Chapter 34

Waking up the next morning, I head out for coffee, letting the guys sleep. I see Jax walk in and he says "Can you get your Old Men up? Church in twenty." he says. "Will do." I say. I get two cups of coffee for them and head to the dorm. Walking in, I put the coffee cups on the nightstands and kiss Juice and tell him "Gotta get up. Church in twenty." he kisses me softly before taking his coffee and heading to the shower. Kissing Koz, he opens his eyes and I say "Church in twenty baby." He kisses me again and pulls me close as he takes a drink of his coffee. I see him look at me and I can tell what he's thinking. "Baby, I am seriously okay. I just needed my Daddy to kick my ass back into place. Thank you for calling him by the way." I tell him. "You're welcome Princess. We just wanted our Old Lady back." he says. Juice walks out of the bathroom, showered and dressed and I look at him and ask "You think we could get Hap to do some ink today?" They look at me and I say "I want to get a Princess crown on my wrist to remind me who I am." I tell them and Koz says "I'll ask after church."

After church is done, the guys come out and I see Koz talking to Happy. He nods and we all head back to our dorm. "What are you wanting Princess?" he asks. "I want a Princess crown on my wrist reminding me of who I am." I tell him. He takes a few minutes and draws it out and it's a crown with the anarchy symbol incorporated in it and the work SOA Princess wrapped around it. "That's perfect Hap." I say. He takes my wrist and starts the tattoo. An hour later, he's done and it's perfect. Walking out to the main room, Jax walks up and asks what's on my wrist. When I show him he hugs me and asks "This mean we have our old Maci back?" I nod and he smiles wide. We sit around for awhile before the guys have to be in the garage and Sarah and I head to the office.

Sitting outside on one of the tables, a car pulls up. A woman gets out and she's barely dressed. Looking, I see it's Rita. All three guys walk up behind me as I stand there to meet her. "What do you want?" I ask. "Not that it's your business but I came for Koz." she says. "He's no longer available." I tell her. "You took him back?" she asks laughing. "Yeah. I did. Now you need to get back in your car and go." I tell her. "Honey, I took him from you once, you think I can't take him again?" she asks. "Well, things have changed." I tell her. "Not that much. Isn't that right Kozi?" she asks, looking at him. "What are you talking about?" I ask. I look at Koz and see him glaring at her. "You fuck her? Again?" I ask. He won't look at me. I turn to him and ask "You fuck her?" He looks at me and says "No." She speaks up and says "No but he let me suck him off plenty." I look at him and he looks at the ground. I just walk away. How could I have been so stupid? I'm done. I'm not hurt this time. I'm pissed. Juice follows me and says "Hey." as he grabs my arm. I spin around to look at him and he sees I'm pissed. "Put her in the fucking ring." I say. Tig hears me and tosses her in the ring. I get in behind her and start wailing on her. She's on the mat, knocked out, and I get out and look at Koz and say "She can have you. Get your shit out of our house." before walking away. I walk off the lot and down the road. Juice follows me and when he grabs me I say "Don't. Just get him out of the house." I tell him. "Baby, you need to take a breath." he says. I look at him and my chest tightens. I stop and start rubbing my chest. Shit. I collapse when Juice catches me.

I wake up a little later with Tig on one side of my hospital bed and Juice on the other. "Juice." I say and they both look up. "Hey baby." he says. "What happened?" I ask. "Doctor said your heart rhythm was off. Like your heart skipped too many beats." Tig says. "You're okay now. They want to keep you for a few days though." Juice tells me. "Okay." I say. "We found out some things while you were out." Tig tells me. "What?" I ask. "Koz did let that gash blow him but it was the week before you two got together and he thought you would be mad that he went to her." Tig tells me. "So this wasn't while we were together?" I ask. "No, she wanted you to think it was. Koz and Happy took care of her." Tig tells me. "Is he here?" I ask. Juice nods. Tig leaves to get Koz and when he walks in, Juice says "I'll be outside." Kissing me softly he walks out the door. "Come here." I tell him. He walks over but doesn't sit down. "Sit down please." I say and he does. I take his hand and tell him "Look at me please." He looks at me and I ask "Was it when while we've been together?" He looks me in the eyes and says "It was about a week before I tried to OD." I sit up a little more and ask "Why didn't you tell me?" He sighs and says "I didn't think you would believe me." I pull him close and kiss him softly and say "I would have at least heard you out. From here out, I need to know these things. Even if you think I'll get mad." I tell him and he nods. "Are we okay?" he asks. "Yeah baby. We're okay. Can you get Juice?" I ask and he walks to the door. "Are we all okay?" Juice asks. "Yeah baby. We're all okay. But from here out, none of you keep shit from me, even if you think I'll get mad." I tell them and they agree.