T pulled into the bar in Lodi, it was a neutral bar, which is the only place that they all ever met at. Sure Marcy and Lonnie and T were allowed anywhere, but with the head of the Mayan's and the 9ners they had to meet somewhere neutral. Climbing out of her car she ignored all the looks she got. Walking into the bar she spotted her girl and their brothers in a back corner. Walking towards them she slid into the booth next to Lonnie.

"Hey guys, thanks for this." T was the first one to speak before pulling out a cigarette with a shaky had. Marcus reached across and lit it for her.

Everyone was staring at her, T was shaky which was never a good thing because that meant that she was pissed enough to kill a mother fucker right now.

" Its not a problem, no one will tell us where you are going, all we know is that you want passage to the east coast and because all of our guys know your car you need permission. I take it Jonny doesn't know your leaving or he would be here as well." Leroy told her.

All three girls nodded their heads.

"I know taking the pussy way out isn't the right way to do things but if I don't, I'm going to go off half cocked on the next mother fucker who looks at me wrong. I need a break, I need space. Shit I need a new fucking life but we all know that isn't possible so I'm just going to take a vacation." She told him.

Marcus nodded at her words, waving the waitress over and ordering a round of beers.

"I got no problems on making that happen, I already , made my calls so your good on my end. What I'm worried about is any drama falling back on me for this shit." Marcus said looking at her. Shit if it was Marcy pulling this shit he would be pissed, but T was a different story and not just because she wasn't his little sister. T was a cold blooded killer just like him and Leroy. You didn't get to the top by being a pussy and T didn't really need to ask for this, she was doing it out of respect for them. She could kill anyone that approached her, but both men knew that she didn't want to do that. Shit she probably didn't want to have to watch her back the whole damn way either. Besides there was only a couple SOA charters on that coast so she needed to be on good terms unless she planned on heading down towards one of them. T might not know it but she made quite a name for herself and everyone knew who she was and wanted her for themselves.

"They'll come to me first because my relationship with the sons is better then ours. I got no problems with this, I'm sure you already figured that once you call and tell them your gone they will head my way. You leave them letters or anything?" Leroy asked her. T nodded and pulled three letters out of her purse, handing them over to Leroy.

"I'll call them once I'm out of Cali. I got to stick around for a little bit" She said when everyone gave her curious looks she added "Jonny had Juice put a tracker in my car the last time we all went to Charming. I have to wait for the car to cool down before I go in and pull that shit out. He'll have all the sons on the east coast looking for me. I know that they'll find me I'm not going into hiding just trying to avoid the drama and make shit eaiser on Jonny. Its hard to choose between blood and bond I hate that he's in that position."

All three of them nodded. Marcus and Leroy motioned for the girls to move. Both of them gave her hugs, Leroy leaned in and whispered in her ear. "Always a place as a 9ner if you want" He joked. T slapped his arm playfully and squeezed him tightly before whispering back. "I don't think that I can ever express how much this means to me" Leroy kissed her cheek and nodded before leaving.

T sat at the bar with her girls, they let her finish her first beer and start on another before they asked the question she knew that they had been waiting to ask.

"So, what the hell happened?" Marcy asked her.

T shook her head before putting it in her hands and letting out a loud sigh.

"You know, I had to go down to Charming, guess they got some law problems. Well the fucking bitch showed Hap pictures of me and Jake. Hap threatened me. Said be with him, be with Koz, be with both of them or no one would have me. Apparently if their not a son they aint good enough. I called Jonny and came straight home. On the way here I ditched my man phone after calling Jake and telling him it was over in a fucking voicemail. For all the shit I have ever fucking done, I hate myself the most for letting Jake get mixed up in this shit. I know that Jonny will look out for him though. Hap, actually threatened me, not a fucking joke he was dead fucking serious. I have to get out of here before I kill him or Koz or I lose my fucking mind." T told her girls.

They both nodded while T slammed the rest of her beer. They all stood up and went to the bar, T paid the tab. Outside Marcy and Lonnie stood around both holding flash lights so T could see. Upon finding the tracker she ripped it out and threw it on the ground before stomping on it.

"I know he worries but I need this drive in piece and I need at least an hour on the beach before I get cornered by the Florida charter." She said looking into her girls worried eyes. She smiled at them.

'Sorry your going to have to deal with Jonny, Lonnie. I would bet that Koz and Hap will be with him. I love you guys and I will call you soon okay?" T told her girls pulling them both into a hug.

"Never know maybe you will find the perfect son down there in the Florida charter." Marcy told her giving her an extra squeeze before pulling away.

T laughed "God, I don't know if I will ever find a man, but its wishful thinking."

T climbed in her car, waiting for Lonnie and Marcy to get in theirs. They all pulled out of the bar lot, Marcy and Lonnie heading back towards town, T headed for the highway. She would stop for gas once she got out of Cali, that's when she would make her call. T stared out at the road, it was already midnight. She knew that Jonny would be headed for Charming tomorrow and she just hoped that he wouldn't hate her for leaving.

Jonny pulled into the Tacoma clubhouse lot early. He had already called and woken up Koz, who was waiting for him. They pulled out and headed for the highway. The night before after explaining to Sarah what happened Jonny called Clay and told him that him and Koz were headed that way. He didn't explain what happened he just told him to make sure that Hap was around.

Jonny tried to ignore Sarah's worried looks and when she picked up her phone to call T, Jonny stopped her.

"I know your worried babe, so am I lets just give her some space. I never seen her as mad as she was when I saw her earlier, not even with the whole tat stunt they pulled." Jonny told his wife pulling her into his embrace.

They went to bed shortly after. Jonny had to be up early and Sarah had fought him on not being able to go with. She had some serious words for both of them, if she lost her little sister she would be ripping them a new asshole but since she couldn't do it she would just have to call Gemma and have her do it.

Jonny and Koz were quiet, not that riding on a bike down a highway at 90 left a lot of room for talking, but still Koz knew that Jonny was pissed and her knew better then to try and have a conversation. Pulling into Teller-Morrow Auto, Koz climbed off and greeted all of this brothers with a brotherly hug, except for Tig. Jonny did the same thing, but when he got to Clay he pulled him aside.

"Sorry about this, but I need to chat with Hap." Jonny told him. Clay nodded and called out to Happy the four of them then headed into the clubhouse chapel.

Clay looked at Jonny then Happy before speaking

"So whats up brother? You were pretty closed mouthed on the phone."

Jonny glared at Hap

"T called me and told me that she needed to come home or she was going to go off half cocked. She didn't explain why over the phone so I had to wait until she got back to Tacoma. I have never seen her as mad as she was. Not even when this two dumb asses pulled that tat stunt which almost got us all killed. She stormed into my office and told me that Hap threatened her. T is already at her ends rope with dumb and dumber and I feel like all this shit is my fault. I let this shit go on for way to fucking long. She might be my cousin but she's like my little sister and I let her down." Jonny spoke and all the men in the room could hear the disgust in his voice.

Hap pounded his fist on the table which brought all of the men out of their thoughts. Clay was confused about this whole thing. What the hell was so good about this one girl? He could understand why Jonny was upset, a brother threatened his blood. Koz and Hap though were acting like the world would die without this girl. Shit pussy is pussy and from what he had heard, neither one of them had hit that yet.

"Hell yeah I did, shes fucking some random dude, you think that's fucking smart? You think that's fucking right? She fucking covered the damn crow, that shit is basically illegal in our club and we all just let her get away with it"

Clay shook his head, guess that answers that question they are both in love with her. Looks like they would even be willing to share if it meant that they got her, too bad they got a fucked up ass way of showing it. Clay caught hell from Gemma about that tat stunt.

"Sure it would be illegal if she and her man were in agreement to do it, but you forced that shit on her, and then almost got shot because of it. We don't fucking do shit like that in this club Hap." Clay told the killer.

Jonny shook his head

"Look Clay, I know my cousin, better then a lot of fucking people, and this shit its fucking with her, which is hard to do since she learned to kill most of her emotions when she became the Little Killer of Tacoma. I can say that I don't want them around her but I know that wont stop them. I am saying this though. You guys need to ease the fuck up and pull your heads out of your asses. She's not a fucking object to be owned, she's a fucking person and a bad ass person which you helped create. No more fucking threats Hap because that shit is illegal in this club. You don't threaten family and that girl is my family, she's not your old lady, or Koz's. She is my responsibility and if she wants to date normal guys or if she wants to date a different brother then that is her choice. Not yours. You two got me?" Jonny said shooting looks at both Hap and Koz. "I know she wants to help you guys, so I can give you her number and you guys can try to work shit out over the phone, but after that shit Hap pulled, she wont come down here unless I drag her, and it will not be pretty and I am almost positive that someone, more likely me or who ever, will end up with a bullet in their ass. So follow what she says, she knows this shit and she knows what that bitch is doing. I know your guys, you have no rats in your club so if or because T is so sure when she tries to make someone look like a rat, just watch yourself, and don't jump off the deep end. Well now that that's over, lets have some drinks and make this a social call?"

Clay nodded and got up. Hap stayed seated as did Koz, when his phone rang he answered.

T waited to call until the next afternoon, she figured that they would have already made it to Charming and had the meeting with Clay and Hap, so she was surprised when it went straight to voicemail. She tried an hour later and when it still went to voicemail, she had no choice but to call Koz. Koz was his usual self when he answered.

"Hey babe" Hap couldn't hear what she was saying but he knew it was T on the other line

"Tell Jonny to check his voicemail, I'm out of this bitch" T told Koz

"Wait you did what?" Hap was getting frustrated, because he could only hear one side of the convo

"Where are you babe?"

"Im getting as far away as I can from you and Hap." She said with a big sigh.

"Just come home"

"Fuck you hell no. You're part of the reason I'm leaving in the first place asshole."

"I don't give a fuck T, if I have to hunt you down your going to get an ass whooping."

T had heard enough and hung up on his ass then. What the hell was with them and threats. They know that threatening a killer is like signing your death warrant, they taught her that.

Koz stared at the phone after he said that, then called again before glaring at Hap and leaving the room. Hap called T and his call went ignored. He followed Koz who was at the bar with a very pissed off looking Jonny. He looked to Clay.

"Need to borrow your killer for a couple days, if its cool. Family shit"

Clay nodded and Hap went and got a bag, the other two were waiting for him.

"What the fuck happened?" he asked

"T fucking bounced, and after having juice look into it she destroyed all the tracking devices we kept in her car ditched her phone and only kept the prepaid. She broke up with the tattoo guy, and emptied her bank accounts, all of them. Hope your fucking happy, you got your wish asshole." Jonny yelled at him before pulling out of the lot.

Koz sped off, no one had a clue as to where T would go but after they were an hour outside of Charming Jonny pulled over

"Going to call Leroy and see if we cant set up a meeting with Lonnie, if anyone knows where she's at either her or Marcy will." Jonny told the guys as he went and paid for gas and to make the phone call.

Hap and Koz both paced and called her back to back, while Jonny was on the phone with Leroy. T ignored all of their calls. Jonny told the guys the meeting with Leroy and Lonnie was set up. They got on their bikes and sped off to one of the 9ner clubs. When they pulled up and walked in, a girl showed them to the table Lonnie and Leroy were sitting at. Lonnie was glaring at the men. Jonny sat down on the outside leaving Hap on the inside and Koz standing up.

"Jonny" Leroy said, looking at Jonny and then his little sister.

"Leroy, Lonnie" Jonny said

"I know why you're here, and maybe just maybe if it was just you I would of told you where she's going, but its not and I wont. I know that your worried about her Jonny but T needs this Jonny she's too fucking close to losing it and I wont let them kill the little bit of her that's left. If you guys actually treated her right, she would of choose or went along with whatever you wanted, but you started treating her crappy, and I don't know if you can do anything to fix it. She was happy with a normal guy, for once she felt like more then what you made her into, and she was smiling more then she has since a year after we got out of Juive." Lonnie said glaring at Koz and Hap.

Lonnie stood up,

"look I'm sorry, but my loyalty lies with her and her alone, I wouldn't bother with Marcy, she would tell you even less then I did. I talked to her, and made my promises she told me that Jonny should call her after he talked to me, she should be far enough away to answer your calls, and if she doesn't, she will call you when she gets where she's going. She needed to get away before she really looses it. She needs this time and you guys need to let her go."

Lonnie walked away, Leroy however had something to add,

"I know that she came to me, and to Marcus, she has free pass all the way to the east coast right now. I know I would be pissed if it was Lonnie doing this, but T can handle herself way better. Try your clubs further out and see if they catch sight of her. That's all I am going to tell you, and pretty much all I know. But Jonny you need to get your shit right, because if I could, I would make her a 9ner, shes tougher then most of the guys I have on my crew. If I find anything out, I'll let you know, got to take care of our girls. Even though we cant ever agree on anything else, we can agree on that."

Leroy left them all after that.

"T will be a 9ner over my dead body" Hap said

Jonny and Koz both shook their heads. They walked out and found one of Leroy's guys standing next to their bikes holding three letters.

"Lonnie asked that I give these to you." He said as Jonny approached and handed them to him. The guy walked back into the bar after delivering the letters to Jonny. He looked at them. There was one for Sarah, one of him, and the last one was for Koz. Jonny opened his letter. There were two pages.

Jonny,

I know your pissed and I am sorry, but I cant do this shit no more. I got free passage from here all the way to the east coast which I am sure Leroy told you. No I will not join the 9ners, tell Hap to quit flipping out. Yes you can go ahead and give Koz his letter. The second page of this is for Hap, but he needs to wait until I call you or answer your calls to get it. I'm sorry that I am putting you in a shitty position, but this shit is gone way too far and I can no longer ask you to choose between your families. Death before Dishonor, and I never wished to dishonor you. I know that me leaving like this is bad, but its better then me going off half cocked and killer two of your brothers. I would appreciate it if you could keep a eye on Hap and make sure that he doesn't go after Jake, none of this is his fault and he doesn't belong in this mess, he doesn't belong in our world, I feel shitty that I even got close to him, but for once in my life I wanted something that was mine, I wanted something innocent again. I promise that I am being safe and I will talk to you soon. Hopefully I will be able to come home and be happy there again. No I wont go looking for trouble. I removed all the tracking devices, I cant believe you put them there I am not fucking stupid, you didn't raise no dummy! I love you my brother, my cousin, enjoy having your life back minus all the drama. Talk to you soon.

T

P.S. don't forget to give Sarah her letter she will be pissed if you open it and read it before she does, and I hope that you respect my wishes in not doing that.

Jonny sighed and put his letter back in the envelope and tucked his and Sarah's letters into his jacket then handed Kozik his. Koz just stared at the letter, it was T's writing on the cover. Hap paced back and forth looking pissed, but both men ignored him. Koz sat on his bike, deciding if he wanted to read it now or wait. After five minutes, he decided to wait until they got back to Tacoma or Charming to read it in private.

"What did she say?" Hap growled out. Jonny shot Koz a look, who just shrugged and tucked the letter in his jacket.

"She's heading for the east coast, she left you a letter Hap, but we need to head back to Tacoma and wait for her to call or answer and then you can have it. Lets roll out boys."

Jonny mounted his bike and pulled out of the lot, not even bothering to check and see if they were following. Once they hit Tacoma Jonny was headed straight home to break the news and give Sarah her letter and hope that his wife didn't drive down to the clubhouse and rip both Hap and Koz new assholes for making her loose her little sister for awhile. He decided he would call T at home as well, that way he wouldn't have to worry about Hap and Koz trying to attack him to get the phone.