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Chapter Twelve
"Jessica mi amor." She said as she pulled me into a hug. "You're so skinny my love." She pushed me back to look at me. "What happen to your lovely face?"
"Hi abuela. This is my friend Lyla." I said gesturing towards Lyla changing the subject on her. "Lyla this is my grandmother Alicia."
"Hello it's nice to meet you." Lyla said as she held her hand out to abuela.
"Sweetie we hug here." she said to her as she pulled Lyla in for a hug. "Don't they feed you girls in California? There is no meat on either one of you. Come on lets go feed you girls. Your cousin is waiting in the van. You remember Sonja right." She asked me as we walked and I nodded yes to her.
We walked out to the van and climbed in. My cousin Sonja was sitting in the driver seat waiting. She gave me a smug smile and turned back to start the car. Lyla raised her eyebrow at me when she saw that and I just shrugged my shoulders to her. The ride to the Bronx felt very long and quiet. When we finally arrived at abuela's apartment Sonja parked and we all went inside. Abuela showed Lyla and me to the bedroom we were going to stay in. As we were unpacking my cousin came in the room.
"Why did you come back here? Doesn't the great doctor have better things to do in her life?" she asked as she leaned against the door. "You should have just stood away. We don't need your trouble here."
I looked at Lyla and her eyes had gone wide I turned to look at Sonja. "Not that it's any off your business I came to see abuela." I said as I turned back to my bag. "I never said I was too good for anyone."
"What you get your ass whooped in Cali and come crawling back here for help?"
"Look I don't know what your problem is but I'm not here to fight with you so back off." I snapped at her.
"My problem is you. You and Juan Carlos disappear on the family not caring how that would affect Tia Angie." She said as she stepped further into the room. "What did Juan Carlos do this to you or was it your biker boyfriend."
I had shock look on my face because I never mentioned that Happy was a biker when I spoke with abuela. "Back off Sonja you don't know shit ok." I snapped at her.
"We know all about Juan Carlos and his biker gang. We also know all about what do they call it your old man." She said smirking at me as my eyes went wide. "The damn feds came here harassing your mom and abuela for information about Juan Carlos and Agent Stahl told them everything."
I was pissed off by this point so I got in her face. "Get the fuck out of here." I snapped. "Stay the fuck out of my business and out of my way while I'm here." I growled.
Then Lyla pulled me back by my arm. "Jess let it go this is not the time or place for it." I sucked in a deep breath and stepped back as Lyla looked at my cousin.
Sonja smirked at us and left the room. "I didn't know that Stahl came here. Shit I didn't even know that Stahl knew who I was." I said as I started to pace the room.
"Agent Stahl knew all of us. Your Juice's sister so they had probably done a background on you and Happy must have came up somehow or you came up in his background which ended up crossing with Juice." She said as she sat on one of the beds. "Let's just stay clear of your cousin while we are here. Plus Stahl is not a problem for any of us anymore. " I nodded at her then we heard abuela calling us.
"Jessica and Lyla come and eat." She yelled down the hall. As we were walking I heard her talking to my cousin. "Them poor girls are so skinny. Don't they feed them out there?"
"Abuela those bikers like there woman bony. Jessica probably starves herself for them." Sonja said to her.
"Mija don't talk about your cousin that way. We want her to like being here again."
"I'm leaving I'll come back tomorrow." She said.
"Warning to you Lyla abuela is going to do everything she can to make us fat like my cousin." I said as I smirked at her and she giggled.
When we walked into the kitchen there were two large plates on the table filled with food. Lyla's eyes went wide at the site of them I just shook my head. As we sat down I whispered to her. "We don't have to eat it all." And she smiled.
"Jessica you never told me what happen." Abuela said as she pointed at my face. "Did Juan Carlos do this to you?" she said with anger in her voice.
I had to remind myself that it was abuela talking so I wouldn't snap. "No abuela he never hit me." I said as calmly as I could. "It was an accident. I'm fine you don't have to worry about it."
**Lyla POV**
I sat here eating my food quietly as Jess's grandmother questioned her. I was still a little shocked from finding out that Stahl had come here and told them what was going on in Charming with Juice and Jess. I had to find a way to call Opie and let him know but I wanted to see were this conversation was going first.
"Mija you know you can always come back home." She said to Jess as she sat down across from us. "Those bikers can't hurt you here. We can keep you safe from them."
"Abuela it's not like that I don't know what you were told but you can't believe it ok." Jess said to Alicia.
"I just want you to know you can come home. Anyways your mother should be here soon." she said as she walked out of the kitchen. Jess put her head down in her hands.
"Are you alright?" I asked her. "We can go stay in a hotel if you want."
"I'm alright we can stay here. I just wasn't ready for them to start bad mouthing my brother and the club so soon." She said to me.
"Ok. Hey we never called Opie. I'll be right back. We don't want him flipping on us." I said as I stood up and walked to the bedroom.
When I got to the bedroom I pulled out the pre-paid and called Opie. "Hey Lyla what took so long?" he said to me when he picked up his end.
"Sorry I forgot. But Ope there is a problem here." I said to him.
"What? Then get out of there now." He said sounding worried. "I'll have Juice put you guys on the next flight out."
"Ope it's not like that kind of trouble. Jess's grandmother knows about the bust with ATF and about Happy and the club."
"How the hell do they know all that?" Opie asked sounding angry. "Stahl." Was my one word answer. "Fuck Lyla! What else is going on?" he asked.
"Her cousin Sonja has been acting very shitty towards her. Alicia that's her grandmother's name." I said to him. "She has Jess all twisted into knots. She was trying to blame Juice for hurting her."
"Did Jess tell her who did it?" Opie asked me sounding curious.
"No Ope she didn't say anything about Happy. But they want her to stay here. Her mother should be here soon."
"Don't let them get to her. I'm going to talk with Juice. Call me when her mom leaves."
"Ok Opie. I love you." I hung up the phone and walked out to the living room where Jess was sitting when her mother came through the door.
**Jessica POV**
As Lyla walked into the living room the front door open and my ma walked in. "My little girl is home." She screamed as she ran towards me but stopped once she was close. "Oh my god what happen to you? Who did this to you?" she screeched as she brought her hands up to her mouth.
"Ma it's not that bad." I said as I grabbed her hands. "I'm fine I swear."
"NO YOUR NOT!" she yelled. "Baby look at this. If you had never left with that damn brother of yours you wouldn't have this bruise and those horrible slashes." She said as she grabbed my chin and tilted my head to the side.
"It's not his fault." I said as I yanked my face away from her. "Everyone needs to stop blaming him already he has done nothing wrong to me." I snapped as I looked between ma and abuela. "Why do you guys keep blaming him?"
"It is his fault. If Juan Carlos would have left you here and not make you go with him to that god awful town." She said backing away from me. "I would have not lost you. You would still be perfect with no scars, not with a biker doing god only knows what. They are criminals that belong in prison!" she yelled at me.
"He didn't make me go anywhere I begged him to take me with. I wanted to leave this fucking city." I snapped at her not being able to control my anger anymore. "You don't know any of them to say shit like that."
"Jessica Marie Ortiz you better watch your mouth with me I am still your mother." She yelled at me. "Look what they turned you into." She said as curled her nose up at me. "You would have never spoken to me like that before."
I took a step forward when I saw Lyla step in between us facing me. "Jess it's been a long day let's go lay down. Tomorrow is a new day."
I looked at her and she made a pleading face at me. "Ok your right." I said as I turned to walk away. When I reached the hall I turned to face my mother and abuela. "Abuela I will see you in the morning. Good night." I said to her ignoring the pissed off look on my ma's face.
We walked into the room and I laid down as Lyla laid down in the other bed. I came here hoping to get things back on track with my family but now it has gone very bad. Any thoughts I had of staying in New York were slowly fading away. I was glad I brought Lyla with me. I guess we were too tired to change because we were fast asleep in the matter of minutes.
The next morning I was the first to wake up Lyla got up shortly after I showered and got dress and her doing the same. I was trying to stall from leaving the room. "What do you want to do today?" I asked Lyla. "You name it and we will go." I said as I smiled at her.
"Let's go to time square." She said with a grin on her face and I nodded ok to her.
We left the room and entered the kitchen to find abuela and ma sitting at the table. "Would you girls like a cup of coffee?" abuela asked getting up from her seat.
"Yes. Thank you." I answered her. "Ma I didn't get a chance to introduce you. This is my friend Lyla." I said to ma as I pointed to Lyla.
"Hello Lyla it's nice to meet you. I'm Angie." She said to Lyla.
"Hi it's nice to meet you too." Lyla replied as abuela handed her a coffee mug. "Thank you Alicia." She said to abuela.
"Ma look I am sorry about how I snapped yesterday. I shouldn't have done that."
"No you shouldn't have just because you have been gone all these years does not change the fact that I am your mother." She said to me. "I just want to know who did that to you and why?"
"I don't want to talk about it. Lyla and I are going to go to time square today." I said changing the subject. "I want to show her New York and everything I can while we are here."
"First I want to know how long am I going to be able to have you here with me. Then I want to know how you are doing and everything you have done since you left here." she said to me. "And you swear to me that Juan Carlos is not causing trouble for you or that boyfriend of yours. Because the things they told us about that man I don't like it he sounds like a bad person."
"Can you please not bad mouth Juan Carlos?" I asked as nicely as I could without snapping again. "I don't know what you have been told but you can't judge any of my friends without knowing them." I said as I sat down. "As for Happy nobody knows him like I do so please don't say anything to me bad about him."
"They never went into details about your boyfriend but they did tell us he was a very bad person and we should keep you away from him. What has he done?" She asked me but before I could answer she asked another question. "The things they said about your brother being stabbed and the illegal guns is that all true?"
I looked at Lyla and she had a shocked look on her face. "If you want to know anything about Juan Carlos you have to ask him. That is his business to tell not mine." I said to her. "But as for Happy what he does in his life is not anybody's business to talk about and that includes me and if I want to be with him no one will stop me." when I glanced back at Lyla she had smile on her face.
"Jessica stay here in New York. Don't go back there your life can be so much better here." She said to me.
"I'm not going to stay here. I have a life in Charming that I plan on going back to."
We spent the next hour talking about the things I have done since leaving here. I told her as little as I could about my time in Tacoma and Seattle focusing mostly on school. We mostly talk about my time after I returned back to Charming.
The rest of the week Lyla and I spent sightseeing and shopping. I did everything I could to avoid running into my cousin again. There were a few run-ins they didn't go any better than the first. The bruise on my face was finally fading away and the cuts were healing and just as Chibs had said there were leaving two small scars on my cheek. But we were having a good time I had forgotten how much there was to do in the big city compared to Charming's small town. Being here almost made me want to stay but there were things in Charming that I didn't want to be without.
**Happy POV**
We have been back from Indian Hills for three days now and I haven't seen Jess once come to the clubhouse and no one has mentioned seeing her. So I decided to drive over to the house so we can talk. Jax had told me about everyone's theory about the pictures being Jimmy's way of separating Jess and I. that morning in the hospital I gave Kozik the chance to explain shit. Now I needed to make things right with Jess before I lose her for good this time. When I pulled up I climbed off the bike and went up to the house and saw that the mail was piled up in the mailbox I took it all out and went in. I checked everywhere for her and she wasn't home and her cage was in the garage. I left the house and made my way back to the clubhouse. When I got there I went straight for Juice. We haven't talked much since that day but I needed to know where she was at because I had a bad feeling about this shit.
I found him sitting at the bar talking with a prospect. "Juice where is Jess at? I went to the house and she ain't there. She hasn't been there for a while." I said to him.
"Look Happy you said for me to keep her away from you. So why are you looking for her?" He snapped at me.
I grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him to his feet. "Don't fucking play games with me! Where the fuck is she?" I growled in his face. "I need to fucking talk to her!"
"Oh now ya want to talk to her." He said as he snatched his shirt collar out of my hand. "Now that ya know the truth ya want to listen to what she's got say. Well it's going to have to wait because she's in New York." He said with a smirk on his face.
"What the fuck is your problem fucking letting her go there?" I growled as I stepped closer to him. "If something happens to her I will fucking kill your ass. Do you fucking hear me?"
"Hey what's going on here?" I heard Jax say as he and Opie walked in seeing me and Juice standing toe to toe.
"Jess is in fucking New York!" I snapped as I glared at Juice.
"What! When did she fucking leave?" Jax snapped. "I thought she said she wouldn't bolt again."
"They left the same day we did." Opie said causing me snap my head towards him. "Lyla is with her. She calls me every night lets me know what's going on out there. She didn't bolt she will be back." He said looking towards Jax.
"You fucking knew my old lady skipped fucking town and didn't say shit to me!" I snapped at him. "When the fuck are they coming back."
"She ain't your old lady anymore you made that clear when you said to keep her the fuck away from you." Juice growled at me.
Before I could say or do anything Opie jumped in between us. "Juice back off. I know it's your sister but just back off." Juice shook his head at me and walked away then Opie turned to look at me. "Lyla thinks they should be back in about a week. Jess bought open ended tickets."
"I fucking want her back here NOW!" I snapped. "One of you mutha fuckers better call them and tell 'em to get on the next fucking flight. I'll fucking jump parole and bring her ass back my fucking self if she ain't her by morning."
"Hap calm down. We'll figure this shit out." Jax said to me as he laid his hand down on my shoulder. "It's just one week and she'll be home."
I open mouth to say something when Gemma walked in calling me. "Hap this envelope was mailed to TM for you." she said handing me the envelope and walking back out.
When I opened it inside was a letter and a single picture of Jess and Lyla sitting at what looked like central park smiling at each other. I opened the letter and read it "New York is beautiful this time of the year I'm so glad to see a smile on Jessie baby's face. Too bad you had to scar such a beautiful face. Oh I can't wait to hold her in my arms. I wish you were here but too bad you couldn't be here to see it. Your friend always, JIMMY."
"Mutha fucker!" I screamed as I punched the bar top. "Ope; you Chibs and a prospect need to fucking fly out there now and fucking bring 'em back!" I snapped at him.
"Why? What the fuck is going on?" Jax asked while Opie raised his eyebrow at me. I flung the picture and letter across the bar towards him and he picked them up and his eyes went wide when saw what I gave him. "Shit! Get Juice back in here now." Jax said to the prospect. "Ope Jimmy is in New York following the girls around."
"Fuck I need to call Lyla." Opie said as he pulled out his pre-paid. I grabbed his arm to stop him.
"No!" I said before he can call. "If we call and tip them off he might try something sooner. We gotta get ya guys on the next flight out. Fuck I hate that I can't fucking go myself."
The prospect came running back in with Juice behind him. "What's going on?" He asked as he walked up to us. "Ratboy couldn't fucking talk without fucking stuttering in my face."
"Jimmy is in New York following the girls around." Opie said to him. "Ya gotta find tickets for us to fly out there and bring the girls back."
"Now do ya think it was a good fucking idea to let her go out there without fucking protection." I growled at Juice. "I ain't fucking around if something happens to her this club will be on Son short."
"This is your fucking fault not mine." Juice snapped at me. "First of all no one would be trying to get to her if it wasn't for you. She would not be in New York right now if you knew how to control yourself and keep your fucking hands off her."
I stepped forward and Jax stepped in front of me. "Don't you think I fucking already know all that shit?" I snapped at him. "I will fix this with her."
**Jessica POV**
Today Lyla and I decided to spend the day with my family so we stood with abuela and my ma. We were just finishing up with dinner and were sitting around the kitchen talking. "So how are you girls enjoying your trip so far?" Ma asked us.
"I love it here but I miss Opie so much." Lyla said to her. "I will miss New York when we go back."
"How are you liking it back here Jessica?" Ma asked me. "Did you get a chance to see what the hospitals around here have to offer for you?"
"Ma can we not talk about that right now. I just want to enjoy our day together not fight with you." I said to her when we heard a knock at the door. I got up from the table to answer it. "I got it." I called out as I walked to the door and open it. "You gotta be shitting me what are you guys doing here?"
"Hi ya lass. Sorry but we need ta talk." Chibs said to me as Opie and Mike one of the new prospects stood behind him.
"Why didn't you call me?" I asked but before he could answer I heard my ma.
"Who's at the door mija?" Ma asked as she walked up behind me and froze when she saw the guys standing there with their cuts on.
"Come in guys." I said as I open the door wider and my ma's eyes went wide she started to say something when I cut her off. "Ma this is Chibs, Mike and Opie Lyla's husband. They are friends of mine from Charming."
That's when Lyla came running in when she heard me say Opie and jumped into his arms. "Opie I missed you." she said as she kissed him. "I was just telling Alicia and Angie how much I missed you."
"Lass can we talk in private it's kinda of important?" Chibs asked me pulling my attention back to him.
"Yeah let's step out in the hall." I said as I open the front door again. "Lyla can you make the guys comfortable and get them both a beer?" I asked her and she nodded ok to me while she was still in Opie's arms. Then Chibs and I stepped out. "What's going on why are you guys here?" I asked as I shut the door behind me.
"Happy got another picture dis morning and this time it came wit a letter." He said as he pulled an envelope out of the pocket on the inside of his cut.
"I don't want to deal with this shit anymore. I'm not going to keep explaining pictures to everyone." I said to him as I started to open the door. He reached passed me and shut the door again and I turned to face him.
"Ya need to look at this." He said as he shoved the envelope in my hand. I looked at the picture then read the letter my hands started to shake when Chibs took a hold of them. "Jess we need ta get ya back ta Charming. Juice got tickets for all of us ta go back tomorrow afternoon."
"Oh my god why can't this end?" I said and Chibs pulled me into a hug. "What do we do?"
"Lass we'll end dis. I promise ya dat." He said as he held me. "Let's go inside ya gotta tell ya ma somethin' cause ya ain't stayin' here without us and ya gotta leave tomorrow."
When we walked back in everybody was in the kitchen. Abuela already had Opie and Mike eating and plate for Chibs sitting on the table. I had to smile at her. She knew how to make men comfortable through their stomachs. Chibs sat down and started to dig in. I looked at Lyla and nodded my head towards the living room. She looked down at Opie and he nodded for her to follow me. When we went in there I told her about what Chibs showed me and that we had to leave tomorrow.
As we were talking my ma walk in. "What do you mean you're leaving tomorrow? You said you were going to be here for one more week." She snapped at me. "This can't be happening."
"Ma I was going to tell you I just wanted to tell Lyla first. I gotta go I can't explain why I just have to go." I said as I stepped closer to her. "I will come back again. I just need to handle a few things first."
"I don't understand everything is going good here I almost have you wanting to stay here and then these men come and you're leaving." She screamed at me. "You are not going back there I won't let you. Your brother has ruin your life enough already." She said as she roughly took a hold of my arm.
"I never said I was staying here. Why would you think that?" I asked as I tried to pull my arm out of her grasp. She dug her nails into the back of my arm. "LET ME GO!" I growled at her.
"NO!" She yelled in my face. "You are staying here and they are leaving now."
I had never realized that Lyla had gone to get the guys when she saw the argument getting heated. A hand came down on my ma's wrist. "Let the lass go! We don't want any trouble." Chibs said to ma as she released my arm and he pulled me towards him. "Lass will be leaving with us." He said in a stern voice that left no room for argument.
I looked around to see everyone standing in the small living room including abuela who had a worry look on her face. My ma stepped back away from us. "Is this the life you really want to have?" She snapped at me. "You can't even visit someone without them having to ruin it." She said as she pointed at Chibs.
"It's not like that. They are not here to ruin my time on purpose. Something came up I am needed back at home."
"This is your fucking home. Why don't you try telling me the truth?" She yelled at me. "You came here to get away from something and I know you did. Was it one of them that hurt you? We can't help you if you don't talk to us."
"I never came here for help. I came to visit that was it! I never said I was moving back here." I said as I looked around and noticed that Opie and Lyla were no longer in the room with us. "My life and home is back in Charming with Juan Carlos. If I need help I have him and them." I said as I point to Chibs. "They're all the help I need and none of these guys has ever done anything to hurt me." I said as I pointed at the two Sons standing by me protectively.
"This biker gang has brainwashed you into thinking you can't have a better life. They will ruin your life just like that federal agent said when she was here. They are nothing but trouble." she snapped at me. "Why would you want to be a biker whore for these men?"
My entire body tensed up when she said that and Chibs pulled me in tighter to him. "They are not a fucking gang so stop calling them that and I'm not a fucking biker whore." I said as I tried to move closer to her but Chibs wouldn't let me go. "You need to back off and watch what you say about them to me. That fucking biker you are so worried about helped me get to where I am. I love him." I said to her but realized I said it to myself more.
"How can you trust these people?" she asked. "If that biker loved you shouldn't he be here to take you home like Lyla's husband came for her. Your brother couldn't even come here for you."
"I trust these guys with my life." I growled at her. "Juan Carlos and Happy would have come if they could."
"Oh that's right they just got out of prison but they're not criminals right. Then what the hell are they Jessica?" she yelled.
"Back off them already! They never did shit to you so stop fucking talking about them like that. They are part of my family now." I snapped at her.
"Leave my house and don't ever come back." She screamed at me. "No daughter of mine will talk to me this way."
"It didn't have to be this way." I said as I noticed Lyla and Opie walk in from the bedroom with our luggage. "But if that's how you guys feel." I said as I looked between abuela and my ma. "Then this is the last time you will ever see me. Now I know why Juan Carlos wanted out of here."
"Jess we got all your stuff let's go." Opie said as he opened the door and Chibs led me towards it. "Look we are sorry about this." Opie said towards them as he walked out.
I glanced back at abuela and my ma I didn't want things to end this way but I had no choice. The club was my family now and if they couldn't accept it then there was no place for me here. Deep down I knew this all along but I need to come back here so I would know that my choice to stay in Charming was the right one. The reason I brought Lyla with me was because with her here no one would sway me to make the wrong choice. She never tried to convince me that Charming was where I needed to be but she also never let my head get wrapped up with the idea of staying in New York.
We spent the night at a hotel near JFK airport. The five of us were in one room I didn't realize how much I missed the guys until we were sitting here having a few beers while talking about the stuff Lyla and I had seen while here. No one mentioned the fight between me and my ma which I was grateful for that because I was trying not to cry. I was really hoping to make things right for my ma and I and then hoping to do the same for Juice. The next day we all sleep in a little our flight didn't leave until one o'clock. When we all finally got up we were all ready by eleven. I wore a pair of ripped skinny denims with a purple cami, a black cropped leather jacket and my black studded booties.
When we finally landed in Oakland Miles and Kozik were at baggage claim waiting for us. After we got our bags and were walking to the parking lot Kozik put his arm around my shoulders and slowed my walking so we would be a little further back from the rest of them but Chibs noticed and also slowed his walking so he was only about a foot or two in front of us. Kozik shook his head but ended up talking anyways.
"Jess you really need to talk with Happy. He lost his mind when he found out you were in New York. He thought ya weren't gonna come back." He said to me as he stepped in front of me to stop me from walking. "He ain't the same without ya."
"Kozy to be honest with you at first I didn't think I was going to come back. I never said this to anyone but I went out there to see if I could live without Happy." I said to him. "The thing is if I had to live without him I could. The things he said to me and the fact that he was able to hit me." Kozik open his mouth to say something but I continued before he could. "I don't care how mad he was he still hit me. I don't know if I can get past it all but the thought of never seeing him again hurts just as much."
Kozik again went to say something but this time Chibs cut him off. "Brotha drop it. Lass has plenty of time ta figure shit out." He said as he stepped around Kozik and put his arm around me and pulled me towards the van. "Come on let's get ya home." He then leaned into my ear to whisper. "I know ya love Hap and ya know dat too but take ya time and don't let anyone push ya into anything."
"I know Thanks Chibs." I said to him as I put my arm around his waist and rest my head on his shoulder. Having Chibs around felt like having a very protect father there for you. "I like having you around." I said with a smile.
"Ya can always count on me ta be there for ya." He said as he placed a kiss on my forehead.
The ride from Oakland wasn't too bad but it was quiet. Kozik never said another word to me after Chibs stepped in. I was shock to see Miles stop the van in front of my house I thought we were going to TM.
Chibs opened the side door and climbed out with my bags and I followed him. "I thought we were going to the clubhouse. What are we doing here?" I asked him as we reached my door.
"Nah lass, I was told ta drop ya off here." He said as he opened the door and stepped in. I walked in behind him and saw Happy sitting on the recliner I didn't see his bike in the drive way so I was surprised to see him in here. I looked up at Chibs and he gave me a weak smile as he put my bags down next to the couch and then look at Happy. "Don't ya put your hands on 'er this time." He said to him in a stern voice and Happy just glared at him. He turned to me and held my face and in a low voice he said. "Call me if ya need ta. A'ight." Then he placed a kiss on my forehead and walked out closing the door behind him.