On the Devil's Path {a SOA sequel}

chapter twelve

“Is that your daughter?” I asked him.

Chibs smiled sadly and nodded.

“Aye. That’s my little girl.” He said.

“Where is she?” I asked.

“With her mom, back home.” He said.

His voice was tight and I could tell it was a sore subject, so I left it alone.

“Look, I don’t know what happened with you and Jax tonight but I do know that he loves you. He loves you and he needs you more than you could ever know. Jax is under a lot of pressure right now and he’s just trying to deal with it. If you love him, you can work this out.” He said.

I liked Chibs. He always seemed like a father figure to everyone. But I wasn’t sure that this was something I could fix, no matter how much I loved Jax. We didn’t talk anymore after that. Chibs just leaned over and kissed my temple before getting up. He brought me a blanket and I settled down into a restless sleep.

I was awoken by the smell of pancakes in the morning. Chibs was wearing a ‘Kiss the Cook’ apron and flipping the pancakes on the stove.

“Mornin’ love.” He said.

I smiled and sat down at the table. Chibs put two pancakes on a plate for me and handed me a cup of coffee.

“Morning.” I said.

We ate in silence then I did the dishes while he got ready.

“Anywhere you want me to take you?” He asked as he shrugged his cut on.

“Jax’s house.” I said.

He tilted his head and picked his helmet up.

“Don’t you mean your house?” He asked.

I shook my head and took the helmet from him.

“No, I don’t.”

Thankfully, Jax was already gone when we pulled up. Chibs had to get to church so he left me in the driveway. Neeta was busy feeding Abel when I came in.

“Morning, McKayla. Jax is already gone.” She said.

I nodded and kissed Abel.

“I hate to ask this of you, but I really need to do some things for my mother today. I can take the baby with me of course, it would just be easier-“ I cut her off.

“It’s fine, Neeta. I’ll be here for a while.” I told her.

She smiled gratefully at me and gave me a big hug. It took everything I had not to break down in her arms.

“Is everything alright honey?” She asked me.

I swallowed down the tears and plastered on a smile.

“Yeah, everything is fine.” I lied.

She knew I was lying but she didn’t say anything. After she took off, I put Abel in his crib so I could take a quick shower. When I was finished, I threw on a black shirt and some jeans and pulled my suitcase down from the closet and tossed it on the bed. I shoved everything I had into it and dragged it out to the kitchen. I was going to leave him. I could put up with a lot. The killing, the gun running, and even the porn sluts. But, being cheated on and being called a whore is something I would never put up with again.

A lump formed in my throat when I thought about Abel. I went into his room and saw him standing up smiling at me. I couldn’t stop the tears at that point. I picked him up and held him close to me.