"Will you shut her up already?" Bobby groaned at Tig as he covered his ears in an attempt to block out the crying child's wails.

"The fuck does it look like I'm doing?" Tig spat as he bounced the child in his arms, but that wasn't settling her. It seemed to just annoy her even more, that or she just didn't like the man who was holding her.

"It looks like you're shaking a goddamn soda. You're gonna give her Shaken Baby Syndrome."

"Chibs, please." Tig begged the Scotsman as he held the child out to him. "She's been at this for an hour. Do me a solid, man."

Chibs shook his head at his SAA. "You took her. She's your responsibility now, Tigger."

Tig sighed, but cringed when the child let out another screaming cry and Bobby must've been fed up with the noise because he left while Chibs was laughing. Tig set the crying babe on a nearby table and kept a hand patting her back as he pulled his cell out and sent out an emergency text to the only name with devil emojis decorating it.

~SOA~SOA~SOA~

"What's the emergency? Who am I flaying?" Talia asked the men in the bar as she entered, but her attention went to the crying baby in Tig's arms.

"The emergency is this." He told her as he dumped the child in her arms. "Please make it stop."

"Hey, it's alright. No more crying, Mama T's here." Talia softly cooed and the baby cried for another two minutes, but was pacified by Talia's warmth and softness. She still had tears in her eyes as she stared at Tig, probably happy to be away from him, but she was finally quiet. "There we go. Now, which one of these mean old bikers is your daddy, lil' mama?"

"None of us." Jax answered, having emerged from his dorm to watch Tig fail at trying to hush the child for his own amusement. "We needed to get the upper hand on someone, maybe something to keep them at arm's length or use as blackmail, so Tig decided to steal someone's fucking child."

"You wanted leverage, you got it." Tig defended and pointed to the baby. "Doesn't get any better than that."

"What if someone kidnapped one of your daughters?" Jax asked and Tig mocked his words.

"Daughters?" Talia parroted in shock. "You've got daughters?"

Tig nodded before sitting down on one of the leather loveseats, tiredly sighing. "Dawn and Fawn."

"Estranged relationship." Chibs commented as he came to stand next to her. "Dawn only comes 'round when she needs money and Fawn just doesn't come around. She keeps her distance from her Da."

"And their Mom?"

"Colleen is waitin' for the day one of us calls her with news that Tigger's dead so she can wipe her ass on his grave."

"Okay, so what's the kid's name?" She asked as she stood the baby on her legs on the table, holding her hands to let her stand up and bounce.

"No idea." Chibs shrugged, but smiled when the baby looked at him. He ran his finger over her chubby cheek and she tried to put it in her mouth. "She's a cutie, isn't she?"

"Just a little cupcake." Talia complimented as she kissed the baby girl on the nose, earning a sweet giggle from the baby.

"She likes you too, wouldn't stop cryin' since Tig brought her in. I can't imagine what he did to her before he got here."

"I've learned that babies like women because women have boobs and babies know that milk comes from boobs. We don't yell as much either."

The baby was babbling at Talia and Chibs as they gushed over her, but she suddenly used her new height to mash her face into Talia's chest and was trying to get to her breasts through her shirt, leaving a spot of drool on the material.

"She must be hungry." Jax commented with a sly smirk and Talia narrowed her eyes at him.

"Say another word, Jax, and I will come over there and tear your flesh from your bones." She threatened before looking at Tig. "Where's her diaper bag?"

"Didn't grab one, just her."

"You stole someone's infant child, don't know the baby's name and didn't think to grab a couple of bottles or diapers or even a pacifier?" Tig sighed at her again and she shook her head, picking the baby up to place on her hip. "Chibs, wanna go on a milk run?"

"Aye, I'm with ya'."

~SOA~SOA~SOA~

Talia and Chibs drove into town and went into the nearest drugstore to find a few supplies for the baby. Talia was pointing out things that they might need as Chibs grabbed them off the shelves and the baby happily babbled on Talia's hip.

"Is that your daughter?" A woman asked and Chibs looked between Talia and the baby in confusion.

"Which one?"

"I'm not his daughter, but I do call him 'daddy' all the time." Talia grinned at Chibs before motioning to the child on her hip. "This is little lamb is our precious Raelyn and that's Kade."

"Oh, she's just darling." The brunette dreamily complimented.

"Isn't she? I swear, she was gifted to us by angels. She's just the perfect bundle of joy." Talia chimed.

"I'm Stephanie Harris." She held her hand out for Talia to shake.

"Alexia Callahan."

"If you're looking into Preschools for little Raelyn, please keep Smiling Sprouts in mind. Open-enrollment starts next week and we have so many early-childhood opportunities for her to explore." She gave Talia a pamphlet with the preschool's name on a banner dawning the front page. She waved to the baby as she made her way out of the market. "Bye-bye, Raelyn. I hope to see you again soon."

"That was good." Chibs praised Talia once they were alone again. He grabbed two tins of the formula she pointed to and Raelyn pointed to a pacifier, so Chibs got it for her to nibble on.

"I wanna hang myself." Talia blandly told him, hanging her head and making the baby laugh. "I feel like Suzy fucking Homemaker."

"Your husband greatly appreciates his darlin' Suzy." He said with a chuckle before kissing her on the forehead. He watched as her pupils got bigger as she focused on him, smirking.

"Is that right, daddy?" She slyly asked him.

"You're gonna get me in trouble with that." He warned her.

"You know how trouble adores me, Chibby." She giggled before adjusting Raelyn on her side. "When we get home, you're gonna perform your marital duties to your darling wife."

~SOA~SOA~SOA~

For the next two days, Chibs and Talia played House with Raelyn and the child seemed to enjoy being with her temporary new family. They stayed at Talia's house and Tig would drop in every time he called to make negotiations to keep them updated on what was happening. There was now a bidding war going on between the parents and things finally settled on 30 grand for the safe return of the child to her mother tomorrow afternoon.

Happy came home that second day and parked his bike next to Chibs'. He went to the front door and unlocked it, being greeted by a small child Talia was chasing after.

"I was gone for two days." He said.

"I'm a unicorn, Dad. I am not restrained by your human biological boundaries." Talia smiled at him as she grabbed the baby.

"Surprised you had any juice left in you, old man." He said to Chibs as he passed him on the couch.

"Well's not tapped dry, got some saved for special occasions." Chibs smirked.

"Who's kid?"

"Tiggy stole someone's baby for blackmail and we're calling her Raelyn for now. She's going home soon."