The Mechanic

Part 28

The morning after Opie's wake quickly came around and after last night events with Tara and Carla, I had decided to bury myself in the garage to work on the cars that needed to be fixed. I was still heavily annoyed with Tara for what she had did which I knew that she had caught on when I spotted her approaching the garage.

"Letty, have you got a minute? I want to talk about what happened last night with Carla." Tara asked

"As long as you make it quick, I've got a shit tone of work to do." I huffed

"What went on between Carla and I was a family matter that needed to be dealt with. I know how things may look but I don't know why it would be any of your concern, let alone why you would be angry at me for it." Tara explained, leaving me to be angrier at her than before.

"Are you fucking serious? You don't have a clue why I would possibly be pissed off? You decided it would be a good time to beat the shit out of Carla while Opie's wake was going on. What you did was fucking disrespectful!" I snapped

Without having the chance to reply, both Jax and Chibs wandered over to where Tara and I had stood to see what the arguing was about as it looked like it was getting pretty heated.

"What's going on?" Jax questioned

"Oh! I take it that Tara hasn't told you?" I scoffed

"Told me what?" Jax questioned again

"Letty please don't! There is no need to add any more problems to the table." Tara begged

"During Opie's wake, Tara thought it was a good idea to beat the shit out of Carla in the garage while we were all grieving and she can't seem to think how she is possibly in the wrong, let alone why I would be angry about it." I answered ignoring Tara's plea.

Looking at Jax and Chibs, I could tell that they were trying to find the right words to say. I knew that Chibs wouldn't want to get involved regardless of how he felt and Jax was stuck in between both Tara and I. Continuing to look at Jax, I knew that he wasn't going to say much which angered me further.

"You know what? Never-fucking-mind. I can't be dealing with this shit, I'm out. And don't worry, I'm not going to fucking drink." I snapped before I started walking away from them.

Storming out of the lot, I left the trio stood where I left them as I drove all the way to the Terry's house so I could see Mickey. I knew that Mickey would most likely be there, regardless of the recent events that happened with Terry.

During the ride, I had to stop myself from crying which I couldn't control any longer when Mickey answered the front door of the house.

Without hesitation, I practically lunged myself at Mickey as I wrapped my arms around his torso leaving him to start stroking my back with one of his hands while the other rested on the back of my head as he heard me crying.

Time had passed since I had arrived at Terry's house and after the long hug I had thrown at Mickey the second I saw him, we were soon sat on the couch catching up as we had barely seen each other since both him and Ian stayed at the clubhouse.

"I don't understand how Jax can be okay with Tara did. I know that he was in a tough spot with being in the middle of us but I thought he would of backed me up. Instead he just looked at me like I was crazy." I explained, removing the tears from my cheeks.

"I understand why Tara did what she did to Carla -- she was just protecting her family but there's a time and place for that shit which is not at your husband's best friend's wake, like come on. Tara should of waited at least a day or so before attacking Carla." Mickey stated

"Exactly! That was the point I was trying to make but Tara couldn't seem to understand why I would be mad about it, like it wasn't obvious that Opie was my brother or her husband's best friend" I agreed