Blood and Water

Chapter 25: Line of Fire

Line of Fire - Junip

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Mina sat and watched as Gemma played with Abel. She didn't know who was going to walk through the front door. Hearing a Harley pull in, she wondered if Gemma called Chibs. Is that why she asked if we were really a thing? she thought, looking at Gemma as she smirked hearing the same Harley. Is she trying to get me in trouble?

The front door opened. "What's goin' on, Mom?" Jax asked, shutting the door behind him.

"Can you please tell Mina that I can take the boys back to my house?"

"Are you kidding me? I have actual sh*t I have to be doing right now!"

Gemma stood up. "Hey, I'm here taking care of your boys while your wife is doing God knows what with that lawyer of hers. Then, Miss Mina comes in and tells me I can't take them because Tara told her I couldn't."

Jax looked over at her and she said, "I didn't know what's going on. She asked me to keep them here and not let Gemma take them."

"Are you that obedient to Chibs?" Gemma scoffed. Mina lurched towards Gemma but Jax stopped her.

Holding her back, he said, "Jesus Christ! What the hell is going on?"

Chibs' phone rang. Seeing it was Jax, he answered. "Aye?"

"Hey, I need you to come to my house now."

"Why? Everythin' okay, Jackie?"

Mina watched Jax as he spoke. "Yeah, just a domestic problem we're having."

"Sh*te, I'll be right there." He turned to Tig. "If Connor or Marks or Lin call," he sighed, "f*ckin' handle it, please."

Tig nodded, "Of course, man. You alright?"

"Aye," he said, sitting down on his bike. "I just need this day to f*ckin' end." He rode off to Jax's house trying to figure out what was happening. When he pulled up to the house, he saw Mina's car parked in the street. 

Jax came outside and said, "Your little firecracker of a girlfriend was instructed by Tara to watch the boys and not let Gemma take them. And she won't listen to me when I say it's okay."

"Jesus Christ," he groaned. "She's tryin' to kill me."

"Can you please just help me handle this so we can get back to the important sh*t?"

Chibs pulled his hand through his hair. "Aye." They walked inside and saw Mina sitting on the couch with her arms crossed, swinging her leg. "Let's go," he ordered.

"No, Tara told me to watch the boys."

"Christ, Mina, get your arse up," he said walking over to her. She shook her head. He grabbed her arm and pulled her up. "C'mon," he sighed, pushing her a little bit, just enough to keep her moving.

Gemma laughed, "Huh, so you are this obedient to Chibs."

Mina jumped at Gemma again, this time grabbing her jacket. "Christ! Mina!" Chibs yelled, pulling her off the Matriarch. "Knock it off!"

"Mom," Jax groaned, throwing his hands up.

Chibs marched Mina out to her car and put her in the driver's seat. "Go home."

"Chibs, she-"

"I don't give a f*ck. I'm tellin' ya, go home." He started to walk away when she got out of the car.

She asked, "Are you mad at me?"

Chibs stopped walking, turning on his heels to look at her. "No, love, but some sh*t, ya don't get involved in. Now, I have to go in there and fix this sh*te."