CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE

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Her eyes widen and she looks startled for a second "Either?"

I nod "Yep. The easy one first. Show me."

She sighs and lifts the side of her shirt up, pushing her trousers down so they sit on her mid-thigh. Looking up at me through her eyelashes she waits all of half a minute "So?"

Lifting my eyes I laugh at the stressed look on her face "Well, for your first ink it's pretty big."

The crow that's now adorning her hip is beautiful, spanning from below her hip and with its wingtips touching her waist the overall size equals mine, easily.

She snickers "First, and last. There's no way in hell I'm going through that again."

"When did it happen, and why weren't we told?" I ask as she fixes her clothes.

Shrugging she sits down beside me "It's not that we didn't tell you, it's that no one knew. Apparently it'll be a huge deal with Hap inked me."

"It is." I say with a nod "That he kept it secret is a huger deal."

She sighs and reaches over, brushing the back of my hand "Actually, two people did know." My head shoots up and I know before she tells me "Clay and Piney both knew."

"I'd like to be angry at them for not telling me so that I could be there for you, but I guess if Happy wanted it done quietly they were assisting him. You do know it won't be long though, cause I am going to give Hap shit about this."

Cam laughs and nods "I told him that, he said he'd deal with it when it came."

Blowing a long raspberry at the thought I refocus my attention "and the rest?"

Cam sits up straight and shakes her head "I really don't know what you mean. There isn't anything else I'm keeping secret."

Lifting my eyebrow at her I wait for a few breaths "How long have we been friends?"

"Four years, well almost."

"And in that time how many secrets have you been able to keep from me? None; that's right, none at all. I can tell you have something huge to say so spit it out."

Cam sighs "But I should tell Happy first."

My eyes widen and I stop mid-inhale "You're pregnant?"

Cam bursts into laughter "Oh hell no! Do you not know Hap's stance on kids. They're fine if they belong to other bitches and I don't have to look after them. Those were his exact words, and it works for me. I don't want to have kids."

I shrug "You're only 23; you might change your mind in 5 years."

Cam's still chuckling when she shrugs "Yeah, and if I do I'll deal with Mr Grumpy then. Speaking of, can we go now?"

I shake my head, grabbing her hand as she goes to stand up "Nope, cause you still haven't told me. I can see that there's something wrong and if you didn't tell Hap the second you saw him it's something either you're not sure how he'll deal with, or you're not sure if he can help."

"I hate it." Cam eventually says after a couple of minutes of silence.

My brain automatically panics "Hate what? The club? California? Charming? The ink? The paint in here?"

Cam giggles at the end, glancing around the room "While the paint in here is pretty bad, it's not what I hate. I hate my job. When Hap rang to say Juice had been hurt I was in the car when I rang my boss to tell him I had to come home. I didn't even have a second thought about walking out of it. How can I go back to something I feel is sucking the life out of me? I've been there less than 2 weeks, I'm meant to be there 6 months."

Cam shifts impatiently in her seat while I spend a few seconds examining her face, reading the expression, and the feelings in her eyes before sighing and hugging her "There's an easy fix to all of this, and by coming here you've already put it in motion."

"Huh?" She says, hugging me with one arm.

"Well it's easy really. You've come into TM while SAMCRO is on lockdown."

"Hap said you were on lockup, what does that mean?"

I giggle and roll my eyes "Lockdown."

She shrugs "Lock up, down, left, right, inside out and right way wrong. What does it mean?"

I grin at her and look towards the door "Simply put, the second you drove through those gates and handed your keys to Hap you joined us. Hope you've got clothes in the car."

Cam frowns "But what does lockdown mean? And how does that help me?"

Gemma clears her throat from the door, allowing me to acknowledge that she was there "I'll just take Abel and leave you to it. Do you want Hap?"

I shake my head, glancing at the cot where Abel is only just stirring "Nah, I'll explain. It's easier for an inmate to explain, then the jailer."

Gemma chuckles, nods and leaves with Abel in her arms, the diaper bag over her shoulder. "Breakfast will be ready in 20. Neeta's here. Have food then sleep baby."

I roll my eyes "Yes Grandma." Turning to Cam I sigh at the confused look she's still wearing "Lockdown first. Early yesterday morning the club finally found out who it was behind the woman in your hotel room, and the hotel burning down, my attempted kidnapping, turns out it was connected to my store being burnt down too. Lockdown means we're all stuck here till Clay gives the OK for us to go home. The Sons are essentially our jailers with Clay the warden, and the Old ladies, girlfriends, wives, kids and close associates are the inmates. You came into it, now you're stuck till it's over cause Hap will not let you leave. And as for why Gem's so worried, I'm getting over food poisoning caused by the Taste of Charming festival where I ate something bad."

Cam sits there stunned for a few seconds "You mean, even if I wanted to go back to LA I couldn't? And what do you mean tried to kidnap you?"

I nod "Until Warden Morrow signs the release papers you're incarcerated in TM, welcome to prison chickie. And yes, someone attempted to kidnap me, they failed. Don't want to talk about that anymore I'm sorry Cammy. Maybe next week."

Cam frowns but accepts my delay in explanation "You will tell me."

I nod once and follow her towards the main room and food that I don't want to eat.