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Chapter Sixteen
It being my first day back to work in a few weeks I felt a little out of my element but I knew with everything that has gone on things were bound to change for me everywhere. I was happy that Tara and I didn't work in the same area of the hospital so I didn't have to worry about any tension with her. The day was quite hectic in the beginning but things have since died down some. Lyla and I were meeting for dinner then I would have a few more hours before I could go home. I was sitting in the nurse's pod doing my charts when Lyla came walking up with Opie, Chibs and one of the prospects.
"Hey Jess are you ready to go eat?" Lyla asked as she sat down next to me.
"Yeah I'm ready." I said as I turned to the guys. "What are you guys doing here?" I asked because the last time I was surprised with a visit by them my life turned straight for hell and I was not ready for that to happen again. "Is there a problem?"
"No worries lass just escorting Lyla here." Chibs said with a smile as he leaned down and kissed my forehead. "But unfortunately ya got a prospect ta follow ya guys."
"Why?" I asked looking between Opie and Chibs. "I am tired of being followed around. Don't we ever get a break?"
"I know lass but we got a little trouble we are dealing wit so ya just got ta deal wit it for now. Hap ain't taking any chances wit ya."
I figured there was no point in arguing with them because they would just call Happy then. "Alright. Let me tell one of the docs I'm going to go eat." I walked away and went to tell one of the other doctors I was leaving for a little bit. When I came back the five of us walked out to my car. "What about when I get out of work tonight?" I asked.
"Ratboy is going to follow Lyla back to the clubhouse after you guys are done and then he will be back here for you at midnight." Opie said as we reached my car. "Jess ya gotta come to the clubhouse after work."
"Wait a minute! Why do I have to go there for?" I asked sounding a little more upset then I had intended to. "I don't want to go there. Why can't I just go home?"
"I know ya don't wanna lass but ya gotta." Chibs said as he put his arm around my shoulders. "It's not gonna be another ambush on ya. I promise I would neva let dat happen again. Hap just doesn't want ya alone so he wants ya ta wait for him at the clubhouse." I just nodded my head at him and felt a little more at ease.
Lyla and I said our goodbyes to Chibs and Opie as we climbed in the car and headed for the diner. When we reached the diner the prospect wanted to wait outside while we ate dinner. As Lyla and I went into the diner I saw that Cassie was working. She has basically ignored me since the whole Donut thing.
"Is Cassie still pissed about Donut?" Lyla asked as we sat down.
"I think so." I replied as I glanced towards Cassie. "I gave up trying to talk to her a long time ago but I do need to thank Donut for the trouble he caused." Lyla giggled at me.
Cassie ended up being our waitress and of course she was pretty bitchy towards us. We did our best at being polite but Lyla was getting irritated with her so we quickly placed our order and were waiting to eat. "I guess she is still pissed." I said as she walked away.
"I would say so. What happen yesterday with Tara and Jax?" Lyla asked.
"Tara was butting in where she is not needed. I told her in so many words to stay out of my business so apparently she went crying to Jax about it. He questioned me on why I was snapping at her."
"What did Happy say about it?" she asked as Cassie placed our drinks on the table. "He looked pissed off at the clubhouse earlier."
"He didn't say anything last night." I said as I looked at her worried. "All Happy told him was that we could deal with this later. Why would he be pissed I didn't even tell him what was going on yet?"
"I don't think he is pissed at you." She said when she noticed I was worry. "There seemed to be a lot of tension between Happy and Jax."
"Oh. Last night when Jax asked me about the whole Tara thing I tried to walk away and he took a hold of my arm stopping me. Happy came out and saw that and let's just say he was not very thrilled with him having a hold of my arm the way he did."
"That had to be it." She said as Cassie brought our food to us. "Ope wouldn't tell me what was going on he said it was best for us to stay out of it."
"That's just Opie's way of trying not to get in the middle of the bullshit. I can't blame him; if Tara had taken her cue from him things would be somewhat easier right now. Jax and Happy wouldn't have any tension between them." I said as I sat back.
"I am so glad you and Happy finally work things out." She said as she ate her food.
"I am too." I said as I laid my fork down. "But I have been trying to figure out how to talk to him about the whole run thing. I don't think I can handle that bullshit again. How does it work with you and Ope?"
"I don't ask him about it and he doesn't tell me anything. It's easier for me that way." She said to me.
"I don't think that would work for me and Hap because in the back of my mind I would always wonder who she was and why he chose her. I always had my mind on school the first time we were together but now I don't think anything can sway my mind from it."
"Then you need to talk with him about it before they go on any more runs."
"I know but I don't want to fight with him about anything right now. Plus he promised that this run he would not have any road pussy so I got sometime before I have to talk with him." I said to her.
Half way through our meal a group of six bikers came in the diner and sat a few booths away from us. We weren't too sure who they were because neither of us was able to see their patches. We decided that it was best for us not to react to it because they could be just passing through and we didn't want to start any trouble. We continued to eat until I saw them ask Cassie something and she pointed towards me and Lyla. As I was getting ready to tell Lyla it was time to go Ratboy came to our table without his cut on. I knew there was problem because he always wore his cut and he had it on when we came in to eat.
"Ladies it's time to go!" He said to us in a low but demanding voice. "I was told to get you guys out of here now!"
"Alright." I said as I pulled out my wallet to pay the bill. "Just let me pay the bill."
"No I got it." He said shaking his head at me. "Juice, Chibs, Kozik and Bobby are down at the corner waiting for you two. Just go I'll be down there in a minute." He said still talking to us in a low voice so no one else would hear what he was saying.
As we stood up to leave all of the bikers watched us as we walked to the car and one followed out but didn't get on his bike. We quickly got in the car and pulled off as Ratboy was walking out of the diner. Sure enough when we got to the corner the Sons were sitting there on their bikes waiting. As I pulled next to them I rolled my window down so we could talk. Bobby got off his bike and walked to the window and was the first to talk.
"Ladies we need ya to go straight to the hospital. Lyla go in with Jess until we come get ya." He said as he wiped a hand down his beard. The prospect came rolling up a few minutes later. He said something to Chibs and Juice and then Bobby turn to us. "Girls get out of here now and be quick the prospect is going to follow behind you."
I took off as quick as I could and in record time I was at the hospital which took me less than ten minutes. I was little nervous and so was Lyla. We didn't know what was going on but we knew it wasn't good. The Prospect sat with Lyla in the waiting room while I got back to work. An hour later Juice came in the back looking for me.
"Hey Jess, we're going to take Lyla back to the clubhouse Ratboy is going to hang out in the waiting room so if ya need anything let him know." He said as he walked up to me.
"Juice what's going on?" I asked as I stood up from my chair. "Cassie pointed us out to some bikers at the diner."
"Fuck that's not good. Let me try and get a hold of Hap." He said as he walked away.
I went back to my work as I waited for him to come back. I was wondering what happen when we left the guys at the corner but I wasn't going to ask any questions. As I was walking out of a patient's room he was standing there in the hall leaning against the wall. "What did Happy say?" I asked as I handed the charts to Debbie and she walked away.
"I couldn't get hold of him. He is out taking care of club business with Tig right now." He said as he ran his hand across his Mohawk. "What time do you get out of here?"
"I get off at midnight." I replied to him.
"Ok we'll be back then. Don't leave the hospital until we are here I don't care if the prospect is here wait for me and Chibs to be back." I nodded my head at him as he walked away.
The rest of the time I had at work was nerve wrecking for me. Not knowing what was going on had me very stressed so I was happy when it was time to go. As I walked out to the waiting room the prospect was waiting with Chibs, Bobby, Kozik, Juice and Phil. They all stood up when I came through the doors and Chibs nodded his head towards the door and we all walked out to the parking lot. I had noticed how all the Sons were very tensed and their eyes were searching the lot as we walked to my car.
"Lass they know what your cage looks like so Ratboy is going ta drive it ta da clubhouse wit Juicy boy, Kozik and Bobby following him. You're going ta ride wit me and Phil."
"Why can't I drive?" I asked as I handed Chibs my keys and my medical bag so they could put it in the trunk. "Aren't we going the same way?"
"No little lady we are going to go in different directions." Bobby said as he walked up to me. "We are not too sure on what they want so it's best to keep you apart from this so we can find out."
After getting on the road we split into two groups. I rode with Chibs and Phil rode next to us, we took the back roads to the clubhouse as the rest of them went in a completely different direction. We had no problems getting there at all and we enter the lot through the back. We sat around the picnic table waiting for the rest of them to show up. Jax and Clay were sitting there with us waiting. When they finally pulled in things looked bad. My car's rear window was blown out and it looked like it had bullet holes on the side. When we ran up Bobby was climbing off his bike and ran towards Juice as Kozik and Chibs ran towards the prospect in my car.
"What happen?" I asked as I reached my brother and noticed he had blood soaking his pant leg. "Grab my bag." I yelled at no one in particular. I examined his leg as Bobby held him and I saw that he was shot. "Shit you were shot!"
"Lass the prospect was hit too." Chibs said to me as he pulled the prospect out of the car. "It looks like he was hit in his side."
"Fuck! Get them in the clubhouse." Clay yelled as Jax ran to the trunk of my car and pulled out my medical bag. "Baby Girl can ya handle this or do we need to get Tara here?"
"I got it. Just tie off Juice's leg and check his bike because this one is through and through so he should be good." I said as we walked them in the clubhouse. "I'll take care of the prospect first then I can take care of Juice."
Bobby took Juice's belt and tied it just above the wound. It didn't look too bad so I knew he would be ok. I still needed to check out the prospect. I knew in the back of my head that could have been me in the car but I was trying not to let that get to me just yet because these guys needed me. As I looked over the prospect's bullet wound he had a scared look on his face.
"Hey you're going to be alright." I said to him as I cut his shirt off. "It looks like I need to get the bullet out so I'm going to give you some meds to relax you ok."
"Please don't let me bleed out." He said in a panic voice. Right then I knew why he was scared and I felt bad for it.
"I'm so sorry for saying that to you. I promise you're not going to die." Chibs was looking at me with a confused look on his face as I said that to Ratboy. I looked up at Chibs. "I'll tell you later." he just nodded his head at me with a smirk on his face.
I worked quickly and quietly on the prospect. When I was done they took him out and brought Juice in. I was just about exhausted already but I had to get through this. I was pretty happy that I didn't have to dig his bullet out and he was too. I was half way through stitching my brother when I heard Happy yelling outside. I looked at Chibs and he was just as stunned as I was.
"Shit he saw the car! Finish him up." I said as I handed the tools to Chibs and ran out the chapel and to the doors. The front of my shirt was covered in the prospect's blood and I was yanking the gloves off as I went through the doors.
**Happy POV**
Tig and I came ridin' up to TM and noticed the gates were still open. As we pulled onto the lot I saw Jess's cage sitting in the middle of the lot with the driver's door still wide open. When we pulled closer I noticed the back window was blown out and the side of it had about six bullet holes in it. I quickly jumped off my bike when I saw that there was blood on her seat.
Tig looked at me. "Fuck Hap where's doll face?"
"What the fuck is going on?" I said as I ran towards Jax. "Where the fuck is my old lady?"
"She's good Hap. She is inside." Jax said as he turned to face me. "She wasn't hit."
"Why the fuck is there blood on her fucking seat then?" I snapped as I got in his face.
"Happy I wasn't in the car." I heard her say as she grabbed my arm to get my attention. "The prospect was driving my car."
I turned to face her and saw all the blood. "What happen? Are ya sure you're ok?" I asked as I reached out and held her face.
"I'm alright. The prospect was driving the car and Juice, Kozik and Bobby were with him." She said as she placed her hands over mine. "I was nowhere near them when the shooting happen. I was with Chibs and Phil on my way here."
"Why was your fucking cage shot up? Why the fuck am I just finding out about this?"
"Juice tried to call you earlier." She said as reached up on her toes and placed a kiss on my lips. I pulled her closer and held her to me. "Let me go finish helping Chibs stitch Juice up. Talk to Bobby so he could fill you in on what happen." I nodded my head at her and then kissed her one more time before I let her go.
I walked over to Bobby and Jax so I could find out what happen. "What the hell? Why did my old lady's cage get fucking shot up?" I asked as I crossed my arms over my chest.
"Lyla and Jess went to dinner at the diner. While they were there six Los Locos showed up at the diner." Bobby said as he stepped forward. "They saw what cage the girls were in when they left the diner."
"I thought Ope was going to put a fucking prospect on them."
"He did, the prospect called Juice when they showed up." Jax said to me. "We had him take off his cut and go in to get the girls out of there. When the girls left the diner they followed behind a short time later, when they came after them Bobby, Chibs, Kozik and Juice were waiting at the corner. They had already sent the girls off to the hospital."
"I've got two questions. How the hell did they know who Jess and Lyla were?" I asked as I ran my hand down my face. "And how the hell did they find were they went if you guys were at the corner?"
"When they came towards us there were only five of them so one had to have broken off and followed the girls." Bobby said as he sat at the picnic table. "And the little lady told Juice after we got back to the hospital that Cassie pointed them out to the guys at the diner."
"You gotta be fucking kidding me. That bitch pointed them out and caused this shit." I said as I started to pace. "Whose idea was it to put the prospect in the cage?"
"Chibs came up with the idea to have the prospect drive while Jess rode with him." Bobby said as he ran his hand down his beard. "They followed us as we escorted the cage. The first shot hit the rear window. We shot back, Juice hit one but the bullets kept coming and Juice got hit. The cage swerved off the road when Ratboy got hit, they took off thinking they finished the job. Kozy tried to follow them but they all split up and he ended up losing 'em."
"At this point we think it could have been any of the old ladies that they were after." Jax said as he walked over to the cage. "Jess and Lyla just happen to be the ones there when they showed up and the prospect being outside must have tipped them off that someone important was inside. When the brothers went back to get Lyla from the hospital one cage was following them but I think because of the amount of brothers with her and it being only one person in the cage he couldn't do anything to her."
"When we went back for Jess there were more guys this time." Kozik said as he walked up. "Some were on bikes and some were in cages. They didn't notice the split up because they were waiting down the street from the hospital and with the tints on her windows they didn't know it was Ratboy instead of an old lady."
"They are trying to hurt us by either killing or seriously hurting an old lady." Jax said to me. "They know that would throw us off our game. It wasn't aimed at Jess because of who she is it was because of what she is. Which is an old lady they tried for Lyla but it didn't work. We don't know who could be next if they find out their plan didn't work this time."
"That's why we're putting the club on lock down." Clay said as he came walking up to us. "I called Gemma she's on her way to get Tara. Jax call Tara tell her to get ready Phil and Gemma are going to stop and get her and the kids. Opie and Lyla are on their way back with the kids now." He then turned towards me. "Check on baby girl."
"Why? Did something happen to her?" I asked him.
"No nothing happen. She said she's good but with all the shit that has been going down around here with her I don't need her cracking under the pressure. We'll have church in the morning about how to deal with this shit." Clay said as he walked away.
"A'ight I'm gonna go check on Jess?" I said as I walked away.
**Jessica POV**
When I came back in Chibs was just about finished with Juice so I just sat and watched as he worked. After he was done he carried Juice to the couch and sat him down then we went and sat at the bar. I was in need off a very strong drink so Chibs and I took some shots of Jack and I felt more at ease.
"A'ight lass, why was da prospect begging ya not ta let him bleed out?" Chibs asked as he filled the shot glasses again.
"I kinda threaten to let him bleed out the other day when I went to Bakersfield." I said as I took the shot.
Jesus Christ Jessica why would ya do dat for?" I was a little stunned at his reaction because he never called me Jessica before.
"It was right before Hap and I talked. I was at Hap's ma house and saw that Ratboy was following and reporting back to Hap on everywhere I was going. I told him not to tell him where I was or I was going to let him bleed out the next time he needed my help."
He started to laugh when I was done talking. "So ya made him chose from either being killed by ya or Hap." He said as he tried to stop laughing. "Dat is so wrong ta do ta da poor boy. No wonder he was scared of your ass."
"I was just mad and didn't know of any other way to stop him from calling Happy." I said as I shrugged my shoulders and he was shaking his head at me.
A short time later Happy came walking in. "Jess we need to talk." He said as he came up behind me and put his arms around my waist. "Let's go to the room." I just nodded my head and got up from the stool.
When we got to the room Happy shut the door behind him as I went to sit on the bed. "What did you want to talk about?"
"Jess we are going on lockdown." He said as he walked over to stand in front of me. "We gotta stay here for a few days."
"Alright. But this time I'm going with you to the house to get our stuff because the last time you went on your own everything with us went straight to hell." I said as I stood up in front of him trying to hold back a giggle.
"Jess this shit ain't a joke." He said as he held on to my shoulders. "Are ya fucking drunk already?"
"Um just a little." I said as I leaned into his chest to rest my head. "I needed a few shots to relax."
"Jess ya can't crack on me right now. I need ya to be leveled headed."
"Happy I'm trying to be. I was on the verge of freaking out. That could have been me in the car or they could have easily followed Lyla and shot her." I said as I sat back down. "I pulled a bullet out of the prospect that was apparently meant for me."
"Jess it could have been any of the old ladies. They tried to follow Lyla but there were too many Sons with her and only one of them. Remember it was your fucking friend that pointed your ass out to those mutha fuckers." He snapped at me. "Now go to sleep I need your ass sober."
"No! I'm not going to sleep. I am tired of being told what to do." I said as I walked to the door. "I'm staying here without fighting you on it. Now I plan on drinking until I pass out." I then walked out the door.
"Damn it why the fuck do you gotta be so god damn difficult?" he yelled as I walked down the hall.
When I came into the main room Lyla was sitting there with Opie and Gemma was walking in with Tara and the kids. I walked over to the bar and sat down in between Chibs and Kozik. I grabbed the bottle of jack that was sitting on the bar a poured a shot for myself. Happy came out of the room glared at me then walked out of the clubhouse.
"Is everything good with you guys?" Kozik asked as he watched Happy walk out.
"Don't worry about it Kozy." I said to him as I took the shot and pour another one. "We'll be fine. He wants me to sleep and I want to drink."
"Don't ya gotta work tomorrow lass?" Chibs asked as he pushed the bottle towards the prospect and nodded his head at him and he moved it away. "How about slowing down on da jack?"
"Chibs the jack is keeping me from freaking out here. My damn car has bullet holes in it, the prospect got shot in my car and my brother got shot too." I said as I stood up from the stool. "I don't know because I never bother asking him before but he probably has been shot before but this is the first time I had to deal with it."
"Maybe ya need ta freak out. If this had happened ta any other old lady they would be freaking out right now." Chibs said as he stood up. "Ya had a gun ta ya head and then bullets flying all around ya. Now we all know that could have been ya drivin' da cage and not da prospect. Ya have the right ta freak right now."
"Why are you doing this?" I asked as I stepped back away from him but he stepped forward. "I know what has happened and what could have happen. You don't have to remind me."
"Chibs what are you doing?" Clay asked as he stepped forward. "We can't have baby girl freaking out on us."
"Clay she needs ta because we don't know what's going ta happen later and we don't want 'er ta crack when we need 'er head on straight. We don't have weeks for 'er ta get over dis like every other time."
"My fucking head is on straight!" I yelled at Chibs. "I'm not going to stand here and deal with this."
"Yeah ya are!" Chibs yelled at me. "When Jimmy held dat gun ta your head ya were more worried about Hap being shot then yourself. He could have blown your brains out!" he snapped at me.
I felt the tears start pool in my eyes but I was fighting them back. "Chibs don't do this!" Kozik snapped at him. "Prospect go get Hap now!"
"Shut up Kozy!" he snapped at him and took another step towards me and I backed away again. "Did ya count da bullets dat were in da walls here when da clubhouse got shot up? That's how many times ya could have been shot lass."
"STOP IT!" I yelled at Chibs when I hit the pool table behind me. "I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS!"
"Opie stop him!" I heard Lyla yell. "She doesn't want this. Leave her alone."
"Lyla she needs ta hear it and let it all out now." Chibs said to her.
I looked around and saw everyone staring at us. Tara had tears running down her face as Jax held her. Opie was holding Lyla back as she cried, Gemma was holding on to Clay and all the guys had stunned looks on their faces. Juice was sitting on the couch looking at the floor with his head in his hands. I looked back at Chibs and he was standing about two feet away from me.
"What the hell do you want from me?" I yelled at him.
"I want ya ta fucking get mad. I want ya ta freak out." Chibs yelled at me. "If ya keep bottling dis shit up your gonna lose your fuckin' mind. Ya neva tell anyone but Hap and me when something is wrong wit ya. Scream at me god damn it! Scream at everyone here! Tell 'em what has been fucking bothering ya."
"NO! Leave me the fuck alone!" I snapped at him.
The clubhouse doors slammed open and Happy came barging in. "What the fuck is going on?" he yelled as he walked towards me but Tig stepped in front of him and stopped him.
"Hap let Chibs do this." Tig said as he held onto Happy's shoulders.
"What the fuck is he doing to her?" Happy snapped at Tig.
"Just give him a few more minutes that's all I ask." Tig said and Happy stopped fighting against him.
"Did ya see da cage? All da blood da prospect lost in there. All da bullet holes on da side of it."
"Yes I did! I don't want to do this. Back off me." I snapped at him again.
"I don't care if ya don't wanna do dis." He said as he stepped towards me again. "Dat could have been your ass laying on dat table today. Hell ya could have died. That blood on ya shirt could have been yours not the prospect's."
My hand came up and slapped him across the face. He didn't flinch or even move his head. "I know that could have been me. I fucking know how many times I could have been shot in these last few weeks. I WAS FUCKING THERE FOR IT ALL!" I screamed as the tears started flow down my cheeks. "I was there when Jimmy held that gun to my head, I was there when the bullets were flying pass my head, I was there when you pulled Ratboy out of my fucking car." I screamed as I started to punch Chibs in the chest. Everything I was feeling inside just started to flow out with the tears. "I was there when Happy back handed me across the face, when my ma kicked me out of her life, when this club turned on me when they thought I was sleeping with Kozik. I was here for every fucking bad thing that has happen to me in this last month. I was stabbed and smacked around by someone that was trying to get revenge on the Sons for something I didn't even know about. My brother even had doubt in me when he should have been the one to have faith in me." I screamed at him. "Is it ever going to fucking end?"
Chibs took a hold of my arms to stop me from hitting him and pulled me into a hug. "Dat's the life ya have ta live now lass. Can ya handle it?"
"Do I really have choice?" I said as I put my head down on his chest. "I'm not leaving Happy or my brother. I love them too much."
"We will protect ya and every old lady here." He said as he placed a kiss on my cheek. "Now dat ya got dat all off your shoulders I want ya ta relax."
Then a new set of arms went around my waist. I turned towards them and saw Happy standing there holding me. "Let's go to the room." He said as he guided us down the hall. "Do you want to talk about?" he asked as he shut the door behind him.
"Can you just hold me? All I want right now is you holding me." I said.
He stepped forward and wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me close. We stood like that for a while then he stepped back. "Ya need to change out of them clothes and shower." I nodded my head and walked to the bathroom.
"Can you go see if I have any extra clothes in the car?" I asked him as I walked in the bathroom. He grunted and walked out the room. He seemed pissed but I knew it wasn't aimed at me.
**Happy POV**
I don't know what the fuck happen out there when I was outside but I intend to fucking find out. As I walked back into the bar I saw Chibs sitting at the bar. I walked up to him and deck him right in the jaw and he fell off the stool as Tig's arms went around me from behind pinning my arms down to my side. I was trying to get out of Tig's hold as Chibs stood on his feet again.
"Let him go brotha." Chibs said to Tig as he let me go. "I know why ya did dat but I'm not sorry for doin' it."
"What the fuck is your problem? I don't need her fucking running on me with all that shit you just threw in her fucking face she just might do that shit." I yelled as I stepped in his face. "If she fucking bolts on me I WILL fucking snap."
"Brotha dat's why I did it. She needs ta face it all before da shit gets crazy around here." Chibs said as he took as step back. "We don't have da time for 'er ta work dis out slowly Hap. Da time ya guys were apart I was there wit 'er and I'm telling ya she's not going anywhere without ya next ta 'er."
"Then why the fuck would ya do that to her?" I asked him as I was trying to calm myself down.
"Because ya wouldn't do it only because ya two just got back together and ya don't want ta lose 'er and everybody else is too damn scared of ya killing 'em for makin' 'er upset." Chibs said as he ran hands through his hair. "The lass needed ta flip out and get all dat shit off her chest before she could move forward."
I didn't want to hear anymore because I knew what he was saying was true. I walked away and went out to the car. When I reached the car it was hard for me to look at it because that could have easily been Jess sitting in that seat and not the prospect. I reached in the car and popped the trunk as I was walking towards the back of the car I felt the anger building in me and I couldn't hold it in anymore I turned towards the car and punched out the back door window then started to kick the car with all the force I could bring to my leg. As I was kicking I heard someone walk up behind me so I whipped around to come face to face with Gemma. She had her hands up in defense. I eased my stance and leaned back against the car trying to calm the rage I was in.
"You know Killa that girl is a tough bitch but that was a lot of shit to have bottled up. I know I have been there before myself." She said as she leaned on the car next to me. "The best thing you could do is just be there for her. She doesn't trust anyone but you, Chibs and Lyla not even her brother."
"I know Gemma." I said as I ran my hands over my head. "I didn't know she was still upset with the club about that shit."
"Can you blame her, I don't. Shit she was much nicer to these guys then I would have been." Gemma said as she pulled out a cigarette and lit it. "Sometimes you assholes need to know when you fuck up like that."
"I need to get back in there to her." I said as I pulled out a bag of clothes she had in the trunk. "She's waiting for this." I said holding up the bag.
"Alright." Gemma said as she pushed herself off the car. "Just let her know why Chibs did that. He is the closest thing she has to a father and we don't need her upset with him. Even though he won't admit it we all know it will kill him to have her hate him. She's like a daughter to him."
"I know. I won't let that happen." I said as I closed the trunk. "As much as I hate to admit this she needs him. He is her rock when I ain't around."
"He might be her rock but you have a strong hold on her heart." She said as she started to walk away. "As much as that bitch has gone through in the last two years and she is still here shows she ain't going anywhere." I just smirked at Gemma and walked away.
As I walked back into the room I saw Jess laying in the bed with one of my shirts on sleeping. I put her bag down on the floor next to the dresser. I kicked my boots off and removed my shirt and pants, climbed in the bed next to her and pulled her closer to me and kissed her on her neck as I whispered in her ear "I love you."
She opened her eyes as I pulled away. "I love you too." She said as she kissed my lips and then laid her head down on my shoulder. We both fell asleep soon after that.