@bclllator || Continued from [x]
Looking back, Kat would later say that she should have seen it coming; that the pieces were right there in front of her. The presidents of the other charters coming into town, the strange air of solemnity hanging over the club afterwards, Jax’s need to make sure she knew where everything was -- going over information she had known for years...like she’d soon have to handle it on her own. Like he wasn’t going to be there.
Being around the club as long as she had, seeing mayhem votes go down in the past, she should have put it altogether. This was no accident. How could it be? He just happened to run into a semi? Same as their father? No, her brother had gone to meet Mr. Mayhem. And he had done it on his terms.
Not that any of that future foresight made it easier in the moment. For as Audrey spoke, Kat found it harder and harder to breathe, the world around her beginning to spin. Jax. Her brother. Her twin. The one person she had never been without was gone. She, along with her nephews, were officially the last Tellers standing.
Fuck. Her nephews. How was she ever supposed to explain this to them. Jax had...he had dropped Tommy off with her, after dropping Abel at school...saying he had some club business to attend to and could she watch them for a bit. It wasn’t unusual. And Abel would in no way be surprised when Aunt Kat was the one to grab him from school. But how...
How did she tell them he wasn’t coming back? That they were it?
A choked sob escaping, she reached back to steady herself on the back of the couch, sinking down to perch on it’s arm. The hell was she supposed to do now? Without him? As much as they fought. As much as she thought him an idiot. He had always been by her side. And her his. But now...
“I...I don’t...someone should get Abel from school. And what about the...his...do I have to sign something? I don’t...I don’t remember what happened with...what do I do now? I don’t know what to do...I can’t...I need him...”