Going Home

Chapter 16

The guys had tied Hale up in one of the bedrooms and joined the others around their makeshift table. Everyone eyeing Daniel as they sat and talked among themselves. They were uneasy about the new face that had joined them in their hunt for Lowen. Happy sat close to Tasha, like he was trying to shield her from any danger that could come her way.

As everyone began to settle, Jax brought everyone up to speed. "So the meeting with O'Shea has proven to be informative." he said with a smirk. "We got a lot of dirt on Lawn as well as Hale."

Happy smirked knowing the end game. Tasha squeezed his hand under the table. "Hale hired a guy to take me out." she explained to everyone. "He hired this man right here." she motioned to where Daniel was sitting casually watching the others.

Everyone tensed at the new information being given to them. Tig's hands curled into fists as he went to stand, Jax resting his hand on his shoulder, keeping him on place. "What the hell is he doing here?" Tig growled with a disgusted look on his face. Tig was fiercely protective of her. Had been since her father had died.

Tasha looked over at Tig and looked into his piercing blue eyes. "It's ok Tiggy. He's not gonna hurt me." she assured him. "He's the one that told me about the hit. He emailed me first thing this morning and when I talked to him as we were all loading up he let me in on everything."Tig seemed to calm down a bit, but stilled his gaze on Daniel.

"Hale wanted her taken out, along with Teller and her old man. Which I'm assuming is you?" he said pointing to Happy. "His plan was for me to to be at the office, knowing the brother and boyfriend would be there with her." he continued.

She looked towards Jax to see his jaw ticking and his nostrils flared. "The plan was for him to take me out, when we left." she said quietly.

Jax's brows knitted. "He wanted us to see him kill you."

Happy stood from his seat and took a step towards the room where Hale was kept. She reached out and grabbed his hand keeping him in place. "Whoa, killer. Reel it in. Not the time." she reminded him.

"So what was the plan after you took her out?" Jax asked, leaning into the table.

Daniel leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh as he ran a hand over his face. "He knew you guys would want retaliation." he said looking at Jax and then the rest of the guys. "He was setting you up. He was going to hit you where it hurt, and watch you break. Taking the club down with you."

Tasha shook her head as she scoffed. "That's where he underestimated them." she said. "This club means everything to both of them. They would want retaliation, but they wouldn't put the club at risk."

He shook his head. "That's where you're wrong." he corrected her. "He knew how much the club means to each and everyone of you. Since the original plan backfired, he was going to get you all locked up and deal with it in county. Take you out one by one."

The room fell silent as they all thought about what was just said as Juice looked up from his laptop and spoke. "Lowen has a lot of pull in County. He's got guards in his pocket, along with associates inside."

"If any of you were to be locked up, you wouldn't make it a day." Tasha said as she looked at Jax. "This is why we need to be smart about all this."

Juice nodded as he turned the laptop towards Tasha. "Tasha asked me to help with the paper trail, and I found this." he pointed out while she read.

Her eyes bugged out of her head and smiled at him and then looks over to Jax. "See, better hacker." Jax smirked at her and nodded. She showed Jax what she had read and looked at Juice. "You sure these are guards?"

Juice nodded and pulled up the second tab he had opened. "At least two so far. I gotta look into the others." he said as he stood back and leaned up against the counter.

"Shit. that makes the plan for getting Lowen locked up out of the question, He'll more than likely walk." Tig scoffed.

They all sat quietly thinking about their next move. Jax stood and kissed Tasha's cheek before walking away from the table. He needed to clear his head. He wasn't going to let Lowen destroy his club, or take his sister from him. He sat on the porch and pulled out a joint. Lighting it and taking a haul, he looked out over the setting Californian sun. "This shit is gonna get bloody." he sighed to himself as he leaned against the railing.

Tasha and Happy had retreated to the bedroom. He sat her down on the bed and wrapped his arms tightly around her. "You were great today. He said as he kissed the side of her neck.

She smiled as she leaned into him, resting her arms on his. "I chaneled my inner Gemma." she chuckled. "I just can't wait for this to be over."

As they sat in comfortable silence. Happy had a thought. "You still have your contact in County?" he asked quietly.

She nodded and turned to look at him. "Yeah, why? What are you thinking?" she asked as she watched the wheels start to turn.

He stood and started to pace,running the ideas he had through his mind. He mulled over different scenarios and looked at her. "You think they can find out specifically who's on the take?" he asked. He knew that if there were a couple that there most definitely were more.

She thought about it for a second and ran into the main room, looking for her bag. Juice gave her look and looked over to see Tig and Daniel watching her. She finally found what she was looking for and headed back to the bedroom.

"Should we be worried?" Juice asked.

Tig and Daniel both shrugged as they mulled over that thought. "Depends on what she's cookin." Tig shrugged.

She slammed the door to the bedroom as she dialed the number she knew by heart. A she listened to the rings on the other end, she made herself comfortable on the bed, grabbing the notepad she had brought in with her.

Finally after the fourth ring she heard a voice come through the phone. "Chris? Hey. you think you can do something for me?"

Happy left her to her conversation and headed out to the living room. He huffed as he flopped onto the couch. He was exhausted, and didn't know how to shut his mind of for five damn minutes to actually calm himself down. He felt the couch dip as Juice sat with him.

"She has a plan cooking doesn't she?" he asked, looking over to Happy. He saw he was staring off into space and realized they both were. "This is gonna end bloody, isn't it?"

"Oh yes, it is."