Ireland. This was the last fucking place Tig expected to end up. Old, stone buildings. Green, rolling hills. Air. Fresh air. It been so long since he'd been this far from Charming. And, yeah. Wasn't half bad. Sheep. Lot of fucking sheep.
But everyone drank here. There was something salvageable in that. And old men were old men, thick skins, gnarled, ugly beards. Tig could be comfortably uncomfortable in that, at least, in the rough, gravel of their throats even if he couldn't make heads or tails of what they were saying.
Even if this felt nothing like home. But home didn't feel like home. Home had the sniff of death surrounding it, and Jax was the vulture circling his head. It'd only been a matter of time. Only a matter of time before Jax got smart and Tig got dead. That'd been why he'd left, for the most part. At least, that'd been the logical reason.
Then, there was the other reason. The fact that, after Dawn's death, he'd been anchorless. Yeah. Ireland had been as good of an idea as any. Never mind the fact that he had to share the ticket with Clay. He still had too many problems with his old friend. Gemma's battered face wasn't something Tig was going to get passed any time soon. Or the lies. He could understand Clay lying to Jax--but to Tig?
Tig killed his bike engine, hoped off, and got back to the flat. They'd been more or less sharing space, until the Irish could get them something more livable. Tig stepped inside, letting the door swing shut behind him. He didn't see Clay right away, which was fine. His face would just piss him off anyway. "Hey," he called out, while his fingers found a little Mother Teresa figurine on the counter and he started twisting her around. Look away. Only bad men here. "Any word from Galen?"