Blood vs. Loyalty

Crucifixed

Holly and Jax were tangled up together, panting and moaning each other's names. They hadn't been able to keep their hands off each other all morning. They were getting ready for round three, but before they could do anything else, they heard the front door open. Holly looked at Jax in confusion, getting up and putting a robe on before going down, stopping when she saw Gemma.

"What the fuck are you doing here?"
"Relax. I came to return my key. That's it. I figured you would want me to."
"Oh. Put it on the table."
"Can I ask how the kids are?"
"Sleeping. Did you talk to Eglee?"
"Yeah. The court date's tomorrow. You gonna be there?"
"With Rosen."

Holly walked into the courtroom with Rosen and the kids, putting the stroller next to her as she sat down at the table. They had taken a recess and it was over and they would get the judge's ruling. She watched as the judge came back into the room, sitting down at his chair.

"During the recess, I reviewed all of the evidence from both sides, and while I can say that I'm appalled at the nature of the father's lifestyle, I can see that Jackson Teller is a good father. And that's not even in question. What is in question is the paternal grandmother's involvement in the lives of the children. I took a long hard look at Ms. Pavlov's list of grievances and there's no question in my mind as to how to proceed. I am ruling in favor of Ms. Pavlov. Gemma Teller, you are not allowed to have any contact with Abel, Thomas or Valentina Teller and I am granting Ms. Pavlov's request for a restraining order. We are adjourned. Case closed."

Holly let out a breath of relief as the gavel banged down, looking at Rosen with a smile, shaking his hand and giving him a hug before getting up and wheeling the kids out to her car, putting them in their seats as Gemma caught up to her.

"You stupid bitch!"
"I'm not the stupid one here, Gemma. I told you the last time we spoke that I didn't have any more chances or free passes to give you. I trusted you and you betrayed you in the worst way. Now you can suffer the consequences of your actions. Get away from me and my family. And stay away from us. You've lost. Accept it."

Holly was just coming downstairs to get some tea as Jax came in through the door.

"Nero called. Mom's not doing so hot right now."
"I'd feel worse if she hadn't pulled the shit she did for so long."

She kissed him softly before going to make herself some tea, hearing Jax come in behind her.

"I just hope the kids understand."
"They will one day. But I just can't bring myself to feel guilty about this, Jax. I've been hurt and tortured by your mother for so long that I don't have any guilt or love for her. And that was her own doing. I can't feel sorry for someone that screwed up so badly after being warned repeatedly what would happen if they kept screwing up like they did."
"I get it. And believe me, I don't blame you for doing this. But she's still my mother, your godmother, and the kids' grandmother. You said it yourself. They should know her because of that."
"And there's a part of me that still believes that. She will always be your mother, but the love I had for the woman my mother trusted is completely gone. I can't look at her without thinking about the rape. Maybe it's not fair to keep going back to that, but it's equally not fair to make me keep that secret knowing how badly it was hurting me and you by my actions that came from that secret. She stopped caring about me the second Zobelle threatened the club. And that's fine. But she ended up using the worst moment in my life against you and Clay to manipulate you into staying. I don't give a shit who you are, you don't do that to someone you claim to love and care for."