Constance McLoud moved to Charming with her two children after her divorce to start over. The last person she ever expected to find was the first man that she ever loved. Happy Lowman has just patched in as a member of SAMCRO. He's always prided hi...
Connie nodded and smiled at the young woman at the front desk of the police department. "Yes, I was wondering if I could talk to an officer?"
The woman nodded and picked up the phone. "Sure, just one moment. I'll find someone available to help you."
Connie was standing at the desk when she heard someone come in the door behind her. She turned to see the blonde from the day before with Tig and a younger man, this one with a mohawk and tribal tattoos. Connie shook her head and chuckled.
"Boy, you guys are everywhere, huh?"
Tig laughed as the blonde smirked and nodded. "Yeah, you never know where we'll turn up. I saw the kids out in the car. If it's ok with you, I'm gonna send Juice back out to sit with them until you're through. Just to be on the safe side."
Connie just nodded and gave the young man a smile of thanks. "If you think that's best, sure."
The woman at the reception desk got the blonde's attention. "Jax, Chief Unser will be with you in just a few minutes, if you want to take a seat."
He nodded and smiled at the other woman. "Thanks, Sue."
As he and Tig sat down, a young officer came around the front desk and stuck a hand out for Connie to shake. "Deputy Chief Hale. What can I do for you, Ms... ?"
Connie shook his hand and smiled. "Connie McCloud. Nice to meet you. I just moved here from Spokane with my two children and I wanted to stop in and check to see if my TRO was still in effect after moving to California."
She didn't notice Jax and Tig get up and move to chairs closer to where she was standing as Deputy Chief Hale nodded. He reached across the desk and picked up a notepad and pen.
"Name of the person the order is against?"
"Jack McCloud. My ex-husband."
"Your full name?"
"Constance Ann McLoud. Maiden name, Durning."
Hale nodded as he wrote. "How long have you been divorced?"
"Three months. I have a copy of our final divorce decree and the original TRO here." She handed him a thick envelope. "There's also a copy of our marriage license and a copy of the custody papers for the children. I have physical and legal custody. And... " She opened the envelope to check something then nodded. "Yes, and a copy of five police reports for domestic incidents."
Deputy Chief Hale gave her a smile and nodded. "Very good. You're thorough."
Connie smiled and chuckled. "I've learned the hard way to have my ducks in a row, officer."
He nodded and patted her on the shoulder. "I believe you have, Ms. McCloud. Ok, I should have some answers for you in a couple of days. If you'll write down your phone number here, I'll call you when I have something."
Connie nodded her thanks and turned to walk out of the building, giving a wave to Jax and Tig as she went.
Jax, Tig, and Juice walked into the clubhouse, the latter going directly to his laptop as the other two grabbed beers and sat down with Clay, Gemma, Happy, Chibs, and Tara. Jax gave his wife and mother a kiss before he turned his head to speak to Juice.
"You ready?"
Juice nodded. "Yeah. His name first."
"Jack McCloud. Her name is Constance Ann McCloud. Maiden name Durning."
Happy's head snapped up. "Why are you running Connie?"
Tig looked at him in surprise. "You know her?"
Happy nodded as Clay interrupted. "Who is she?"
Jax held up a hand as everyone looked his way. "She's not a threat to the club at all, but... ok, me and Tig met her yesterday at the grocery store."
Tig nodded. "And then me and Chibs met her at the diner this morning." He looked around the room. "Very nice woman, by the way."
Gemma spoke up from beside Clay. "Happy and I saw her this afternoon at the store."
Tara looked around at everyone and grinned. "I met her this morning." She turned to Jax. "She's moving into the house next door."
Jax shook his head and chuckled. "Talk about a small fucking world."
Gemma smirked as she looked at Happy. "It's about to get smaller. How do you know her, Hap?"
Happy glared at her before he shrugged. "Went to school with her."
Gemma shook her head. "Nah, that's not all. The looks between you two today weren't "we went to school together". What else?"
He rolled his eyes before answering her. "We might have dated."
By now Tig was grinning from ear to ear. "You might have? Was she like, your girlfriend?"
Happy cut his eyes to Tig and nodded. "Yeah." He then looked at Jax. "Now, why are you running her name?"
Jax sighed before shaking her head. "She was at the police station just now. Talking to Hale about making sure her TRO was still active since she moved states. I've got a pretty good hunch that her husband was abusive."
Happy's jaw clenched. "I'll fucking kill him if he touches her."
Clay nodded and joined the conversation. "Find out what you can then bring it to church. We protect our own."
Gemma nodded in agreement as Tig suddenly turned to Happy. "You slept with her, didn't you?" When Happy just stared at him, he started laughing. "Oh my god, you did! Please, tell me about it? And please tell me she was a cheerleader." His words were met by groans and snickers from everyone else as Happy just smirked. Tig shook his head. "Well, if it's protection she needs, I could swing by there tomorrow and... "
Happy gave him a death stare that stopped him mid-sentence. "No."
"What do you mean, no?"
"I mean no."
"Why not?"
Happy stood up and leaned over to look him in the eyes. "Because I fucking said so, perv. Drop it." He walked behind his best friend and leaned over to speak into his ear. "She was the captain of the cheer squad and very fucking flexible. Probably the best I've ever had."
Tig groaned as Happy walked toward the door. "I fucking hate you, Happy! You're no longer my best friend!"
Happy's only response was to flip him off as he walked out the door.
