Just so you guys aren't confused, this chapter will tie in with the guy that's threatening the club. It'll hopefully all make sense in a few chapters. Anyway thanks to those who reviewed and to answer the question about Tara being in it sorry but she won't be. It'll just over complicate things with what I have planned. Also for Juice fans out there he'll be making a small appearance next chapter as a prospect because I don't know when he actually prospected. And WHHOOOO twentieth chapter.

Oh and before I forget. I have started another Jax/OC story. I won't be publishing it anytime soon but would really love for someone to beta it. If your up for the job please let me know. You can PM me.

CHAPTER TWENTY: Interrogation

Lacey was putting away files when her phone started to ring. She picked it up and looked at the caller ID. She didn't recognize the number and ignored it. Since the incident with the man at the cemetery last week, she'd been slightly paranoid. The ringing stopped but started again. It happened two more times before she picked it up and answered it. "Whoever this is just leave me alone!"

"Miss Rodes this is Agent Ritcher from the missing persons division of the FBI. I was hoping to ask you a few questions about your boyfriend Jesse Coles." She felt the color drain from her face. There was only one reason why an agent from missing persons was calling her. "I'm here in Charming at the moment. Would you have time to come down to the station? It would be better if we did this in person."

"Um sure. I'm about to take my lunch break. Just let me tell my boss and I'll be there soon." She told him trying to keep the nerves at ease.

"I'll see you soon Miss Rodes." He said before hanging up.

Lacey rushed out of the office and into the garage where Jax and Clay were working. "Can I talk to you two for a minute please?"

"Sure." Clay nodded putting down the wrench he had in his hand.

"Some Agent from missing persons called, wants me to go down to the station and answer a few questions about Jesse." She told them letting her nerves take control now.

"Just what we need." Clay frowned. "It's been what? Nine months?"

Lacey nodded, starting to bite her nails. "Give or take."

"You go answer his questions. If he starts getting pushy ask for a lawyer. I'll give Unser a call, tell him to call our lawyer if you ask for one."
Lacey nodded again.

"You'll be fine babe, just come straight back here when your finished." Jax told her. She nodded again still nervously biting her nails. He pulled her hand away from her mouth and leaned down giving her a quick kiss. She gave him a small smile when he pulled away. "I'll see you when you get back."

She nodded once more. She walked to her car and got in before driving towards the Charming PD.

Lacey parked in front of the Charming PD. She sat in her car for a couple minutes gathering enough confidence to get the questioning over and done with. She got out of the car and walked into the building. She stood up at the front desk and smiled seeing the only cop she trusted, chief Wayne Unser. Lacey knew him her whole life. He'd even arrested her once when she was sixteen. She'd been caught along with Jax and Opie smoking dope on school grounds. She got charged with possession and slapped with sixty hours community service after a deal was made. Then a few months later she was arrested with Jax for being drunk and disorderly. For that she was only put in a cell overnight to sober up. Jax had been charged with public intoxication.

"I just got off the phone with Clay. He told me you were coming in." The older man gave her a friendly smile. "I'll let the agent know your here."

"Thanks."

Unser walked into an office that was off the reception area. He came back with a tall, slim man who didn't look a day over 30. His short black hair was spiked up, his eyes were a dark green almost hazel green, and his facial features looked like they were carved from stone. He was wearing the typical FBI dress code, black suit and white shirt. Instead of a black tie he was wearing a horrible dark pink one.

"Agent Ritcher, this is Lacey Rodes." Unser introduced them. Lacey gave him a small but forced smile. He returned the smile with a big one of his own.

"It's nice to meet you Miss Rodes." He said holding his large hand out to him. She put her small hand against his and shook his hand.

"Can we get this over with. I have to get back to work soon. We're busy today." She lied.

"Sure thing, follow me." He led her to an empty interrogation room. They sat down opposite each other. He placed the file he was carrying on the table and opened it up. She watched as his eyes scanned the pages in front of him, muttering something about an apology for pulling her away from work as he set up a recorder to record his questions and her answers. "When was the last time you saw your boyfriend, Miss Rodes?" .

"Ex-boyfriend," she corrected him. "And I haven't seen him since we broke up."

"How long ago was that?"

"Around nine or ten months ago," she told him truthfully.

He looked at her. "What happened to end it?"

"We argued about where I'd been. He beat me, I put up a fight which made it worse and I ended up in hospital. I haven't seen him since he walked out of the hotel room leaving me to bleed to death."

"Where did you go?"

"To the cemetery, both my parents are buried there."

"Do you know where he would've gone, why he'd disappear or if he had any enemies?"

"I thought he went back to LA, he didn't want to come to Charming in the first place." She moved a little in her set. She was surprising herself at how calm she was being. She was freaking out before coming here but now she was actually here she seemed fine. "Everyone seemed to love the act he put on."

"So the day he beat you wasn't the first time?"

Lacey shook her head again.

"What were you two doing in Charming?" he asked looking back down at the file in his hands.

"Two of my closest friends were getting married. We were spending a week here so I could do my maid of honor duties."

"Did your family ever find out that Jesse was beating you?"

"My parents were my only family. They died before Jesse even came on the scene." She frowned. She didn't like it when strangers brought up her parents.

"But your extremely close to the local motorcycle group aren't you?" He asked looking back up. He had a hopeful gleam in his eyes. She didn't know why but had a feeling he wasn't just here to find Jesse. "Your father was a member wasn't he?"

She nodded. "He was. He died before I was born. The club helped my mom raise me. What does the club have to do with Jesse going missing?"

"Some of the members have hefty criminal records," he said like he was trying to point something out. "I wouldn't be surprised if one of them added murder to their list, especially your new boyfriend, Jackson Teller. You are his SAMCRO princess."

"It's old lady, not princess." she glared at him. He smirked at her getting the reaction he wanted. "Jax didn't like him, no one here did because they could see through his little act but that doesn't mean they'd kill him."

"So you do think he's dead?" he asked, the smirk still on his face.

Lacey mentally cringed. His smirk gave her the creeps. "You're the one who's talking like he is."

"Someone doesn't turn up alive after being missing for nine or so months."

"You have little faith then. He could still be alive and you have nothing to prove that he is or isn't. Now if we're done I'd like to go back to work now before my boss decides to fire me."

"Very well. I recommend you stay in town. I might have a few more questions I need to ask you." He said closing the file and turned off the recording machine.

Lacey followed him out of the room and left the prescient not saying anything more. When she walked outside she smiled seeing Jax standing their smoking a cigarette. When she got close enough to him, he wrapped his arms around his waist and pulled her tight against him.

"What are you doing here?" she asked taking the cigarette from him and placed it between her lips taking a drag from him.

"Gemma wanted me to tell you, you can have the rest of the day off."

"And you came all the way here to tell me?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. "I thought I had to go back to the lot."

"Clay said we can talk about everything tomorrow. He's chasing a lead on the cemetery guy. He told me to make sure you were okay." He smiled.
She laughed at the last part. "He told you or Gemma told you?"

"Gemma more like convinced him to tell me."

"So what are we going to do for the afternoon after I take a shower because I smell like interrogation."

"I was thinking we could have lunch and then go out by the creek, get away from everything for a couple hours."

"Sounds great to me." She leaned up and placed a quick peck on his lips. Both of them could feel someone watching them. "Let's get out of here."

Jax placed a quick kiss on her lips and took her keys from her when she pulled them out and started walking to her car. She frowned following him. She couldn't wait until he finished fixing his motorcycle.