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Sherri and Cougar held their breath as they watched the little girl hugging Happy. Happy was as still as a statue and didn't move to put his arm around her or anything.

"This some kind of fucked up joke?" Happy asked as he looked over at Cougar and then Sherri.

Both shook their heads and looked at each other.

"Get it off of me." Happy said as he looked at Sherri. Sherri hurried over and pulled Lily off of Happy and pulled her onto her own lap.

Lily looked over at Happy with love and adoration on her face and smiled. "Hi daddy."

Happy threw a glare at Cougar and Sherri, "Why is she calling me that?"

"Cause I'm your daughter." Lily answered with a smile.

He turned his eyes at the little girl and stared at her. She has Jennifer's eyes, my lips, my chin, her ears and my hair. Fuck! This can not be happening, she left you, but she wasn't pregnant, she would have told you! This is not your kid!

"I don't have any kids."

"Yes you do." Lily argued.

"No I don't!" Happy said loudly.

"I'm your daughter."

"No your fucking not!" Happy yelled.

"I am!" She yelled back, her voice shrill.

The chapel doors opened and the other Son's walked in, having heard an argument. Koz, who was pretty friendly with Happy, saw the small little girl in Sherri's lap and looked at her.

"Who's that?" He asked as he looked at Cougar.

"Nothing brother, go back out there."

He saw that Happy was fuming mad and glaring at a piece of paper and a picture in front of him. Koz reached over and snatched the picture and looked at it. He stared at the picture for a second and then saw the little girl, well fuck me sideways, Happy's got a kid! After looking at the picture it was obvious that this kid was the byproduct of Happy and the woman in the picture.

"Congrats dad." Koz said as he put the picture down. Happy shot him a glare that only made Koz chuckle.

"It's as plain as day brother." Koz said.

Happy shook his head, "No way."

"Way."

"No!" Happy yelled at the man that was the closest thing to a best friend he had.

Koz turned to the little girl, "What's your name sweetie?"

"I'm Lillian Elizabeth LaBrava." She said with a smile.

"Aren't you polite." he said with a smile.

"Mommy says it's always good to be nice to people."

"If you're my kid, then were in the fuck is your bitch of a mother? She has some explaining to do!" Happy demanded as he looked at the little girl.

Her blue eyes welled up and her lower lip trembled, "She's dead." then she burst into tears as Sherri tried to comfort her.

Koz pushed Happy out of chapel and into the club house and shoved him against the wall.

"What the fuck is the matter with you!"

"Fuck you!" Happy yelled back.

"You fucking made her cry, she's a fucking baby for Christ sake."

"I don't have any fucking kids!"

"Well it looks like you do."

"I fucking hate kids!" Happy yelled.

The chapel doors opened and Sherri stood there with Lily at her side, Lily was wiping her eyes and clutching the envelope from before in her small hand.

Lily walked over to where Happy and Koz were and looked up at Happy, who looked very uncomfortable.

"S-she said that if something happened to her, to find you and give you this. A-and to tell you she was sorry." Lily's voice began to crack as she handed the sealed envelope up to Happy. Happy took the envelope out of her hand and stood there while Sherri picked Lily up and carried her to the kitchen.

"Lets feed you some more, okay?"

Lily nodded her head and kept her eyes on Happy as Sherri carried her away.

Happy couldn't stop looking at Lily's eyes as she disappeared from the room, she had Jennifer's eyes. No one else on the face of the earth had eyes that color, they were neon blue and always seemed to bore into your soul, even when you didn't want them too.

Happy pushed off the wall and carried the envelope into his room. He promptly kicked the sweet-butt out of his bed and locked the door behind him. He slid down the door and stopped when his forehead hit his knees. Tears fell from his eyes and he didn't wipe them away, he always thought that Jennifer had moved on and found a man who could give her the things she deserved, a big house, nice car, nice clothes. Never would he imagine that she had struggled to be a single mother who would die at the age of twenty seven and leave him with a five year old and no idea what to do. Happy remembered the envelope in his hand and opened it slowly. A few sheets of paper were folded over each other, he opened them and saw Jennifer's handwriting. He took a deep breath and started reading.

David,

I don't even know where to begin with this letter. We have a daughter, her name is Lillian Elizabeth, after my favorite flower and your mother. I left you because I found out I was pregnant and knew that a wife and child was not in the cards for you. You were so deep into Son's of Anarchy that there was no more room in your life for me and especially not a baby. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I didn't want to hear you tell me to get rid of it, so I left. I didn't know what else to do, I'm sorry.

I can only imagine how angry you must be reading this letter and the only thing that I ask is please don't take it out on Lily, she is a wonderful little girl who loves to make people smile and people fall in love with her at first sight.

I know that you may not ever be able to forgive me, but maybe someday you will be able too. I'm writing you this letter because I think I'm in trouble. I met a man who seemed nice and polite and didn't freak at the idea of a single mother. After a couple months I brought him around Lily, the first time he laid eyes on her it terrified me. The way he looked at her told me all I need to know, he wanted her not me.

I've filed a restraining order against him since I came home today and found some new toys in her room that weren't there when we left. I don't know if he was be crazy enough to hurt me to get her, but I'm taking a chance on the fact that he might be. I've told Lily that if anything should happen to me, for her to find you and give you this.

I've known you were in Tacoma for some time, I've driven by the clubhouse and seen you outside with your brothers, you still look good. I still love you more then you can imagine.

Please take care of our daughter, she's the only piece of you I have and I won't lose her.

Love always,

Jen

Happy took a deep breath and got up from the floor and sat on his bed. He had a daughter and Jen was dead, some pervert fuck was after his daughter and he had made his daughter cry...yeah that about summed it all up.

"Daddy needs a sandwich, he's cranky." Lily said as she ate her fourth sandwich of the night.

Koz smiled, "He was cranky wasn't he?"

"Mommy says when I'm cranky to give me a juice-box and a nap."

"I'll write that down for him."

"I like you." Lily said as she looked over at Koz.

"I like you too kid."

"Are you and my daddy friends?" She asked.

Koz sighed, "Um, yeah." Happy didn't really have friends. He was a cold hearted son of a bitch who could kill you without flinching, friends weren't Happy's thing. I was the closet thing he had to a friend.

"He needs friends." Lily said.

Cougar, Koz, Sherri and a few of the other Son's laughed and nodded their heads.

"Sherri do we have any pickles?" Lily asked.
"I think so why?" she asked as she opened the fridge door.

"I'm gonna make my dad a sandwich, his favorite."

"What's his favorite?" Koz asked.

"Turkey, cheese, mayo and pickles, no onion, no tomato."

Sherri found the supplies and handed it over to Lily who made a sandwich and then asked Koz to cut it.

"I can't use a knife, 'cause they're sharp." Lily explained.

Koz nodded his head, "Make sense to me."

There was a soft knock on his door and Happy got up to answer it and saw Lily standing at the door holding a sandwich and looking up at him. "Turkey, cheese, mayo and pickles, no onion, no tomato, your favorite."

He looked down at the little girl, his daughter, his only piece of Jen and then caught movement to his right, he snapped his head over and saw everyone looking at him and Lily. Waiting to see if he would yell at her, let her in or do something worse, did they actually think I could hurt a child?

"Come in." Happy said as he opened the door more and let her in.

Lily came in and looked around his room, Happy hoped she didn't notice the naked pictures on his wall, guess I'll have to take them down.

Lily handed the sandwich up to Happy who took it and nodded his head. She climbed on to the bed and he sat on the other side of the bed. After a while the silence was killing him so he spoke.

"Thank you."

"You have to eat it."

Happy took a bite and chewed it, "It's good."

"Mommy taught me how to make them, they're my favorite too. She says I'm just like you."

"How?" he asked with genuine interest.

"She said I'm stubborn, I like to get my way, and pig headed, but I don't look like a pig do it?" Lily asked worriedly.

Happy laughed and shook his head, "No your beautiful, just like your mom."

Lily smiled up at him, "Really, you think someday I'll be pretty like her?"

"You already are." He said, which was true. Even at five she was a knock out, which was going be the death of him when boys started noticing her.

"Is this where we're going to live?" Lily asked as she looked around the room.

"For now, I'll have Sherri find us something nicer."

"Can Koz live with us?" She asked.

"No." Happy said quickly.

She shrugged, "Okay."

He watched her as she yawned and then her eye lids slowly made their decent.

He put his plate down and picked her up and settled her into his bed. She looked funny wearing her shoes to bed so he took them off and put them next to his boots. Her eyelids fluttered open and she looked up at him.

"Good night daddy."

Happy leaned down and kissed her forehead, "Good night princess."

"I love you." She said softly as the sandman took her away.

Suddenly the emptiness he felt in his heart seemed a little lighter then it had this morning when he woke up. Maybe having a kid wouldn't be so bad.