She got up the next morning, getting ready for her appointment with Dr. Lazzo, the throat specialist, it was a follow up from her surgery. Grant had to work, he arranged for a car and driver to take her to do whatever she wanted to do. She got a great report from the doctor, and was cleared to test her voice for singing. She knew it wouldn't hold up to professional singing, but she could sing for her enjoyment.

She went shopping to celebrate her good news, had lunch and then headed back to the beach house. She changed into a swimsuit, and went to relax by the pool, with a glass of sweet tea.

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One of the croweaters had the TV on TMZ, while she cleaned the main room, she stopped when she heard the name Devon Teller. She paid attention watching the story, closely, paying attention to every detail. It showed a back view of Grant Holmes house. She ran outside to grab the guys, she knew they'd been looking for Devon. She hopped that bringing this information to them would be helpful.

From eavesdropping she knew that the guys knew that Devon was in LA, they just didn't know with who or where. They gathered around the TV, she hit the backward button on the remote so they could watch the segment.

"Thanks Janie!" Jax kissed her on the cheek.

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Irene and Malcolm had watched the report on TMZ, smiling at each other, they made plans to leave for LA in a hour. "She's unprotected, means we should be able to grab her." Malcolm laughed.

"We just have to figure out where she is. Shouldn't be too hard." Irene said. "you drive, I'll use goggle maps to try to find his house."

"Let's go!"

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"How do we find this guy she's staying with?" Opie asked

Happy leaned back in his chair, his arms crossed over his chest, murderous thoughts going through his head. Things he wanted to do to this Grant guy, for touching what was his. He was going to ride down to LA, and tear the man apart, then he was going to remind Devon who she belonged to.

"I can use goggle maps, and try to match up the pictures of his house." Juice said.

"How long will that take?" Jax asked.

"I have to see the house, then try to match it up... I can see if I can dig up his address through tax records, the studio he works for..."

"You and Rat are in the van Juice, you work on that on the drive down. The rest of us will drive down to get her."

Happy only listen to half the plan, he was too pissed that she'd run off to be with another guy. "Hap, you listening?"

He looked over at Chibs, missing what was asked. "I'm sorry, what?"

"Will you be ready to leave in a hour, to go get Dev?"

"Yeah!" He pushed away from the table, storming out of church. Gemma stopped him as he was coming out, she could see the anger radiating off of him.

"I saw the report Hap. There's something you need to know about Grant and Devon."

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"Boo, where are you babe?" She was in the kitchen, cooking dinner.

"In the kitchen, cooking!" She smiled when he came in, kissing her on the cheek. "I hope you're hungry."

"It smells wonderful. What did you make?"

"Grilled chicken, pasta salad, and squash." She smiled at him, she finished plating the food, carrying them to the balcony. He carried some wine and the glasses, watching the sun go down, they started to enjoy their dinner. She tensed when she heard the roar of several bikes coming down the street.

"Calm yourself babe, it's probably nothing." She exhaled slowly. She wasn't ready to go home yet, she still needed time away. She knew if it were the guys, then they'd make her go home. She held her breath, waiting for the door to be kicked in, when nothing happened, she went on eating. The peal of the doorbell interrupted their meal, he got up to go answer the door, she remained seated, watching the people walking along the beach.

"Ummm, Boo could you come in here for a second. There are several angry bikers, wanting to kill me." She pushed her chair back, running inside the house, if the situation wasn't so serious, she would have started laughing. Opie had Grant up in the air, glaring at him, the rest of the guys had their guns out.

"Opie, put him down! Put your guns away! For fuck sake!" She watched as Opie sat Grant down, she walked over hugging him. Sorry! They can be a bit over protective."

"Ya think? I'm going to go out for a while, let you have your privacy." He kissed her cheek leaving. She ignored the bikers standing in the living room, going out to the balcony, clearing the table. Chibs followed her, putting his hands on hers.

"What were you thinking, running off like that?"

"I was thinking I needed a break from all the testosterone. I told Jax I was safe!"

"You ran off to be with another man? What about Hap?"

"What about him? And I didn't run off to be with another man, I had a doctor's appointment with a throat specialist." He pulled you into his arms hugging you.

"You had us all worried, and the two of you looked cozy on the news report we all saw, including Happy."

She rolled her eyes. "Grant and I are best friends, have been since freshmen year at NYU! There's nothing else between us." She smiled at him, carrying the dishes inside the house. Happy was leaning against the counter of the kitchen, staring at her. This was all she needed, she walked into the kitchen, loading the dishwasher, not saying anything to him. "Do you have something to say?" His dark eyes, continued to stare at her.

He walked over to her, pulling her into his arms, kissing her. "Don't ever do something as stupid as this again!" He said through clinched teeth. It usually took a lot to get her mad, but for some reason, he just pissed her off. She shoved him away from her, glaring at him.

"Fuck you Lowman and the Harley you rode in on!" She walked out of the kitchen, running into Jax and Opie, they were frowning at her. "Same goes for the rest of you assholes! I didn't ask for you to come down here. Now get the fuck out!" She walked out onto the balcony, to the beach, leaving the bikers standing in the house alone. So much for keeping her shit together, and remaining in control. That was the rule for old ladies, last time she checked, she wasn't an old lady.

XXX

She heard their heavy boots running after her, she laid in the hammock, under the balcony, letting the breeze gently rock her. She needed a minute to collect her thoughts, and just breathe. She looked up, and watched the bikers, her family looking up and down the beach for her. She heard the panic in their voice as they called her name, she couldn't remain hidden.

She climbed out of the hammock, drawing attention to herself, walking towards Jax. "I'm sorry!" She looked up at him, he pulled her into his arms hugging her.

"You understand, why we're so upset. If anything ever happened to you..."

"Nothing is going to happen to me, you guys can't protect for the rest of my life!" The rest of the club, had made it to them, circling around them. A passerby must have been concerned, because Beach patrol rode up with lights flashing.

"Ma'am, everything okay?" The officers were out of their jeeps, walking towards the group.

"Yes Officers, this is my family. Everything is fine." They officers left, the group went back to the house together. "When do you want to leave for Charming?"

"In the morning." Jax said.

"I'll be ready to go." She pulled away from him, Happy was leaning against the wall staring at her. "Grant says that your more then welcome to stay the night here, there's plenty of room." There were four rooms down stairs, and three extra up stairs they could choose from. She made her way to the room, she had been using. She was laying on the bed, with her eyes closed, she felt the bed dip down, and a pair of arms going around her waist.

"Where do you want me sleeping?" His hot breath was on her ear. She fought the urge to tell him in bed with her, it's what she really wanted. She turned to look at him.

"Whatever empty room you can find?" He pulled her closer, his hands pushing the hair from her face, his lips were inches from hers. He lowered his lips to hers, kissing her hungrily, his hands sliding up her shirt. She broke off from the kiss, pushing him away, she got up from the bed. "I think you need to be going, I'm tired and need to sleep."

He walked up behind her, his arms wrapping around her waist. "Are you sure you want me to leave?"

"Yes." She didn't want to be tempted by him, he would lead to nothing but heartbreak. He turned her around, cupping her face, kissing her.

"See you in the morning." She watched him walk out of the room, she exhaled slowly, shutting the door, she went into the bathroom. She was going to take a nice long soak in the bath tub.

XXX

"You're marrying a croweater Jackson, what the hell are you thinking?" She stood looking at her brother.

"I'm lonely, she feels that space that Tara left!"

"If you tell me you love her, then I'll support you. But don't marry her because Ma is pushing you into it, it will just end badly."

"Dev, please...I love her."

"Then I'm happy for you." She hugged her brother, kissing his cheek.

"What about you? Anyone special?"

She rolled her eyes, laughing. "Yes, I have all the men of Broadway chasing me." She looked across the room, seeing Happy playing pool, while a croweater push up against him. She hadn't been with him for about six months, anytime she was home, they would hook up. but it looked like he was over it. She turned her attention back to her brother.

"We have a new prospect named Juice. Maybe he could be your date to the wedding."

You let out a snort. "No thanks, I rather be Tig's date." You watched Happy walking to the back with the blonde whore that was pushing up on him. "I'm going to go, love you brother."

Your eyes open, the water in the tub had grown cold, you climbed from the tub, getting ready for bed. You knew back then Happy wasn't the type to settle down, you don't know why you thought he had changed. You'd been a fool, the fact that he'd been spending the night with you, and laying claim to you had you fooled. As much as it hurt, you had to let it go, because you couldn't love someone that wasn't capable of loving you.

Settling into bed, you turned off the bedside lamp, and turned on your side, closing your eyes, drifting off to sleep.

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Some sound had woke her up, she couldn't place it, she sat up in bed looking around the room, nothing was out of place. She had an uneasy feeling, she thought about calling out to someone, but thought better of it, looking at her phone, she saw it was two am. She was being ridiculous, it was her over active imagination, she laid back down in the bed.

She was just about to doze off to sleep, when a gloved hand was slapped over her mouth. "Don't make a fuss! Get up slowly." She broke out in a cold sweat, doing what the voice told her to do. A gun was pressed against her temple, she was dragged from the bed, down the stairs, and out the front door.

A pillow case was thrown over her head, she felt her hands and feet being taped, she was thrown into a vehicle, and it took off. She knew that the guys would look for her, as soon as they realized she was gone.

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"FRONT DOOR IS OPEN! FRONT DOOR IS OPEN!"The alarm sounding had Grant and the other men in the house were up and running. Happy ran into the room Devon was suppose to be in, feeling panic when he didn't see her. He ran down the stairs to the living room. "Dev, is gone!" Chibs and Tig were already outside, on their bikes, chasing the van that had just pulled away.

Juice was looking at the security footage, trying to see who took her, it wasn't Irene and Malcolm, that was for sure. He was tracking down all the information he could, trying to find her. Happy was pacing the room. Tig and Chibs came back a hour later, the van had lost them, they had a plate number for Juice to try to find out the owner.

"We have no idea if it's Irene and Malcolm, or an enemy of the club." Jax said.

Happy went outside to stand on the balcony, he should have slept closer to her room last night. He could have stopped this, now he had no idea if she was safe or who even had her. He looked out towards the ocean, he never told her last night how he felt about her. He should have, the second he saw her yesterday, he should have, now he may never get to.

He pulled the piece of paper out of his pocket, looking at the sketch he'd drawn, he'd hadn't even told her about it. He folded it back up, putting it back in his pocket.

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She laid in the back of the van, she'd moved her head around enough to get the pillow case off her head. She was moving her hands, and chewing on the tape, trying to free up her hands. She knew the guys would be looking for her, she had to be ready. She could see that she was making good headway, just a little more and she'd have her hands free.

She rolled when the van came to a stop, she was working on getting her feet free. She was trying to hurry, she might not have much time. The back doors opened. "Damn it!" She came up swinging, her feet were still taped, but her hands were free. The guy was just too big, he over powered her, back handing her, she blacked out.

XXX

They pulled up on the van, sitting in an abandoned lot, guns drawn, they walked towards the back door, Chibs threw open the doors. It was empty, there was blood on the bumper. Juicy searched through the van for some clue, to find who had taken Devon and where she might have been taken. He'd come up empty, until he found a note pad in the glove compartment.

Using a pencil, he used the side of it to shade in the next sheet, revealing an address in Charming. "I have something!" He handed the note pad to Jax.

"Let's go find her, they're taking her back to Charming"

Happy got on his bike, keeping his face emotionless, he had to keep his head on straight if he was going to do his job, and find Devon. The club was relying on him to do his job, he couldn't let his emotions get into the way.

"Where's your head at in this Hap?" Chibs looked at him.

"Find the assholes that have her, make sure she's safe, then make them pay." He clinched his jaw to keep from saying anything else.

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Irene pulled out her phone, sending a text with a picture to Gemma Teller. It was just a matter of time before she had the money she deserved, she'd decide what to do with the little spoiled bitch once the money was in her pocket.

"Did you send the text?" Malcolm asked

She smiled at her boyfriend, pulling a gun out she shot him between the eyes, watching him drop to the ground. She rolled him to the ditch, leaving him for the wild animals to feast on. She climbed into her car, driving to Nevada to wait for her daughter to come home.

AN: I have to work Friday and Saturday night, my next update will be Sunday.