She could hear Fillip and Mackenzie crying in the other room, she struggled against the ropes holding her down. The man looked down at her, something must have made him have a change of heart. He pulled the tape off her mouth.
"Please untie me, let me comfort my children. I promise I won't do anything else."
He gazed at her a long time before, taking a knife and cutting the ropes. She got up and ran to the other room picking up her children and comforting them. She sat down in a rocking chair, cradling them in her arms, cooing to them. The snuggled against her, the quietened down and went to sleep, she laid them down in the crib. She walked back into the kitchen, the man was drinking from a bottle of whiskey.
"Tell me your name."
"I'm Collin Larkin, Fiona's brother."
"Why are you helping her? She's going to kill me, and my children. Let us go!"
"I can't, I have a loyalty to my sister. Fillip did her wrong."
Gen saw the knife laying on the table, she lunged for it at the same time as Colin. There was a struggle for the knife, they looked into each others eyes as it was plunged into a chest. Warm blood flowed out onto the hands holding he knife, a body collapsed on the floor. Laying in a puddle of their blood, the one left standing wiped their bloody hands off on their shirt and stared down at the lifeless body on the floor.
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"Why Fiona?"
"Because we belong together Fillip! Then that gash came along."
"I love her, she's my wife."
"No! I'm your wife!"
"Our marriage is over, it has been for a long time."
"No! She ruined it! Turn left here."
He followed her directions to a small cabin in the woods, he knew that his brother's were close behind him. "What now?"
"We go in, and you say goodbye to your slut and children!"
"I will come back to you, if you let Gen and the children go."
"No! She will never let you go!"
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Jax, Opie, Juice, and Clay parked down the road from the cottage, and slowly approached. They could still see Chibs and Fiona in the car, they held back.
"What's the plan?" Juice asked.
"Let's so in the back and see if we can get the kids and Gen out. Then we'll get Chibs." Jax said.
"Sounds good, let's go." Clay replied.
They slowly descended on the cottage, sneaking around to the front. They had already called Gemma to come with the van and park by the bikes and wait for them. As they got closer to the cottage, they could see some activity inside.
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Gen looked down at the blood on her hands, she wiped it off on her shirt. She looked down at the lifeless man on the floor, she dragged him into the bathroom. Pulling the knife out of his chest, she just looked at it, not knowing what to do next. Shit! What do I do now? i have no idea where I am! How will Fillip or anyone find me? Shit! Think!
She heard a car door, she saw Fiona coming in and she had Fillip. Damn it! She laid down in the puddle of blood, she still had the knife in her hand. She held her breathe and didn't move. The door opened she heard Fiona call for her brother, she heard Fillip, call her name and swear. It took all she had to lay there and be still.
"We'll I guess Collin took my fun." She laughed.
Fillip became enraged and slammed his ex-wife against the wall, she was knocked out. He took the gun from her, and aimed it at her. The other men came busting through the front door, and stopped him before he could shoot her.
"Chibs, thing of Kerrianne!"Opie yelled.
He lowered the gun. They turned their attention to Gen laying on the floor, Chibs and Jax ran to her and dropped to their knees. She slowly sat up and looked at them, Fillip cupped her face.
"Are you whole, Lass?"
"I'm fine."
He saw the blood on her shirt and lifted it up to check. "The blood?"
"It's Collin's. I killed him." The babies started to cry. She pushed them out of her way and ran to the room and picked them up and held them tight. Fillip came in behind her, he wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed his children.
"Let's go home, love."
He took his son in his arms, and they walked out of the cottage. "Where's Fiona?"
"They took her to the hospital, to have her committed."
"Good, I wouldn't want her blood on my hands, no matter, what she's done to us. That would be hard on Kerrianne."
They walked out of the cottage together, Gemma had pulled the van into the yard, they loaded up and headed to SAMBEL.
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Gen let go of her children long enough to take a shower, she let their father, grandma, grandpa, and uncles love on them. She let the water run over her body, the shock hit her, she slid down the shower wall and sat on the floor.
She started crying, from happiness of having her children back, from escaping danger and death, everything that had happened over the year. She got her emotions under control and stepped out of the shower, wrapping a towel around her, Fillip was standing in the door. She wrapped the towel around her and walked to the mirror, she studied her face, looking at the bruise on her face.
He came over and kissed her shoulder, she jumped. "Sorry, love I didn't mean to scare you."
"How long have you been standing there?"
"Long enough to know, you're were crying. Tell me what's wrong."
"It's nothing...it's everything." She wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him. "I'm fine, everything is right in my world. I have you in my arms, and our babies. We can head home and be happy."
He looked into her eyes, and wished that he believed in happily ever after, but he knew what awaited when he got home. He had already been in touch with Quinn, the president of the Nomads.
"We are heading home in the morning." He pulled away from her and walked out of the bathroom.
She was feeling hurt and confused by his behavior, she got dressed and picked up her phone calling Andrew the pilot letting him know they would be ready to leave tomorrow. The jet would be ready to go, when they were, she thanked him and walked out into the main room. She heard her children laughing and giggling, they were in the arms of their uncle Opie.
She walked over to her mom ans laid her head on Gemma's shoulder. "What's wrong baby?"
"Nothing. Where's Fillip?"
"He went to call Kerrianne and tell her about Fiona."
"I'll give him, privacy. The jet will be ready for us in the morning."
She rocked Fillip and Mackenzie to sleep that night and laid them in the portable cribs. She laid in bed waiting Fillip crawled in beside her, she started to kiss him. He pushed her away.
She whispered in his ear. "Love me."
"Sorry, love..." He turned his back on her, and moved to the edge of the bed so he wasn't touching her.
She sat up and looked at him, she touched him on the shoulder. "What's wrong?" He shrugged her hand off like her touch hurt him. He didn't answer her, she laid back down on her side, her back to him. She cried herself to sleep that night, it was the first night she had slept with Fillip that she hadn't fell asleep and woken up in his arms.
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He heard her crying, he felt like a bastard. He had to fight the urge to roll over, pull her into his arms, wipe her tears away, and make love to her all night. He knew if he did that, he wouldn't be able to walk away when they got back to Charming. He had to be a bastard, so she would push him away. He lay awake all night, he had to get the club to vote him Nomad as well. It shouldn't be hard, especially if he broke her heart, Jax and the whole club may kill him, but she would be kept safe.
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She looked in the mirror, her eyes were puffy from crying all night, she looked like hell. She pulled on yoga pants and a t-shirt, pulled her hair up in a messy bun and put on some sun glasses hiding her eyes. She changed and dressed the babies, packed their backs, she picked them up and walked out into the main room.
She put Fillip and Mackenzie in highchairs and fixed them breakfast, she sat down with a cup of coffee. Gemma walked in and saw her daughter sitting with a cup off coffee. "Are you eating?"
"No."
"Genevieve Caitlin!"
"Please no lectures. I'm not hungry and before you go tattling to my husband...I'm sure he won't give a shit."
"Gen!" Tears spilled down her face, Gemma pulled off her sunglasses. Gen wiped her tears away from her eyes, grabbed her glasses and put them back on. "You look like hell!"
"Thanks mom!"
"What's going on with you two?"
"I'm sure it's just the stress of everything, once we get home and settled it will be fine."
Gemma hugged her. "Are you ready to leave?"
"Yes, we're all packed."
They loaded up the vans and left for the private airstrip, they boarded the jet and prepared for take off.
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Once in the air, the babies got fussy, Gen took them to the bedroom in back and laid down with them. The three of them fell asleep together, Fillip went to check on them, he sit on the king sized bed and watched them sleep. He reached out and caressed the side of Gen's face, her eyes slowly opened. She sat up and looked at him.
She looked in his eyes, he cupped her face and kissed her, he crawled into bed with her on the other side of the babies. He held her hand, they fell asleep for a couple of hours.
The babies woke them up, Fillip and Mackenzie had crawled over to their da and was patting him on the face. "DA,DA,DA,DA!" They leaned over and slobbered on his face. He woke up chuckling, they crawled over to Gen and patted her on the face. "MA, ,MA!" They leaned over and slobbered on her face, she laughed and pushing them over and blowing on their bellies, they giggled.
They got up getting the babies ready for lunch, they walked out into the main part of the plane. Gen fixed the babies some lunch, she sat them in portable highchairs so they could eat. She got herself a glass of tea and sat down to watch her children eat. Gemma walked up beside her and looked down at her.
"I know you're having something besides that tea. Especially since you didn't eat breakfast!"
Gen made a face at her mother, Fillip was sitting beside little Fillip looked at her. "Lass?"
"I'm not hungry."
He got up and fixed Gen something to eat for lunch. "Eat, every bit of it! You have to take care of yourself!" She ate her lunch just to appease her husband.
The rest of the flight was uneventful, the landed at a private airfield in Charming, Tara and Tig picked them up. The Telford family was dropped off at the ranch, where they settled in for the night.
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The next morning Gen woke up to Fillip packing. "What are you doing?"
"I'm leaving" He said quietly.
"What are you talking about?" She was up out of bed, looking at him. He ignored her and kept packing his bag, she grabbed his arm and he pushed her off so hard she fell into the wall with a crash.
"Christ, Gen...I'm sorry!" He went to help her up, she pushed away his arm and got up on her own.
"Why are you leaving?"
"I have me reasons!"
"Tell me!"
He turned his back on her, she grabbed his arm and pushed him against the wall. "Look me in the eyes and say the words!"
"I don't love you, I never did!" He saw a brief moment of hurt before anger took over.
"Get the hell out of my house and don't come back. Fucking bastard!" She slapped him and went to walk away. He grabbed her arm and stopped her.
"Gen!"
"If you want to keep that hand, I suggest you take it off me. I have to go take care of MY children. Be gone when I come back." She walked out of the room, she refused to cry in front of him. She walked to the nursery and picked up her babies and held them close. She let the tears fall down her face as she heard his motorcycle ride away.