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He frowned some shaking his head, "She married the DEA agent? Maybe she didn't have a choice, maybe work brought him back here?" He pointed out and shrugged some, sighing a bit. "Try not to worry too much, it's not like she's at the club." He pointed out. He went through the day as normal and picked Max up as promised before taking her to the club and got them a beer each, sitting near the fire pit with Angel and Gilly, keeping Max on his lap and holding her close happily, "I feel like we're kids again." He chuckled quietly to Max, kissing her temple.


Carmen had been worrying about it a little all day until it finally came time to head into the club, texting Jack that she would be fine and that she loved him before chucking her phone in her purse. At least the recording devices were a lot more subtle these days and wouldn't be noticed easily. She headed straight over to grab a beer once she arrived and smiled at Bishop, the man who had been like a father to her while she was growing up, going over and hugging him tightly, chatting with him and feeling Angel's eyes burning into her the whole night.

Coco got up after a while to go take a leak, pecking Max's lips and left her sitting with angel, figuring everything would be just fine.

 

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Max gave a small laugh as she nodded some "Yeah except I have a better ass now." She joked kissing him gently. She sat with him all night not able to wipe the smile off her face. She hadn't had this much fun in a long time, but it also reminded her of her cousin and it made her a bit sad as well. She sat with Angel once Coco left and frowned some seeing how he was almost boring holes into the woman chatting with Taza and Bishop "You okay Angel? Who is she?" She asked

Jack sat outside the club sighing heavily as he listened in on Carmen's conversations and those around her. He recognized some of the voices and he just hoped that she was safe in there.

 

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Angel frowned looking over at her and sat up some. “Her? She’s the bitch who’s had the nerve to show her face here after being a rat 16 years ago.” He muttered frowning. “I told her to get out of here and be safe and never come back... now she’s here again with some cop she married.” He spat, fuming still that she would have the nerve. “She’s the fucking reason that Aaron is dead.” He muttered.

Carmen smiled some as she listened to the two men talk all evening, relaxing a little and eventually having a pretty good time until she finally called it a night and said her goodbyes, heading out of the scrap yard and towards the van a couple blocks down the street, seeing jack stood outside it and smiled, slipping her arms around him tightly. “Mmmm see.... all safe and sound.” She murmured kissing him gently. “Take me home papí?” She asked him, pulling the Stetson off his head and putting it on her own.

 

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Max listened to him and frowned more at the woman shaking her head some "No....Aaron was killed for being a rat...and she was the one? No...no.." she whispered feeling heart break and that old wound rip itself right open as she watched the woman laugh and have a grand time. She quickly got up after a few minutes of watching them and went to get away from the crowds

Jack smiled happily seeing her come to him and kissed her gently "Mmm yes m'am." He murmured pulling her into the van and driving back to the station so they could pick up his car and go home

 

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Carmen smiled as she climbed into the van, completely unaware that she had been followed down the street. “When we get home, I mean Kentucky home, I think we should get a dog first.” She smiled “before we have a kid.... get used to being responsible people.” She teased him.

Coco came back out and frowned some not seeing her anywhere but wandered off to go find max and eventually saw her walking back onto the yard. “Hey... you wanna head out?” He asked her gently, “what’s wrong babe?” He murmured holding her to him as he felt her shaking.

 

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Jack chuckled softly but gave a small nod "Alright, I can live with that." He murmured smiling happily and not noticing the woman standing off watching them

Max followed Carmen out and frowned as she stopped at a Van and started chatting with a guy. She felt her anger spike seeing that she was still ratting on the club amd could get someone else killed now because of it. She turned away and walked back to the club shaking from her emotions looking at Coco with a tear soaked face "Take me home Coco....please."

 

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She headed home with him after and got changed into her normal pjs, snuggling in close to him on the couch while they watched a movie and she started drifting off to sleep.

He frowned pulling her into him. “Okay.... what happened?” He asked her frowning. “Max.... go wait in the car I’m gonna let angel know we’re going.” He murmured kissing her head giving her the car Keyes and walked off to go see angel. “Hey we’re heading out, see you in the morning.” He muttered before taking off with max.

 

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Max sat in the car crying more looking at Coco with lost and heart broken eyes as he got into the car "She killed him. She's the reason he is dead!" She said but it was barely audible through her sobs

Jack smiled happily and stripped down to his boxers when they got hom and put on his night shirt "Mmmm I love you babe." He murmured kissing the top of her head watching some of the movie she had put on but when he realized she was asleep he quickly turned it off and carried her to bed

 

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He frowned not sure what she was saying but he got her back to her place and went inside with her, getting her some water and just stayed with her, not wanting to leave her in this state, holding her to him all night long until he eventually fell asleep in the early hours of the morning, his gun sitting on the nightstand.

Carmen woke up early and smiled to herself at the smell of coffee and berries, getting up and heading into the kitchen seeing jack had done breakfast again “I Thought seeing as you’re off today, there’s a really big farmers market on the other side of town, nowhere near Mayans territory, we could go and still be normal.... please.” She murmured slipping her arms around his waist and kissing her shoulder.

 

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Max woke up early that morning in an awful mood. She took a deep breath trying to figure out what to make of the information Angel had shared with her that night. Though when she remembered her cousin and how he looked when she put him in the ground, how she lost her aunt not long after, she was now filled with rage. She got up quickly and quietly getting dressed and taking Coco's gun.

Jack smiled some and nodded a bit "Mornin gorgeous." He murmured as he finished up breakfast for the two of them "Mmm that sounds good. Get some fresh stuff to make good meals." He murmured

 

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She smiled some and kissed his cheek. "I love you, long as you keep cooking for me I'll keep you loved and the house clean." She teased, squeezing his ass and sat down with her plate to eat, doing the dishes after and went to get herself ready for the day, humming happily while she got dressed and did her hair.

Coco groaned when he finally woke up, frowning at the empty space beside him, not at all focused except for making sure she was okay, getting up and chucking clothes back on, heading into the kitchen, "Hey.... You doing okay? I'm.... I'm not gonna make you tell me everything, I know you will when you're ready, but baby I'm right here, I got you and whatever it is that's got you this upset... We'll work through this okay?" He murmured, pulling her into his arms and kissing her head, "I gotta go, I got a job with Riz, I'll be free from 12, we'll talk then okay?" He promised and kissed her cheeks before heading out, knowing that forcing her to talk was going to get him nowhere

 

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Max sat in the kitchen barely eating as she got lost in her memories of the only people she ever loved as family aside from Coco. She nodded softly as she looked at Coco "Okay....be careful." She whispered before he left.

Jack chuckled softly and sat down to eat with her smiling happily at her. It was times like these that he always tried to cherish the most. As they finished up he went to get ready for the day making sure to pick out a breathable outfit so he didn't melt in the heat.

 

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Coco frowned as he got to the scrap yard, chucking work clothes on and looked over at Angel, "What the hell happened last night? I go to take a leak and she's fine and next thingn I know I come out and she's crying her eyes out.... you were with her." He muttered.

Carmen sighed a little once she was ready and looked at the date on her phone, "He could've had a third birthday today." She mumbled as they got in the car frowning some. It had been her due date when she was pregnant but a few days after finding out they were having a boy, and while Jack was off on a training course, she'd had a miscarriage and been told she'd never hold a pregnancy again. "Or maybe he was gonna be late... Your mom told me last time we were there that all the boys in your family have been late." She smiled sadly. "I'd like to adopt a little girl if that's the path we go down." She told him while she drove to the market, parking up next to an apartment building, getting out with him and took his hand, watching him adjust his Stetson, not noticing the woman from the club last night walking out of her front door just half a block down from them

 

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Jack gave a heavy sigh and kissed her hand gently as she drove "Its okay beautiful, it just wasn't our time." He said softly nodding some and smiled more "I'd love a little girl, she could be my little princess." He said happily getting out with her once they arrived not noticing the woman at all

Angel frowned shaking his head some "Told what she should know, the fucking truth about Aaron." He muttered still pissed at Carmen

Max came out to get some fresh air glaring at the woman as he saw her walking to the farmer's market. Quickly she grabbed her bag and followed them to the market not in her right mind at all

 

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Coco frowned glaring at him, "Why the fuck would you do that? How is that helping anybody Angel?!" He spat at him, shaking his head some and oging to try and call her while he had a cigarette and waited for Riz, frowning when she wouldn't pick up, calling Letty instead, "Hey, when you're done with school I want you to go to your mother's alright? She could reall do with some company and I'm tied up with the club right now." He told her, thanking her when she agreed and finally hung up, worrying about Max.

Carmen smiled some, shaking her head. "Your princess? Maybe she would be a mommy's girl?" She teased, holding his hand while they checked out the stalls, "You know, it was nice to at least see Bishop yesterday.... He was... the man half raised me when my dad went to prison." She told him, "It was good to see that he's doing okay, I think it was good for him to see that I turned out alri-" She got cut off when she felt Jack shove her to the side and she fell to the ground hard, about to yell at him but before any words could leave her mouth, two gunshots rang through the air followed by a few screams and Carmen looked around, seeing a woman stood a little ways away holding a handgun. Her eyes went straight to Jack after that and saw he was standing up but her eyes widened in horror as she watched him stumble before hitting the ground.

 

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Max glared at the two of them shaking her head some pulling the gun and pointing towards Carmen but when she pulled rhe trigger twice it was already too late and she hit the man she was with instead. She looked at them in shock and quickly ran off while everyone moved to the man

Jack looked around some smiling happily as he watched everything. However when his eyes landed on the woman glaring at Carmen he frowned some. He moved Carmen out of the way when he saw her pull the gun and grunted as he got hit twice in the torso. He took a deep breath and soon stumbled falling to the ground

 

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She scrambled to get to him as fast as possible, "Jack! Jack baby look at me, that's it, keep your eyes on me, shit... What were you thinking? Oh god.. I got you." She whimpered, finding the bullet holes quickly and put as much pressure on them as possible, trying to stop the bleeding, "Don't you dare close those eyes baby you understand me?" She muttered, looking over when someone said they'd called an ambulance, "You're gonna be okay... Jack... Come on, focus on me, slow breaths baby it's gonna be okay." She whimpered, trying not to cry so she could focus on keeping him alive til the EMTs arrived.

Coco sighed heavily once Riz arrived and got on with the job, getting back in time to find Letty and Max sitting outside at a bench and frowned some. He'd noticed he hadn't had his gun on him while he was on the job but once they got back and he saw the way Max was shaking while his gun sat on the table in front of her.... He'd done more than just left it by accident. "What's going on?" He asked gently, going over to his two girls. If he wasn't so worried he would have been more proud seeing them sitting together like the family he'd always thought they should have been.

 

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Max shook as she sat at the small table in the apartment staring at the gun not even speaking with Letty right now. She kept her eyes on the gun as she heard Coco taking a shaky breath "She.....she killed him....she is the reason he died...and I...I didn't mean to hit the man with her..." she whispered letting a few tears fall before she broke down "I just want my brother back!"

Jack looked at Carmen taking deep breaths as he tried his best to focus on Carmen and not the pain radiating through his body "I'm....okay.....promise..." he whispered grunting and coughing with blood coming out just as the EMTs arrived

 

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Coco frowned crouching in front of her and took her hands in his, "Max... Did you use this?" He asked her as he nodded towards the weapon. "Alright, come down to the club with me.. We'llkeep you safe but you need to get out of here before someone recognises you." He murmured, kissing her cheek, "I... I'm not gonna let anything happen to you." He murmured.

Carmen whimpered shaking her head "Shh... Save your energy honey, it's gnna be okay... just try to keep breathing Jack." She begged him quietly, staying in place holding pressure to the wounds until they moved her away and she watched him carefully, "'m right here Jack... I'm right he- Jack! Jack don't you close your eyes! Hey stay with me baby please." She begged, starting to cry as she watched them load him into the ambulance and she climbed in the back as well, shaking like mad, "Jack don't you leave me." She sobbed.

 

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Max nodded some flinging her arms around him letting him take her down to the car "Get Letty too...I don't want her alone." She whispered to him as they got in the car taking deep breaths to calm herself

Jack frowned some his eyes fluttering shut as they drove off his hand going limp as they tried to get him stabled. As they arrived at the hospital he was quickly taken back to the ER when the cops came in to talk with Carmen

 

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Carmen was quietly pleading with him while she stayed out of the way, shaking as she sat down in a private room with the cops. “I don’t know what happened... we were just going round the market and nothing was going on, he shoved me to the ground and the woman shot him instead.” She cried giving them as best a description of her as she could while she cradled the cup of water close to her she’d been given. “I just want my husband to be okay.” She mumbled, glancing down to see her shirt had been soaked through with his blood.

Coco frowned and kissed her head. “She’s right behind us okay? It’s gonna be okay. Promise.zl he murmured and got in the other side, driving them to the club house and went inside ahead of them to speak to bishop. He only told him that he needed somewhere for her to lay low for a few days, soon going back out and getting them both taking max to his back room

 

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The sheriff nodded some at her sending the rest of his team off "Hey Carmen...its gonna be okay I promise." He whispered having known her when they were growing up and he wanted her to be okay "Let me get you something to change into." He murmured flagging down a nurse and asking for a shirt thay she could change into

Max followed Coco to the back taking deep breaths keeping close to him letting a few tears fall as she looked at him "Coco...what have I done?" She whimpered

 

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She frowned shaking still and frowned, "He didn't want us to come here. And he was so worried that... that I would get hurt... and now he's... oh god... I don't know if he's gonna make it." She whimpered a little and sniffled, "I don't know who that woman is, but she is going to pay for what she has done." She muttered, taking the shirt and going to change before curling up in the room again, waiting quietly for any information.

He frowned and held her close, kissing her head, "Shh, shh, Angel fucking wound you up... He was right, he told you the truth but he shouldn't have fucking told you. I found out a couple months after you left, I didn't ever want you to have to know that... Swetheart I don't want you leaving here anytime soon okay?" He murmured gently, "We can keep you safe here." He murmured to her softly. "If she comes here again, you can't retaliate against her." He murmured

 

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The sheriff frowned at her words shaking his head a bit "Don't do anything out of anger or rage Carmen....it'll just cause more trouble." He said softly before he got up and left her to privacy

Max whimpered pulling him to sit with her and holding him close "Don't leave me....please Coco I don't want to be alone right now." She whispered taking a deep breath

 

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Eventually she fell asleep, not able to keep her eyes open any longer, jumping out of her skin when she felt someone shaking her awake, looking up at the nurse in front of her, "Where is my husband? He gonna be okay?!" She asked her frantically, seeing it was now evening outside. He'd been in surgery a good six hours or so.

He frowned shaking his head and pulled her in close, "Hey, I'm not going anywhere I promise." He murmured softly to her, rocking her as he kept her tightly in his arms, "I love you. My one job is to keep you and Letty safe you understand me?"