26.
Jax was sitting quietly next to Tara's bed. It had been eight hours and she still hadn't woke up. He was happy to know that Donna was awake and talking to Opie. He kept taking his hand and rubbing her hair away from her face. He wanted so badly to see her beautiful eyes. "Tara, baby. Open your eyes. Come back to us." he would whisper to her.
As he was sitting there he heard a commotion out in the hallway. He peeked his head out and was angry at what he saw.
"What's going on?"
"I'm trying to get your mother home. She doesn't need to be up here with her heart being bad already. But she won't leave."
"I asked her to stay with me." Jax said calmly.
"Well you can see how this is effecting her."
"I will bring her home in about an hour. Is that okay?" he asked knowing he really had to talk to his mom.
Clay looked at both of them and then finally nodded. "I get you want your mother with you but show some respect." Clay said.
Jax bit his tongue to keep his mouth shut. He looked at his mom and they watched Clay leave the hospital.
Gemma turned to her son, "Okay what the hell is going on?"
"I wanted a better time to tell you but I guess it has to be now. Come with me." he said pulling her into the chapel. Gemma sat down and Jax began to tell her. He told her everything he knew then he had a question. "What I don't understand mom was why did you marry him?"
Tears began to gather in her eyes.
"Jax I have to tell you something and it's bad. When Thomas was really sick and your dad went away for a short time I was so broken up and confused. I slept with Clay. I hated myself for it afterwards and I just didn't know what to do. Clay started blackmailing me. Told me if I didn't continue he would tell your dad. After he died I thought I could be free but he continued, told me he would tell the whole club and they would shun me and you since I was the presidents old lady. He wanted me to marry him so that it would be good for the club since I already knew what went on in the club."
"Mom, dad knew."
"Dad knew what?" she asked.
"He knew that something happened between you and Clay. He didn't want you to blame yourself. He felt that Clay must have taken advantage of you ."
"Oh God, JT knew? I feel so ashamed." Gemma said crying harder.
"Shhhh, mom don't cry. Dad didn't hold that against you. He loved you. I found some letters that he wrote to you. I read them because I didn't know what was in them. But I have them for you to read." He then went on to explain to her that he, Piney and Opie think that Clay killed JT.
Gemma looked up into her sons eyes and realized that he truly believed this. The nausea rolled in her stomach. Knowing she had been sleeping with the man who killed her husband was too much to take. She ran from the room and to the bathroom. Jax didn't care that it was the ladies room, he ran in behind her. He held his mom as she emptied her stomach. "It's going to be okay mom. I promise you." he kept whispering to her.
"Jax, he's waiting for me at home. What do I do?"
"You can't go mom. We know now that he was the one that had a hit put out at your house. We don't know if it was meant for you, Donna or Tara."
Gemma cried even harder. "Take me to Tara." she said.
He helped her walk out of the restroom and back into Tara's room. "I'll be right back. Don't leave this room mom."
Jax had to find Opie and Piney. He walked down the hallway and he finally seen them standing outside of Donna's room.
"Hey." he said as he walked up. "How is she?"
"She's resting right now. But it looks good."
"That's great."
"How's Tara?"
"She still hasn't woke up. Look I need to talk to you two. I had to tell mom. Clay was trying to get her to leave the hospital with him. I couldn't let that happen."
"How did she handle it?" Piney asked.
Jax told them about how Clay had been blackmailing her to marry him and to stay married to him.
"Fuck." Piney said.
"I can't leave Tara and Ope you can't leave Donna unprotected. Clay won't leave any prospects. Said it should all be over now."
"I will go with your mom. I'll take her to the cabin Jax. I will also get Bobby and Chibs. They need to know all of the latest."
"Thanks Piney."
"You do know that when this is done, you will be the president." Piney asked.
"I know. I'm ready for it." he said.
Gemma was quiet the whole time they rode up to the cabin. He had called Chibs and Bobby to meet them there. When they arrived he told them everything that had happened.
"So we know the truth now." Chibs said.
"We still don't have any concrete proof Chibs. But yeah we know the truth. Knowing now that he had blackmailed Gemma and seeing who he went to see tonight. Well that was proof enough for me.
"Yeah me too." Bobby said.
"Aye."
"But we need to get the rest of the club to see it. We have to get rid of Clay the way the club says we do."
"I think I will have Juice pull up as much information on his computer then go from there. "
"Yeah, but we have to hurry. He will be wondering where Gemma is."
"Aye, I think the only one we will have trouble with is Tig." Chibs said.
"Yeah, he and Clay are stuck together like superglue." they heard Gemma say.
They all looked at her and smiled. She had finally spoke.
"I think Kozik, Juice, Happy and Ratboy will see the truth. The younger ones will go the way of Jax." Bobby said.
"We need to get them all up here without Clay noticing. We need to have a vote." Piney said.
"Aye. I will go and get the proxy from Ope and Jax. I know what they will say but we need this official."
"Get on it." Bobby said as he pulled out his phone.
Chibs left the cabin and he was furious. Knowing now that the man he thought was an honest good man was in fact a murderous man. He wanted to yank his head off of his shoulders. He couldn't wait to see Jax take him to meet Mr. Mayhem.