A few months back before the holidays Tara was able to rent out another space to open up her new Coffee shop, which she originally wanted to open up three years ago, right after she opened up her store. But with her still working at St. Thomas and in the office at the garage, and not to mention taking care of her boys as well. She didn't have a chance to open up her Coffee shop until today, and she was very excited. Today's the grand opening of Tara's new Coffee shop, and she named it Tara's Coffee Shop and it only took her a few months to get her Coffee shop set up and ready.
It's only been a few hours since the grand opening and every pateron in Charming is here, and Tara couldn't be happier. Everyone is sitting around in her coffee shop, ordering Coffee and of course drinking coffee as well. Business is really going great. After Tara talked to a few customers she walked behind the counter and check on the few girls she hired for her coffee shop.
" How's everything going?" Tara asked as she opened the cash register to count the money.
" Everything's going great." Dawn, who's one of the girls Tara hired answered as she finish serving the last two customers who just walked away from the counter. Dawn's is one of the nurses at St. Thomas who was looking for a side job, so Tara offered her a job here as a cashier.
" Hey, Tara Jax is here." Karen one of the waitresses called out as she looked over her shoulder and noticed Jax and some of the guys from the club walking into the shop. " She's right over there." She said as she pointed Tara out with the coffee pot.
" Thanks darlin." Jax said as he walked over to the counter. " Hey babe." Jax said softly as he leans forward and gave her a peck on her lips before he sat down in one of the high chairs that Tara hand picked herself for her shop. When Tara first came to Jax with her idea of opening her own coffee shop, he would admit that he wasn't sure if Tara should take on another business, because of her job at St. Thomas, working at the office at TW and of course taking care of their two sons. But since Tara opened up her clothing store and business has been going pretty good, and now as Jax walked in and noticed everyone in Charming was here sitting around drinking coffee, he was very impressed with his wife.
" Business seems to be doing great." Bobby said as he stood by the counter and looked around, if anyone could open their own coffee shop and pull it off.. it was definitely Tara. She already has opened a clothing store about three years ago and now she has her own coffee shop, and Bobby couldn't help but be very proud of Tara and her accomplishments.
" Yeah, I just didn't expect this so many people though. Who knew everyone in Charming actually coffee. " Tara said with a chuckle " So, what you guys doing here? I thought you guys were in Oakland for the day." This morning when Tara mentioned to Jax today was the grand opening of her coffee shop, and of course she wanted him to be here. But of course he had club business with the bastards in Oakland.
" We got it all handled." Where's the boys?" Jax asked as he kinda expected to see them running around here.
" They're at home with Neeta. But she did promise to bring them by a little later though. Oh I invited the Johnsons for dinner tonight, they're coming over around seven." Linda Johnson and her husband Richard Johnson had just moved into Gemma's place just little after the holidays. Tara would've invite them for dinner sooner, but Tara wanted to give them time to get settled in first. They have a little boy around Abel's age.
" So, you basically telling me that you want home in time for dinner?" Jax asked with a smirk. Jax hasn't really had a chance to meet the new family yet since he's been busy with the club lately not to mention he's been busy with Disoa as well.
" That's exactly what I'm saying." Tara answered with a smirk as she leans forward and kisses him quickly.
" You have a lovely home, Tara. " Julia Johnson commented Tara on how she loved their home. It was small and of course it was really what Julia expected, but she could still get that home feeling especially when she walked through the front door earlier for dinner.
" Thanks." Tara said as she poured Julia another cup of coffee and herself as well." I'm still in the middle redecorating but I think it's coming along nicely. " She said as she sat down at the kitchen table and took a sip of her coffee.
" So, have you had a chance to drive around Charming yet?"
Julia shook her head as she set her cup down." Not yet, we still got a few boxes to unpack. Um, can I ask you a question? "
" Yeah, sure."
" Why did you and your husband decided to sell your mother in law's house?" Julia has been wondering about it ever since her and husband moved in. Julia did asked the realtor the same question once but all the realtor said was that Jax and Tara felt it was time to sell and move on.
Tara exhales deeply as she set her cup down." Growing up in that house Jax had some good memories but of course he had more bad memories as well. After Gemma passed away last year, we learned that Gemma gave Jax her house in her will. But Jax didn't want the house anymore, he felt that a new family deserved to move in and have memories of their own. Trust me it wasn't an easy decision to make, but after Jax and I talked about it. We decided it was best to sell."
Julia nods her head in understanding." Well, I promise that we will make great memories in that house." Linda said with smile as she finishes her coffee.
" Tara nods her head." I believe you will."
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Jax and Eric Julia's husband was out back with a couple of beers and couple of smokes." Moving to Charming from New Jersey, had to be huge step for you and your family man. What made you guys want to move into a small town like Charming?" Jax asked with curious as he's been wondering about it all through dinner.
Eric took a drag of his cigerate as he blew out some smoke." It was very hard for us, because Julia didn't want to leave her family and friends behind, and of course I didn't either. I also didn't want to leave my tattoo shop behind either." Eric exhales deeply as he continues talking." When we finally decided to leave New Jersey, we both didn't want to live in a city anymore. So we decided that we wanted to live in a small town, so when Julia mentioned Charming, I was like yeah let's check it out."
Jax nods his head a little as he took a drink of his beer." How, long have you been an tattoo artist? "
" For about twenty years now, and I opened my tattoo shop about three years ago. But I was working with my cousin for twenty years before I opened my own shop."
" Are you thinking of opening up your tattoo shop here?"
Eric shook his head. " Nah man. I mean I've thought about it, but I don't want to start reopening my tattoo shop again, and then end up losing it again." He answered as he took one last drag from his cigerate before he drops the butt of the cigerate and crushed it with the bottom of his shoe.
" You lost it? What happened?"
Eric placed both hands into his pockets as he exhales deeply." It was burned to the ground."
" Jesus Christ man." Jax shook his head as the memory of CaraCara the porn studio being burned down to the ground thanks to that asshole AJ Weston, flashed through his mind. At first Jax accused Clay of torching the studio, considering he wanted to vote the club out of the porn business and get back into guns again.
" My thought exactly." Eric said with a snort as he took a drink of his beer.
" Well listen man. If you're looking for work, My guy has a tattoo shop up in Lodi. I could talk to him and see if he's hiring." Jax offered.
" For real? You would do that for me? but why? I mean you don't even know me. So why would you even consider helping me?" Eric asked as he didn't understand why Jax who he just met would even consider helping him get a job, considering they just met.
Jax nods his head as he could see where Eric is coming from. " Well, just let me talk to my guy Happy and see if he's hiring and you can let me know in a few days if your still interested or not."
Eric nods his head in agreement." Yeah, I can do that." Of course Eric is looking for a job and he has been looking for a couple of months now since him and his family moved to Charming, but really hasn't had any luck so maybe with Jax's help, he might be able to get a job. So Eric will think about it and give Jax an answer in a few day.
Jax finished his beer." Let's go back inside and see what our wives are up too." Jax chuckled as he turns around and heads back into the kitchen with Eric following behind.
After Julia and Eric said their goodbyes and walked out of the door, Tara turned around as she stepped closer to Jax as she wrapped her arms around his waist." They seem like they're nice people. Abel and their son seem to be getting along." Even Tara only spent a couple of hours with Julia and Eric, Tara would still like to get to know Julia, and hopefully they can be good friends.
Jax nods his head as he threw his arm over her shoulder." Yeah, Eric is a cool guy. Eric is tattoo artist. So, I'm going to talk to Hap tomorrow and see if he's willing to give Eric a,job at the tattoo shop."
Tara raised her brows for a moment. " Do you think Happy would hire him?"
Jax shrugs his shoulders." Yeah, why not? Happy has been talking about how he hasn't been home lately to spend time with his old lady and his new born daughter. So, maybe hiring Eric will definitely free him up to spend time with his family." Just a few days after Christmas Claire went into labour and gave birth to a beautiful daughter who's now about three months old.
Tara nods her head in agreement." Come on, let's go to bed. It's getting late and I kinda need to stop by the store before I start my shift at St. Thomas." Tara hasn't been to her clothing stores lately, not since she's been focusing on getting her coffee shop to open up. So tomorrow seems like a good time to see how things are going in her store.
Jax leans down and kisses her lips passionately and deeply as he smirks against her lips." Come on babe." He said as he placed his hand against her hip as he starts walking down the hall towards their room, dragging Tara along with him.
AN: Soooo... There's a new family that just moved into Gemma's home. Everyone meet the Johnsons. They will pop up in the story as it continue to process, and Tara finally has her coffee shop opened!! So anyway let me know what you guys think about this Chapter and story so far.
By the way, 79 Favorites and 100 followers for this story and I honestly never expected to have this story have that many favorites and followers, so Thanks everyone, I really do appreciate everyone is enjoying this story. Also, this is now Chapter 52, 52!!!! But don't worry I don't planning of ending this story just yet. So more Chapters are coming soon. Happy reading everyone and as always leave me reviews and keep the story favorite and following coming.
