Venomous (Jax Teller)

twenty four

"Got Luanne on drug charges. Cherry on theft and arson."

Half-sack was just as upset, with Cherry being his girlfriend, "That don't make sense."

Unser was also sitting at the table. Julia never thought that would happen, but seeing as how Stahl had kicked him out of his office, it didn't surprise her much. None of this did. It pissed her off, but she wasn't shocked.

"Stahl's trying to use RICO. If she can prove her case, she can take you all down," Unser said.

"And if we go down?" Chibs asked.

"Why do you think I'm sitting at the goddamn table, Scotty?"

Clay looked to Jax and Julia, "We got anything to be worried about with the doc? She's seen a lot of shit over the past couple of weeks."

"No," Julia said with confidence.

Tara wouldn't compromise them, and with Eli in the fray, she wouldn't risk hurting him either. Especially not after what happened with Kohn. Julia wouldn't rat Tara out, but she could just as easily be implicated since she was the one being stalked.

Tig didn't seem convinced, "Little miss Tara's the one who got ATF here in the first place."

Julia rolled her eyes, "She got Kohn here, yeah, but Stahl rolled up all on her own, and probably would've come by anyway."

"We got nothing to worry about with Tara. I trust her," Jax said.

Bobby walked through the door, "Rosen can't get through to Otto in Stockton. He's on federal watch. No calls, in or out."

"Shit!" Clay cursed in frustration.

"Stahl's pressing him for history, huh? Using Luanne as leverage."

"Otto will never rat," Piney said.

"You know," Clay started, "if it was me, and they had Gemma, I'd just give them something useless. Some old shit that wouldn't hurt the club."

"With RICO, no info is useless."

"The way Otto pines for Luanne, he'll do anything he can to protect her."

Julia knew this was sounding worse and worse. She was no rat, but if she was in Otto's place and it was one of her people on the line, she'd do something stupid to get them out of it. She'd probably make something up or she would risk herself. Julia didn't care if she got life in prison as long as her loved one's were ok.

Tig glared at Half-sack, "Little Cherry pie knows all about Indian Hills."

"Cherry would never say nothing," Half-sack assured.

"Oh yeah?" Chibs asked, "You willing to bet your top rocker on that, prospect?"

"We all have our past and present indiscretions, boys," Bobby defended.

"Goddamn ATF bitch. That goddamn bitch!"

Julia reached into Jax's front pocket and took out his cigarettes, lighting one up for herself, "This is a mess."

"Hey, they keep the girls over in your cell tonight?" Jax asked Unser.

"Yeah," he confirmed.

"You still got your keys?"

"What are you thinking here?"

"Get a message to Luanne. She talks to Otto. She can warn him about Stahl using RICO," Jax said.

"What about Cherry?"

"We'll see where she's at. You think you can get me inside?"

Unser shrugged, "I doubt the feds are working around the clock. But I got four guys, and dispatch on 11 to 7."