A/N: This is my first story. I hope to upload chapters twice a week. I am still writing it so it could change all the time! Suggestions are welcome. Thanks!:)

JPOV

A collective gasp went throughout the room. I looked up at Gemma who was a mix between worried and enraged. Her rage and my rage were for two different reasons.

"Okay. Chibs, Juice go get wet and dry towels. Prospect go get a bucket of hot water, no soap. Op, get a clean outfit. Not one of Tig's preferably." I look over at Tig and he is shaking his head but smiling. He knows.

"What the hell happened to her?" I looked up and Donna had come in and sent the kids to Op's room. "Oh my god! It's Tara! What is she even doing in Charming?" Donna was talking to herself more then anyone around her.

Opie came out and stood next to me.

"Jax, you should take her to your room. She's kind of on display out here and she's already been through a lot. Let's not add more."

I looked up at him and back down to Tara. He was right and I was too blinded by my own pain to see it.

"Okay. Op and Donna can you guys help get stuff into my room? Chibs, come with me. You're the only one with any medical training. Ma, you should come too. A friendly face might be nice." I was cut off by Tara's menacing snort.

"Yeah, friendly. Let Gemma come. She can see what happens when hate clouds judgment." Everyone turned to Gemma who looked much more fearful then before.

"I think I'll just wait out here" Gemma said. She was gone before I could ask about this.

Once we had Tara back in my bed, Chibs was entering with more materials. He had gauze, disinfectants, and Band-Aids of varying sizes. Op and Donna followed with the rest of the things. Donna started washing Tara from bottom up. Her feet, on top of being bloody, were also extremely dirty. Donna gingerly started washing all the dirt off before she would disinfect them. They weren't really bleeding anymore, but the caked on blood looked really bad.

"Tara, what happened?" Donna asked. The sound of Donna's voice stunned me. For a moment, I forgot that when Tara disappeared 10 years ago, I wasn't the only one that was effected by her absence. Tara and Donna had grown up in Charming with Opie and I. We were so close in high school that everyone thought Tara and Donna were sisters. When something happened, it effected both of them. Donna always says how much she wish Tara were still here to help her with the responsibilities and feelings that come with being an old lady.

"I don't know if this is the best time to be talking about it, Donna. We should probably get her cleaned up and bandaged before we think about that." Opie said to his wife.

"No, it's okay." Tara said lethargically. "I was being kept at a house in Lodi. The person I was with dropped me off at the Charming sign, and I walked here from there. No one was on the street at this time of night. I remembered where the clubhouse was and came straight here. I collapsed outside, unable to move any farther. I was outside of the clubhouse for half hour before he showed up." She said nodding towards Chibs.

"Darling, you walked all the way from one side of Charming to the other? Why didn't you stop at the police station which is on the way here?" Chibs asked.

"I didn't want all the questions. I just knew that I needed to see Jax right away and the rest would come with time. It's a long story, and a long road to recovery so I should assume I'll have time to do both." Tara said quietly.

"Who did this Tara? Please tell me who. I need to make this right. You're still family and no one messes with family of the club." Jax said frantically.

Op and Chibs nodded their head in agreement. But everything was cut short when Tara opened her mouth again.

"Ask your mother."

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