Addicted

Eighteen

"I know Tig isn't here right now for obvious reasons,"Jax said, looking down before continuing,"But we gotta figure this shit out."

"Sack, what ya got on these bastards?" Clay asked.

"Not much. They lay pretty low on the radar," he said.

To everyone's surprise, the chapel's doors swung open revealing Tig.

He took his seat and threw a piece of paper to Clay. "This letter was in Liz's mailbox.

"You think a dead kid is the worst thing that could happen to you bitch? We've got so much more for you and your biker assholes. Meet me at the boat docks near Laverne at midnight tonight and no one else gets hurt. See ya then mommy." Clay read aloud.

"We've gotta do something. These assholes are playin' us man," Tig screamed, pushing himself out of his seat to stand.

"Tiggy, calm down. We go to the meet instead of the girl," Clay said simply.

"They are expectin' us,"Jax said.

"What makes ya say that?" Chibs asked.

"They knew Elizabeth wouldn't be steppin' foot back at her apartment, not for at least a few more days. I'm tellin' y'all, that was meant for us," Jax explained, running his hands through his hair.

"Watergate said these bastards were ruthless," Clay stated, looking around at all of his men.

Bobby looked up quizzically,"What does that even mean?"

Jax sighed,"It means we prepare for a fuckin' battle."

Clay slammed the gavel down, ending the meeting.

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A knock on the door startled Elizabeth, who had been staring blankly at the wall for hours.

She was surprised to see a blonde woman, who she was pretty sure was with one of the club members, standing there.

The lady smiled,"Hey, I'm Courtney mind if I come in?"

Elizabeth didn't say anything, but rather went back to looking at the wall when Courtney took a seat in front of her.

"I think you know Juice, well that's my boyfriend. He's in a room a few doors over. I hope you don't get mad, but he told me what happened. I get that looking at the wall is better than talking about it, but you need to," Courtney said as Elizabeth looked at her.

"I don't need to do anything right now. I just held my baby, my tiny, innocent baby until she stopped breathing and died. So yes, staring at the fucking wall is what I'm going to do," she told her before her attention went back to the same wall.

"You do whatever you need to do, but just know that when you want to talk, I'll be around. I went through some pretty traumatizing shit when I first started dating Juice, and I needed someone, and you're gonna need someone. You're not as strong as you think you are," Courtney said before getting up to leave just as Elizabeth grabbed her arm and looked up at her.

"Thank you," she said. Courtney nodded before walking out and leaving Elizabeth to her own thoughts.

Tig walked in shortly after Courtney had departed. He sat down in front of her and took her hands. She looked at him as he began to speak,"We got a hit on these guys, Liz. We're meetin' 'em tonight to finish this shit."

She scoffed,"To finish it? Why would I expect anything different?" She jerked her hands away from his, and he looked at her quizzically.

"I thought you'd want this? They killed our baby," he whispered for sake of no one over hearing them.

She looked at him with wide eyes,"You don't think I know that? I fuckin' know what they did. I think about it every time I feel my stomach that's still extended, or when the doctors came in today and had me fill out what I wanted done with the body. You weren't here, instead you were with your friends discussing revenge plans. I needed you," she told him, tears pouring down her face both from sadness and rage.

"Oh you needed me? I didn't think I was too needed when you fuckin' left me to do this shit on your own. Did ya forget that?" He sneered but immediately softened when Elizabeth turned away from him and her body shook with tears.

Tig didn't attempt to comfort her, knowing that wasn't the best idea at the moment. "I have to go with 'em. I need them to pay for what they did," he said before walking out of her room.