...Chapter 8...

It's been a few hours and still no sign of Nicole, everyone was getting worried, checking the places they think she'd be, splitting into three groups, but there's been no luck. Jax, Crystal, Chibs, and Juice walked into the police station and Jax walked up to Hale. "Nicole's missing and you need to put out an alert."

"Excuse me? You can't come in here, demanding orders."

Before Jax could open his mouth, Crystal stepped in front of him. "Look, Nic got released from the hospital today and on the way to Jax's house. As they were stopped at a red light, she got out, and ran off." she paused. "That was over two hours ago."

"So what am I supposed to do?" Hale asked. "You can't file a missing persons report, unless said person's been missing for fourty eight hours."

"That's bullshit!" Juice yelled. "She's three and a half months pregnant and out there somewhere... so, get off your ass and help us find her."

Hale glared at Juice, then Crystal said "David... please, help us. She shouldn't really be on her feet, she's supposed to be resting."

"Fine." Hale deeply sighed. "I'll have some of my guys be on the look out for her." he grabbed a note pad and a pen. "What was she wearing?"

"Blue jeans, a grey t-shirt." Jax shrugged. "And grey Converse."

"Okay." Hale nodded, putting his pen down. "Did you try calling her?"

"When she got out of the car, she didn't take anything with her." Jax paused. "She just took off."

"All right, let me see what I can do."

"Thanks, David." Crystal smiled, then all of them walked out of the police station. She was walking, then she suddenly stopped. "Hey, guys?"

"What?" Jax said, turning around.

"We haven't checked the cemetery... I remember she use to go there, when she was upset sometimes."

Jax nodded. "Let's go."

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Nicole started to move around and realized she was in a bed. Her eyes fluttered and saw little light peeking through the busted up walls and boarded windows. "You're finally awake." is what she heard to her right and got startled. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"Who are you and where am I?"

"I brought you to this abandoned place, so you could rest."

"Who are you?"

"I'm Logan... you're brother."

She slowly shook her head. "You're not my brother."

"Look, I'm your half brother." Logan started. "We have the same mom... you know, Leslie?" she just looked at him with a blank stare. "Before Mom met Clay Morrow, she had a whole different life."

"What do you mean?"

"For one thing, she wasn't into drugs like she is now." he paused. "Plus she had me when she was sixteen, but my grandmother raised me, most of the time." Nicole nodded, then he continued. "I was five when Mom married Clay and I was seven when she had you, then you were eight when they divorced, and Clay was rewarded custody because of Mom's drug habits."

"Then my dad got with Gemma... after John died." she looked up at Logan. "How come I've never heard of you? Does my dad know that you exist?"

"No, he doesn't." Logan shook his head. "She didn't tell anyone from that club, I was posted in Nevada the whole time."

"Did you know about me?"

"Yep... I just didn't do anything about it." he shrugged. "Mom didn't want me to, but when I saw Connor going after you, I couldn't sit back and watch."

"But you sat back and did nothing, while Colin and Connor was doing what they did to me."

"Nicole, I didn't know... until it was too late."

"Right." she scoffed, shaking her head.

"Believe me, I would have stopped them." he paused. "And I don't know why Mom, gave him access to you, going to the hospital."

"Do you know where she's at?"

"No, where?"

"Apparently, she's in the morgue... she overdosed on heroin."

"Seriously?" she slowly nodded. "I knew those drugs would be the death of her, but she never listened to me."

"So." Nicole sat up and looked around. "Where exactly are we?"

"In San Francisco."

"You brought me all the way over here?"

"I didn't know where else to take you." Logan shrugged. "I had to keep you away from Connor."

"I bet everyone is looking for me."

Logan held out his phone. "Do you want to call them?"

"No." she shook her head. "I'm kinda pissed at some of them, but then again, I would always take off without saying anything, to clear my head." she chuckled. "Like I did last time."

"What happened last time?"

"I caught my boyfriend with a skanky crow-eater."

"What's a crow-eater?" he asked, with a weird look on his face.

"They're these chicks that hang around the clubhouse, that would drop to their knees, if any of the guys wanted them to." Nicole shook her head. "Stupid whores." she looked up at Logan. "When can I go home?"

"Are you feeling rested?"

"Yeah."

"Well, then I'll take you where ever you wanna go."

Nicole stood up. "Thanks, Logan... for saving me from Connor."

"No problem." he smiled. "That's what big brothers are for."

It was around ten pm, when all the guys checked back at Jax's house, and as soon as they walked through the door, Gemma stood up. "Have you found her?"

"No." Clay shook his head. "We were hoping she was back here."

"We would have called you." Katie pointed out.

"Did you guys look for her everywhere?" asked Luann.

"Well, I found this." Crystal held up her hand and a silver chain was dangling. "It's her cross necklace that Juice gave her... I found it by Tommy's headstone."

Gemma gasped. "She was at the cemetery?"

Ten minutes later, the door opened. Everyone turned around and gasped as they saw Nicole walking through the door. Juice ran up to her and gave her a hug. "Where have you been?" he backed up to look at her. "We've been looking everywhere for you."

"Yeah, sorry." she let go of him, then she looked behind her as Logan walked inside. "I was completely safe though."

"Who the hell is this?" Clay demanded.

"Everyone, I'd like you to meet Logan... he's my half brother."

"What!" Jax, Clay, and Gemma yelled.

"Yeah, we have the same mom." Nicole noticed everyone glaring at Logan and she knew welcoming him into the family wouldn't be a easy task. "How 'bout I give you a call tomorrow... I had a long day."

"All right." he nodded, then gave her a hug. "You be careful and if Connor finds you, call me as soon as possible."

"I will." she let go. "Bye." he nodded, then walked out of the house. Nicole turned her attention to everyone looking at her with confusion.

"Nicole." Clay started. "Who the hell is Connor?"

"Fine." she threw her arms up in the air. "I'll tell you everything that happened."