Jax's POV
I head out of the basement and start to walk to the gym. Once I get to the main floor everyone starts looking at me and whispering.
"How does it feel to be betrayed by your girlfriend?" a familiar voice shouts.
What a wrong time to start on me. I turn around and walk over to the boy that calls himself Bobby. I walk over to him and knock him to the floor. I continually punch him in the face.
I get pulled away I look behind me to see my dad. I push him off me and straighten my suit jacket.
"Must of hurt pretty bad then." Bobby says. I pull my gun out from the back of my suit and aim inbetween his eyes.
"Jax." My dad warns.
"Its fine because shes here now so we can all take it in turns and show her she can't get away with this." He says I cock my gun and shoot him.
"Learn when I'm in a bad mood and don't talk to me when I'm in one." I say and walk into my dads office.
"That wasn't necessary." Alessandro says.
"I don't really care." I say and he rolls his eyes.
"What are you looking at?" I ask and turn the laptop round.
It was the security cameras but the part that caught my attention was Gio and Lara cuddling in the basement. My hand turns into a fist and just as I was about to walk out my dad walked in and sat me down.
"You need to control yourself, how do you think Lara feels seeing you like this?" He asks.
"I don't care how Lara feels, everything was a lie." I say.
"No it wasn't and deep down you know it too. You had every reason to think that but it wouldn't add up Jax. Anyone in their right mind can see that she loves you." My dad tells me and I sigh.
I cannot calm down. I feel betrayed.
The first person I fell for and it turned out like this. All I can feel is anger for the betrayal. As much as we dont know if she actually betrayed me.
But all I can think about is how I just wanna hit something really hard.
"If your not worried about how Lara sees you, think of Alannah. She sure as hell is going to hate you now." Dad says and I grip the chair. Is that really helpful?
"How is this supposed to help?" I ask as my knuckles turn white from how firm I'm gripping the chair.
"I know you cared about Alannah so much. In fact you actually cared for her as if she was your own. Im sure if this was any other way things would've been different and she would be yours. But now you basically have a daughter and need to reign in that anger." He tells me.
"Doesn't matter, Lara's never going to let me see her again." I say resting my face in my hands.
"You don't know that." He says. He was right, I don't know.
I know Lara has a good heart so if I asked nicely in about a months time when everything dies down she would say yes.
"What the hell happened with Bobby?" Dad asks and I sigh and explain the situation to him.
I was now angry again as not only did I see Gio kiss Lara's forehead I had to explain the whole Bobby situation to my dad.
When Gio into my dads outfit I jumped out of my chair.
"Who do you think you are huh?" I question grabbing his t-shirt and pushing him against the wall.
"What the hell?" Gio chokes.
"Jax!" My dad shouts and grabs me off Gio again.
"You kissed her!" I shout.
"Oh my fuck. On the forehead you dick because shes scared. It was the least I could do. Hell if I didn't have so many loyalties to you and this job I'd be down there right now getting her out of here. She doesn't deserve this and you know it." He shouts.
"That's my girl!" I shout at him. I don't know why I'm acting so possessive over her she betrayed me.
"I know that dickhead. I would never go after her because you love her. What the hell is wrong with you. I get you're going through your first heartbreak but come on Jax. That doesn't mean you can't trust me. When have I ever gone behind your back?" He shouts and I sigh.
"You really need to calm down." My dad says and I sigh and sit in my chair.
I took the rest of the day off. I couldn't stay there sorting buisness out with everything that's happened today.
The first thing I did was go to one of my dads bars. Had a few drinks then fucked Gwen in one of the back rooms.
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I got home and my mom came running into the foyer. She pulled me into a hug.
"Its late where have you been?" She asks and I sigh.
"Out." I say and start walking up the stairs.
"You drove home drunk?" mom accuses.
"Yep" I admit popping the 'p'.
I get into my room and look around.
A lot of Lara's stuff was still here. Hell even one of Alannah's stuffed animals was in the middle of my fresh bed. I get out of my clothes and into my shower.
Once I get out of the shower I towel dry my hair then grab my laptop.
I sit on my bed and log into the security cameras.
I watch as Lara was sat there with Gio's hoodie on. She had a blacket wrapped around her and was still shivering I zoomed in and watched her face as she cried. It broke my heart.
I never thought I'd get the feeling of a broken heart but this hurts on a different level. I held on to Alannah's stuffed animal and broke down.
I thought about how Alannah is probably in Nicole or David's arms breaking down. She's probably broken and it's all my fault because I have her mom. It won't take long till she realizes and grows to hate me too.
I then thought about Lara.
About the way she jumped when I punched the wall multiple times. I thought about her eyes going a darker shade of brown as she realised it was my fault she was there. The way her heart broke when I accused her of being a liar.
I feel bad I really do but I don't know for definite if she was spying for her dad or not. Either way theres no more us anymore.
No more laughs, cries, calming Alannah down, cuddling, dates no more happy moments. And I deserve it because I'm an asshole but that's what happens when your in the mafia.
I walk out of my room to get a drink, I can't sit in my bed crying. It's pathetic.
I heard my mom and dad in the living room talking. I sat on the stairs and decided to listen to what they were saying.
"You have to give him time. This is his first heartbreak. Do you remember what that felt like? It hurts so much. He just needs to piece himself back together which he will do but Lara just broke his heart." Mom says.
Typical. They're talking about me.
"That's not Jax though." He says and I hear him slam her glass down.
"Nobody is like that until you go through it. He loved her to pieces anyone could see it. Hell she loved him just as much. But this is what I meant with not wanting him to get involved with this career. Things would have been fine if you guys didn't have to kidnap her. Not just her but Alannah too. Your men hurt her daughter so Jax is lucky if she even looks at him again. I don't blame her because I'd do the same thing." Mom says and I sigh.
My mom is really on Lara's side.
"Vanessa you need to calm down." Dad says and I hear mom sigh.
"I can't calm down Vincent. For the love of god he has to put on a mask so he doesn't look weak infront of anyone. He's going to go back to the way he was before. He came in earlier reeking of booze I don't even want to think about what happened." Mom shouts.
"He'll fall in love again Van, just calm down." He says calmly.
"Don't you 'Van' me. This is your fault." Mom shouts.
"Its not my fault, before I even said anything Jax charged out of the meeting and down to the basement so yet again. Not my fault." He says.
I don't understand how he's so calm whilst my mother is shouting at him.
"If you didn't have to bloody kidnap her then all three of them would be upstairs. Alannah would be asleep and Jax and Lara would be happy. Now you have Alannag crying for her mom. Lara crying because of Jax and just wanting to be with Alannah and Jax crying for Lara." Mom points out.
She's not wrong.
I walk back into my room and look at the security cameras of the warehouse.
"So who's going to go down there and hurt her first?" One of the men ask.
I pick up my phone and straight away call Gio.
"What?" He asks
"Go the warehouse now!" I tell him.
"Excuse me?" He asks. Oh for fuck sake.
"They're going to hurt her." I tell him.
"On my way." He says before ending the call.
I watch the cameras as the men even it out. I watch as a man who I've learnt his name is Taylor goes into the basement.
"Come on Gio." I say under my breath.
He goes into the basement where Lara was. He leans down infront of her. He punches her twice in the face before Gio runs in.
Gio grabs him and throws him away from Lara and I take a breath of relief.
Thank god for Gio right now.
I couldn't see the damage done to Lara's face but I hope it wasn't too bad.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Gio shouts causing Lara to jump.
"She's s the reason Bobby is dead." Taylor shouts.
"No Bobby died because he needed to learn respect and when to shut his mouth. If you have a problem with it you bring it up with Jax not with Lara." Gio shouts before punching him in the face.
His friends come to pull him out whilst Gio goes back over to Lara.
"Are you okay?" He asks examining her face.
"It hurts." She groans and I take a deep breath. That dickhead is dead when I see him.
"Come on let me get your cuts cleaned." He says taking her chains off.
I watch Gio take Lara into the kitchen and get the first aid kit and cleaned Alannah up. Everytime Lara winced I bit down on my knuckles harder and harder.
Once they were done Gio got her something to eat which she declined and said she wasn't hungry.
"You know I feel awful right?" Gio tells her as he puts the chain around her ankle.
"Its okay I get it, boss's orders." She says and sighs.
"I'll see you tomorrow." Gio says and goes to leave.
"Wait." She says and Gio turns around.
"Is Jax okay? I know this is his fault but I still feel bad." She says.
That broke my heart in a way I didn't know was possible. She still cares about me.
"He's fine." Gio says and Lara nods and looks down at her feet.
"He's such a dick." I mutter.
"Thank you for uh the help." She says giving him a soft smile.
"It was the least I could do." He squeezes her shoulder then stands up to leave,
Well I feel like a dickhead.