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Grace stood back and followed Jesse with her eyes, watching him pace around for a moment before hurrying to the bedroom and grabbing a med kit that she brought home from the hospital. It was mainly for emergencies, and since she was trained to use it she knew it would come in handy at some point. By the time she returned Jesse was speaking about the Clubhouse being burnt down, and Killian getting stabbed, along with Moira, Cole, and Ethan not making it out alive. "Oh my God...I can try and get a visit with Orion and I will tell him." Grace looked at Jasper, frowning slightly. If they went after the Clubhouse then there was no telling what they were going to do next, and it left her extremely thankful that her uncle had Thomas. "Let me fixx you up.."

Jesse finally sat down. "It looks bad...I think it is all just minor though. Broke a finger definitely, and maybe cracked a rib or two. The rest are just cuts and bruises." His eyes moved to the table.
"Just patch me up best you can, and I will go. Someone needs to let Joshua and Cadence know. I am sure he is still in the hospital with her." He flinched as she cleaned one of the cuts on his face with a bit of alcohol.
"I really can't believe he did this. This wasn't a part of Ben's plan either. this was all Black. He was so ******** proud of himself. The smug b*****d!" Jesse banged his hand on the table. He was starting to get pissed off. Black had been their brother! This latest betrayal was just to much. He would never have ever thought Black could go so bad. Yes, he had always had a sort of dark side to him, but they all did. It was the one thing they all shared in common, other then their love of riding.

'Cause sometimes you just feel tired,
Feel weak, and when you feel weak,
you feel like you wanna just give up

~Cadence Jaycey Sinclair-Caine~

The sun was just beginning to creep up over the horizon when she awoke with a start. She had been dreaming, and it was not a pleasant dream. She looked around the hospital room, she was currently alone. Her biological Father had left her sometime during the night. Not a real surprise, so it did not really hurt. She had survived without him this far, and she would continue to survive long after he left again.

She buzzed for the Nurse and one came in several minutes later. She checked herself out and shoved the folded up prescriptions in her back pocket. She realized she didn't have her purse, all she had was her phone. So she was forced to do something she didn't want to. She had to call her Mother for a ride.

The ride was uncomfortable and upsetting. Her Mother was upset by everything and had cried quite a bit. She had wanted to take Cadence home with her. Cadie had refused and told her she just wanted to be alone in her own bed for a while.

Once at home her Mother helped her up the stairs and into bed. Before Lena left she took the grocery list off of Cadence's refrigerator. She added a few items, checked on her daughter one last time then she was set to go. That was until she decided Cadence needed a bottle of water and should also give her the prescriptions so that she could get those while she was out and running around for her.

Cadence watched her bedroom door close and grabbed her phone once more. She read Jasper's text again for the third time. It was dismissive, and abrupt. She deserved no less really. It did hurt a bit but she just let it go. She had already given up on the Jasper dream. They had a few steamy nights together and tried to make something out of it. It had failed, time to move on and get back to reality. No matter how much it hurt, or how hard it was. She had to let go.

She set her phone back on her nightstand, and carefully got out of bed. She gathered her things and took a quick shower. She needed to feel clean, and wash away the past 48 hours. Once she was done showering she dressed in a pair of lavender and violet polka dot fleece pajamas bottoms, and a violet tank top. She brushed her hair and laid back in her bed.

She fell back asleep and finally really slept. The exhaustion and emotional roller coaster of the last few days finally proved to be too much for her. She didn't even hear her Mother return, put away the groceries, or come into her room to check on her. Lena left a new bottle of water on the nightstand along with a apple and a pack of crackers. Her prescription vials stood beside the water bottle.

~Candie~

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Jasper's eyes watched the man pace. He listened to the story the man told of the mishap that had taken place at the clubhouse. His rage boiled at Black. What in the world was that man doing? He didn't deserve to live anymore. He was acting like such a ******** child because they all hadn't agreed with him on how things should be handled months ago.
They had let him go! And now this was how they were repaid.Their house lit up and their people killed. People that had done nothing to Black!

Jasper clapped Jesse's shoulder as Grace began working on taking care of his cuts."We will take care of it from here, brother. Rest, refresh yourself. Know this wasn't your fault." He knew the man had to feel an awful lot of guilt since he was the VP and the club had been in his hands since Orion was put into jail earlier that day. Hell that's why he had stepped up and stayed with Grace. He cursed himself for not having gone to the dinner Moira made like he said he was going to.
But having Grace there tonight...He shook his head. Black had to have been planning it. To take down the club, he still had to have people on the inside to help.

Grace frowned and moved forward, sitting right in front of Jesse and gently placing her hands on his shoulders, only for a moment. "Right now we need to worry about what we can change, and what we can do. Looking back and thinking about the what ifs will drive you crazy." She took a few minutes silently working, cleaning off his cuts and even some random blood splatter off of him, finally grabbing the hand with the broken fingers. "This will not go unpunished, whether it happens tomorrow, a week from now, or a year from now...he will get his. But, you need to worry about yourself and what we can do to help those affected by this the most." Like Shandee and her children. God, Grace couldn't even imagine what she would do if Orion died. It would absolutely kill her.

She tried to be as careful as possible and wrapped two of his fingers together, securing the broken one next to an unbroken one. "Take off your shirt so I can take a look at your ribs."

There was no school the next day as the weekend had begun. Diana had decided to arrange a play date for Alyvia with a friend that Di had met the parents of and knew they lived alittle out of town. Currently the two were sitting at the table, finishing breakfast, well Di was finishing her fifth cup of coffee while Lyv ate. Tino was curled up at their feet. They all turned to look down the hall at Killian's muffled yell from the hallway and crash of something breaking, "Mommy, is Daddy ok?" Di looked back to her daughter softly, put her cup down and covered the girls small hand with her own, giving a squeeze. "He just had arough night, sweetie. He'll be ok. Why don't you go take Tino out for me one more time in the back yard while you wait for Sam to come." "Ooookkk" Lyv agreed. She hopped out of her chair and waved the dog out the door with her. Once the two were out the door and in the fenced back yard, Diana made her way down the hall to Killian's room.
She opened the door cautiously, in case anything else was flying in the room. Her eyes took in the crushed alarm clock on the floor. "Hey." She told him softly with a light smile. She didn't really know what else to say to him, so she'd let him rule the conversation. Obviously he needed something, but did he want any comfort from her, or just to be left alone to lick his wounds. Although Di wasn't planning on leaving him alone at all that day.

Lincoln squinted when the lights came flooding the room. He shielded his eyes from the sudden brightness.
"Oh, my ears and my eyes! Hey, please point that gun elsewhere!" He did as his bossy little cousin had instructed. He sat himself down and accepted the ice pack she provided.

"I'm okay, really. No need to fuss. It is all superficial." Lincoln hated that he had essentially broken into his pregnant cousin's house in the dead of the night, waking her and scaring her when she already had enough problems on her plate without him adding to them.
"I didn't come for you to baby me. I just wanted to make sure you got out of there okay. I was really worried about you." He did his best to hold still while she cleaned his wounds. He knew she would not let up until she had done so. It was not in her to just sit around and do nothing.
"Not much to tell. I mean...the news will be covering it, so you can get the story there." He replied and then looked down at his cut up hands.
"Moira is dead. As well as our friend and brother Cole. There was another guy...a friend of Killian's. I didn't know him. He was there for some reason and...well...I am sure someone from his MC will have to come out and identify his body."

He had no idea why he had told Maralyn any of that. She didn't have to know that. She didn't care. He was pretty sure he had said it because he had to say it out loud to confirm what he had saw. He had saw it, but it all happened so fast and it was confusing. None of it seemed real, but it was real. He has bits of glass still in his hair. He smelled up smoke, and his cut was burned along the one side. He had blood stains on his clothing. All of this proved that what he had experienced was indeed real.

Diana shook her head at the man as he apologized. In her mind there wasn't anything for him to apologize for, but of course he felt that way."Don't worry about it." She watched him from the doorway as he moved to his dresser. Her eyes taking in his full form. He was still one damned sexy man. Di looked away from him as a blush crept lightly onto her cheeks.

"Pancakes ok for breakfast? She asked as she started to retreat back into the hallway. She had baked some for Alyvia already. When she heard a beep from the driveway, Di started to turn towards the door. "Lyv's going to a friends for most of the day. I'll be in the kitchen with breakfast when you are ready." She told him before moving back into the kitchen and calling out the back door for their daughter and the pup.

Diana left Tino inside as she walked with Lyv up to the car in the drive.
She watched the girl get in the back seat as she stopped at the driver's window,"Morning Jeff. Thanks for agreeing to a play day for the girls. I'll pick Alyvia up around 2 if that works." The man nodded, "Yea no problem. Did you guys move?"Di shook her head, "No, we just stayed with her father last night." She waved as the car pulled out of the drive before she went back inside to the kitchen were she grabbed a couple eggs from the fridge and cracking them into a pan for scrambled eggs.