...Chapter 18...
...Came Up With A Plan...
Sasha stared at the note she got out of Juice's hand as she was sitting in her motel room, in the middle of the bed. "I have info about those diamonds you're looking for. Meet me at the marina on a boat called 'Midnight Breeze' at 11:45pm. I'll only give this info to you, so come ALONE." Sasha dropped the note in her lap, then looked at the time. 3:30pm is what she read, so she decided to set her alarm on her phone, for 10:30pm, and laid down to take a nap, before meeting with Juice.
It was 10:45pm, when Juice pulled up to the marina on his bike, an hour early, just in case. After he shut off his bike, he walked up to the boat, then sat there waiting. Twenty minutes later, his phone rang. He took it out of his pocket and saw "Vanessa" flashing on the screen. He groaned, flipping it open, because he wasn't in the mood to talk to his girlfriend. "Hello?"
"Hey, Baby... where are you?"
"Out on a run." he lied. "I should be back, sometime tomorrow."
"What about Jaden?"
"He's fine... he's over at Jax and Crystal's, so he can play with Abel and Hannah."
"Alright then." she sighed. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow, bye, Juice."
"Bye." he told her, then hung up his phone, shaking his head.
A few seconds later, he felt something cold to his temple, followed by "What do you know about them diamonds?"
He slowly turned his head, seeing Sasha pointing a gun at him. "I have something to show you, it's in my pocket."
"Reach for it slowly."
"Okay." he put one hand in, then brought it out. "You dropped this earlier." Juice held it in front of her face and her eyes widened. "Is this your orange tic-tac, Nicole?"
Sasha lowered her gun and put it back in the holster. "Fuck... how'd you know?"
"Well, besides the tic-tac, Jax had me look deeper into who you are, and I found out that your middle name is Jade."
"I really don't... I don't know what to say, except that I had no choice, but to stay away."
"Why, Nic?"
"I'm not Nicole or Nic anymore." she shook her head. "I'm Sasha."
"Fine... why'd you fake your death? We all seen the picture."
"I did it to protect my family and the club, if I hadn't, Connor and Logan would have came back here to kill all the people that I love, and I stayed away, so that wouldn't happen. I'd rather all of you think I was dead and it worked, until now."
"So, where is Connor and Logan?"
"Logan is a coma, in a hospital, in Rome... he's been there for the past six months and Connor? He was killed in a mission, year ago, in Tokyo."
"By you?"
"Yeah." she nodded. "But nobody is supposed to know that, not even my boss or my squad."
"I won't say a word." he smiled, then all of a sudden, Juice scooped Sasha in his arms, and held her tight. "Oh, my fucking God... I missed you so much."
"Me too." she inhaled the leather from his cut, then a few tears fell down her cheeks. "Staying away from all of you, especially you and Jaden, was the hardest thing I ever had to do."
Juice backed up to look at her, then wiped her cheeks with his thumb. "Goddamn, Baby, I love you so much."
Sasha nodded. "I love you too... I never stopped."
Juice smiled his biggest smile and before she knew it, Juice kissed her, then lifted her up by her butt, wrapping her legs around his waist. He carried her below the deck and gently laid her down on the bed. He knew exactly what he had to do, to hopefully get her to stay.
A few hours, after their long overdue lovin', Sasha was laying in Juice's arms, she's missed this feeling so much, but she knew it couldn't last. "Juice?"
"Yeah, Babe?"
"It's very important that the club doesn't find out who I really am or my squad, it will get me killed." she paused. "Lorenzo and my squad, only knows me as Sasha, not Nicole."
"What would happen if your squad, boss, and Logan dies?"
Sasha turned to look at Juice, rubbing her thumb on his cheek. "Then I'd be home free."
"Then we should plan this... I want you back home." he leaned up, over her. "You're my Old Lady and you need to be with your family."
"What if this plan don't work?"
"It will work, I promise."
"Juice, the last promise made to me... was broken."
"By who?"
"Kozik... he promised me that he'd never stop looking for me."
"Baby, I'm not him, and I'm not gonna let you down." he paused. "Do you trust me?"
"Yes, I do."
"Okay, then, this plan will work, and I'll be bringing my new and improved Old Lady home."
A few tears fell down her cheeks. "Are you sure, I'm still your Old Lady, even after all that time we were apart and you thinking I was dead?"
"Absolutely." he nuzzled his nose into her neck. "You wanna do something for me?"
"Sure, anything."
"Alright... since you said anything." he sat up and looked into her eyes. "Marry me."
"W-what?" her eyes widened.
"Marry me." he repeated. "I've lost you way too many times in the past and I finally got you back in my life, so there's no way in hell, I'm ever letting you go again." he rubbed her cheek with his thumb. "And that's a promise." he smiled. "So, what do you say?"
"Hmm." she tapped her finger on her chin. "I need to think about this for a minute." Juice's face fell, then Sasha laughed. "Baby, I'm kidding... yes, I'll marry you." as Juice was about to kiss her, she backed up a little. "Hold it."
"What?"
"After all this shit is over with... and I mean everything, and if you still want to marry me, then we'll ride up to Vegas and do it."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah." she nodded. "But you have to contain yourself when you see me, because I will try as hard as I can to not jump your bones where you stood."
Juice laughed, moving Sasha's hair away from her face. "I'll try my best, Babe."
"Because we have to act like we don't know each other." she sat up, covering herself with the blanket. "I gotta get going... or Declan will wonder where I am."
"One of your guys from your squad?"
"Yeah, we're sorta dating."
Juice's face fell, then Sasha laughed, climbing on top of him. "You don't need to worry, since you asked me to marry you... I'm all yours."
"Good answer." he cupped her face with his hands. "I just can't believe you're actually here right now."
"Me either. I honestly thought, I'd never come back, and now, here I am." she gave him a long kiss. "But I gotta go." she got up and started getting dressed, then heard Juice groan. "I'm sorry, Baby."
"Yeah, I know." he sat up and watched her put her clothes on. "Damn."
"What?"
"You're so sexy."
Sasha laughed, then sat down next to him, after she got all her clothes on. "I've had so much work done, I can't even recognize my old self."
"What'd you do?"
"My hair, obviously... I did my lips and boobs, plus I worked out a lot, and built some muscle."
"Yeah." he reached over and squeezed her left boob. "I like it."
"You perve." she smacked his arm, laughing. "So, do you think you can get used to the new me and my new name?"
"Of course I can." he nodded, with a smile.
"Okay, good." she leaned down. "I wish I didn't have to leave... why can't this night go on and on? It could just be the two of us."
"Yeah." he nodded, sitting up. "I know, we need to make up for all of that time we lost." he leaned over and gave Sasha one last meaningful kiss, then rested his forehead on hers. "I love you so much."
"I love you too." she giggled. "More than you know." she stood up. "I gotta go."
"Bye, Baby." he smiled.
"Bye." she waved, then walked out, got off the boat, and left the marina.
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"Hey, she just took off." said the voice, across the marina. "She did exactly what you said she was going to do, and the guy is still inside the boat, alone."
"Okay, grab 'em, and bag 'em... we'll see how she works under pressure."
"Okay, Bossman."
"Don't fuck this up, Reid... it needs to look like she did it."
"You can count on me, Sir." then Reid hung up his phone and waited for Juice to get off the boat.