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I was going to tell the club about what I had gone through while I was gone today. I hoped they wouldn't see me any differently. I didn't really think that they would, but I couldn't help but feel a little self conscious. I know that Gemma was going to be there if I needed her to step in.

I got up and ready to face the day. I made a cup of coffee and walked out the door to my truck. My cell phone rang and I answered it after seeing that it was Tara. "Morning."

"More like good night." She replied. "I'm just now getting off work. I just wanted to say thank you for what you did yesterday." I bit my lip. I wanted to ask her more questions. I wondered if she came back to Charming hoping that Jax would protect her from her psychopathic ex and it made me angry. If anyone would look at me differently I knew it would probably be her.

"It's no problem, look I gotta go. I am really busy today." I said and I hung up the phone before she even answered. I drove to Teller Morrow in time to see some girl get out of the truck with Juice. Clay looked pissed and grabbed Juice by the back of his neck. "What the hell?"

I saw Juice take her away again and Gemma close the office door after Half-Sack walked in. I decided to ret to save Half-Sack and walked in on Gemma saying "He nailed that tart didn't he?" Half-sack denied it and tried to reassure her. Gemma sat down and told him to get out. Then she started to cry...

I touched Gemma's shoulder letting her know I was there and she grabbed my hand and squeezed it. What happened on a run was supposed to stay on a run. I never like that "rule" and I know most guys in the MC didn't follow it. They slept with their wives only. "Let's go talk to the guys..." she said and got up leading me to the clubhouse.

The guys were in the chapel having a church meeting when we came in. We weren't really supposed to go in there, but this was important and something they all needed to know. Gemma knocked on the door before opening it. All the guys turned to look at us. "This better be important, you know you're not supposed to interrupt a church meeting." Clay said and Gemma gave him a death glare which made him shut up. He was already on thin ice with her.

"I have something to tell everyone..." I trailed off and I saw Jax look at me with concern. My heart skipped a beat and my palms became sweaty. "It's about the time I was gone. I figured I should let you all know. Please don't say anything until I'm done okay?" They all nodded at me, agreeing and waited for me to continue.

"When I left I went to college to become a lawyer. I wanted to be helpful around here and everyone was always getting into trouble. I was going to come right back after I finished. I was in my fourth year and I met a guy. Things were great at first but after a year he started to get really mean. At first it was verbal, but by the third year we were together he was physically abusing me." A tear rolled down my cheek and I could see that some of the guys looked sad too, but most of them looked angry. Not at me, but at my ex like they wanted to kill him or at least harm him.

"It got worse until eventually I decided I had enough. I took a few defense classes. One night though I had come back to the apartment we shared. He wanted to sleep with me and was drunk and I didn't want anything to do with him. That only made him more angry and..." I trailed off more tears spilling down my face silently.

Gemma wrapped her arm around me. "He raped her." She finished for me. She looked at me and then back at the guys. I looked up and Jax looked more angry than I had ever seen him. Most of the guys did.

"Where is this son of a bitch?" Tog said starting to get up from his chair. Gemma pushed him back down in his seat. I dried my tears and knew I needed to suck it up and tell the rest of my story.

"After he was done with me he threatened me and said if I left he would kill me. I told him that I wasn't going to leave again and he ended up falling asleep. I killed him..." I trailed off again letting out a breath when I saw that their expressions changed from angry to confusion, surprise, and finally happy. "I called the cops and it was ruled as self-defense. That's when I came back here... home." I said finishing my story.

Jax got up and came over to me and grabbed me in his arms and held me tight. It felt like he was trying to shield me. Letting me know it was alright. Just like he did when we were little, but this time when he pulled away he kissed me, hard.

Half-sack opened the door and cleared his throat when he saw us. "Uh, Clay, you better get out here." He said and walked back out. We all looked at each other and walked from the chapel. There were a bunch of agents when we walked out of the clubhouse.

A woman introduced herself as June Stahl and asked for the owner of Teller-Morrow and said that he was being taken in after Clay stepped up. When he asked why she said something about there being a murder and someone named Meineke.

Everyone walked away except for Jax, Opie, and Piney. They started talking about this Meineke person. Eventually Jax told Opie to take Piney to the cabin. "So you call the shots now?" Piney said clearly angry with Jax. Jax told him that the VP patch meant the shit fell on his shoulders and Piney said "yeah, the backs of children."

Piney walked away and Opie and Jax talked about Piney and some guy some more before Opie walked away. Jax grabbed my hand and Bobby walked over to us. "You call Tramell?" Jax asked Bobby.

"Tramell called us" he said. "Wanted to talk to Clay.." Bobby started talking about guns and how they wouldn't be able to deliver them with the feds sitting outside our gates. I wondered how much of this I should actually be overhearing. With everything going on right now I think it was too far from Jax's mind and he just enjoyed having me with him.

I didn't mind especially after we just had that intense meeting. I picked a great day for it. This day was becoming more and more dramatic. Jax looked at me and kissed me. "I have to go and meet up with Tramell. " I nodded and kissed him back.

"Be safe." I said as he got on his motorcycle and rode off. I watched him for a second and kept an eye on the feds that were still outside the gates. They were also watching Jax.

I hung around the clubhouse until Jax came back. I was sitting on the couch while him and Juice were looking up the Meineke guy again. Piney walked in and Jax asked why he wasn't

at the cabin. Piney told him that Meineke had reached out to him. "Great. Set up a meet with him." Jax told him.

"Then what?" Piney asked. I didn't like where this was going. Jax got an angry look on his face and asked Piney what he thought would happen. "Who the hell do you think you're talking to?" Piney said angrily getting in Jax's face. Opie pulled him away and they all broke apart.

Piney and Opie left on their motorcycles leaving Jax, Bobby, Chiba, and Juice to go outside. I sat on the couch for awhile longer. I looked out the window and saw Jax climbing up on the roof. I followed him and saw him reading something and smoking. I walked behind him and read what he was reading.

He got up and kissed me. As he held me he looked out onto the lot. I saw a look of realization cross his face. Jax quickly went down and I followed again. "Help me wrap these guns up" he said as we passed Juice and Half-Sack. As we were wrapping Bobby came in and told Jax the nines didn't want the guns.

Bobby asked how we were gonna hide them and Jax lifted the garage door to show a septic truck. We finished wrapping the guns and I handed the guns to the guys as they put them in the tank of the truck. I don't want to be there when they get the guns out.

Shortly after the truck left a bunch of feds pulled in with their sirens on. We were all just standing around and they told us to put out hands up and they began throwing us on the ground. When they threw me on the ground all the guys got pissed. I saw Tara's car pull up in front of the gate and my mind raced. Why was she here?

The woman named Stahl passed us and Juice told her she smelled nice. That made all the guys and myself laugh. Tara drove off after that. We laid on the ground for awhile longer while the feds searched the clubhouse.

When they finished and didn't find anything they left. We came into the clubhouse and the place was a mess. Jax's room looked the worst. "We have to go out for awhile babe. We'll be back later." Jax said hugging me and giving me a quick kiss before leaving. I began to clean up the clubhouse starting with the main room.

Just then I got a call from the jail and when I picked up it was Gemma on the other line. "Hey hon. Just wanted to let you know I won't be back tonight." She said.

"You staying in there with Clay? They should be letting him out soon." I said hoping that they would both come back soon and be safe. I didn't like everyone being out and in danger.

"Clay will be back, but I won't." She said. "I smacked that little tart from Nevada in the face with a skateboard. They're charging me with assault right now. They're just holding me for tonight. Before you ask, no I don't want bailed out. Just wanted to call and let you know. I love you. Tell Jax that I love him too."

We hung up after I told her I loved her back and that I would give Jax her message and I got back to cleaning. I wanted this place to be clean for the boys when they got back.

I decided to go home after awhile. I knew the guys would all be tired when they came back anyway. I decided to get some rest and go to the hospital tomorrow to see Abel.

In the morning I got ready and headed to the hospital. When I got there I saw Jax's motorcycle. I quickly went in and as I was walking in I saw Jax and Tara walking out. "I'm gonna give Tara a ride home."

"Alright. I'm gonna go visit Abel." I said. I didn't want to let Jax see how mad I was so when Tara passed me I scowled at her. She pulled me aside quickly.

"I'm sorry Serena. It's not like that. I think Kohn is following me. He was in Abel's room the other day. I'm just having Jax give me a ride to scare him off that's it." She tried to explain it but the more she talked the angrier I got.

"Yeah. Just using him for protection. I got it." I yanked away from her. "Don't put Jax into things that doesn't concern him. He's dealing with enough shit right now. Enjoy your ride." I said as I walked away from her and into the hospital.