'CHURCH!' Clay bellowed, his voice echoing throughout the clubhouse, all the sons took their seats and waited for their president to start talking. 'Now you all know we had a meet with this new MC The Snakes this morning and we know that they need to be dealt with and quickly but the feds are watching us hard right now just waiting for us to slip up so we can't afford to fuck this up. We just need to lay low for a while and gather whatever intel we can before making our move, Jax what do we know so far?'
'Not much. They're a fairly new MC, clearly trying to make a name for themselves but they definitely aren't new to the drug trade. Word is that they used to cook and sell meth in LA and are now branching further afield. They clearly know us and know that we run Charming. I think it's more about power than actually making money so at the moment I don't think we've got anything to worry about.'
'What about what their Pres said about Tig having another daughter?' Chibs asked 'Do you think they were lying to keep us distracted or do you think they were telling the truth?'
'Honestly I don't know what their play is right now. This girl…'Clay indicated to the picture of Victoria that lay on the table in front of them 'could be one of them, they could be paying her to pretend to be his kid or she could be innocent in all of this. But she's not our focus or concern right now'
'Well she should be. If this girl is innocent in all of this, she doesn't know that she could be in danger. They could use her to hurt us. And if she is Tig's kid that means she's family.' Jax explained
'Are you sure you don't have another kid Tig?' Bobby asked, noticing that the normally outspoken SAA had stayed silent throughout this discussion
'Positive, I think I'd know if I had another kid out there, mom would have been hounding me for money if that was the case'
'Juice, do you think you'd be able to find this girl with just her picture and first name?' Jax questioned
'Yeah of course, all it will take is a quick google reverse image search, that's where you…'
'We don't care how you do it, just do it boy' Piney snapped, wanting church to hurry up and end
'Right of course, I'll get right on it'
'You giving orders now Jax' Clay sneered 'The next shipment of guns from the Irish will be here at the end of the week so that is our priority not some pussy MC that thinks they can take over this town. The snakes will get what's coming to them soon enough.'
The rest of church was taken up with Bobby discussing where the club stood financially and how Cara Cara was doing. Clay still didn't want to be involved with Cara Cara but unless it started losing the club money, there's no way he'd get enough votes to get out of the business deal.
As everyone filed out of church, Clay asked Tig to stay behind 'I need to know where your heads at. I need you with me, I need to know I can trust you'
'You know you can Clay'
'Then stop obsessing over who the fuck this girl is'
25 Years Ago:
'You haven't told him that you're carrying his child? What the hell is wrong with you Mel?' Melanie's sister Michelle shouted
'I thought you'd be on my side, it's not like you ever approved of me and Alex being together' Melanie scoffed
'I am always on your side but that doesn't mean that I always agree with you and your choices. He has a right to know about the baby'
'It would just mess up his life, he already has an estranged ex wife and two daughters he never gets to see plus he's always busy working and with the club, it's better for us all if he doesn't know'
'What about her? What about when she grows up and starts asking about why she doesn't have a dad?'
'I'll cross that bridge if and when it comes to it'
Present Day:
Tig sat the bar observing his brothers, Clay had long gone home to Gemma so the rest of the guys had wasted no time in getting drunk and getting laid. Tig sat and thought about the events of the day and couldn't get that damn picture out of his mind. There was no doubting that this Victoria was Melanie's child but could she be his? Could she be a Trager?
An hour later Juice came rushing from his room, carrying his laptop over to where Tig was still sat at the bar drinking. 'You got anything?'
'Yep.' Juice smiled. 'Okay so her full name is Victoria Alexa Collins, she's 24 years old. She was born in New York to a Melanie Maria Collins, there's no fathers name on the birth certificate. She used to be professional dancer, performing in ballet's and other dance shows and shit like that. She is currently living in Seattle, waiting tables at a diner though. Her mom died when she was 16 and she had a step dad named Daniel Turner, she started attending a dance boarding school at 17 and her step dad died when she was 21. She has no other family'
Tig felt his heart crash into a thousand pieces at hearing that Melanie was dead. And he was still none the wiser about whether Victoria was his daughter or not. Sure the timeline added up and he knew that Melanie hadn't cheated on him in Tacoma but he had no idea what happened once she arrived in New York.
'I need to know the truth' Tig mumbled to himself 'I need to see her for myself, whether she's mine or not, I owe it to Melly to keep her safe' Tig straightened himself up and downed the last of his whiskey turning to Juice 'You got an address?'