You Aren't From Around Here

Chapter 12 - Back Inside

Gemma walks back up the stairs and into the hallway sounds of cursing can be heard before she gets down to the wide open door. She walks past the door glancing into the trashed room there is a large man inside, throwing the contents around more. He is easily 6 foot 4 and well muscled, he has a close cut haircut that brings to mind law enforcement or military. But the most obvious thing is the anger, it's a rage most people never witness and Gemma reaches into her bag and wraps her finger around the cold steel of her gun.

He hasn't noticed her standing in the doorway, that's when she sees the holster he's wearing.

Gemma continues down the hall to the elevator and exits the motel and gets into her car. Slamming her hand against the steering wheel, she curse to no one "Jackson what the fuck have you stepped into." She puts the car in gear and pulls off.

Reaching in her bag for her phone to call Jax when she sees Joe repairing the door to his bar, she pulls in front of the bar and gets out and walks over to Joe who is sweeping up the broken glass that was his front door, looking inside she sees the wreckage, tables flipped over, broken bottles and blood, so much blood.

"Holy Shit that's bad Joe" she says shaking her head

'Not even close to how bad poor Katie is, sounds like it will be months before she's back at work." He says to her.

Taking a step back, "Gemma, you know that I don't think your boys did this, I know they would never hurt Katie, but they were the last to leave last night. I feel so bad my wife called and the youngest got in a fight at school so I took off early and I never would have left if I knew something like this would have been coming, not what you expect here in Charming."

'No worries Joe, the boys know and we are looking into it, I will stop by St. Thomas later to see Katie, someone is looking after her boy?" He looks up "yeah Unser said he only found Katie alive because her sitter called Hale when Katie never came home. You know her sitter is Hale's niece but had it been someone else we may have found her too late."

"Good to know Joe, we are here if you need us."

Gemma goes back to her car as the hulking figure of a man comes storming out of the motor inn and gets into a large SUV, she ducks down and pulls out behind this truck. The truck leads her right where she was headed, but drives past the TM entrance and continues down the block.

She follows it until he without notice he flips an illegal u-turn almost hitting Gemma's car. She watches him creep past the garage in her rear view mirror, and continues down the road.

She reaches for her cell phone and dials Jax.

"Yeah, mom what's up? She's back where are you?"

"Well honey I can't come back right now, I saw this guy he's huge and smells of cop, I'll tell you more when I see you, but I followed him from the motel right back to TM before he flipped a bitch and almost hit me, then he crept past TM. So I'm headed to my house."

"Ok Mom, stay safe, I think we are going to my house to figure out what's next." And he hangs up.