A/n here is chapter three! I figure it's done, why not load it? I've had a lot of positive feedback and for that I'm greatly appreciative. Well enough, the show goes on.

"Ask your mother. " As soon as Tara spoke those words, all movement in the room stopped. We all looked to Tara. Panic set in when I realized she was unconscious.

" Chibs! Should we call an ambulance? She has a lot of injuries and has probably lost a lot of blood. I think she might be in shock. " Donna, ever the voice of reason said. I needed to get a grip on things, but she kept throwing bombshells at me. Firstly by showing up, then by all these strange accusations she is throwing at my mom. What's even stranger is the way my mom reacted. Could it possibly be that the fear and rage she was feeling was to protect herself? Is my mother capable of something this barbaric? There was no doubt in my mind, Gemma was capable of anything.

When I was lost inside my head, I didn't realize that they had made some decisions without me. Donna was packing a bag and Opie was just coming back into the room.

"Okay, ambulance should be here within 5 minutes. Let's get her to the main room so the paramedics don't have to look around too much. I've already told the Prospect to pull the tapes to see what time Tara wandered our way and if she was alone and possibly being followed."Opie said while helping Donna.

I was still stunned into immobility at the revelation of my mother. Opie went over and picked Tara up and walked her into the main room. He didn't have time to put her down before flashing red and blue lights shone through the windows. Opie continued his path straight outside.

"Can anyone tell me what happened?"a young female paramedic asked.

"I found her like this outside the building about an hour ago. She said someone had dropped her off at the Charming sign and she walked here. "Chibs offered up.

The young woman just stared blankly at Chibs. " She walked all the way from the edge of town? Was she wearing aany shoes or pants?" she stopped asking questions as we all shook our heads in the negative.

"Is anyone here family? "

" No. I heard that her dad died about 5 years ago and was her last living kin." I told her.

"Okay well you can't ride to the hospital with the ambulance, but you're welcome to follow us there and we can keep you updated." She smiled sadly at me, finished loading Tara up into the ambulance and closed the door. It was just a door, but somehow being closed away from Tara felt all too familiar.

Before the ambulance even had time to get to the main entrance, ten motorcycles were started and following closely behind. I was surprised to see Clay had let me take point behind the ambulance. It was a short ride to the hospital and the ambulance went straight to the ER entrance. We went to the main entrance so we could use the waiting room to converge in. Once we were all in the room, it hung thick with tension and unasked questions.

"What did she tell you?" Clay, our ever friendly leader spoke up first.

I made my tone as neutral as I could. "Well whoever attacked her did it in Lodi. They dropped her off at the Charming sign and she walked from TM from there."

A low murmur of astonishment at her trek through the night resounded.

"That's not all. " Opie interjected. " she said she was being kept at a house in Lodi. Didn't say by who only that it was a man and not for how long."

"Jesus Christ! How the fuck is this going on so close to home? With a known associate of the club?" Bobby spoke up for the first time.

"Its possible its not related to the club. She's been gone for 10 years." Clay reasoned.

"If it wasn't about the club in the beginning, the crow tattoo would have been a dead give away." I realized too late not everyone knew about the tattoo. "I was going to propose the day she left Charming. She knew and shegot the tattoo two days before that. She was going to be my old lady." I looked at Opie, he knew but you could tell it was a surprise to everyone else.

"She say anything else? Anything that could help us identify who did this? " Happy asked.

"Yeah" I turned my eyes back to Clay. "I asked who did it so I could make it right, and I will make it right, and you know what she told me? She told me to ask my mother."

"Oh please. Tara and your mom have always had bad blood. Especially since Tara left. She's just looking for someone to blame. Your mom is not capable of doing this."

I got right up in Clays face. Opie had his hand on my shoulder and Tig had side stepped to stand between my president and I.

"You know better than anyone else what exactly that woman is capable of. My dad learned the hard way and my guess is Tara did too. I will find out the truth. I hope for the sake of the club and for you and Gemma that there is a mistake in whatever Tara had been told. I will make this right. Trust that. When it comes to Tara, she's my old lady. And if I find out anyone in our associated with this club had any knowledge of her whereabouts, this VP badge and this cut won't mean shit." Opie pulled me back as the door was opening.

"Are you here for Tara Knowles?" a doctor asked. His scrubs are covered in blood and that made me extremely nervous. Op and I followed the doc into a more secluded spot in the room.

"She's pretty rough. She hasn't regained consciousness yet. She has a broken rib, a concussion, and a broken cheekbone. She's also extremely malnourished. She's down to 92 pounds. When she did her physical for orientation she was at 135."

"Orientation. Orientation for what?" I was confused how did the doc know her name if she wasn't conscious?

"Dr Knowles was set to start her residency here August 15th. She was here for pre-employment paperwork andher physical. She never came back for orientation, or any day after that."

I was stunned. August 15th. That was nearly 3 months ag. She had been in or near Charming recently. Why'd she decide to come back but not reach out? More questionable then that, it's her being in the hospital a result from her trying to reach out?

A/N next chapter will be Taras pov.