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Grace gave Orion a small smile, and looked around behind him, before back at his face. Before she could get in another word, Officer Mendez walked outside, a grin on his face, they made sure the attorney was waiting by the front desk, and out of sight. He ripped the check that Orion wrote, and let the pieces fall on the ground. "Looks like the bail system is down. Besides..." He looked towards Joseph, who was standing off to the side, a disapproving look on his face. This place had it's fair share of dirty cops, some of which would do anything to have things go their way. "We stopped accepting material things as collateral months ago. Bail denied." He waved his hand, and from behind him two more officers moved to the holding cell, and opened the doors. When they walked inside Grace glared at Officer Mendez, and shook her head. This man really didn't know the extent of things Orion could do. She was familiar with the power Dereck held over Greensville, and could only imagine what power Orion held. Grace allowed the men to cuff her, and move her from the cell.

She looked at Orion with an apologetic look, and then to Officer Mendez, who was grinning from ear to ear, with his chest puffed out proudly. As Grace passed by him, she leaned close to the officer, narrowing her eyes. "You're making a mistake." She didn't like the way the officer was speaking to her husband, and how he made Orion seem like a lost little boy. Of course her husband needed to be on his best behavior because he was in the police precinct, but she knew that could change in the blink of an eye as soon as he stepped outside. He held his hand up, letting a mocking laugh bubble from his chest. "I'm not making a mistake, my dear." He touched her cheek, and the other two officers laughed. Joseph turned and walked out, frustrated with the situation. "A pretty little thing like yourself will make a nice b***h for someone in county." She jerked her head away, and breathed out a shaky sigh. She would have head-butted the man, but she didn't need to get into any other charges that could possibly make her stay there longer than it needed to be.

Officer Mendez waved the men away, and turned back to Orion, taking a few steps up to the man. "I would suggest you tuck your tail between your legs and leave. I have some friends at county that would love to pay your wife a visit. Every morning, and every night. Being around a bunch of ******** dikes makes them yearn for a pretty little thing like herself." He leaned back, groaning a bit as he did so, and motioned to the door with his hand. "But you know how sexually deprived men get, they just can't control themselves. Make anymore threats and I can promise you she will be yelling your name, but not in the way you think."

Mendez narrowed his eyes at Orion, and moved towards the man, keeping his voice low. "I warned you, biker boy. Better hope she gets out of there before my friends can get to her this evening." He looked up at the attorney, and took a step back, moving towards his office. "Go ahead. While you're at it, get the hell out of the precinct. You wanna see Mrs. De La Cruz, you'll have to make a drive to county." He went inside of his office and closed the door, immediately getting in the phone. The call ended only seconds later, and when he emerged, he held the same smug look on his face. "I'll see you there. I took it upon myself to make sure she was placed in a cell all alone. Makes things easier, a lot less messy." A deep, throaty chuckle escaped his mouth and he moved, going outside and getting into his squad car to head to the jail.

It didn't take long for Grace to get transported to the county jail, and upon arriving they did a full strip search, and put her into her cell. She was placed in a cell by herself, with only one bed and one window. She placed the blankets in the small bed and moved to the window, looking outside. Grace wasn't sure if being in a room by herself was a good thing or not, but sincerely hoped that it was.

Mendez was walking into the county jail when he received the picture. He paused for a moment, and looked up, seeing the attorney waiting there. He said nothing to the man, and instead shoved the phone into his pocket, moving into the offices there. He was speaking with two guards. One was a tall, muscular black man, and the other was a shorter, more stout older white man. They left and worked their way into the hallway, and when they were out of sight, the secretary looked to the attorney. "Are you here to visit with someone?" She shuffled through some papers, looking through the new arrivals.

Grace had just been getting her bed put together when the lock on the door opened, and upon turning around Mendez was there, with two men standing on either side of him. He held the phone out to Grace, and took a step inside the cell. "See that? That's your husband with my wife. He didn't take my warning seriously." His words were laced with venom, and he moved closer to Grace, getting eye level with her. "I don't like doing things like this, but it seems necessary with someone like himself. No hard feelings, sweetheart. It's just business." He took a step back from her and turned on the video feature of the phone. Grace was frozen for a moment, and as soon as the talker guard moved towards her she tried to run, but being in a small cell made it impossible. He took hold of her hair and slammed her against the wall, holding her hair in his hand. The impact immediately gave her a headache, and she could even taste a bit of blood from her busted lip. Before she could say anything, there was a knock at the cell door, and the secretary announcing she had a visitor.

Mendez cut off the video and waved for the men to leave the room, before handcuffing Grace, and leaning close to her ear. "You got lucky this time, b***h." He laughed, taking a picture of himself with his lips on Grace's cheek, and made sure to send it to Orion before leading her down the hallway, and into the room where the attorney was waiting. When the door closed behind her and Mendez was gone, she felt herself begin to panic slightly. "I can't go back out there.." She said, bringing her gaze to the attorney.

Lyn read Dereck's message a few time before replying. What was going on with this family and the law recently? She couldn't believe beautiful, blonde, petite, previously pregnant Grace could do anything to be in jail! It just seemed crazy. And that hadn't seen that girls type.
'To: Dereck From: Lyn
'Wait...Grace? Is there anything I can do to help?'
Sadly before she could get a reply from Dereck she heard a ding on the apple product she had for work. It was Jen alerting her her next patient was here. Lyn sighed, giving Zeke one last pat before moving into the exam room with the tablet and calling the dog and owner into the room, closing both doors into the room.

Looking between Annalise and Cadence, Jasper raised his brows as he turned to walk with Cadie to her car. He had gotten the text that Grace was being arrested, although he didn't know why. Now he could figure it out. However he had still been heading to the hospital to watch over Thomas. "Well good to know who it is. What are you looking for Black for?"He asked curiously. He didn't think that Cadie liked the man, but that man liked anything without a d**k that walked on two legs. Had he been hitting on her too? No, she wouldn't be here for that. Not now that they were going to try to work things out. Unless she really didn't want to be with him, yet couldn't directly reject him as she had Killian.

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

"It's personal Jasp. I can't go spreading Black's personal business about town before he even knows." Cadence changed her direction, and fell into step beside Jasper. She grabbed his arm.
"Stop a moment Jasper. I need you to stop and give me two minutes." She looked down at the ground a second as she tried to gather her racing thoughts. When she looked back up at Jasper she wasn't sure how much of a handle on her thoughts and emotions she had but it would have to do for the moment. They both had places to be.
"I love you, and you know that. At least I hope you do. I do a lot of crazy things, or things that don't make sense to outsiders, and I normally don't care about what they think but I have come to realize that often you are one of those outsiders because I have built up so many walls around me. I just...don't hate me for anything that you hear about me in the next few weeks. I always have a reason for what I do, even if others don't get it." She pulled his face towards her as she stepped up on tip toe to kiss him.

She knew everything was about to get ugly again. It always did around them. There was no way round it it seemed. The kiss didn't last nearly as long as Cadie wanted it to, but she had to go. She had things to do.

With that, Cadie was gone. She hurried to her car and jumped in. She sped away and made the call she knew she had to make. She called Ben and as soon as he answered she started to speak.
"Don't say my name out loud. Meet me in an hour and a half at Ruby's. Don't be late. We have a lot of ground to cover."
"That is later then my lunch time."
"Hey, you wanted to see me outside of work. This is your chance. Don't blow it." Cadie hung up and had she been able to see Ben she would have seen that he was smirking. He loved how forward and take charge she could be. He thought it was extremely sexy and it was one of the many things that drew him to her.

When he arrived Cadie was already seated outside on the patio, she hated eating inside. She said it was too noisy and the lighting gave her a headache. She looked stunning in his opinion. He loved her long dark hair, he always had to fight the urge to reach out and touch it.

He took his seat across from her. She moved her sunglasses up to rest on her head. Pushing some of her hair back. She looked over at Ben for a moment before speaking.
"I ordered for you. It will be out soon, and we are sharing some calamari." Ben gave her a smile. She was very attentive, and detail orientated. it was what made her phenomenal at her job.
"So...why the sudden change? Finally realized what a disappointment Jasper is?"
"Actually...I wanted you to pull some strings for me."
"Oh?" He asked as he arched his brow. Cadie sipped her rum and coke.
"I want you to ensure that Grace and i end up in the same cell in County. I know you have connections. Many, many connections on both sides of the law Ben." He sat back and stared at Cadence.
"Why are talking about going to County? What did you do?" He suddenly looked serious.
"You'll know soon enough."
"Damnit Cadence!" He pushed away from the table.
"How much time do I have?"
"Not much." Again she sipped her drink and Ben ran a hand through his hair.
"You should have came to me. The answer is not landing yourself in trouble."
"Look, I do what I have to to protect my family." She replied and he glared at her then slowly nodded his head. He understood that she had to protect her family.
"Rion's power doesn't reach where his wife is. She just had the baby and she needs someone to have her back." Ben reached across the table and took her chin in his hand.
"I will call in some favors, but you know this changes everything now."
"I know."
"I can't convince them to give you your job back."
"I know."
"The favors I call in...your allegiance changes."
"I know."
"That means Jasper..."
"Is in my past." Cadence said and held Ben's gaze. He stared into her eyes a long moment before he leaned across the table and kissed her. When he pulled back he let her go.
"I will take care of this all for you." He promised and immediately got on the phone to start calling in favors.

It wasn't long before Cadence was arrested, fingerprinted, her mugshot taken and shipped out. She relieved that they put Caine in with De La Cruz. It made sense alphabetically, so she wasn't sure if it was coincidence or Ben's doing.

Either way Cadie said nothing to Grace once she was put in the cell. Even once the guards walked away she remained silent. She put her few possessions away and climbed up on the top bunk.
"I always wanted bunk beds when I was little..." She said calmly. As if their situation was an everyday sort of situation.

~Candie~

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

It was already four days into Grace and Cadie's stay. So far things were okay. The pair kept to themselves, Cadie had managed to only get into one fight so fair. She had come out the victor, and that gave the pair a bit more respect in the prison.

Cadence had finally accepted a visit with one of the people who had been trying to visit her since she arrived. It was her Mother. Her Mother had cried and demanded answers. What could Cadence really say? So she confessed to her Mother it was a sacrifice she made for the family, and Club. Her Mother wasn't happy but she understood after Cadie explained as much as she could.

Now Cadie was laying on her thin mattress reading yet another book. She was trying to force from mind her Mother and Ben. Ben had been visiting her often since he was representing her. It made things extremely complicated because he was her attorney, ex boss and now her boyfriend. Not that she wanted him as her boyfriend. it was an unfortunate term of the agreement.

She realized she had been reading the same paragraph for the last half hour. She sighed and set the book down. She slipped off her top bunk and grabbed one of the writing pads and a pen. She began to write a letter to Jasper. Probably the sixth letter she had written him, though she had not sent a single letter. She wasn't sure what to say to him? He would know soon enough about Ben.

Killian had returned to the Club. He was angry that Cadie and turned him away yet again! He picked up the stool and threw it. He was so damn frustrated! She wouldn't see him, hadn't called or written yet. How was he suppose to know what to do to help her if she wouldn't speak to him?

He turned on Jasper. He pointed at Jasper, the anger burning in his eyes. He moved closer toward Jasper.
"You're behind this aren't you?! Tell her to to cut off communication with me. Are you that insecure?!" Orion hurried to step in between his friend.
"Hey, hey! Killian settle down!" Orion looked from Killian to Jasper confused. Why would Jasper tell Cadence not to speak to Killian? Why would Killian think Jasper would do that? He was obviously being kept in the dark about something. He would get to the bottom of it soon enough.
"Killian, Cadence's silence is all of her own free will. Lena just came by and let me have it. Cadie put herself in there to make sure Grace was protected. She is trying to make sure the Club and my family is protected. So Killian you want to be angry, be angry at me. Jasper same goes for you." Orion looked from one man to the other.
"Though I want to know what is going on here. Why Kill is ready to take a shot at Jasper over her. That is Jasper's girl." Orion's fierce gaze was now on Killian.
"Or is there something going on that I need to know about...." The thick silence hung there until Doom finally spoke up.
"Killian is in love with Cadence, he has been denying it forever now and...I don't think he cares anymore that she belongs to Jasper."
"Shut up Doom." Kill snapped and shot the twin a dirty look.
"I am over her. She and I are friends, I understand that is all we will ever be and I am okay with that. I am upset because she is in there and we can't protect her. We are out here, she is locked up in there."
"Killian, did you make a pass at Cadence?" Orion asked though he already knew the answer. Killian had broken one of their rules. He went after a brother's old lady. Cadence was off bounds to everyone in the MC unless Jasper spoke up and said otherwise. After all it was a past he shared with her, and that he would be reminded of each time he saw her with one of the other men.
"I did. I regret it. I regretted it as soon as it happened. What I did was wrong, and I accept whatever punishment follows." Orion shook his head.
"That isn't for me to decided. It's for Jasper, after all you wronged him. Betrayed us all, but it was a personal attack on Jasper." Orion walked away and Doom followed.

Killian would catch a lot of s**t for what he did. He would have to earn everyone's trust back, and he knew the others would not respect of trust him for a long while. The worst part was knowing he still cared about Cadence, and would always care about her. It was not love though. Now that he had more time to analyze what he felt he realized it was real love. It never had been. He had just grown so close to her, that his desire to protect her and see her happy had made everything so confusing. She was a wonderful person, but no for him. She only had eyes for Jasper, and she would never submit to anyone. Killian had no deserve to spend his life fighting for control with his partner.

~Candie~