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Chapter 13
Titanium
Cut me down
but its you have further to fall
ghost town, haunted love
rasie your voice
sticks and stones my break my bones
I'm talking loud not saying much
I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose
fire away, fire away
richoet, take your aim
fire away, fire away
shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
Haley stared up at the house as Chibs and Bobby gave the movers directions. The furniture and any of the boxes that didn't fit in the van were being brought back seperately. She sighed as she leaned against the front of the van, fidgeting slightly. Bobby came down the walk and joined her.
"You ready to go," he asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be."
Bobby slung an arm over her shoulders and looked up at the house with her. Chibs came down and joined them. Jax got off his bike and joined them as well. Chibs wrapped an arm around her as well. Jax gave them all a nudge as he leaned into them.
Haley shook her head as she stared at the house. "All right, lets go before you all start crying," she teased.
Chibs let out a bark of laughter before going over to his bike. Bobby climbed in the van, but she and Jax remained rooted to their spot.
"You sure you're ready," Jax asked.
"I hope so," Haley said as she shook her head. Jax pulled her into his arms and hugged her tight.
"You know if you need anything, we're there."
"I know, I know you are."
...
The trip back to Charming was far less eventful than the rest of the trip had been. A large portion of the MC met them back at her new house. Gemma brought food, the guys had beer, and they had the prospect setting things up. Haley kept trying to help Juice, but Opie wouldn't let her.
After a few hours, she kicked them all out of the house so she could do some stuff herself. Juice was sitting in the living room, eating some pizza. Clay had insisted that someone stay with her overnight, since Juice was the prospect he got stuck on babysitting detail.
Haley was in the kitchen puttering around when someone knocked on the door. She glanced at the clock her brow furrowing in confusion. As she came into the main hallway, she met Juice near the door. Juice looked through the peephole before stepping back.
"I don't know who that is," Juice whispered.
"Call Jax," she said before she peered through the peephole. Her step-father was standing on the front porch. She clenched her fists and leaned against the door for a moment.
"You've got some serious balls coming here," she called.
"I just wanted to see how you were doing. When does the moving van get here," he called back.
"I called the police, so you should leave."
"I don't think I will," he replied. A gunshot rang out and Haley yelped in shock. Juice let out a sharp cry as he hit the floor. Haley rushed over to him and pressed her hands to his side. The bullet had gone through the door and hit him. A few more shots rang out and the door burst open.
"Go, get out of here," Juice shouted as he struggled to get in front of her.
"I'm not leaving you here," she cried. Juice shoved his phone at her and pushed her toward the office, there was a door that led to the backyard through there.
"Call Jax, and get out of here."
"Oh, she isn't going anywhere," her step-father said as he stood over them. He had always been an imposing man, but standing over them with a crazy look in his eyes and a gun in his hand, Haley had never been more afraid in her life.
Haley hit send on the phone and then dropped it on the floor. She got between her step-father and Juice. "Don't hurt him, he doesn't have anything to do with this."
"I don't want him, I just want you and the papers your mother gave you."
"She didn't give me the papers. She already turned them over to the outfit. They put a bounty on your head, its only a matter of time before you're dead you piece of shit."
"I'd watch the way you speak to me," he snapped before hitting her across the face with the gun. The force was enough to cause Haley to hit the floor, her head swimming dizzily. He kicked her in the ribs while she was down. There was a scuffle and Haley looked up to see that Juice had lunged at him, knocking him off balance.
Ryan hit the bullet wound on Juice's side and shoved him away. Haley scrambled back along the floor, trying to get her footing. She managed to get to her feet and ran for the backdoor. She slammed into it, fumbling desperately with the lock. She screamed when her hair was grabbed roughly and she was jerked back.
"Where do you think you're going," Ryan demanded. He slammed her head into the sliding glass door, before dropping her to the floor. Haley groaned as her vision swam before her eyes. "This is just a warning, you get those papers or I'll be back, and I'll kill you too."
He punched her, seeming to lose himself in beating her again. It was the roar of several motorcycles that stopped him. There were shouts, and suddenly Ryan was gone. Haley whimpered as she drew in a ragged breath. Several sets of feet pounded into the house, Haley felt her eyes sliding shut.
Someone shook her hard and she yelped in pain. She reached up and batted the hand away. "Haley look at me, open your eyes," Opie demanded. Her eyes slowly slid open and she groaned in pain. "Someone call 911!"
"He's going to kill me Ope, he's not going to stop until I'm dead."
"He's not going to kill you, we won't let him."
"You don't understand, he's not going to stop! Opie, he's not going to stop!"
"You have to calm down Haley, listen to me, we will get him," Opie insisted.
"No, he's not going to stop," she mumbled. She kept saying it over and over until they got her into the ambulance. Everyone was frantic, Tig and Chibs took off to find Ryan. Jax and Opie followed the ambulance to the hospital. It didn't take long for everyone to show up there again. They were in for another long night.