Jackson
After the last couple of days, I feel completely drained. And I'd bet that Harley feels the same way. Sharing our stories with the others was hard for both of us. I know it was for me. But I'm glad that it's off of my chest and that not only do my brothers now know but so does Harley. Now for the hard part, telling my parents about why I've been a dick lately. My moms going to explode on me. And so will my dads. I told Hunter on the way to work this morning that I wanted to go see them. I had planned to go alone but he said he was going with me. He wasn't going to let me do it alone and that Dec would probably go with me as well. I figured that I'd wait until later and get ahold of Mom. I didn't want to call too early and wake her up. She's usually up when my dads get up for work but sometimes she lays back down. After being at work for a few hours we got called out to an apartment complex fire. TJacksonWe sat for just a few minutes before my mom went off. "Damn it, Jackson Tyler Garrison! How could you keep this from us for this fucking long? A baby Jackson, you had a baby and didn't think that was important enough to tell us when it happened. We should've been there to help you through it all. We could've sat at the hospital with you, and you wouldn't have gone through that alone. I hope that little bitch is in jail for a long assed time after what she did to my grandbaby.""Baby take a breath and don't get worked up too much. I agree with her, though, Jax, you should've called us. We'd have all been there for you. You shouldn't have had to go through something so hard alone. It's no wonder you have been so damn angry at the world. I would've been too. To lose a child isn't something anyone should ever have to go through. You shouldn't have had to suffer alone. But that ends now. We are all here for you. An
HarleyIt was a couple of months later and everything had been going well with my guys. We spent every night together when we weren't working. I was very much in love with them. Jax took us to get necklaces and the guys all had one that looked like his. And his mom and I had little silver bears. Hers had a thing on it with footprints on one side and a poem about granddaughters on the other. Mine had a thing with footprints on one side and the other said mommy's baby girl is now her little angel. It also had a halo on it. I loved it so much.Things at work were going better than they were. And thankfully, there has been no sign of any of the psychos that are after me. I hope that it stays that way. My dad and brothers and brother-in-law have all settled in nicely and have gotten good jobs. My brother and his fiancé have been talking about getting an apartment when things settle down. Henley and I have talk
HunterThe past few months have been the best of our lives. Ever since Jax told us about his daughter and what happened, we have all gotten closer than we were. He even sat down with Cole and Henley and told them what happened and why he had been such a dick. Cole was almost as heart broken as what Harley was when he told us. He cried and told Jax that he should kick his ass for keeping something so huge from us.Jax took it all in stride and even told him that he'd let him kick his ass for what he did. Harley and Cole took the pictures that Jax had and made eight by tens of all of them. They now hang throughout our apartment and Harley and Henley's house. As well as our mom's house, she has put the pictures everywhere. I don't know how she did it, but Harley took one of the pictures of Jax holding Nevaeh and added all of us guys and mom and dads to one. And on another one, she added us guys an
DeclanThe morning started great. We got up, got ready for work, and had breakfast with the family. I gave Harley a big kiss and sent her off with Cole to work. We were following behind everyone to head to work. I was driving my truck today, and it was a good thing that I did. I have a siren that I can attach to my roof in emergency situations. And this morning was an emergency situation.As we were starting up along the straight stretch, I saw a car come flying out of the only road that turns off of the main road. They hit Harley and Cole hard and sent the car over the side of the road. Henley and I both cussed, and then he called into the station. I attached the siren to the roof of my truck and took off. I called Jax and told him that we were going after the guy and to make sure that our girl was OK.We chased the car all over town and eventually more squad c
HarleyAfter I felt the big shock to my chest, I gasped and was finally able to open up my eyes. I could see people everywhere and hear so much noise. The first thing that I said was "How's Hayden is he ok?" and I put my right arm on my stomach. My left arm must be broken because it was in a cast and I couldn't move it.At first, it was like no one could hear me. I was trying to talk but my mouth was so dry. Finally, a nurse filled a cup with water and brought it to me. She put the straw in my mouth and I got a drink of water. Finally, a doctor asked me "How are you feeling, does anything hurt, and if so what?"I could see the guys all standing outside the door. I looked back at the doctor and said "My whole body hurts but I can't take pain medicine. I need to know if Hayden is ok. Please tell me that he's ok." Everyone was giving me weird looks like
HarleyWhen Suzy found out about the baby she was so excited that she would be a grandma again. She even said that she would plan the baby shower when we decided to have it and also help the guys get a nursery done. They were all so glad that I was finally awake and the guys were trying to get Cole over to see me. But the doctor said maybe the next day because I needed to rest.I told the guys to go home but they wouldn't do it. So I ended up with two of them spending the night with me and the other staying in Cole's room to be close to me. I knew that they all needed some real rest but they wouldn't listen to me. They were afraid to let me out of their sight. I was tired so after Suzy, Slade, and Storm left for the night, I curled up and went to sleep.I could feel all of the guys kiss me on the forehead and I knew that they had settled in for the night. I managed to
HarleyFinally, after being in the hospital for about a week I was able to go home. I was never so glad to get to leave the hospital as I was that day. The guys gathered all of my stuff and took it to the car. When they returned, a nurse was just coming in with the discharge papers for me to sign. After I signed them she brought a wheelchair in and Hunter picked me up and put me in it.I had already changed into a pair of the guys' sweatpants and a baggy shit to go home in. I was so ready to get home. The guys had all been sweet this week with staying with me but they need a good night's sleep and to get back to work. Their bosses let them all take the week off because of what happened but now it was time for them to return.Cole and I had both taken six weeks of medical leave so I would have him with me when the guys were at work. Plus Suzy and the grandmas bot
HarleyWhen Suzy and the rest of the family showed up it turned into a great night. Suzy made up a big bunch of stuff for tacos with the help of the grandmas. Cole wanted to help but was sent back in here to the couch to sit with me. Of course, he had to pout like a big baby because they wouldn't let him help them.He hates to sit still so it was bugging him to have to sit still and not help in the kitchen. He even fidgets when we're trying to watch a movie and gets up and down a lot. But we ended up watching TV and talking with the rest of the family. My dad seemed to get along pretty well with Slade and Storm, and even the grandpas. It ended up being a good night with family and we've had many more of them since then.It was about five weeks later now and the big Fourth of July slash family reunion cookout that we were having at Suzy's was tomorrow
Harley 10 Years Later It's hard to believe that eleven years ago, I was madly in love and thought that it was only one-sided. It's hard to believe that with the twist of fate and an accident, we become closer. Well after not talking for a month but that's another story. At first, it was only the three of us but soon we had our missing family member with us. We have had many hardships over the years and we have stuck together and gotten through them all. It started with Jax and him letting us know about his well our baby girl to what I went through with Preston and Grace. A couple of years after Grace was sent to jail, Jax got a phone call and a letter from Missy. Somehow Grace had ended up on the same cell block as her and they got to talking one day. Turns out that Grace was trying to stir up shit from behind bars. She told Missy all about me and how I was married to Jax and his brothers when she was bragging about trying to fool them. Missy got pissed when she found out th
Harley8 Months LaterAfter everything that had happened, we were finally on our honeymoon. We wanted to go somewhere warm but was safe to take the boys. They were now ten months old and crawling all over the place. Both of them were pulling themselves up and trying to walk around. Both boys weigh at fifteen pounds each. They are growing like little weeds on me. The first word that either of them said was momma. It made me cry to hear it and I loved it. The second thing that they said was Bo, he's the service dog that I got to help me. I ended up losing the sight in my left eye.A week after court was done and over with, we started to move on with our lives. I ended up running a high fever and having trouble with my eye. We went back to the hospital and I ended up being admitted again. Turns out that I had gotten an infection in my eye and had to be on antibiotics for it. I ended up losing what little bit of sight I had
HarleyThe next few months were hard as hell to get through. The first time that I got to hold my boys I cried so hard. Thankfully the guys were all able to be back in the NICU with me. The rule was that only two people at a time were allowed to be with one baby. But because we had two babies all of us could go back.The first few weeks they were on a feeding tube and then they finally started to take a bottle. They did tests on the boys to make sure that they were healthy and fine. When they started them on the bottle, they didn't want to take it at first. The doctor had me try to breastfeed them and they both had a little bit of trouble but took right to it. When I wasn't there and they had to take the bottle they hated it but would drink from it.I spent a couple of weeks in the hospital until they finally got my blood pressure under control and w
HarleyI felt like I was floating in darkness and couldn't find my way out. I don't know how long I was like that. After what seemed like forever I could hear someone saying my name but they were so far away. I could hear them and then I was right back out again.Finally, I started to be able to hear the voices become louder and louder. I was able to hear the Dr. right beside me now saying my name. "Harley, Harley, can you hear me?" I was finally able to blink my eyes and then open them. The first thing that I saw was everyone standing over me with worried looks on their faces.I was blinking trying to get my eyes to stay open. The Dr. asked me again "Harley, can you hear me? Are you ok, do you feel Ok?" I didn't know why she was asking about me I wanted to know how my sons were doing. So the first thing that I said was "How are my boys, where are my boys? I want to see my
HarleyWhen I was first admitted to the hospital, I was only around six months pregnant. It was determined that because I have placental abruption, and because I'm pregnant with twins, I would spend the remainder of my pregnancy in the hospital. I wasn't looking forward to it because it's hard to tell how long I will need to be in the hospital. Thankfully Cole loves me and came through for me. He brought me my Kindle so that I could read and my yarn stuff so I could crochet. I wasn't bored and even made a few new blankets while in here.It's been a month and a half and I'm now seven and a half months pregnant. The babies have both been doing great so far. After I had the surgery on my face and eye, they left the bandages on for a few days before checking it. It was touch and go for a while, I ended up with a pretty bad infection in my eye and face. They thought that I might end up losing
HarleyWhen I first came to I wasn't sure where I was at. It wasn't until I saw Dr. Eric that I knew I was in the hospital. After talking to them and learning what happened, I was told that Hayden was ok and I needed surgery. When Preston fell after I shot him he hit my face with the knife. I wasn't able to see and they were hoping that with the surgery I'd be able to regain my eyesight.I got to see my guys for a few minutes before they took me down for surgery. They wheeled me into the other room and then moved me to another bed. When they had everything ready they put a mask over my face and had me start counting backwards from a hundred. One hundred, ninety-nine, ninety-eight, ninety-seven, ninety-six, ninety-five. And that's all that way the last number I remember saying.When I finally woke up I was really groggy and didn't know where I was at first.
JacksonThe past few hours have been pure hell. When we finally got everyone together and headed toward where Harley was I was a nervous wreck. But walking into that warehouse and seeing Harley lying there bleeding scared me so badly. Especially when I saw where all the blood was coming from. Thankfully Hunter was right there and was able to help her.Cole went to help that bastard Preston to try to keep him from dying. After seeing the shape that my wife was in I honestly didn't care if he lived or not. I went over and tried to help Hunter, I had first aid training but not like he did. Thankfully the squad arrived soon and the first guys took the rat bastard out. The second squad got Harley stable and then with the help of us guys got her out to the squad to transport to the ER.Hunter rode with her and Cole rode in with Preston, so Henley, Declan, and I ran ba
DeclanAfter we got the call from Harley, the guys and I headed to the station. Henley had called and filled in the chief to let him know what was going on and that we needed backup. When we got to the station, we had about twenty guys ready and waiting for us. It was days like today that I really loved my job and the guys that I worked with. They were all ready and waiting to go with us.Jax and Hunter even let the guys at the fire station know to be on standby just in case we have to call them in.We had stopped at the hospital after Cole called us to get the surveillance cameras and to see if anyone saw anything. Then we headed to the fire station to let the guys know what happened. Cole came with us when we were done investigating everything at the hospital. He was done for the day and was worried about Harley, he also wanted to be with us just in case we needed medical help. We wanted all of our
HarleyI sat there waiting for him to walk back in. I had my gun hidden so he didn't see it at first. I was going to wait as long as I could before I shot him. I was trying to figure out where it would be best to shoot him. It had to be somewhere that would count so that so that he couldn't beat on me anymore. Or even get close to me.So as I waited for him I put my training to use and tried to think of what places would do the most damage if you were shot. I decided that if I had to I would aim for his stomach and then the legs if that didn't work. I would do what I had to, to protect myself. After a few minutes, I heard a truck start up and leave and figured that Dr. Dick was leaving. I hoped very much that Dec and Henley caught him on his way out of here.After I heard it leave I could hear Grace and Preston make their way towards me.