They got dressed quickly after they heard the front door of the café opening. Since Dani was starting to feel a little more comfortable around the place, she had given her staff the keys to the café. She could hardly keep distrusting everyone for the rest of her life.

"I'm coming!" Dani yelled to the front while handing Jax his shirt.

Quickly she pulled on her own pants and kicked the fleece blankets under the counter so they would be out of sight. They were both chuckling as they quickly put on their clothes.

"Dani? What are you doing back there?" Lana's voice replied.

"Quick," Dani hissed, opening the back door so Jax could leave.

"This feels just like when we were still in high school," Jax laughed.

"Don't talk so loud," Dani replied with a smile, pushing him outside.

"I'll stop by later to see how you're doing, okay?"

"Yeah, thanks. See you then," she said before giving Jax a kiss.

She could close the door just in time before Lana stormed into the kitchens. "What are you doing?" Lana asked, frowning.

"Just putting the trash outside," Dani said with a half smile.

She moved out of the kitchen and slipped behind the bar, trying to think of a way to change the subject. "Come on, let's get everything ready."


The new look of her café gave Dani new energy to work. Never before had she done so much is so little time. Cleaning tables, helping customers, baking cookies, selling ice cream. Lana practically had to tell her to slow down, but she couldn't. Her café was her confirmation that she really could do anything. She could rise to any challenge. No mountain was too high for her to climb.

The café was packed for the entire day. People even had to wait to be seated, making Dani regret not expanding the café while she was at it. If business kept going this way, Dani had never to worry about paying the bills again.

Luckily the crowds died down later on day when Jax came to see her. He had brought Tig and Chibs with him, who eagerly helped themselves to a slice of freshly baked cake.

"Day going well?" Jax asked, leaning across the bar to give her a kiss.

Dani nodded. "It's good to be back."

The door of the café opened and the postman came in. "Hope they're not bills!" he said to Dani, handing them to her.

Dani thanked him and flipped through them, noticing that most of them indeed were bills. She stashed them under the cash register, telling herself to deal with them later. One letter had caught her eye, as it was unlike any of the others she had received today. Dani inspected the envelope, but she couldn't find any sort of indication of to who it was from.

Interested, she ripped it open. With two fingers she retrieved the letter, opening it in front of her. What she found was certainly unexpected. Her eyes darted over the piece of paper, wondering what it was. But it had to be what she thought it was.

"Jax," she said, "look at this."

Dani handed him the piece of paper, watching him closely to see his reaction.

"Holy shit," he said, showing it to Chibs as well.

"Do you think it's real?" Dani asked.

"It looks real," Chibs said, leaning forward to take a closer look.

The envelope contained a check of money worth half a million dollars. On the back there was a hand written message, saying: "Try to refuse this offer, Dani." It could only come from one person, and one person only: Harrison.

"Did you just get this?" Jax asked. Dani had known him long enough to know when he was getting angry, and anger was definitely rising in his voice.

"Yeah," she nodded. "Came in with the rest."

"He has to be in Charming," Jax stated. "This check came from our bank."

"Let's go get him," Chibs spoke, jumping up from his seat.

Dani opened her mouth but nothing seemed to come out. Yes, she wanted to make an end to the Harrison situation, but was it worth the risk? God knows what could happen. The Sons had a habit of acting before they thought their actions through.

Jax followed Chibs and Tig. Just before they could leave Dani was able to jump from behind the bar and stop Jax. "Don't do anything stupid, okay?" she spoke, hoping he would listen to her.


Gemma had called if it was alright for her to stop by. Apparently they urgently needed to talk, so Dani had agreed. Her staff had already gone home for the day, but she was still at the café tying up loose ends.

When her phone rang she hoped it was Jax, telling her they'd scared Harrison away once and for all, but of course that was not the case. Getting rid of Harrison wasn't as easy as she anticipated it would be. When she was younger her parents had always told her to ignore bullies, but with this guy that tactic clearly wasn't working.

Dani had given Gemma the key to the café, just in case something ever were to happen. She knew there was hardly anyone who could take advantage of Gemma, so her key would be safe with her.

"Hey, baby," Gemma said, entering the café. She gave Dani a kiss before she sat down opposite from her.

"Hey," Dani greeted back. "Can I get you anything?"

"Stop it," Gemma replied. "You're off duty now."

Dani sat back down, crossing her legs, waiting for Gemma to start talking again.

"We need to talk about the baby."

"Again?" Dani exclaimed. "I told you there's nothing I can do about it."

"Don't be like that," Gemma sighed. "I got a different plan now."

Dani raised her eyebrows, wondering where this was going. It was amazing how quickly Gemma could adapt if things weren't going her way. It would take her just mere seconds to think of a new strategy.

"You can be a guardian to the child."

She sounded so hopeful when she spoke her words, and on paper it may seem like a good solution. Wendy was not stable enough to raise a child, neither was Jax, but was she? She had her café to run, a puppy that needed to be looked after, enough worries to begin with. In reality, this solution maybe was not the best option. However Gemma had gotten her thinking. What if?

"I don't know, Gemma. Who knows what Jax and I are having is going to last? I have to be realistic here."

"Nonsense. You and Jax are gonna get married someday, baby. Don't you think this is what's best for the child?"

Gemma was trying to trick her in feeling guilty, but she wasn't going to fall for it. This baby was not her problem and it was never going to be her problem.

"Marriage? Jax and I have been dating for hardly a week, Gemma. And I'm not ready for a child, not yet."

"Lucky for you it's going to take a few months before it arrives."

Dani shook her head. If Gemma was serious about this, she at least needed a couple of days to think about it. Taking on a child was a huge responsibility, for now she was going to wait and see how Wendy is doing. If things were going to get a lot worse than they are now, maybe she could consider it.

"Where is Jax anyway?" Gemma continued. "Thought he was with you?"

"Don't know," Dani replied. "Probably somewhere killing Harrison or something."

Gemma cocked her eyebrow.

"I'm just kidding," she said.

"Very funny." Gemma raised from her chair, grabbing her bag. "Well, he better be at the clubhouse unless he wants to be killed by Clay."

Dani had completely forgotten about the party at the clubhouse. Since she was an old lady now, she needed to make an appearance. Besides it would be the only chance to see Jax before tomorrow. There were a lot of questions she wanted to ask him, most of them about Harrison, some about Wendy.


A/N: Wow! I passed 10.000 views on this fic. That is amazing, thank you all so much! Hopefully you all had a fun easter :) Anyway, here's another chapter! Next one will be up in a few days, probably thursday (and it's not one to be missed, I can promise you that ;)) Please leave a review and I'll see you next time :D