Once again Jax was confused on what Tara and Opie meant when they said it was the only way they could save him and his boys.

What was his mother up to and why was Tara so afraid of her that she would turn to such drastic measures to escape her?

"Babe can you please sit down for a minute so Ope and I can explain all of this? I know you, and i know your going crazy on the inside but you need to hear everything in order to understand everything."

"Ok baby im listening." Jax said sincerly to his wife.

How could he possibly be angry at Tara? She was alive and back in his life, no matter what she did, he didnt care, his life was
complete again, but he couldnt understand what his mother had did to make Tara and Opie hate her so much. He knew as much as it would kill him, he had to sit there and relive his wifes death again as Tara and Opie explained themselves.

Tara took a deep breathe and grabbed Opies hand as she started to explain to the love of her life exactly why she had faked her death and put him through that pain.

"About 4 months ago i was at the hospital with Unser. I was telling him about a job offer i possibly had in Austin, Texas. As i started to get into details with him, your mother barged in screaming you're not taking my boys anywhere!"

Tara took another deep breath and continued on nervously.

"Unser tried to calm her down and asked her to take a walk with him. Gemma wasnt having it babe, she threw Unser out of the room and locked the door. I started to get nervous but i knew i had to stand my ground. She threw me against the wall and grabbed me by my neck."

"Jesus Christ babe" Jax said as he went and sat next to his wife trying to comfort her.

"It gets worse." Tara said as she began to get chocked up.

"Anyways, she had me by the throat and told me if i take those boys an inch out of Charming she would hunt me down and wish i was dead" Tara cried out.

"What the fuck is wrong with my mother? Im so sorry baby i had no idea." Jax said.

"Just wait, it gets worse bro." Opie chimmed in.

As Jax shook his head in disgust, he grabbed his wifes hand again and let her continue telling him
about his monster of a mother.

"After that day in the hospital, i really was scared for once in all the years' weve been together, i was truly afraid of Gemma Teller. I knew i couldnt hold this inside any longer, so that's when i went to Opie. I told him the whole story and how she continued to threaten me and i knew she wasnt kidding this time. I knew she would do everything and everything to keep you and the boys close, and push me away."

"Why the hell didnt you just come to me babe? I would have protected you, you know that" Jax yelled.

"I couldnt even look at you when this was going on, let alone confide in you babe" Tara explained, as she put her head down trying not to relive that day again.

As Jax sat there confused, Opie quickly reminded him
about Collette and how he and Tara were estranged these past few months.

Jax put his head down, disgusted in himself. Because of his infidelity he had no idea what his wife was going through and how she feared for her life and the lives of his children.

"Im so sorry babe, this is all my fault" Jax said as he grabbed his wifes hand again.

"No its not, its mine. I pushed you away, i kept secrets from you, i was the one who didnt say i love you, but you have to understand this is all apart if it babe" Tara stated.

It was Opies turn to continue the story.

"After everything that happened with Collette, Tara was broken, she knew she couldnt come to you, but knew she had to do something and got the perfect opportunity when that DA bitch approached her." Opie said.

He continued on telling Jax all about how Patterson wanted Tara to turn on the club. Which would clear her of the murder?

"You know your old lady Jax, she would never turn on you or this club, so we had to think of a plan and fast." Opie exclaimed.

"Okay so how does my mother play into all of this bullshit with Patterson" Jax wondered.

"Well Patterson wanted to take down someone from the MC, even it it meant taking down your mother. Charming PD has wanted Gemma for years but somehow she always came up innocent and they were sick of it. So Tara and I thought it would be a good idea to fill in Eli about everything since he was slowly becoming a friend to the club."

"Is that why Eli wouldnt let me see you babe after they took you from the house? Was he in on all of this shit? Jax asked as his heart started to race again.

"Yes babe, Eli is in on it, but he chose to be, he wanted to protect me and the boys" Tara said as tears started to fill her eyes again.

"What the fuck did he have to protect you from? I would NEVER hurt you or our boys babe, you know that" Jax insisted, hoping his wife believed him.

"I know babe, it wasnt you who i needed to be protected from, it was your mother." Tara started to get chocked up again, and time couldnt hold back her sobs anymore.

"Can you just let her finish, Jesus Christ" Opie said trying to break the tension in the room as he laughed.

"Sorry babe continue, so you guys met Eli and told him
about Gemma threatening you?" Jax said quietly, grabbing his wifes hand once more.

"Well she didnt just threaten me in the hospital that day babe. She did many other times and one timeOpie overheard her at TM, and well that's how he started to get on board with my plan. Anyways, when Unser got wind that Patterson wanted to make a deal with me, of course he ran to Gemma like a bitch, but this time he was actually on my side. After he told her about the possible deal she told him that if i turned she would personally make sure that i would never step foot out of Charming alive." Tara took a deep breath and continued the end of her story.

"After Unser told me what she said, i told Opie and we knew we had to take matters into our own hands now." Tara explained as Opie shook his head agreeing to everything that Tara said.

"Opie kept insisting that Gemma would keep that promise and come after me when she got the chance to, so we knew we had to act fast and quietly. Opie and I met up with Eli and Margaret Murphy one day at the hospital. After thinking of all the possible ways to finally take Gemma down, but protecting myself and the boys, we came to the sad conclusion that we had to fake my death and prove that it was Gemma Teller who did it" Tara cried out tears streaming down her soft porcelin face.

"Jesus christ babe, what were you thinking? You two morons should have come to me, i would have handled my mother" Jax snapped back at them.

Opie laughed "ya right, you have been under your mothers spell ever since Thomas died, you always tried to see the best her and didnt believe us when we told you she was poison to you and your family Jax."

"But babe, i couldnt find a pulse and you werent breathing? How the fuck did you do that? Jax said nervously.

"Well when we decided what to do, Margaret told us about this drug they were developing in Europe that was suppose to slow your heart rate and breathing, basically making you appear dead. It was some experiment drug they were using trying to help people with brain damage and Comas, Margaret said, so she called the hospitals over there right away to get the medicine sent over.

Two weeks later, it finally arrived. Margaret wanted me to try it out before we went through with the plan, so one night we did and it worked out perfect. It was kind of creepy Margaret said actually, as she let out a small smile.

"At this point, everything in our plan was coming together; we just had one more thing to take care of, your mother..." Opie sighed knowing this wasnt going to end well for anyone, especially Jax.

"well you know how your mother is babe, loves to be the center of everyones world, but after i tell you the terrible details of that day, your going to hate her, well i hope" Tara said nervously as she reached for her husbands hand one final time and filled him in on how Gemma Teller, his mother was responsible for the death of his wife, Tara Knowles-Teller.

TBC...