Saving Each Other

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

The next morning, we head to the garage to talk to Bill with Chibs in tow. Walking into the office, we close the door to the office and tell Bill we need to talk to him. "We need to talk to Bill." I tell him. "What's up guys?" he asked. "We were talking last night and have decided that we are moving to California." I tell him. "Chibs said that the club is offering my patch back and Janie knows how much I miss the club and after talking about it have decided to move back. But we want to sell the garage to you." Juice tells him. "Janie, I don't have the money to buy the garage. I'm having to find another apartment." he tells me. "Well, we have a solution for that too." Juice says. "You have five dollars?" I asked Bill. "Yeah. Why?" he asked. "Give it to me." I said and he does. "You just bought the garage and the house." I tell him. He looks at me shocked. "Really?" I look at him and smile and say "Really. Look, I know you will run the garage like my dad did and I know you will take care of the house and we will still have a place to stay when we come to visit." I tell him and he hugs me. "I will miss you guys and miss our little Libby." he tells me. "We will call all the time and be able to Skype so you can see her and we will make sure to visit and you can come out to see us." I tell him and he smiles at me.

The next week is spent with us packing things in one of those shipping pods and getting it shipped to the new house in Charming, California. Getting on the plane with Chibs, we are on our way to our new home. I can't wait to meet all of these people that Juice and Chibs have been telling me about. "Now, Bobby is our resident Elvis impersonator and he makes the best muffins ever." Juice tells me. "Tig is, well for lack of better word, a freak. But he has the biggest heart." Chibs says. "Then there is T.O. and he used to be a Grim Bastard before leaving to join the SONS. Our charter is the mother charter and is referred to as SAMCRO." Chibs tells me. "Happy is the club's Sergeant At Arms. That means he is basically the drill sergeant of the club. Get's information out of people that we can't get to talk." Juice tells me. "So he is basically the one that tortures people to get people to talk?" I asked and they both nod their heads yes. "Then there's Rat. He's the newest patched member other than T.O. but he's a good brother. Juice will be taking his same office position in the club." Chibs says. "So if you hold an office, that means that you are in the higher rankings of the club, right? Like President, VP, Secretary and such?" I asked. "Yeah." Juice answers. "You said that Juice was an office holding member? What was his title?" I asked. "I was the intelligence officer. That means that I was the one hacking into shit and handling all of the research on people that had to be done on the computer and handled all of the electronics for the club." Juice explained. "Oh okay. I understand. So, what would my position be?" I asked. "You would be an Old Lady. That is what we call the women that we are committed to." Juice explains. "Oh okay." I say not completely understanding. "There are two types of women that are around the club. There are the croweaters and they are the ones that get passed around from member to member but they don't get much respect. Then there are the Old Ladies and they are the ones that we commit to. But, all of the ladies know their places. Old Ladies hold high positions and the croweaters do what the Old Ladies tell them to do and under no circumstances do they disrespect the Old Ladies. If one does, put her in her place or tell one of us and we will do it for you." Chibs tells me. "There's one more thing." Juice says. "What's that?" I asked. "When you become an Old Lady you are given a tattoo. It is a crow. My crow and it will be specially designed to show all of the other members from our charter and others that you are taken and that you are not to be messed with. It also tells the other members that you are to be respected and protected." Juice explains. "So when we get there, we will get your crow tattooed on me." I say and Chibs looks at Juice and says "She will fit in just fine." God I hope so.