A Fathers Love ⭐️

Chapter 28

We arrived back at the shop, half sack saw us arrive together and I saw him deflate slightly. I sighed and got off the bike.

"Give me a minute?" I asked, Jax nodded.

"We'll be in the boardroom." Jax said and walked away. I walked over to half sack...Kip. He smiled as I approached him.

"Hey." I said and he gave a small smile.

"Hey."

"Listen, about last night..." I started to say, and Kip shook his head.

"No, it's okay. I knew why you did what you did. Even though I didn't want to believe it I knew I was being used last night." Kip said and I sighed hanging my head.

"I didn't mean it Kip and I want you to know you are a great guy. And last night was a lot of fun-..." I said and we both smiled at each other, "But I'm a little fucked up right now and don't know what I need in my life." I said and he just half nodded.

"Well, I'm always here if you aren't with Jax and just need to have some fun." Kip said and we both laugh. I leaned in and kissed his cheek.

"Thanks half sack." I said with a wink and went to walk into the clubhouse. Gemma stopped me before I could walk in.

"Do you need back up in there?" She asked and I shook my head.

"No, I did this. I deserve whatever happens." I said and she sighed. She walked me to the meeting room doors. I sighed and knocked as Gemma walked away.

"Come in!" Clays voice yelled and I opened the door to slight shock seeing the entire club sitting around the table. I saw Clay, my dad, Jax, juice, Bobby, Chibs, Opie, Piney who was an older member and Opie's dad.

"Stand there." Clay said pointing to an open spot at the end of the table, next to where Piney was sitting. Everyone was looking at me.

"Can I just try to -..."

"Shut up!" Clay yelled and I jumped slightly. I looked at Tig and he wasn't even looking at me.

"You know Jules, we let you in our group no questions asked. Brought you around the club, date the Vice President, work on our books. All we ever asked for was open honesty and discretion from you." Clay stated.

"I've given you that." I spoke up. He threw the photos with the note of the table. Everyone looked at it. He then threw the pictures Jax took from my house of me with my mom and her boyfriend.

"Where did you -...?"

"I took them when we cleaned out your house." Jax said and I looked at him in shock.

"You stole my pictures?!" I yelled.

"Not the point!" Clay yelled. I just looked down at the table.

"Jules, the guy in these pictures..." Tig started to say.

"Moms old boyfriend?" I questioned.

"Yeah, what do you know about him?" Tig asked.

"Nothing much. I mean he rolled into town, mom met him, and they started dating. He seemed really sweet with her. I was happy she finally had found someone." I said.

"Did anything about him put you off?" Bobby spoke up.

"No...not really." I said.

"What do you mean not really?" Chibs asked.

"What the hell is with the third degree about a guy I haven't seen in years?!" I asked pissed off.

"Just answer the question, Jules!" Jax yelled and I just looked at him. I crossed my arms and sighed.

"All I mean by not really is that he asked about my real dad a couple of times with mom. Asked if he was ever around and mom would tell him no. She left out about the letters, but he found one once. I heard them yelled in her room about the connection, but I didn't know what he meant." I explained.

"Did he ever scare you or harm you?" Tig asked and I shook my head.

"No, he was sweet up until he disappeared -..." I trailed off. I had a thought enter my head.

"What just hit you?" Opie asked.

"It was something he did right before he left. He and I talked, I thought it was kind of weird."

"What was said?" Piney asked.

"Well, he asked what I would do if I found out my father was in some shady dealings? He also made a comment about how it being mom and I only in the house that I should look into a security system in case someone broke in." I said and Jax clenched his fists.

"Do you think...?" Jax asked looking at Clay and Tig.

"Possibly." Tig said. I then started thinking and I rubbed my head.

"You okay sweetie?" Piney asked being the only one who noticed.

"Just remembering something from the night of the break in..."

"What?" Opie and Jax asked.

"After I was knocked out, I came to for a split second and I heard 2 voices talking. One asked what they were doing there, the other answered that one he was proving a point about the house and the second was that he was getting back at the people who messed with him the most. He knew the death of the bitch...my mother, would lead him to the ones he needed." I explained.

I started to feel slightly dizzy from pushing to remember. Piney, who I was standing next to grabbed my arm and pulled me to sit on the arm on his chair and I smiled at him as a thank you.

"You just remembered this now?!" Clay yelled.

"Things from that night are fuzzy! I can't help they hit me a few times in the fucking head!" I yelled back.

Things were silent and I gasped.

"What?" Tig asked.

"Just the voice is coming through clearer, the one looking for Jax...it was him..." I said and pointed to the man in the pictures, and they all looked at each other. "Who is he?!" I asked annoyed.

"What name did he give your mother?" Tig asked.

"Clint Tanners." I said.

"His name is Rane Quinn. He used to be a member of the club, but we had to let him go for some underhanded dealing he was doing that put Jax and Tig in a lot of trouble." Opie said and I looked between the two of them.

"Reason as why he found mom and I. Hoping we would lead him back to you...as an in?" I asked and everyone gave a small nod. "Why not just show up here?" I asked.

"Because we banned him from the club for good. He steps foot here, he gets killed." Jax said and I just sat there in slight shock.

"So, he was with my mother and I thinking we knew, he broke into my place to get information knowing I was with you. Meaning he is watching me, watching my life, I've never been safe..." I rambled on and then covered my mouth feeling sick and running out of the meeting room to the restroom.

My whole like I had been in danger, Tig staying away never changed a damn thing. I was getting sick in the toilet when the door opened that I had enough mind to close and Jax knelt beside me and held my hair back while also rubbing my back.

"Am I in danger?" I asked once I finished and leaned against the wall. Jax handed me a dishrag to wipe my mouth with.

"We will keep you safe. But we actually want to use you as bait." Jax said and I just looked at him.