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When Piney walked out Chibs watched him. He knew something was up he just didn't know what. He looked over and seen that Bobby too was watching. He walked over to him and asked if he wanted to take a ride to the studio that Samcro decided to invest in. "I think Luann would like it if we made ourselves known every now and then.

"Sure man." Bobby said knowing he wanted to talk to Chibs about something. They got on their bikes and after a short ride Chibs pulled over and Bobby followed.

"I need to talk to ya." Chibs said first.

"Yeah, same here."

"What do ya think about what is going on between Clay and Piney?"

"I don't know but with the way Clay is starting to run things I think it might be best if we go talk to Piney."
"Ya, I think so. Let's go." Chibs said getting back on his bike.

They pulled up at the cabin and seen Piney's bike there. As they walked towards the door they heard Piney yell out. "If you are here to kill me you weren't very quiet about it."

"What the hell? Bobby yelled out.

"Bobby is that you?"

"Yeah, I'm with Chibs."
"Fuck, come in." Piney yelled out.

They walked inside slowly not really knowing what they were walking into.

"Come in already, I'm not going to shoot you, I just thought you were Clay."

"Why would Clay want to shoot you?" Bobby asked.

Piney got quiet and sat there for a moment. He wasn't sure if he should tell his suspicions.

"Come on Piney, we got no interest in causing trouble. We just want to help. "

"The way things are going I'm not sure what you can do." Piney said.

"Try us Pine. We might be able to help ya."

"You two aren't going to like what I have to tell you and I really don't have any proof. I'm trying to get it."

"What is it?" Bobby asked.

"I think there is something seriously wrong with him. I don't know if it's just who he is, if he's on drugs or what but something ain't right. Him getting us into the drug business that was always a definite no. I asked him about it earlier and he started talking about how we need to make big money right away."

"But we already do alright with money."

"Yeah, I told him that. He said it wasn't enough. I told him this was something that JT never wanted this club to be involved in. He said he ain't JT and JT was weak anyways. I got angry and accused him of maybe being the one that ended JT unexpectedly and you should have seen his face. It was like a kid that got caught in a lie. Then he threatened me."

"That don't sound like Clay." Chibs said.

"I know. But when he threatened me it just got me to thinking."

"So what should we do?" Bobby asked.

"I think we need to keep a close eye on him. Find out what's going on."

"Yeah, we can do that."

After they all had a drink Bobby and Chibs left to head back to the clubhouse.

The next day Jax got up and went to the old storage unit. He needed to find a couple of things his mom said were in there for Thomas. As he was looking around he found a box labeled "JT". He pulled it towards him and opened it. Inside he found old pictures and different military documents from his time in the service. Then he found a larger envelope and opened it up. Inside were letters. As he looked at the envelopes he realized they were letters to his mom. Unopened letters. He wondered about that. He decided to take them out and ask his mom about it.

Then he found the items for Thomas and locked the unit up and left.

"Hey, what's all that?" Tara asked as Jax came in the door.

"Some things mom said we could use for Thomas. They were things I guess she used for me." he said chuckling.

"Awe that's cute. Imagining my big strong bad ass biker dude as a baby."

"Shut up." he said chuckling.

"So what's that envelope?"

"I found this in the storage unit. It was in a box labeled "JT". I opened it and found some old pictures and then I found this. It's old letters written to mom. I was going to ask her why she never read them."

"Are you sure you want to do that? I mean maybe she didn't receive them until after he died and couldn't bear to read them."
"I never thought of that. So what do I do with them? I don't want to just throw them away."

"No, but maybe you should read a couple just in case and then if you think she can handle it ask her if she wants to read them now."

"You know you are one smart lady."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

"Well I'm your old lady."

"Oh yeah." he said bringing her in for a passionate kiss. He chuckled again as she stumbled a little after the kiss.

"Oh shut up." she said smiling as she walked away.

Jax stood there a moment and decided to start out just reading one. He sat down at the kitchen table and pulled one out. As he opened it he couldn't help but feel nervous and he didn't know why.

Tara came back in the room just as he finished he first one. He had tears in his eyes.

"You okay baby?"

"Yeah, it was about my brother Thomas. About how he felt so guilty for not being here with mom when Thomas got really bad. "

"Your dad wasn't here when he died?"

"Yeah, he was but he was in Scotland for a meeting when he went into the hospital."

"Oh, that's too sad."

"I think I need to read more because if they are all about that I don't think mom needs to read these. It will only break her heart more."

"I agree."

Jax then went to the couch to get more comfortable while he read a few more.