As Evie placed all twelve of the grocery bags onto the kitchen table, her cellphone began to vibrate, moving the mobile device closer and closer to the edge of the table.

Before it could take a dreadful swan dive face first onto the kitchen's tile, she picked up the phone to answer the incoming call.

"Hello?"

"Hey babe."

Evie smiled as she began taking the items she had just purchased out of the flimsy white bags.

"Hey handsome. I wasn't expecting a call from you this soon. You said you'd give me a ring after you were back in town."

"Yeah well, we haven't even left the compound yet. Clay is running late, and we can't do business without our president. I figured I'd use the free time I currently have to call and check on you. You are getting some rest, right?"

Evie fell silent and looked at the grocery bags in front of her.

"Of course I am."

"Darlin', be straight with me. You've been out of bed from the moment I left you this morning, haven't you?"

"You caught me. I headed out to the grocery store to pick up a couple of things for dinner tonight. I was thinking of inviting your mom and Clay over to help shatter the ice that still sits in between him and I."

Jax sighed, shaking his head in disapproval as he sat on top of the picnic table outside of the clubhouse, smoking the last cigarette in the pack he had on him.

"Babe that's a great idea and your heart as always is in the right place, but we can do a dinner with my mom and Clay after you're healed. You were told to take it easy for the next couple of days. I thought for sure since we went at it a couple more times than normal last night, you'd be out till at least 2:00."

"Oh, so that's why we doubled up our rounds last night? Because you wanted to render me unconscious for over half the day? I thought the reason was because you were feeling more frisky than usual, so I went along with it. I would have never agreed to have even more sex with you if I would have known you had an ulterior motive," Evie teased, emptying out the final bag.

Jax chuckled, taking one more pull of the cigarette before tossing it into the lot in front of him.

"Looks like you caught me. If we are going to continue this phone call, we should change the subject. All this sex talk is making me uncontrollably hard."

"In that case, I should go ahead and tell you what I'm wearing."

"Babe no, come on that's cruel."

"I never said I was nice. I insist you head to that apartment of yours you told me about in the clubhouse because shit is going to get real hot real fast."

Just as Evie was about to continue torturing Jax over the phone, there was a knock at her front door.

"Jax, I have to go. There's someone at the door."

He got off the table, immediately heading over to his bike.

"I'll be there as soon as possible," he stated, mounting the motorcycle.

Evie made her way to the front door, standing on the tips of her toes to look through the peephole.

"It's okay, Jax. It's not Ben. I'll call you back in a little bit."

Evie ended the phone call before he could ask who in fact was on the opposite side of the door.

The unknown information worried him, so he put his original plan in motion:

He started up the bike and headed over to her home to make sure everything was in fact okay.

Evie opened the door and gave Clay a friendly smile.

"Hi Clay, what brings you here?"

"Hey Evie, I hope I didn't wake you."

"No, I was awake. Is everything okay?"

"Yeah. I was wondering if we could talk for a minute. Would you mind letting me in?"

"Sure."

Evie opened the door fully and stepped to the side, allowing Clay to enter her home.

"Would like some coffee or anything to drink?"

"No thanks, I won't be long. I'm already running behind today as is."

"Okay, no problem. What do you need to talk to me about?"

"It's about those letters you gave to Jax. "

Evie slightly furrowed both of her brows.

How the hell did he know about the letters?

Did Alita tell him?

Did Gemma already read the letters and wanted them back in her possession?

"I know you gave them to him, so I strongly insist you don't try to deny it."

"I wasn't going to deny anything, Clay. You would know that if you gave me a chance to reply to your statement, " Evie responded with just as much venom in her tone as Clay.

"Smart move. I need you to get those letters back. "

"I'm sorry?"

"You heard me. You do everything in your power to get those letters back in your hands. I will do my part and do the same, but something tells me those letters will be more acessible to my son's old lady."

"Jesus Christ."

"What?"

"There must be some deadly truth woven deep in each and every word in those letters, huh?"

"You can say that. The moment you gave him those letters, the shit storm has begun. You can undo what you've done."

"And if I don't?"

Clay smiled, bringing his mouth to Evie's ear.

"That little boy of yours will become motherless, ending up in the hands of his father and my son will fuck everything with a pair of tits in attempt to get over the woman he was crazy about that was taken from him way too soon. I'd hate to have to live in that reality, but I'm more than willing to if you don't deliver what I ask of you. I'll give you a minimum of three days."

"Three days."

"Yeah. Multiple lives are hanging in the balance here, Evie. That's all my ticking clock is able to offer. What do you say? Are you going to help me stop what you started or are you going to go against my words and let the truth spill out and destroy me and my family?"

"No."

"No?"

"No. I'm not going to become your god damn puppet so you can get what you want and you'll be able to to sleep at night, knowing your secrets stays and remain buried. Haven't you heard? Secrets hate being buried. They'll always claw their way back up to the surface, whether the secrets flow from someone's mouth or in the words of a letter. Jax deserves to know the actual truth no matter how much damage it could cause, and I'll be here to help him through that damage. I stand by my decision, Clay. You want to come after me for doing the right thing, go right ahead. I'll be sure to leave my truth behind when you attempt to mask another secret."

With fury coarsing through his veins, he let the anger get the best of him.

He grabbed Evie by the throat, slamming her up against the nearest wall.

"You really think I'm fuckin' around here?"

The sound of a harley pulling into Evie's driveway caused Clay to let go of her neck.

Evie's fingertips rubbed at her neck, her brown eyes looking at the front door.

She got off of the wall and entered the kitchen.

Clay followed her, curious as to what she will say once Jax enters this house.

Jax unlocked the door and came in the home.

"Babe?"

Evie walked out of the kitchen with a smile on her face.

"Hey, how'd you get into the house?"

"I used the spare key that you need to hide better by the way," he replied, walking over to her and gave her a kiss on the lips.

"Keep it."

"Really?"

"Yeah. This is like your second home anyways. What not have the key to it?"

He smiled, giving her another kiss on the lips.

He reached into his pocket, pulling out his keys.

He slid off a key from the silver ring, handing it to Evie.

"I have a key to your place. You have one to mine."

"You two are adorable."

Jax turned his attention toward Clay, who was sitting down at the kitchen table with a beer that he retrieved from the refridgerator in front of him.

"Clay, what are you doing here?"

"He was the vistor at my door. He came over to check on me and I offered him a beer. He also agreed for him and Gemma to join us for dinner tonight."

Clay had to admit, the woman had some serious balls.

Toying with him the way she was doing right now was dangerous, but she didn't even bat an eye while doing so.

"Yeah, we'll come over early to lend a hand with preparing dinner. More Gemma than me. I can barely cook oatmeal."

Jax and Evie smiled, shifting their focus back on one another.

"What brought you back home? Did you forget something?"

"No, you didn't tell me who was at the door and I was concerned. I wanted to make sure you were okay."

"Aww, I'm sorry handsome, I didn't mean to worry you. I'm fine."

"Alright lovebirds, I'll give you two a minute and only a minute. Jax and I here have to head out. Business is calling."

Clay left the home down the snake-like pathway where Evie's car was parked.

He gave the car a good once over before making his way over to his own two wheeled vehicle, knowing what his next move was going to be when it came to Evie Roosevelt.

Andre and Abel came running into their parents' bedroom the next morning, climbing up the bench at the end of the bed, jumping on top of the both of them to wake them up.

"Mommy, Jax, wake up. You promised we can go to the park today," Andre stated, shaking his mother's shoulder.

Evie opened her eyes, looking up at Jax who was already looking down at her.

At the same time, they grabbed their children and began tickling them, causing a fit of giggles to erupt in the room.

"Mommy, can we have waffles with chocolate chips?"

"Sure. Would you both like the big waffles or the small waffles?"

"Big, " they replied in unison.

"Okay no problem. Mommy just has to run to the store real quick."

"I'll go Evie."

"It's fine, Jax. The nearest groccery store is right up the block."

"Can I come?", Abel asked.

"Can I come too?", Andre chimed in.

"Sure. Go get dressed. You better hurry though, I'm timing the both of you."

Abel and Andre ran out of the bedroom to go get changed.

Jax wrapped his arms around Evie, pulling her close to steal a kiss.

"I wouldn't mind waking up like this every morning."

"I agree. It's definitely ideal."

"I was thinking, once Abel and I move out of Charming, maybe you'd eventually consider you and Andre shackin' up with us."

Evie smiled, hiding her face in her boyfriend's strong bare chest.

"Is that reaction a yes or a no?"

"Niether. It's an absolutely."

The kids came back into Evie's bedroom fully dressed.

"Mommy, we're ready. Now it's your turn."

Evie looked in the rearview mirror at the boys, watching them talk about what they were going to do once they entered the park.

Watching their adorable faces light up whenever they spoke to one another made Evie's heart swell and nearly move her to tears.

She was approaching the final stop light that she would encounter to get home.

The yellow light quickly switched to red, and Evie slowly stepped onto the brake to slow the vehicle down.

Her brakes have given out entirely.

She pulled the emergency brake, causing the car to finally stop halfway over the pedestrians' crosswalk.

Evie looked back at the boys to check on them.

"Are you two okay?"

Both boys nodded before resuming their conversation.

She turned back around in her seat and let out a relieved breath.

She switched on her hazard lights, and took out her cellphone.

Before Evie could dial the desired number, a large Milk delivery truck slammed into her side of the car, flipping her vehicle over a total of four times.