California Dreamin': The Sequel to Leather & Lace

Chapter 14

It had been about two hours since Jax and Tinsley's fight. She hadn't heard a word from him but then again, she really didn't expect to since she knew he had club business to take care of on top of the hurt he must be feeling because of the letters. She had never seen him as mad as he was when he walked out of their bedroom. The anger in his eyes and in the way his body tended told her he was feeling irate. The more she thought about it, she realized it wasn't only anger she saw in his eyes, there was hurt in there as well. Hurt and anger with her for keeping the letters from him. Hurt and anger for what they said. Hurt and anger for what he might have to do.

She could only imagine how Jax must be feeling after reading those letters and seeing in his fathers handwriting that Clay, the man who had stepped up and been a father to him after JT's death, and his own mother may have had a hand in his fathers death. It was sure to be a pain that would be indescribable. It hurt her to see Jax hurting so immensely because when he hurt, she hurt.

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As the kids were napping, Tinsley decided to do some laundry and clean the house a little just to keep busy. If she stopped and thought about Jax any longer, she would drive herself insane.

Just as Tinsley was placing the last load of laundry in the dryer, the doorbell rang.

"Coming!" Yelled Tinsley.

As always, she grabbed the key from the hook but the door and grabbed Glock 9mm that stayed in the drawer. She walked over to the door and peered through the peephole only to see Willow and Asher standing on the other side. Unlocking the door, she opened it wide so that Willow could walk through the doorway.

"Sorry I'm late. Ash had a blow out and needed a shower. The smell was so bad, I needed up puking and then I had to have a shower. So yeah, it's been a morning." said Willow.

"No worries" said Tinsley.

"Are you ok?" Asked Willow, picking you in the tension radiating off of Tinsley.

"Yeah, it's been one hell of a morning 'round her too" said Tinsley.

"Must be a full moon coming or something" said Willow.

"Maybe" said Tinsley.

Tinsley, Willow, and Asher all moved towards the living room. Tinsley stopped at the table by the door long enough to check that the safety was engaged on the pistol and placed it back in the drawer, locking it and placing the key on the hook well out of a child's reach. When she walked into the living room, she sat down on the couch and closed her eyes.

"Jax not back yet?" Asked Willow.

"No, have you talked to Kip?" Asked Tinsley.

"Not since he left. Is it just me or is Clay being extra secretive about this deal? Kip said that none of the guys had any sort of idea as to what it could be. He said that Clay has never kept the guys this far out of the loop." Said Willow.

Clay was the last person Tinsley wanted to talk about at the moment but she knew that if she skirted Willow's question, she would pick up that something was wrong.

"Yeah, Jax said the same. I can't help but wonder if it's something bad since he's being so cagey." Said Tinsley.

"Define bad?" Said Willow.

"I don't know. Maybe it's nothing but I just a gut feeling that things around here are about to change." said Tinsley. And boy was that the understatement of the millennium. If it turns out that Clay and Gemma are responsible for JT's death, SAMCRO was getting ready to change in a big way. And if it turns out that Clay and Gemma didn't have anything to do with JT's death, well, she didn't know if either Clay or Gemma would forgive Jax for his accusations.

"Tins, how bad could things be? This is Charming after all." Said Willow.

"I hope your right." Said Tinsley.

"Anyway, how long before the kids wake up?" Asked Willow.

"They should be getting up any minute now" said Tinsley.

As if on cue, she heard Abel calling for her which caused Jagger, Lizzie, and Gracie to all start yelling "mommy". Even Thomas was jabbering.

"How the hell do you do it?" Asked Willow.

"It's not that bad... honest" said Tinsley before climbing the stairs.

Just as she was getting Thomas changed and helping Abel and the Trio use the restroom, she heard the sound of a motorcycle coming up the street. Excitement and apprehension courses through her veins at the sound but it was short lived because the sound stopped before reaching her home.

Once everyone had done their business, she led the crew downstairs.

"Who's ready for a snack?" Asked Tinsley.

"Me" yelled Abel, Lizzie, Gracie, and Jagger. Thomas just jaggered in baby talk.

Going into the kitchen, she grabbed them all a gogurt and sat them down at the dining room table.

"Mommy, can we go swimming?" Asked Gracie.

"After your snack" said Tinsley.

"Can't Aunt Will-wo come too?" Asked Lizzie.

"You bet" said Tinsley.

Sorry I've been MIA for a while guys! Writers block is a bitch! This is mostly a filler chapter and definitely not up to par in my others. That being said, I hope you guys enjoy it none the less. I'm hoping to get more chapters posted in the coming days as long as life cooperates. I hope everyone is staying safe! Thank you all for the views and comments!
-J