pushed me back to my room. I got a little bit of pleasure from the fact that Stahl looked shaken up, probably thinking about an official reprimand if I died. Once I was in bed I was sedated and grateful. I didn't know how many days like this I could survive.