Love & Hate

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

The next morning, I woke up alone. Thinking maybe the club called and I didn't hear the phone but then I hear them talking in the living room. I get up and put on a pair of Koz's boxers and one of Happy's shirts, I walk into the living room and they stop talking when they see me. They both smirk when they see what I am wearing. "Morning guys." I say. "Morning babe." Koz says walking over to kiss me. I walk over to Happy and kiss him and he says "Morning little girl." I head to the kitchen to start breakfast and after a few minutes they follow me in there. "We think we know our next step." Happy said. I look at him, waiting on him to continue. "We are going to talk to Jax and talk about a change in leadership." Koz says. "Really? Do you think he will do it?" I asked. "We think so. He's been pushing against Clay for a while. We are sure he's seeing what we are seeing." Koz says. We eat breakfast and while I am cleaning up the kitchen, there's a knock at the door. They had called Jax.

Jax walks in so I head to the bedroom to give them some privacy. As I head down the hall, Koz stops me. "You don't have to leave babe. You know about what we are going to talk about." I look at Happy and he nods his okay and I asked Jax "Are you okay with me being here?" He smiles and says "If your Old Men are okay with it then I am." I walk over to the couch and sit between Kozik and Happy while they are talking to Jax. "Jax, We think Clay made that deal with the Cartel before he brought it to the club. We think he's making decisions for the club without talking to us." Koz says. "You feel that way too, Hap?" Jax asked. "Yeah. Just seems he is thinking about himself instead of the club. Like he's working his way out." Hap says. "I agree with you guys and I've been thinking. I want to challenge leadership." Jax says and both my guys nod. "Well, we've got your back on this. It seems you have been trying to keep us under the radar more than he has." Koz says. "Well, then I will talk to the others and we can get the vote going but it won't be easy to get us out from under the Cartel. But we will get out." Jax says. "We trust you." Happy says. "What do you think?" Jax asked me. "They talked to me about it before the vote. I just listened and asked them what they thought. I support whatever my Old Men decide. I have their back but I'm telling you Jax, my top priority are these two men. I support the club but these two come first. Period." I tell him. "I respect that." he says.

Jax left and I went back to the kitchen to get them beers. After handing them their beers, I head back to the kitchen and get things out to start baking cupcakes. I bake when I'm stressed. Happy heads to shower and Koz comes into the kitchen. "You okay baby?" he asked, putting his arms around my waist. "Yeah. I'm okay." I tell him and continue what I am doing. "No you're not. You only bake when you are stressed." he says kissing my neck. I sigh and turn in his arms. "You know Clay won't take the change in leadership easily. Something's going to happen. I can feel it." I say. "What do you think will happen?" Koz asked. "I don't know but I don't see him taking this easily." I say. "Cupcakes? What's wrong?" Hap asked. "She thinks something is going to happen." Koz says "I just don't see this going well. Clay is too power hungry to just let this drop. He may not go for you guys but we all know he will play dirty." I say. "Call Jax. Might not be a bad idea to keep the Old Ladies under protection until we see how this shit plays out." Koz says. "You think he would come after the Old Ladies?" I ask. "Don't want to take any chances." Hap says pulling me to him. Koz leaves the room and talks to Jax and tells him what we were talking about. I turn back to the counter and finish making the cupcakes before we all head to bed. Even having both of them next to me, I still can't sleep worried about how this is going to go."

Waking up the next morning, I cook breakfast and then clean the kitchen. The guys head to church and I start to bake. I have to channel all of this stress. A couple of hours and three batches of cupcakes and two cakes later, Koz and Happy walk in the door with several club members with them. Happy walks into the kitchen and sees what I have made and kisses me. "It's going to be okay baby." he assures me. "I know but when I stress I bake. What are the guys doing here?" I ask. "We needed a place to talk where we knew Clay wouldn't be." he says. "Oh okay. Well, there's plenty of sweets for everyone. Tell them to dig in. I'll hang in the bedroom while you talk." I tell him. I kiss him again and kiss Koz on my way past. As I make it to the bedroom, I hear Juice ask "She bake all this?" Koz says "Yeah. Stress bakes." I close the door and let them have their meeting.