CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX

Website where all photos of all outfits mentioned is on my profile. One shot of the Cam/Happy conversation has just been posted as well.

Happy narrows his eyes "What makes you think I did anything?"

I snort and wave my hand angrily towards the cars "Cam hasn't said a word since she came out of that room, apart from telling her father that she's happy to travel back in a separate car to you. That leads me to believe that you did something."

Happy shakes his head "I told her I needed some time to get used to her being worth 20 times what you are worth. And did you ever think to mention it to anyone that you're worth millions?" He growls at me, starting to pace.

I roll my eyes again "Happy Lowman stop being a jackass. My net worth is none of anyone's concern, and it certainly doesn't give you an excuse to be an asshole!"

Happy spins and looks at me "I beg your pardon."

The way he says it is dangerously low and if I didn't know him as well as I do I'd probably be banging on the door of the plane and asking the pilots to take me to Antarctica to get away from him. Instead I step closer to him "You heard me. I called you a jackass and an asshole."

Happy shakes his head "You might wanna shut up."

"Nope." I reply with a smirk "I won't. Not till you tell me what the issue is with Cam and something that is so completely out of her control it's at the same level of control that you had when you were born with a dick. Being born with one doesn't give you an excuse to act like one."

Happy can't control the snicker that comes out of his mouth, but the angry look returns after a second "I know she can't control it, but she could have told me before now."

I shake my head furiously "She would have told you why she didn't. She has a very bad history of trusting the wrong men with her heart, and information about her life. I was hoping that you; the stereotypical wrong man; would actually be the right one."

Spinning on my heel I shoot one last comment over my shoulder at him before storming to the car "If she leaves Cali cause of you I will cut off your cupcake supply, permanently. Fix it Happy."

Sliding into the backseat of the car I shake my head at Jax's curious look and turn my attention to Abel. Happy gets into the seat on the other side of Abel and says nothing, buckling his seatbelt and returning his head to a reclined position on the headrest.

Trish clears her throat and starts the car, moving slowly forwards while the Suburban edges in front of us and the Mercedes pulls in behind.

The 57 minutes that it takes us to get from the airport into the hotel in town is almost completely silent. Trish and Jax attempt to make a bit of conversation but with Happy not saying a word the whole way and my attention firmly fixed on Abel they give up after about 15 minutes.

Arriving in front of the hotel I almost laugh at the fact that there are three parks out the front, something almost unheard of in New York. Unloading the baggage onto a couple of luggage carts that are brought outside there's a couple of minutes of confusion before Derek just sighs, hands Cam their room key and tells her to get it all taken up there and it can be sorted after the cars are parked in the building down the road.

Cam picks up the key and leads the way, checking quickly where we're actually going before talking quietly to the porters who are helping with the two carts full of suitcases and car seats, pushchairs and garment bags.

Cam, Al and Juice go up with the first lot of bags. Jax, Opie and Donna going up with the second which leaves me and Happy downstairs waiting for the lift to return. Finally looking over at him I lift my eyebrow "Have you worked out what you're doing? Do I need to see if we can swap Joe's single room for a double and you can share with him?"

Happy shakes his head "No cupcake you don't."

"Good. Glad to hear it. I'll keep Al and Juice distracted while you and Cam sort out whatever shit it is that's in your head, cause Happy I meant it when I threatened your cupcake supply."

Happy laughs as the lift dings back to where we're standing, Jax appearing behind the closed doors "You two okay?"

I nod, stepping straight into his arms "I'm fine. Happy has something very unfamiliar to do though."

"What?" Jax lifts his eyes too Happy as his arms enclose me against his chest.

"He has to apologise for being a jackass and an asshole." I say, nuzzling into his shirt "How's Abel?"

Jax laughs, shaking his head "Abel's sleeping again, Donna and Opie are stunned by their room, Kenny and Ellie are already bouncing on one of the beds and Al and Juice have decided to go out for dinner and a drink, Al said she knows some pretty nice places around here. We're waiting for Trish and Derek to get back before we all split off. Donna and Opie are staying here."

I nod "I'm happy to order some room service, stuff my face and then go to sleep."

Jax and Happy both laugh as the lift opens again. The hallway is completely empty but with only 6 rooms on each floor Derek has booked almost the whole floor, only two other rooms on the floor that he'd been told weren't booked till our last night. The doors to the rooms we've got are all standing open, through the open door closest to us I can hear the twins laughing and Donna trying to get them to sit down. Peeking through the door I laugh at her frustrated expression.

"Eleanor, Kenneth if you don't sit down right now there will be no dessert." I say with a wink at Donna. The pair immediately bounces onto their bottoms on the bed and smile over at me with almost angelic looking expressions.

"Sorry Aunty Sarah." They chorus and I back up out of the door before I can start laughing at them.

Jax shakes his head "Some responsible parent you are."

I poke my tongue out at him, watching Happy and Cam go into their room and the door closes behind them. "I am a responsible parent. Just an irresponsible aunt. There's a difference. I can give Ellie and Kenny back when they're full of sugar."

Derek's laugh from behind me startles me a little and I turn and shrug "Like you won't do the same with Abel."

Trish nods "Of course we will. When he's old enough of course. Where's Cam?"

I gesture towards the now firmly closed door "Her and Happy had some issues they needed to talk about."

Derek frowns "Is she okay?"

I nod, stepping out of Jax's arms and sliding my arm around Derek's waist and giving him a hug "She's fine. Happy doesn't do well with secrets and with everything that happened to Cam with previous people she was seeing she didn't tell him anything about you, net worth, plane, accommodation while we were here. He came into this completely unaware and it blindsided him."

Derek pats my back as I start talking, his hand freezing in mid-air when my words register "She's seeing him?"

I nod "She told me that you knew."

Derek chuckles "I knew she was seeing one of your friends from back home, but I didn't expect him to be so..."

"Tattooed, rough round the edges, abrupt, bald?" I say with a smirk.

"Old. Let's go with old." Derek says "The tattooed, rough round the edges, bald doesn't bother me, and the abrupt I haven't seen. Besides if he's your friend he's bound to be good."

I laugh "He's not that old really, he's 33, only 11 years difference." I look towards Trish and smile at her "Isn't there about 9 years between you two?"

She chuckles and nods "Yes there is. Derek now you leave Cam alone. If she's happy that's all that matters. I do have a question though."

She turns to Jax with a slight frown "Is Happy actually his name?"

Jax nods "Yep. Happy Lowman. The name he was given when he was born."

Trish shrugs "I guess it's not as strange as some that I've heard."

I laugh "Tell me about it, I went to school in Palm Beach with girls named Sunshine, Rainbow, and Moonbeam. They were sisters. I also had twin boys in my class named Track and Nascar."

Jax laughs "Really?"

I nod again as Abel squeaks from inside the room. "Yep, hence why our children will have normal names." Brushing past him I pretend to ignore the stunned almost terrified look on his face when I say our children.