Arrangement Of Love

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Juice and I have been married three months and are at one of SAMCRO's Friday night parties when a black car pulls into the lot. I see Clay, Tig and Happy walk over to the guy and start talking. One of his goons looks over at me and Juice pulls me behind him, seemingly out of sight. Once the guys is gone, Clay comes over with a business card and tells Juice to find out all he knows. Juice looks at me and asked "Are you okay baby?" I just nod my head. The way that guy looked at me made my nerves go on overload. "I got her, baby." Gemma says and Juice kisses me and heads inside to do his research. "Are you okay?" Gemma asked me. "I think so. I have seen that guy somewhere before." I tell her. "Who?" she asked. "The one with the tattoo on his throat. I just can't place where." Then it hits me. "Gemma, I know who he is. That's AJ Weston. He's one of my mom's dealers." I tell her. Gemma calls Clay over. "Manda knows one of that guy's goons." she says. "Who is he Sweetheart?" Clay asked. "His name is AJ Weston. He was one of mom's dealers. Everytime he came over, he would watch every move I made. Used to creep me out." I told him. "Do you know anything about him?" he asked. "Just what I heard mom say. He was always asking how old I was and when I would turn 18. He told her that he would take me for trade for her drugs. I don't know if she ever said anything about agreeing but I would not have put it past her." I tell him. "Do you know the other guy? Zobelle?" he asked. "No but I heard Dad talk about him once. He said he was the head of some white supremacy group and that he was moving into town to 'cleanse' the town. But dad said he wasn't really for the cause. That the only color he cared about was green." I said. "That's good baby girl. You think of anything else, you find one of us." Clay said and Juice comes walking out. "You got a good girl there Juice." Clay says and Juice just smiles. "You okay baby?" he asked, pulling me to him. "Yeah. I knew one of those guys because of mom so I told Clay what I knew." I told him. "Good. That's good baby."

An hour later, everyone was gone but the club and Old Ladies. I was sitting on one of the couches when the prospect that I came to know as Kip comes over and offers me a bottled water. I take it gladly and we just sit there. The guys come out of church and Juice takes my hand and leads me out the door to head home. Once we walk into the house, he pulls me to him. "You did good tonight babe. Clay said you didn't hesitate to tell him what you knew. You told him without asking. Do you know how good of an Old Lady you are becoming?" he asked. "I knew he needed the info." I say. "Yeah but most women, Gemma included, would have asked questions but you didn't. Do you know how good that looks on me that I have an Old Lady that's showing her devotion to me and my club?" he asked and I just lower my head. "Gemma said that everything we do is a reflection of you to the club. I just don't want to screw up." I say. He tilts my head to look at him and says "You are an amazing Old Lady. I love you Manda Ortiz." he says. I look at him shocked. "I love you too Juan Carlos." I say and he pulls me to him and kisses me deeply.

He picks me up bridal style and we head to bed. He kisses me softly and I deepen the kiss. We slowly undress each other and he enters me slowly. Thrusting in and out slowly, making love to me, I start to writhe underneath him. "Faster Juan." I moan and he doesn't disappoint. I moan louder and louder until I reach my release. He moans my name as he reaches his right behind me. "I love you Juan. I never thought I would love someone but I love you." I tell him. "I love you too Baby. Always." he says before kissing me again. He rolls off of my and pulls me into his side. I turn my back to him and snuggle against him and he pulls me as close as he can get me.

The next morning, Juan's prepay starts ringing. He answers it and sits straight up. "We are on our way." Juan says hanging up. "Babe, get up and get dressed. We have to go to St Thomas. Gemma's been in an accident." he says. I jump up and get dressed. Pulling my hair into a messy bun and heading out the door. We get to St Thomas and head to the front desk. "Gemma Morrow was brought in. Where is she?" I asked. "And you are?" the nurse asked. "Her daughter." I say and Juan looks at me smiling. She tells us where to go and Juan asked, "Daughter?" I say "She told me once I married you I was her daughter, not theirs so yes, daughter." He takes my hand and we run into the waiting room where Clay was. He fills us in on what's going on. Tara comes out and gives us an update. "Can we see her?" Clay asked. "We are still running tests and it will be a while." Tara says. "Clay, I'll stay here with her if you need to go. I can call you as soon as we know something." I tell him. "Yeah. Okay. Thank you Sweetheart." Clay tells me, kissing my forehead. "Juice, stay with your Old Lady. Don't let them out of your sight." Clay says and Juan nods. "Can I see her?" I asked. "Yeah. Juice you will have to stay in the hall with the tests we are running." Tara says and he nods.

Getting to her room, I walk in and I see her. I see how shaken she is. I have seen how strong this woman is. There's something going on. "Hey Ma." I say and she smiles. I had started calling her Ma lately and she loves it. "Hey baby. Guys still here?" she asked. "No, I sent them on. Juan is outside the door though. He's going to stay with us." I tell her and she nods. "Now, you wanna tell me what really happened?" I asked and she looks at me shocked. "I know this isn't from a wreck." I whisper. She tells me about the guys that beat her and raped her. "Ma, you gotta tell Clay. Did they have any ink?" I asked. "One of them, the one that did the talking had an upside down peace sign on his throat." she said. I tense up. "That's Weston." I tell her. "Gemma, you gotta tell the guys." I tell her. "No, that's what they want. They want the guys to do something. You can't tell anyone either. Not even Juice." she says. "Gemma, I won't keep things from Juan but I will make him keep it to himself until you decide to tell them." I tell her. She nods her okay and Tara finishes the tests. I drive her home and when we leave, Juan and I go home.

Walking in the door, I tell him. "I need to talk to you. But what I am going to tell you has to stay between us. Please." I tell him and he nods. "Gemma wasn't in an accident. She wanted me to keep this to myself but I told her I was not going to hide things from you. But I need you to keep this quiet until I can talk her into telling Clay first." I say and he says "Okay. What happened?" he asked. I say "She was stopped by a blonde woman yelling that her baby was choking. Gemma got out to help her and saw that it was a baby doll. The woman hit her over the head with something and knocked her out. She woke up chained to a fence and three men came in and beat her and raped her, repeatedly. I asked if she saw any ink and she said there was one that had something on his throat. I know who it was. It was AJ Weston and he's working for Zobelle. She said that they wanted her to pass the message not to sell guns to color." I say and Juan pulls me to him. "We have to talk her into telling them." he says.

A few days later, Jax starts talking about going Nomad. "Gemma you need to tell them. They need to see the bigger picture right now and get their heads outta their asses." I tell her. "I know. Look, I will have Jax and Tara come over tonight and tell Clay and Jax at the same time." she tells me. "I will let Juan know. He's been keeping it secret but he's been pulling intel on them too so when it's brought to the club, he will be able give them the info they need." I tell her.

That next morning, Juan was called to church. He told me to pack a bag that we were staying at the clubhouse until this was done. He didn't want me alone just incase. I didn't argue. Once we were at the clubhouse, Gemma cornered me. "Thank you for keeping that a secret." she says. "Ma, it's okay. But I won't keep things from my husband. I won't break that trust." I tell her. "I know and you did good. You kept true to your Old Man and still let me be the one to tell them." she says. "You are a good Old Lady." she says and Juan walks up and says "Yes she is." He pulls me to him and says "Let's go to our room." Walking into our dorm room, he locks the door and pulls me to the bed. "We are planning on meeting up with them tonight. Our best ten against their best ten. You need to make sure you stay here and inside this clubhouse." he tells me. "I will Juan. I promise." I say. Pulling me to him I say "Please just be careful. I need you to come back whole. You are all I have." He kisses the top of my head and says "I will always come back. I promise baby." I lay down on the bed and pull him with me. I kiss him and say "I think you need to claim your Old Lady." He smiles and says "Hell yeah I will."