...Chapter 3...

Rome, Jaylin, Brian, Mia, and Dominic sat down at the table at the restaurant. "Ooh, girl." Rome smacked Jaylin's arm. "This place has the best burgers."

"Okay." she laughed, looking at the menu.

"And they have the best mojitos." Mia added. "We have a round or two."

"Um." Jaylin slightly shook her head. "None for me, thanks."

Rome sat his menu down on the table. "Jay, what's up wit chu?" he raised his eyebrow. "You've turned down beer and mojitos?"

"Leave my sister alone." Brian threw a sugar packet at Rome's face. "If she don't want any alcohol, then she don't have to."

"Thank you." Jaylin stuck her tongue out him.

"There's something going on." he pointed his finger at her. "And I will figure it out."

"Good luck with that, Mr. Pearce." she laughed.

...

After dinner was over, the five of them were talking and eating dessert, when Jaylin's phone rang. She dug it out of her purse and groaned, seeing who was calling. "Who is it?"

Jaylin looked over at Dominic. "It's my step-brother." she chuckled, then looked back at her phone. "Probably trying to find out where I am."

"Nobody knows where you are?"

"No, Brian... I was too pissed off to tell them, but hang on a second." she pressed the talk button. "Hello?"

"Jay, where the hell are you?"

"I can't tell you, Jax."

"Just bring your ass home."

"Nope, I'm fine where I am."

Seconds later, Jaylin heard a familiar raspy voice on the phone. "Jay, cut the shit, and come back home."

"Excuse me." she got up from the table and went outside, then leaned up against the wall, turning her attention back her phone. "Hap, listen to me, because I'm only gonna say this once." she paused, feeling the tears forming in her eyes. "Crow or not, I'm done. I'm tired of you treating me like shit and hurting me. I deserve better than that and better than you, so we're through... we don't need you."

Happy groaned loudly. "Would you stop? I'm sorry, shit, what do you want from me?"

"Nothing... I don't want anything anymore, I said that I was done."

"Come on, Jay, you don't mean any of that. Get your ass back home so we can talk about your little temper tantrum you're having."

"Happy, you're not listening to me." tears were falling down her cheeks as she closed her eyes, leaning her head on the wall. "I'm done and I'm not coming home, because the baby and I, will be just fine without you."

"Baby? What baby?"

"I'm pregnant, Hap... ten weeks."

"Seriously?" he paused for a minute, then heavily sighed. "Are you sure it's even mine?"

Jaylin scoffed. "Wow, you went there? I'm not the one who did the cheating, that was you... you selfish prick." she counted to three in her head, taking a few deep breaths. "Just forget or lose my number and have a nice life without me." then she hung up her phone, turning it off.

"Jay?"

Her eyes shot open, a little startled. "Dom?" she wiped her face a little. "Uh, how much of that did you hear?"

"Enough." he pulled her into his arms. "Come here." she started to cry even more, then Dominic started rubbing her back. "It's okay."

About ten minutes later, Brian, Rome, and Mia walked outside and saw Dominic and Jaylin hugging. "What's wrong?" Brian asked.

"Nothing." Jaylin quickly let go of Dominic. "I just need some sleep."

"Okay." Mia nodded. "We'll go." then all of them piled into Brian's Dodge Durango, and he drove off.

Jax walked into Gemma's house and saw her sitting at the kitchen table with Clay, Tara, and Abel. "Hello, Jackson." Gemma glanced up, then saw the look on his face. "What's wrong?"

Jax took a deep breath. "Jaylin's gone."

Clay snapped his head up. "What do you mean, she's gone? Where is she?"

"We don't know." he took the note from the front pocket of his cut and tossed it over to Clay. "But she left this."

Clay picked it up and started to read it. When he was finished, he looked up at Jax with a scowl. "Because of you and Hap... my little girl took off, to who the hell knows where?"

"Yeah." he nodded. "But Juice is tracking her cell phone."

"That's not good enough... you find her." he pointed his finger in at Jax as Gemma picked up the note. "So, how come Hap isn't here telling me he's part of the reason that she's gone?"

Jax shrugged. "Don't know... last I knew, he talked to Jay, then after, he got on his bike, and said that he's heading back to Tacoma."

"So he wasn't even man enough to tell me what happened to my daughter?"

Jax shook his head. "Guess not."

"But is she okay?" Tara asked. "And is the..."

"Is the what?" Clay glanced at her.

"Jay's pregnant... and by now, she's ten weeks."

Gemma asked. "She is?"

"Yeah, she wanted me to do the ultrasound on her, and not say nothing until she was ready."

Clay pointed his finger back at Jax. "You call Hap and tell him to get his ass at the clubhouse. The least he can do is man up to his responsibilities."

"Wow." Gemma shook her head. "Where do you think she went?"

"Well." Jax started. "Cody died this morning, so I'm guessing she went to Brian's."

"How'd her dog die?" Tara asked, looking over at Jax.

"Apparently, he got ran over by a taxi, and she buried him in her backyard."

"Shit." Gemma groaned. "She loved that damn dog."

"Do you know where Brian is?" Clay asked.

Jax looked up from his cell phone. "No, but I can have Juice look into it."

"Wait." Gemma raised her hand. "With everything going on, maybe it's a good thing Jaylin's out of town, just in case she might be a target." she put her hand on top of Clay's. "If she's with Brian, you know he'll keep her safe."

"Fine." he groaned, rubbing his face. "But I still want to know exactly where she's at."

Tara took out her phone. "Let me call her." she dialed, then waited for it to be picked up.

"Yeah, hello?"

Tara made a face, hearing a guy with a deep voice answering Jaylin's phone. "Uh, is Jaylin there?"

"She was upset and I just put her to bed, a little while ago. She's asleep right now... can I take a message?"

"Could you tell her that Tara called?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, thanks." she said, before hanging up her phone.

"Who was that?"

Tara looked up at Jax. "Some guy that answered her phone... he said that she was upset and she was asleep."

"Did he give his name?"

"No, Clay." Tara shook her head.

"Okay." Gemma nodded. "She needs her rest, we'll call her again tomorrow."

"Alright, fine." Clay got up from the table. "I'm going to bed." then he walked into the bedroom and slammed the door behind him.

Jax took a deep breath, then picked up Abel. "We're gonna go home."

"Okay, Baby." Gemma stood up and gave both Jax and Abel kisses on their cheeks, then gave Tara a hug. "See you tomorrow."

"Bye." Tara waved, then Jax and her went outside.

Jax put Abel in the carseat in the Cutlass, buckled him up, then shut the door. "I'll follow behind you."

"Okay." she put her hands on his shoulders. "Like Gemma said, if she's with Brian, she'll be fine... he's not going to let anything happen to her."

"It's not her being with Brian that I'm worried about." Jax took a deep breath. "It's her ex-boyfriend."

Dominic sat at the edge of his bed, watching Jaylin sleep so peacefully. Minutes later, he covered her up a little better, then walked out of the room.

"She asleep?" Brian asked, sitting on the couch.

"Yeah." Dominic nodded. "She's out for the night."

"Who was she talking to at the restaurant that got her so upset?" Mia asked. "Was it her step-brother?"

"No." he shook his head. "From what I gathered... she was talking to her ex, she said something about a crow and that she's done with him, because he's been cheating and hurting her."

"Oh."

"But that's not all." he paused, rubbing his bald head. "She's pregnant."

Mia's eyes widened a little. "Really?"

"Oh, hell no!" Rome stood up.

Dominic smacked him on his chest. "Relax... and Jay's sleeping."

Rome glared at Dominic for a few seconds, before he sat down. "Damn... that explains why she passed up the alcohol." he shook his head. "She got a bun in the oven."

"That's fucking great." Brian groaned.