A/N: Hope you all enjoy this. I had a great time writing this. For those of you who haven't figured it out. I might know a thing or 2 about cattle.

Oh and I don't own SOA.

Chapter 12

When Happy and Jax entered the kitchen the only people left at the table were Maggie and Taggert. Maggie looked up as the two entered, and she smiled briefly at Happy, and then went back to eating her eggs. Looking over at Happy, Angie saw him leaning on the door frame of the kitchen. He had what for Happy was a smile on his face and he was looking at the lady vet with an intense stare. Mental note, Angie thought. Happy is infatuated.

"Angie, we've got 6 new babies down in the birthing barn from last night. It was a hard night for moms it seems. They are from that batch of first timers." Maggie said.

"Sounds like you need help nursing." Angie said.

"Sure do." Maggie said. "Normally it's not a problem, but the boys are moving the herd up from the south today. Gonna take all but the 2 checkers, and they need to be well, checking."

"Well I can certainly come down, but I have just the helper for you since he has the day off from school." Angie said. "MJ!!" Angie yelled.

MJ came into the kitchen after about 3 minutes. He was just tucking his shirt into his jeans. "Yeah Aunt Angie, what do you need?" He said.

"Time to earn your room and board. Seems the nursery is full. Maggie needs some help on bottle duty." Angie said.

"Man I haven't done that since I was 12. Still work the same way?" he asked as he sat down at the table and looked at the vet.

"I would suppose so. Meet you down at the birthing barn as soon as you are done eating." Maggie said.

Happy watched her walk from the room, never taking her eyes off her, but not directly staring at her either. She turned and looked at him as she pulled on her jacket at the back door. "Don't take too long MJ, there are hungry mouths to feed." Maggie said as she went out the back door.

Angie grabbed a cup of coffee and headed for the table, Jax got up and met her. "We need to talk to Taggert." Jax whispered in her ear as he leaned in and pecked her cheek. "Thanks for breakfast Angel." Jax said loud enough for everyone to hear.

"You're welcome," she said, and nodded her head in understanding. MJ was shoveling his food in, and Angie put her hand on his shoulder, "Needing to hurry doesn't mean abandoning your manners, young man." She said. "Taggert, I have a few things to go over with you if you don't mind hanging around after breakfast."

"No problem Angie." Taggert said. Pricilla walked over with the coffee pot and filled all the cups.

"Sorry Pricilla, gonna leave you with the cleanup this morning." Angie said.

"Not a problem, been doing them by myself for some time," she said turning and heading into the kitchen area. Angie sat down with the men and drank her coffee. She reached over and grabbed a cinnamon roll. When MJ had finished his breakfast he got up and returned his plate to the kitchen island.

"Thanks Pricilla it was great." He said, heading for the back door to put on his boots.

"You are welcome, peanut," she said.

"Peanut?" Jax said.

"Awe geez Pricilla, did you have to say that, I am not a little kid anymore." MJ said, giving her a wanting look. He dashed out the door before any more could be said about his nickname.

"I want an explanation Pricilla." Jax said.

"Well you can keep wanting, Mr. Jax," she said, giving him a smile and continuing to do her work. Happy laughed at her response to Jax and when Jax looked at the burly biker, he just raised his eyebrow as he looked at him over his cup of coffee.

Now that they were alone, Taggert slid down to the end of the table where the 3 of them sat. "So what do you need to talk to me about Angie."

"She doesn't, we do." Jax said.

"Oh, do you have a lead?" Taggert inquired.

"Maybe, what can you tell us about a guy named Fahey?" Jax said. Happy was watching Taggert for his body language.

"Nothing much. He showed up here about 3 months after Angie moved to California. He was asking about Carolyn." Taggert said.

"Carolyn?" Angie said, sounding more than a bit surprised.

"We hear you escorted him off the property using the business end of a shotgun," Happy said. "That doesn't sound like nothing."

"Well that is how it ended. He showed up here, asking all kinds of things about Mark and Carolyn. Wanted to know where he could find her. Said he had business with Mark that hadn't been finished and was looking for Carolyn so she could settle up. Something about it just didn't sound right." Taggert said.

"Why didn't you tell me about this?" Angie said.

"Well I called Carolyn after I had him escorted off the premises. Put one of the hands on his tail to make sure my warning to leave town was followed." Taggert said.

"What did she say about the situation?" Jax asked.

"Carolyn said she had no idea who he was. Didn't know what he was talking about. When he didn't leave town immediately, a couple of hands worked him over real good and then he left. We gave his description to the Sheriff and to my knowledge he hasn't been back in town since." Taggert said.

"You know if Carolyn has been contacted by him?" Happy asked.

"Not to my knowledge. If she has she hasn't come to me or the sheriff about it." Taggert said.

"Why didn't you let me know about this?" Angie asked.

"Carolyn asked me not to. You were so happy out in Charming and she just chalked this up to someone just trying to get something from her grief. It seemed we had handled it so I let it go." Taggert said. "Look balancing all the demands of all the Maroney women,"

"Yeah, I can imagine," Jax said. Standing he extended his hand to Taggert. "Thanks, if you think of anything else, let us know."

Taggert stood and shook Jax's hand. "Will do. I got to get to work. We are moving the herd."

"Yeah, thanks Taggert." Angie said as he walked out the door.

"Well isn't that interesting." Happy said.

"Certainly not the sister-in-law I was expecting," Jax said.

Angie stood and looked at Jax. "Have Juice get that info on all three of them. Tell him I will be up at the cabin in 2 hours." Angie was headed out of the room. "Then I have an appointment to make in town."

"Where are you going Angel?" Jax asked. She paused at the door, and then turned around and looked at the 2 men.

"I am going to a tea party." Angie turned on her heel and walked out of the room. The men's attention suddenly shifted from the doorway to the kitchen when they heard Pricilla drop a stack of pots into the sink.

"You ok?" Jax asked.

"Yeah I am, but I don't think those women will be." Pricilla said.

Jax and Happy got up and walked over to the kitchen. They stopped at the kitchen island. They knew better than to cross the magic line. "What do you know about this tea party, Pricilla?" Jax asked.

"Well the Maroney wives have been getting together for "tea" every Friday afternoon if at all possible since there was more than one of them. Angie was always invited, but she was never really welcome. She wasn't one of them, she was a Maroney." Pricilla said. "In fact Jax you would probably be more welcome than Angie is, you could commiserate about what it is like to be involved with a Maroney."

Jax nodded his head.

"They have continued to gather even since the accident. My guess is Angie is headed to the tea party to confront them all at once." Pricilla said. "There is a whole lot of crap pent up on both sides. Angie towards them and them towards Angie."

"Care to elaborate?" Jax asked.

"Well when the accident happened, Mason, Polly and their boys were living here at the ranch with Bill. (Angie's father)" she said. "Angie was pretty much staying up at her mom's cabin but would stay a night or 2 here a week. Angie moved in here the night of the accident. Polly went from being the quasi woman of the house to being little more than a guest."

"Bet that chapped her ass," Happy said. "Oops, sorry."

"Don't be, that would be a good description. Polly moved out about 3 months after the accident. She has a great house in town, but it was still hard on her I am sure. For the other 2 I am sure it is about the trusts." She said.

"What about the money?" Jax said. He knew they were well provided for, and how the trusts were set up, and who got what. He couldn't imagine how any of them could be quibbling about money.

"Well these women don't seem to have the same respect for the people who work for them as the family did. They talk about things in front of us and sometimes act like we are not in the room. They would talk about their trusts right here at the table, like I wasn't even in the room." Pricilla said.

"And what did they say?" Happy asked.

"Well it is not the amount of money, it is who has control. They only get the income, they can't touch the principal. Angie controls the trusts, not the women, and that goes for both the trusts for the wives and the children. They say they feel like they have to come and grovel to the lady of the manor." She said.

"Angie ever hear their comments?" Jax asked.

"I don't know, but she knew how they felt. Angie was also very angry about losing her brothers and her dad. She wasn't always the nicest person. Let's just say there were mistakes made on both sides of the fence." Pricilla said.

"Got it." Jax said. "How worried should I be about where she is going?" Jax asked.

"I wouldn't be too worried. If I were you I would go and observe. You might learn a lot. Angie can handle them, and behave herself." Pricilla said.

"So where is this tea party?" Jax asked.

"Duke's Pool Hall." Pricilla said.

"My kind of tea," Happy said.