...Chapter 15...
Several hours later, Logan pulled over, and shut off the engine. "Okay." he started. "Here's what I want you to do, Nicole."
"What?" she asked, as she was looking out the window at her surroundings.
"You're going into the trunk."
She snapped her head at him. "Why?"
"Because without your passport, we can't get into Canada, so." he pointed his gun at her. "Let's go." she slowly nodded, then her and Logan got out of the car as Connor got into the passenger seat. "Get in." Logan said, after he opened the trunk.
Nicole carefully got in, then after he shut it, he got into the car, and drove off. Nicole took the phone out of her pocket and dialed a number. "Shit... voicemail." she muttered, waiting for the beep, and took a deep breath, because she felt as if this was it for her. "Hey, Kozik... it's me, Nicole. I don't know what's going to happen to me, here on out, but all I do know is that this might be my one chance to say this. I want you to tell my family, all my friends, and the club- I love them. Tell Jax and Juice- I forgive them. Tell Happy- I'm sorry for taking off, which let me into this mess. And as for you." she paused, feeling the tears falling. "I'm sorry for what happened in the past, I wish things have gone differently..."
Nicole got cut off by another beep, so she redialed the number to continue her message. "... sorry, I got cut off." she sighed. "Look, I know I've never told you this, but I love you, and if I never see you again, I just wanted you to know that." she paused. "Um... Logan found me out walking and he picked me up, plus he picked up Connor, which is his cousin. They're taking me up to Canada to kill me for Colin's death." she started to sob. "I love you, Kozik... don't ever forget me and take care." she shut off her phone, put her arms protectively around her stomach, and sobbed.
While the guys were out riding, after they met up with Rocky, Turtle, and Mac, Kozik got a bad feeling in his gut. He had to pull over and take a break to focus, which made all of them pull over. "What is it?" Happy asked.
"I need a minute."
"Nic might not have a minute."
"JUST GIVE ME A FUCKING MINUTE." Kozik snapped back, then took out his cell phone. He saw two unread messages and two voicemails. He checked the texts first, then his eyes widened. "Hey, guys... I think these texts are from Nicole."
"What do they say?" Jax asked, taking off his helmet.
"First one: CA- A-five-seven-zero-one-two-three-K." he paused. "I think that might be a license plate and number two: Logan found me. Connor is with us. Headed to Canada to kill me." Kozik groaned, then checked his two voicemails.
"How the hell are we supposed to get into Canada without our passports?"
Jax looked over at Juice. "We'll have to go back to Charming, regroup, and get this done right."
Moments later, Kozik snapped his phone shut, and put it in his pocket. "You guys do what you're gonna do... I need to go find her. I'll send you some texts on whatever I find."
Juice went up to Kozik. "Why are you doing this? You called me to come up to Tacoma to get my Old Lady back, and you'd stay away from her... Why. Are. You. Doing. This?"
"You want the truth?"
"I asked didn't I?"
"Honestly." Kozik looked him square in his eyes. "I tried letting her go, but I can't... she may be pregnant with your kid, but I'm still in love with her." and with that, he rode off, heading north, leaving the guys stunned.
"Alright, look." Jax got their attention. "Since Kozik will be where ever, getting intel for us." he paused. "We... like I said before, we'll go back to Charming, grab our passports, regroup, and head back out to look for my sister." he put his helmet back on. "Let's get going."
"You three." Happy pointed to the Tacoma guys. "Go back to the clubhouse, we got this... just give Lorca a heads up."
"Okay." Rocky nodded.
"Let's go." Happy started his bike as Juice got on his, then all of them rode off, back to Charming.
Nicole noticed, the car came to a stop, then fifteen minutes after that, it came to another stop, followed by a car door opening. Suddenly the trunk opened and Nicole saw Logan with a grin. "We're officially Canadians." she just rolled her eyes at him, making him frown a little. "Here's what you are gonna do. Connor's in the gas station, getting some snacks and drinks for you, in case you're hungry, but if you need the bathroom, then go now, you got five minutes."
Nicole nodded, carefully getting out of the trunk, and walked over to the outside bathroom. She quickly did her business, then turned on her phone, and dialed a number. "Please answer your phone." she mumbled, but it kept ringing, so she hung up and tried again.
"Yeah, hello?"
"Kozik? Thank God."
"Nicole? Where are you?"
"I don't know... at a gas station in Canada." she started to cry. "Connor says that he has plans for me and the baby. Him and Logan are cousins and they're gonna kill me."
"No, they won't, Nic... I'll come find you and I'm not gonna stop until I do."
"I don't wanna die."
Knock. Knock. Knock.
"Times up, Nicole!"
"Shit, that was Logan." she whispered. "I have to go and I can't keep my phone, if they find it on me, I'm dead."
"Listen, Nic... I'll come find you, okay?"
"You promise?"
"I promise."
"Okay... I love you, Kozik."
"I love you too, Baby, I always have and I always will." he replied with a sigh, then Nicole hung up her phone. She took a deep breath and dropped it in the toilet tank. She grabbed some paper towels to wipe her face, and walked out of the nasty bathroom.
"You all done?" Logan asked, as they walked back to the car.
"Yeah."
"Now, you can get into the backseat."
Nicole got into Connor's face. "If you're gonna kill me, then fucking do it already."
"I can't... and as much as I really want to, for you getting my brother killed, I just can't."
"Why?"
"You, Logan, and I have some plans."
"What plans?"
Connor chuckled, getting into the drivers seat. "You'll see and trust me... you won't wanna go back to California, ever again."
"Get in." Logan nodded, then as she got into the back seat, Logan got in the passenger seat, and Connor drove off, from the gas station.
About six months have passed by and no sign of Nicole anywhere. Kozik searched and searched, but after that one phone call, he hasn't heard from her since, then again, nobody has. He tried calling that number back, but it'd say it was out of service, so he had nothing to go on.
It was a Friday afternoon, when Kozik went to visit Charming. As he pulled into the lot, he saw a big box inside of the gates. He parked his bike, then jogged over to the box, and carefully opened it. Kozik's eyes widened, when he saw what was inside, but he had to keep himself together, so he picked it up and went inside the clubhouse.
"Hey, Kozik." Jax raised his eyebrow. "When'd you get here?"
"Just now... get everyone, including Gemma, Crys and the girls- into the chapel."
"Why?"
"I found this box outside and there's... a f-few things they should see."
"Alright." Jax nodded. "Give me a few minutes."
"I'll be waiting." Kozik told him, walking inside the chapel. He carefully put the box at the head of the table, and waited.
Within ten minutes, everyone crowded into the chapel, all confused, seeing Kozik with a box. "We're all here." Jax said, lighting up his cigarette, taking a puff. "What's up?"
"First." Kozik ripped the cigarette out of Jax's mouth and put it out in the ashtray, which earned a 'what-the-fuck?' glare. "Not now, Man." Kozik shook his head, then opened the box, pulling out a paper. Everyone's jaws dropped to the floor and their eyes widened, when they seen Kozik pull a bassinet with baby blue blanket, setting it on the redwood, then he looked right at Juice. "This is your son- Jaden Nikolas Ortiz." everyone gasped, as Kozik continued. "There's a letter, Jaden's birth certificate and info, and..." he quickly wiped a few tears that escaped from his eyes. "A picture... a picture of Nicole."
"Let me see." Kozik slid it over to Clay, then Clay broke down, falling into Gemma's chest.
"What is it?" Jax asked, snatching it off the table. His eyes widened, seeing Nicole laying awkward on the ground, with a rope around her neck, a bullet hole in her temple, and her eyes and mouth were open. "S-she's." he swallowed the lump in his throat as tears were falling. "My sister... Nicky's dead?"
Kozik couldn't take anymore, he broke down too, but he ran out of the chapel, and went outside to punch one of the poles, and screaming. He was in pain, but he didn't care one bit. Kozik dropped to the ground and sobbed, because he broke his promise to Nicole, about finding her, and now she's dead. Kozik will never forgive himself for letting the woman he loved, down.
Everyone passed the picture of Nicole around, either crying, were upset, or gasping, Juice looked over at Jaden, who was sleeping so peacefully, and carefully picked him up, holding him as close as he could.
Gemma got done reading the letter and cleared her throat, getting their attention. "Nicole's wishes are." she paused, wiping a tear from her cheek. "For all of us." she looked at Katie, Crystal, Cassie, and Marie. "To help Juice, take care of Jaden and make sure he knows everything about his mother."
"Absolutely." Crystal nodded. "We'll do everything we can to help." she looked at Juice. "Is that okay, with you?"
"Yeah." he said, not looking away from his baby boy. "It's fine... since I have no clue about babies."
Katie went up to Juice, wiping the tears from her face. "He's adorable, he looks just like you."
"With a little bit of Nicole." Cassie added.
"And Jaden will know who his Momma is." Crystal said, with a nod, because none of them will forget about Nicole.
...The End...
A/N: Okay, okay, okay... don't kick my ass or throw anything at me, just yet, because I promise there's more to this story, I just wanted to do something waaaaaaaaaay different... and believe me, it'll be VERY different. I also made this chapter longer, than the rest. Plus, instead of doing a sequel, I'll be adding on to this, but it'll have titles to the chapters, so that way, it's somewhat seperated. Get it? Good... hope you all enjoyed this! Don't forget to R&R! Thanks!