-Harley-
We walk into the garage and I’m met by all of our men standing in a circle around something but my short ass cant see, “Puddin what the hell is going on? This looks like some satanic ritual and I am not here for it” I whisper yell as we walk towards the group. “Patience kitten” Is all he replies as he smiles to himself, oh boy do I fucking hate surprises. The men move and make a small opening for Jax and I to walk through, Jax walks ahead of me so I can’t see anything but once he moves I see Ice on his knees in the middle on the concrete floor.
All of our men nod their heads towards us and I confusingly do it back before turning to face Jax, “What the hell is going on?” I ask looking around. “You see kitten, I decided that it would only be fair if Ice came back in as a prospect, which means no club tattoo until he’s in again. Now since we don’t have a tattoo removal kit we are going to have to improvise here” He says smiling widely at me, and now I know why I’m here. I look around and spot Blaze who is now clean of the blood and chunks of flesh that were previously in his hair and on his skin, I reach into my bra and pull out my pocket knife that still has some dried blood on it from the man earlier.
I walk around Ice and examine all of the tattoos he has, any that have to do with the MC will be removed. “He has one on his bicep, one on his back and one of the ribs,” I say looking down at him, “Remove them all” Jax orders and I nod my head. The garage is full of loud music so people passing by cant hear his screams, I bend down and do his ribs first, I look down and notice a detailed tattoo on his lower side, a name and a date Isaiah 22/02/2017-25/02/2017 and a tiny handprint next to it.
I bite down on my jaw when I read the dates, it was a baby, my heart hurts and I feel slightly guilty for doing this to him, “I’m sorry” I say loud enough for him to hear me before I slice into his skin effortlessly removing the first tattoo, he hisses in pain before breathing out slowly “Don’t be, I deserve it I should have given you respect”.
“I wasn’t talking about that” I reply as I finish cutting the first tattoo off, he looks at me confused before I point at the tattoo I’m talking about with my knife, the confusion drops off his face and is replaced with sadness before it goes blank. I move to his bicep and begin to do that one, “I know Jax wants me to make this hurt but I’m going to do this as quickly and painlessly as I can, not because I forgive you or think you’ve earned it but because Jax and I know how it is to lose a child and what it does to you as a person, if this is the reason you are this way it needs to change, he wouldn’t be proud”.
I quickly finish off the bicep before moving to the final one, “Why are you being nice?” He asks quietly as he looks down at the concrete ground “Because no pain I put you through is ever going to compare to the pain of losing a child, you never forget that pain, it’s a daily thing, a constant reminder that no one is invincible, even the innocent. This is a bad world and most of the time only the bad people survive so it’s our job to protect the innocent, and when you can’t do that job it hurts and you feel guilty, even if it wasn’t your fault, because in some way you still feel like it’s your fault”.
He doesn’t respond he just keeps staring at the ground, “I know I seem like a bitch and if you had the chance to kill me without any repercussions you would, and I understand why. But please understand that I’m doing this to help you, which is weird because I usually don’t care about anyone but my family, so I guess I must see something worthy in you, pull your head in dude you have a whole family right here if you go about it the right way, don’t make me actually hurt you”.
I finish the third tattoo removal and stand up wiping the blood on my shirt Jax stops the music and the room is silent, “Blaze take him to the doc to get him cleaned up and put him in our old room” Blaze nods his head and walks over to Ice helping him to his feet and out of the garage, “Everyone out” Jax yells causing all of the men to shuffle out quickly, I take a deep breath and place my pocket knife back into my bra.
“What did you say to him?” He questions as he slowly approaches me, “I told him that no matter how much pain I put him through that the pain of losing a child is always going to hurt more and for the rest of his life, I told him that if he acts normal he has a family here, I told him that the needs to pull his head in and I told him not to make me actually hurt him” He smirks at me and slowly walks closer to me, “Is my kitten getting soft?” He playfully asks while pinching my cheeks I smack his hands away and stare at him.
“Do you not remember the scene you walked into int the basement? Do I need to remind you how ‘soft’ I am?” I ask this time placing my hands on my hips, “Oh don’t tease me like that kitten, you know I find it incredibly sexy when you’re all rough and sassy,” He says as he picks me up and spins me around, I wrap my legs around his waist for support.
“Where are the dogs?” Jax asks confused for a second, “Cleaning up in the basement” I reply shrugging my shoulders “They do a better job cleaning than the rotters” He replies with a grin, “Now I do have something to ask of you my darling wife” He begins as he leaves a trail for kisses along my neck, “The doctor said no sex for another week until the birth control kicks in” I hum in reply, he groans “I know, jesus I don’t think with my dick all day” He replies muffled against my neck.
“I don’t know, sometimes I think you get the head on your head and the head in your pants confused” I smirk to ymself, he laughs against my skin and bites down on the sensitive spot on my neck “Someone is in for punishment in a week, keep going kitten, please” He says now sucking on the spot that he had previously bitten setting my body on fire, “If you don’t stop right now we don’t fuck for another month”.
He groans again but pull his face out of the crook of my neck, “Now you’re just being mean” He pouts, “You have been around Gunner for too damn long” I mumble to myself as I jump down off of him and we walk out of the garage and towards the clubhouse, “Let’s get our boy, go home make some food and relax” Jax says lifting me up and carrying me towards the doors “Sounds perfect” I hum. We walk into the clubhouse and am met by the new hacker, “Harley this is Circuit, Circuit this is Harley” He smiles and holds his hand out to me, I grab his hand and shake it while looking over him. He doesn’t seem like someone who would be into all the electronic hacking and shit, he’s covered in tattoos like the rest of us, jet black hair but bright yellowy/brown eyes like pools of honey.
“I told you I was getting Circuit to look up Annie for us” I look over to Jax and nod my head “Nice to meet you Circuit, any news on our nurse?” I ask tunring my attention back to him, “Well, actually there’s no news on her, because the name she is under does not belong to anyone. Which means she’s under a false identity, so I’m currently hacking into whitness protection to see if anyone was given her name and date of birth, I’m hoping I can work form there”. I look back over to Jax who looks just as confused and annoyed as I I feel, “Why would she in whitness protection?” I ask as I shift from foot to foot.
Betty comes down holding Elijah and passes me to him, “Changed him before I brought him down” She whispers quietly before looking at my neck and winking at me “Thanks ma” I whisper back before she walks off and back up the stairs, I re-adjust Elijah in my arms before turning my attention back to Jax and Circuit. “She might be running from something,” Circuit says while scratching the back of his head nerviously, “Or someone,” Jax says looking down at Elijah and I.
“I’ll get back to looking into her and I’ll call if I find something” I nod my head and Jax stays silent for a few seconds before replying, “If we cant find anything on her she’s not allowed to step foot into the compound. Circuit that means I need you watching the cameras in your free time, as for now, this stays between us I’ll tell Gunner tomorrow” Jax begins.
“You will tell Gunner no such thing because he’s heard it all” Gunner announces form behind us, Harley jumps at the sound of his voice and throws her elbow back hitting him in the chin and lip splitting it open, “Oh fuck, Gunner you scared the sht out of me” She says as she rocks Elijah back and forth in her arms, “Fucking hell Harlz I’m wrapping you up in fucking bubble wrap” He groans while holding onto his bloodied lip.
“Well, you should know better by now so it’s your own damn fault” She replies while smiling sweetly at him, Gunner laughs and shakes his head at her before messing up her hair, I turn my attention back to Circuit who looks confused but amused by the situation. “Anyways since he knows it stays between us. I don’t need any members shooting her up if she does rock up to the club, if we haven’t found anything and that day does come I want her taken to the basement imediently and put in a cell”.
“And if we do find something?” I ask looking to Jax, “Depends on what we find kitten, depends on what she’s running from” He replies softly, all I can do is hope that Annie or whoever Annie is has a clean enough record for Jax to let her continue to be Elijah’s nurse because I’ll tell you right now I’m not finding another one. “Alright, well thank’s brother, keep me updated” Jax says patting him on the shoulder, Circuit nods my way and I nod back before tunring around to face Jax and Gunner.
“now ive got to explain to shleby why I can’t kiss her until tomorrow” Gunner says nursing his lip, “She will be happy. You eat too much garlic bread” I reply smiling at him, his face drops and I cant help but laugh, “Goodnight Gunner,” I say as Jax wraps an arm around me “Yeah, goodnight brother” Jax says smugly as he walks us towards the back doors and towards our house.
“What are you thinking about kitten?” He asks after walking for a minuete in silence, “Everything going on. We can’t catch a break” I say with a half laugh, “That’s life darlin, but wouldn’t it be such a boring life if it wasn’t? I know you’d go bat shit crazy” He says smiling down at me, we approach the front door and unlock it before making our way inside.
Jax closes the door behind us and locks it, an unsettling feeling fills my stomach, somethings not right. I stop in my tracks and slowly look over the room infront of us looking for anything that doesn’t seem in place or normal. Jax goes to speak but I place my free hand over his mouth, “Someone’s in the house” I whisper to him he looks confused at me and I nod my head towards the shoe case.
One of the shoes has been slightly knocked to the side, anyone normal wouldn’t notice it but I remember the soes were perfect when we left. “I put those shoes on the rack, they were perfect when we left this moring” I take my hand off of his mouth and watch as he reaches for his gun in his waistband, I reach for mine as he pushes me behind him he looks at me and doesn’t have to say a word I know what he means.
He walks around the house checking and clearing each room on the bottom floor before we make our way upstares, all of the lights are off expect for one room, Elijah’s room. Jax pulls us into a small room I’ve never seen before “Where the fuck…” I start but she quickly puts his hand over my mouth to shut me up. “This is a panic room I had made when the place was built. It was made for shit like this” He says as he grabs Elijah from my arms and puts him into a portacot before pressing a red buttion and dragging me out of the room.
“What the hell are you’re doing jaxon?!” I ask as he closes the door and turns to face me “The boys will be here in a few minuetes, he will be fine trust me” He says holding onto my face and all I can do is nod my head, he’s right just a few minuetes, he will be fine. We approach the door and hear a womans voice softly humming to the tune of Elijah’s music box Betty brought him, Jax kicks open the door and we are met by and woman and a man.
The man sits on the rocking chair in the corner of the room, he looks younger than the woman who has her nasty hands all over my sons cot. “Who the fuck do you think you are?” Jax asks aiming his gun at the woman, the man in the chair sits up straight and draws his gun but I fire first the bullet going straight through his skull “Now I’m going to have to re-paint” I groan looking at the mess. “So you must be the famous Harley?” The older woman speaks looking at me. “Never you mind who I am, who the fuck are you and why are you in my sons room?” I ask moving my gun to her, “You see, you took my boy. So I thought, an eye for an eye? So I brought my other boy over here to finish you, but that seems to not be the plan anymore. So I’ll make a deal with you harley. You have escaped death time and time again, but how long can you really run from it?”
Her face turns into a twisted smile, I step infront of Jax who tries to stop me but I shake him off “Your son deserved to die he deserved every single thing he got, and I’m not running from death, infact I’m not scared of it at all, I embrace it. You see, you don’t scare me I’ve seen just how ugly this world can be, nothing scares me like that I’ve always been told that monsters live under your bed or in your closet, but in reality, they don’t, the real monsters walk amongst the living” I reply with a smirk.
“Well how about we play a little game then if you’re not scared? A real chance of fate, only one of us will walk out of this room. Will it be me, or you? It would be such a shame for your husband to have to scrub your brain matter off your sons room” She grins as she pulls out a gun of her own, she opens it and shows me that there’s only one bullet in there, the others are empty “Ever heard of Russian Roulette darling?”.