Leather & Lace: A Sons of Anarchy Fanfic

Chapter 117

After what seemed like forever but was really only about five minutes, Agent McGarrett came back in the room. Jax tried to read his expression to see if he could tell if the female agent had delivered good or bad news but Agent McGarrett had one hell of a poker face. The man wasn't giving away anything.

Agent McGarrett took the chair he had been sitting in prior to the interruption, spun it around favoring Jax and straddled the seat placing his and across the back.

"Now, where were we?" Said Agent McGarrett.

"You were in the middle of calling me a cocky son of bitch and I was in the middle of telling you that I'm just confident." said Jax.

"Ah, that's right. Whether you refer to yourself as cocky or confident, either way, you have this air about you that dares people to mess with you. I like that about people." Said Agent McGarrett.

"You going to tell me you want to kiss me now?" Asked Jax.

"And a smartass too." Said Agent McGarrett.

"I just tell it like it is" said Jax.

The two of them sat in silence for a few minutes, each of them looking the other dead in the eye. Jax took in Agent McGarrett's appearance. He wasn't a overly handsome man but Jax was sure he didn't have any trouble with the ladies. He was muscular but not bulky and of average height. But his accent was what stood out the most. It was the same as Tinsley's.

After a few moments, Agent McGarrett decided it was time to finally tell Jax what the female agent had told him.

"I'm sure you're curious as to what the interruption was about aint ya?" said Agent McGarrett.

Yes! Screamed Jax his his head. But he couldn't let the agent know that he was desperate. And he was. He needed to know whether he was looking at 20 years without Tinsley and his kids or what.

"Not like I'm going anywhere" said Jax hoping he sounded as calm as he hoping to sound.

"Well, that's the thing. It seems that Mr. O'Connor pulled through surgery and is going to make it. So it looks like you will only be charged with Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Depending on the judge and the mood he's in, you could be looking at anywhere from one year to ten" said Agent McGarrett.

Shew! Minimum of one year, max of ten. Fingers crossed for the one year!

"Hmmm." Said Jax.

"Yep. So we're going to turn you over to the local sheriffs department and let them handle the booking and charging. Of course, it won't be the Police Department here in Charming. You guys have too many people who are buddy-buddy with y'all. Although, there is that one deputy that seems to have a hard on for you guys" Said Agent McGarrett.

"None of them are buddy-buddy. And the one you're referring to is David Hale. He hasn't liked me since third grade when I stole his girlfriend." Said Jax.

"Wow. He's been carrying that hurt for awhile now huh?" Asked Agent McGarrett.

"Yeah. Chick wasn't anything special though I don't know why he's still holding a grudge" said Jax.

"Whatever happened to the girl?" Asked Agent McGarrett.

"Wouldn't know. She moved after the fifth grade" said Jax.

"Hmm" said Agent McGarrett.

"Look, while I love this trip down memory lane, can we get this show in the road?" Asked Jax

"Again, patience young grasshopper. You know, one of your guys gives me the impression that if pressed hard enough, he will squeal like a stuck pig. You know the one I'm talking about. The one with that ridiculous looking Mohawk. Like seriously, who walks around with a Mohawk anymore." said Agent McGarrett.

Shit! If any of the guys would rat it would be Juice. He has been acting kind of strange lately thought Jax.

"What do you think he's going tell you?" Asked Jax.

"I don't know." Said Agent McGarrett.

"I already told you. We're just a group of guys.." started Jax.

"I know, that work in a garage and ride motorcycles. Yes, you already told me that and so have the others. Pretty much verbatim too." said Agent McGarrett.

"You say that like you don't believe it" said Jax.

"I don't" said Agent McGarrett.

"That's your opinion but we're just average joe's busting our asses" said Jax.

"We'll see about that" said Agent McGarrett.

Agent McGarrett got up from his chair and spun it back around before sliding it under the table. Then he started walking towards the door.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Your wife and mother visited Mr. O'Connor about an hour ago. Now, I wonder what they were up to? Maybe I should pay each of them a visit. Question them about why they needed to visit him." Said Agent McGarrett before walking out of the room.

"That's a good god damn question" said Jax to himself.

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After their visit with Declan, Tinsley and Gemma headed back home. Since they hadn't heard anything from the guys yet, they knew there was nothing else for them to do. They didn't know where they were being held so it wasn't like they could go camp out in front of the police station or anything.

About half way to the Tinsley and Jax's house, Tinsley tunes the radio down so she and Gemma could talk.

"I can't believe he was that open about what he did" said Tinsley.

"He wanted us to know he was responsible" said Gemma.

"Well I'm glad we know" said Tinsley.

"Me too. It explains why the guys had him at the garage" said Gemma.

"I want to turn this damn car around and kill that bastard myself for what he did to Jax. Shit, for what he could have done to any of us" said Tinsley.

"Get it line sweetheart but you know we can't do that. Not until Jax is clear of this or at least until her gets his sentencing." Said Gemma.

"And how long do you think that's going to be?" Asked Tinsley.

"Don't know. Hopefully it won't be too long before we find out" said Gemma.

The two of them fell quiet, Tinsley driving and Gemma riding. The shock of this whole shit show hadn't worn off yet but Tinsley could feel the breakdown coming. She just hoped she was strong enough to deal with what was coming. She wasn't stupid, she knew Jax was going to pull some time. She just didn't know how much.