Gemma Teller- Morrow was a proud woman, a strong woman, sometimes crazy but there was one thing above all else. She was loyal, loyal to a fault.
Her family meant everything to her, so when the God damn tart her son married told her they were leaving Charming and taking her grandkids with them she made a decision to do whatever she could to make them stay.
2 weeks ago
"I can't do this shit any more, we need to go. Take Abel and Thomas and get the hell out of here." Tara whined to Jax.
He sighed knowing deep down she was right. "You make the plans, I'll sort shit with the club. I know now that you were right, you always were. I don't want my boys being part of SAMCRO, that shit is toxic." he said said whispering the last part.
What neither of them knew was that they were being watched.
"You will not get away with taking him away, Jax belongs here, you will learn, you will see."
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Jax left and Tara sorted the boys so she could take them to daycare and she could go to work.
Jax had gone to the clubhouse and called Church. He explained to everyone that his time was up, he planned to step away from the club, give up the gavel and move away. He was done, he wanted his kids to be safe, he wanted his wife to stop being scared all the time and he knew the only way was to be gone. "Jackie boy, if this is wha ye wan', wha ye both wan' of course we'll help ye." his VP Chibs said. Jax smiled knowing this was one hurdle down, the next being his mother.
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Tara had dropped the boys into daycare and made her way to her office where she had set a meeting with Margaret Murphy. Tara knew the woman had always hated Jax and his club so she was sure that arranging a transfer would not be an issue. Margaret would be please that Tara was finally taking her advice but not so keen that Jax was going to be going with her. Tara didn't care what she thought about that, she just wanted out.
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After leaving Church Jax decided that he needed to speak to his mother, bite the bullet and tell her himself. He knew that Tara had mentioned it to her but also that she didn't believe it as the truth. It was time for him to set her straight.
He walked into the office and called "Hey Ma." she looked up and smiled at him and made her way towards him to pull him into a hug "Hey baby, how have you been? Not seen you for a few days." she said. Jax sighed and prepared to tell her "Ma, I know you spoke to Tara and she said about us moving away and taking the boys. I just wanted to let you know we have our plans set, we leave in a few weeks." he winced whilst waiting for her response and was confused when she said "OK baby, you gotta do what's right for you." and she returned to her paperwork.
Jax left the office and headed towards St Thomas to tell Tara about the weird encounter with Gemma.
Both Jax and Tara agreed the comment from Gemma was odd but if she was OK with them going they weren't going to worry too much, perhaps she had finally realised the truth.
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Over the next two weeks Gemma was actively helping both Jax and Tara with their plans to leave. She offered to watch the boys while they made a trip to Oregon to scope out houses and for Tara to have her interview for a neonatal consultant, she ordered boxes for packing and arranged transport for their stuff. Jax was still confused with how well everything was going, he wanted to question her but had no clue how to start that conversation.
He covered all his feelings and accepted whatever help she was offering, that and the help from the club.
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It was two days before they were due to leave and Tara had a few issues with the local police and DA. Lieutenant Roosevelt was constantly pressing her for details on SAMCRO and Tyne Patterson was continually offering witness protection. Tara knew better than to talk to either and she had let both Gemma and Jax know of the pressure.
Jax had taken it to the club, asking for their help for the last time and of course they agreed. Jax had worked hard to get them out of the illegal stuff and they were desperate to keep it that way. Chibs especially was pleased with the openness from Jax and more importantly Tara. He knew that things hadn't been easy for the doctor and approved of how she had handled everything so far. They discussed how nice Gemma had been and they all agreed it was weird but thought nothing more of it.
They agreed for Juice to tail Tara until Jax was ready to leave. He had followed her back to the house she shared with Jax and the boys, the boys were spending some time with Wayne Unser seeing as they weren't going to be able to for much longer. He watched as Lieutenant Roosevelt made his way to the door and he got off his bike to follow him when he heard a scream.
Roosevelt got to the door first and kicked it open with his gun raised. Juice held back and heard "Oh my God, Gemma what have you done?" he then heard a chuckle, one that brought goosebumps to his flesh. That sounded like Gemma but it didn't at the same time. He carefully made his way closer to the door and stayed hidden watching through the reflection in the glass.
He watched as Roosevelt somehow turned his gun on himself and pulled the trigger, all the time Gemma was laughing. In his shock he looked at her face and couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Her eyes, they were not the eyes they all knew and loved.
They were black.
