Going Home

chapter 13

Edited

As night fell, they found themselves sitting around the large table discussing the meet that they were supposed to attend that day. "We're going to need a lockdown." Jax says as the guys quiet down. "Until we know what these assholes are up to, we're all a target now."

The guys agreed, just as Tasha walked into the room. "Jax that's a bad idea. Everyone in the same place is a big target." she said as she sat on Happy's lap. You saw how easy it was for that henchman of his to get into the lot. What makes you think that he won't try that here?"

Jax looked at her and shook his head. "It's the only way to guarantee that we're all safe." he counters.

"Look, we're all together and in the middle of nowhere. You can't see two feet in front of you after dark. Makes it easy for someone to lurk in the shadows." she argued.

"All the more reason why we're safer here than the clubhouse." he insisted. "We know these woods better than anyone."

She huffed in defeat. "I just couldn't forgive myself if something happened to Abel or Thomas."

They were all in thought until Juice broke the silence. "We still have access to Piney's cabin. It's just down the lane way." he said looking over to Jax. "We can have the kids and old ladies stay there with a couple of croweaters."

Jax was impressed with the idea and nodded. "Make it happen." he said. "Make sure no one follows and keep everyone together if you can. Take Quinn with you."

Juice nodded and decided to take the prospects with him as well. Tasha looked to Jax and ran a hand through her hair. "So what do we do now?" she asks, exhaustion lacing her words.

He looked around the table and sighed. "How much more do you have on Hale?"

"Everything I have, you have all read through. We know he has a large anonymous partner, which all signs point to being Lowen. We just need to find the paper trail. If that gets out, council will back out of Charming Heights." she explains. "One thing we know is they would rather have Charming go tits up than revamp it with tainted money."

"You think you can dig in some more and find the paper trail?" Bobby asked.

She shrugged. "I can see what I can find. Juice is the better hacker. Fucker can hack his way into anything."

Jax was quiet in thought as he listened to everyone around the table. He was piecing everything together. "What about Lowen?" he asks quietly.

Tasha sighs and goes to grab her laptop. "Jax you know everything I know." she said as she took Juice's seat he was occupying just minutes ago. "Between kidnapping, money laundering, to human trafficking. Even murder. The guy has never been formally charged with anything heavier than a damn DUI and that some petty shit. But that was years ago." Her fingers clicked along the keyboard pulling up file after file.

Happy sat back thinking while she worked, until something hit him like a freight train. Something he thought he read on her log that she made him look through. He shot out of his chair and stood behind her, the guys looking at him like he was out of his mind. "Baby, go to your log."

She looked at him confused, but did as he had asked. She pulled up the log she had shown him just the night before. "What's up, killer? What do you see?" she asked.

As he read a devious grin spread across his face. "You need a definite tie to Hale and Lowen right?" he asked. At her nod he pointed to the screen. "Right there."

She looked at where he was pointing and read through the log. It was an inquiry into Lowen, as well as two others. John Sullivan and Peter O'Shea. Her eyes went wide as a smile crept onto her face. She jumped from her chair and kissed his lips. "Hap, your a fucking genius!"

Tig smirked and shook his head. "C'mon, you two can suck each other's faces off later. What the hell is going on?" he asked.

Tasha turned the laptop towards Jax. "That right there is a direct link between Hale and Lowen. Read the email."

Jax read the email out loud and smiled as he read the last line. "It would be imperative that I get the information on these three investors as soon as possible." His eyes shot up to Tasha.

"That right there is how we deal with all this bullshit. Not with Unser or the SanWa PD. We anonymously send this little piece of information to Lowen."

"Then Lowen deals with Hale, and we take out Lowen." he finishes for her.

She nods and smiles as she crosses her arms over her chest. She watches as the guys all think over what they had just revealed. She was thinking everything over and remembered something from the background check. "O'Shea... he's got ties to the IRA." She said aloud, as everyone got quiet again.

"What did you say?" Chibs asked confused.

"Peter O'Shea and John Sullivan. They were the other two Hale had me look into." She explains. "O'Shea had ties to the IRA."

Chibs looked to Jax with an eyebrow raise. "We need to get the Irish on the phone, Jackie. If it's true aout O'Shea, maybe we can get the luck of the Irish on our side." he smirked. Jax agreed and pulled his phone out. This was getting deeper by the day and he couldn't wait to get the club and his sister out of this mess.

It was late by the time Jax got off the phone with the Kings and he was confident of their plan now. He sighed heavily as he laid himself down onto the couch and looked over to the picture of his parents on the mantle. "If you can hear me, watch over her. Make sure we both get out of this alive." he whispered as he closed his eyes and drifted off to a restless slumber.