It's been a minute since Tara had a chance to catch up with Donna. With everything going on with her and Jax, her and Murphy at work, taking care of Abel, and of course dealing with the Wendy situation now that she's back in town, Tara hasn't seen Donna in a while and felt that it was a good time to catch up with her best friend. Walking through Donna's front door, Tara noticed a few boxes and then noticed Donna was throwing things into them.
"Hey, what's going on?" Tara asked as she walked into the living room. "Are you and Opie moving out or something?"
Donna scoffs as she shakes her head. "No, but I am though." Donna says as she tosses a teddy bear into the box.
"What are you talking about? Donna, what the hell happened?"
Donna stopped packing as she walked around Tara and picked up Stahl's business card. "There was an ATF here a few days ago. She was grilling me about Opie and the Club. Basically telling me that the club is going to tear my family apart if I don't get out now."
" Shit." Tara said as she exhaled deeply. "Does Opie know?"
Donna shook her head. "No, I've kinda been avoiding him ever since the ATF agent was here." Donna then walked over towards the couch and sat down as she sighed heavily. "I honestly don't know what to do here, Tara. I love him. But ever since Opie went back into the club, things between us really haven't been so great, and now, on top of everything else, this ATF agent is stirring up shit."
Tara walked over and sat down in one of the chairs. "We both know that this ATF bitch is desperate. She's trying to find anything she can against the club. So she's trying to get you to rat out Opie and the club. Hell, she tried to do the same thing with me." Tara knows what Donna is going through, since she's dealing with the same situation.
"Are you saying that I should stay?"
"No, what I'm saying is that maybe you should talk to Opie before you officially decide to walk out that door." Tara suggested.
Donna ran her fingers through her hair as she let out a deep breath. "Okay, before I do anything, I will talk to Opie. So, what's been going on with you?" She asked, as she was curious and wanted to change the subject already.
Tara snorts a laugh as she scratches her forehead. "Where do I even begin? Let's see, ever since Stahl came into my office a few weeks ago, Murphy has been on my ass about the club. Asking me questions about Jax and the club."
"Jesus, What kind of questions is she asking?"
"Questions like 'Why am I with Jax?' and 'Why am I getting involved with Samcro?' Tara answered as she rolled her eyes and shook her head. Tara hasn't told Jax any of this, mainly because she doesn't want Jax to think that she can't handle it on her own. Also, because Murphy is just starting trouble."
" Damn, I am sorry, T."
Tara shrugged her shoulders a little. "It's whatever, but that's not even the worst part."
"What's the worst part?" Donna asked in confusion.
"Wendy is back," Tara answered as she sighed heavily.
Walking into the clubhouse, Jax spotted Juice sitting at the bar. "Did you find where my ex-wife is staying?" Jax asked as he walked up to Juice. Earlier that morning, Jax had asked Juice to track down Wendy and find out where she was staying. Ever since Jax found out that Wendy had shown up at his house uninvited and basically threatened Tara, Jax had been meaning to talk to Wendy and remind her of a few things.
Juice nodded his head as he handed Jax the piece of paper with the address. "Wendy is staying in a hotel up in Lodi." Juice simply said.
Jax nodded his head as he looked at the address for a moment and then stuffed it into his jean pocket. "Thanks, brother," Jax said as he turned around and walked out of the clubhouse. As he walked towards his Dyna, Jax noticed Clay and Tig had just parked theirs.
"Where are you going?" Clay asked as he watched Jax climb onto his bike and strap on his helmet.
"I got something I need to do," was all Jax said as he revved up his Dyna and then rode out of the gate before Clay had any more questions. It was a personal problem, and Jax didn't want Clay or Tig, not to mention the club, involved.
"Do you think Jax is up to something?" Tig asked suspiciously. Tig has been kinda weary of Jax lately. He had been noticing that ever since Jax's son has been born. Jax has been questioning everything Clay has been doing that involves the club and undermining Clay's leadership, and Tig doesn't like it one bit.
Clay just shrugged his shoulders and totally brushed it off. "Ehh, I wouldn't worry too much about Jax. We've got bigger things to deal with at the moment." Clay said as he walked towards the clubhouse.
It's been a few days since Wendy saw Abel for the first time since he was born. Seeing her precious baby boy and seeing how big he has gotten from the last time she saw him, really touched her heart. But of course that wasn't the only thing that was hurting Wendy. What hurt Wendy the most is seeing Tara holding her son. Wendy never really had the chance to hold Abel and for some reason Tara is allowed to hold her son and not her? Wendy couldn't understand why Tara feels she has every right to hold her son, like she was his mother or something. Wendy is Abel's mother and she should be the one who gets to hold him. She had every right to.
Wendy knows what she did to Abel was wrong, and she will regret it for the rest of her life. But the thought of not being in her son's life is too much for Wendy to handle. She also can't handle the fact that Jax has been sleeping with his high school ex-girlfriend, knowing that they are still married.
True, they're getting a divorce, but they had two more months before the divorce was official. But Jax was still her husband and Abel was still her son. It should at least count for something. Wendy still loves Jax and she won't give up on him or on their marriage. Wendy will find a way to get her husband and son back.
Few seconds later, Wendy jumped at the banging on her door. "What the hell?" she asked herself as she got up from her bed and walked across her hotel room. She quickly opened the door, and the moment Wendy saw Jax standing right in front of her, she totally froze. She suddenly couldn't breathe, let alone speak. All she could do was stare at him.
Wendy finally swallowed the lump in her throat and cleared her throat. "Jax, what are you doing here?"
Jax scoffs, shaking his head. "Should I be asking you that question? What the hell happened to rehab, Wendy?"
Wendy shrugged her shoulders as she walked away from the door. "What about it? I got out Jax." She answered and walked towards her bed and then sat down. "Did Tara tell you that I was back or something? I mean is that why you're here?"
Jax walked into her hotel room and closed the door behind him." Yeah, she told me that you were back and that you basically threatened her. What the hell were you thinking? You had no right to even talk to Tara the way you did."
Wendy couldn't help but snort as she couldn't believe what she was hearing." Oh come on Jax, we both know that your mother hates Tara and we also know that it would be only matter of time before Gemma kills her, I was just trying to save Tara." She said as she shrugs her shoulders.
"It doesn't matter what you say, Tara is my old lady. Stay away from Tara and stay away from my son." Jax said as he started to walk out of her hotel room.
"Abel is my son, Jackson. I have every right to be in his life." Wendy argued as she quickly stood up and crossed her arms over her chest.
Jax quickly turned around and got right in her face. "Are you fucking kidding me right now? Do I need to remind you that you literally almost killed our son and you actually think that you have a right to be in his life? You're sadly mistaken to even think that I would actually let you in his life. After what you did."
"Jesus Christ, Jax, I know what I did to him was wrong and it was the biggest mistake I've ever made. I'm going to regret this for the rest of my life. But he's my son, Jackson. You seriously can't keep him away from me."
Jax scoffs, shaking his head. "Yeah, I can, and I do whatever I have to do to keep you away from my son. You've lost your rights to be in Abel's life, Wendy. In two months, once our divorce is finalized, I will be granted sole custody of my son, and you're not going to have any contact with him. It would be like you never existed."
" What? Jax you can't do that! "
"Watch me. I told you from the beginning, Wendy, that if Abel ever had the chance of actually making it, I was going to file for full custody. For months, I've been trying to get off the drugs, and for months, you've lied to me. You almost killed him, and there's no coming back from that."
Wendy quickly wiped her tears as she nodded her head. "So that's it? You're just going to let Tara take over and raise my son? Pretend that she's his mother?" She asked.
"I don't have to pretend, Wendy. Tara already is Abel's mother. She became his mother the moment she saved his life." Jax said as he walked out of Wendy's hotel room and closed the door behind him.
Wendy suddenly sat on her bed as she suddenly felt her legs almost give out from underneath her as she started to breathe hard and held on to her stomach. Did Jax actually tell her that Tara is Abel's mother? Just hearing those words coming out of Jax's mouth was a punch in the stomach. Just the thought of Tara raising Abel and taking her place as his mother is already making Wendy sick to her stomach.
Right now Wendy really wishes she had something.
Walking through Gemma's kitchen after she knocked on the back door, Tara found Gemma sitting at the kitchen table with Abel in her arms as she was feeding him his bottle. "Hey," Tara said with a friendly smile as she walked over to the kitchen table and sat on the opposite side of Gemma.
"Hey, how did it go with Donna?" Gemma asked as she set Abel's bottle down on the table and handed Abel over to Tara so she could get up and get them some coffee.
Taking Abel into her arms, she kissed his cheek. Tara sighed softly, "When I got there, Donna had boxes out. She said that she was thinking of moving out and taking the kids with her." Tara said as she took a sip of her coffee after Gemma set the cup down a few seconds later.
"What? Why?" Gemma asked, as she couldn't understand why Donna wanted to leave Opie all of a sudden and take his kids away from him.
Tara exhales deeply. "Because, that ATF Agent Stahel was trying to get Donna to rat out on Opie." Tara really isn't sure why she's telling Gemma all of this. But seeing that Gemma knows more about this kind of stuff than she does, Tara felt like she needed to let Gemma know.
"Jesus Christ," Gemma said as she shook her head. "Where's Donna now?"
" Still at home. Opie came home, I left, so they can talk." Opie came home a couple hours later, and Tara left them alone as she knew they had a lot to talk about. Tara knows what Donna is going through when it comes to Opie and the club, since she's sort of going through the same thing with Jax. Tara just hopes that Donna doesn't actually leave Opie.
"I wouldn't worry about it too much though. The ATF really has nothing on the club, and Stahel is just desperate." Gemma said as she shrugged her shoulders and took another drink of her coffee. "It will all blow over."
"I hope you're right." Tara said as she nodded her head slightly. As much as Tara wanted to believe Gemma, she couldn't help but get the feeling that it wasn't all going to blow over anytime soon. She couldn't help but think in the back of her mind that things were about to get worse.
AN: I'm back!!! Well slowly coming back to my SOA stories. I needed a break from writing and reading SOA Fanfiction. I wanted to focus more on my other stories in Other fandoms. But I'm slowly coming back though and here's a new chapter to make up for loss time. I hope you're still reading this story. Give a review to let me know that I haven't lost anyone xD.