"I refuse to allow you to be ill." Jax whispered to Keesha. "You are to wake up, do you hear me? You are to awaken and be well." he ordered softly. "You have made me fall in love with you, you have insisted you love me as well, so you are not allowed to go away from me now. You cannot leave me."

"He is on his way my lord." Maggie stood in the doorway, watching as Jax knelt quietly in front of Keesha. Mumbling words she could not hear. "He says not to disturb her and...."

Jax barely acknowledged Maggie's presence, not even looking in her direction as his hand waved her away.

Maggie turned to leave. She started down the hallway, and the front door opened.

Jerry pushed his way past Maggie, calling Jax's name.

"He's in the sitting room..." Maggie attempted to answer him.

"Jax!" Jerry stopped in his tracks. "What happened."

"She will not awaken," Jax whispered, touching Keesha's cheek.

Soon Jerry was by his side. "What happened?" he repeated.

"She will not awaken." Jax finally looked away from Keesha, glancing over at his brother. He stared at Keesha once more. "She was in the bath...and something was wrong...she looked at me for a moment...and then she faded away. What is wrong with her?"

"She was at the prison this evening," Jerry answered.

"Why?"

"I do not know. However Victoria is missing and Garcia..."

"What?" Jax's voice deepened. If Garcia did something to hurt Keesha...

"Garcia is dead. Murdered."

Jax looked at Jerry once more. His mouth gaped open slightly...that would explain her demeanor, her fear, her shock...but...

"She wouldn't," he said.

"Are you sure, Jax? Are you sure Keesha did not finish him?"

Two Hours Later

"Where in bloody hell is he!"

"Jax, quiet. Jules." Jerry reminded him. "Why don't you go and get some air, and I will stay here with your wife."

"I do not require any air." Jax stood from the floor. "I require the bloody doctor to be here and..."

"Jax, go. I will stay. You will not do anyone any good if you allow your worry to anger you any further. Keesha prefers you when you are calm."

Jax sighed. "If..."

"If she wakes, I will send for you immediately." Jerry promised. He watched as Jax slowly left the room.

Jax stopped in the doorway, turning and looking at Jerry.

"She will open her eyes soon," Jerry stated.

Jax nodded. He stared at Keesha for a brief moment, and then he walked away.

Jerry finally turned his attention back to Keesha. "You heard what I just said to my brother. Do not make a liar out of me, he ordered, sighing as he continued to wait.

Jax closed the front door, looking up at the stars as he took steps away from the manor.

"Lord Jacks..."

Jax froze at the soft call of his name. He spun around, looking.

"Lord Jacks..." A figure emerged from the shadow.

"Lady..."

Victoria Garcia walked over to him slowly. "Is she all right?"

"What do you know about my wife?"

"She did not tell you?"

"What do you know?" Jax repeated slowly.

"He was so angry..." Victoria looked away. "He was going to kill me..." she looked down, touching her stomach where her and Garcia's baby continued to grow. "He was going to take the baby...and kill me..." her eyes teared.

"Jax..."

Jerry turned away from the window at the soft mumble. He looked at Keesha on the sofa.

"Jax!" Keesha yelled, sitting straight up.

Jerry ran over. "MARGARET!" he called loudly as Keesha looked around in a panic.

"He is outside. I will get him..." Jerry took her hand, trying to calm her. She managed to nod and Jerry ran off.

Jax began, "So you are telling me thay Lady Jacks..."

Jax looked over at the rumble of hoofs coming down the road. Victoria glanced over. "A carriage..."

"Into the house. Lord Jericho is going to take you to Adrian."

And before she could protest, Jax swept Victoria up, carrying her to the manor.

Jerry threw open the door. "She...what is this..."

"Take her..."

Jerry held out his arms, taking Victoria from Jax.

"...to Adrian. And send her off...Now!"

Without another word, Jerry carried Victoria downstairs where he could lead her through the servants' exit.

"Jax..."

Jax turned as Keesha walked slowly over. "You're awake," Jax breathed. He ran over to her, grabbing her and holding her.

Keesha closed her eyes, sighing deeply as Jax's grip tightened around her.

Jax buryied his face into Keesha's hair. "You're awake." he repeated. Keesha answered him with a mumble against his chest. Yet he couldn't understand her and he forced himself to pull away.

"Pardon?"

Keesha looked up at Jax, tears spilling down her cheeks. "I am a horrible evil person, Jax." she repeated. Jax wiped the tears from her face.

"No you are not..."

"I've done a terrible...terrible...thing."

"And what exactly have you done?"

Jax and Keesha turned at the question coming from behind them.

There, standing next to the doctor, was a detective.

"I am sorry, Jax." The doctor mumbled. "He insisted on coming."

"Quiet. Do you know anything about Lord Garcia's death, Lady Jacks?" The detective stepped forward.

Jax stood in front of Keesha, securing her behind him. "She needs to be examined. And then if she is well your questions will be answered."

"Actually..."

"That was not a request. Do you want me to remove you from these premises myself?" Jax asked coldly. "She is to be examined. And then your questions will be answered. You may wait in here." Jax snapped his fingers to the doctor. "Take her upstairs." he added to him.

The doctor nodded and Jax turned his attention to Keesha. He bent slightly, wrapping his arms around her. "Say nothing...I will handle this." he swore.

Keesha looked up at Jax as he pulled away.

"Go."

Keesha nodded and started up the stairs, the doctor following.

Jax looked as the detective watched them leave. "What do you know about this?"

"I know that Victoria Garcia is not to be found." Jax answered.

The detective looked at him.

"And without her here, there really is no need for this investigation to continue. Is there?"

Keesha looked over as her chamber door opened. The doctor stood from the chair next to her bed.

"Congratulations are in order." he said as Jax walked into the room.

"Congratulations?"

"You are to be a father." the doctor smiled.

"Are...are..." Jax looked over at Keesha, but she was playing with her wedding band, staring down at her fingers.

"Am I positive? Yes. I have been doing this longer than you have been alive. Her answers to my questions have convinced me. You will be raising a little one." The doctor turned his attention back to Keesha. "You must take care of yourself."

Keesha continued fussing with her ring.

"She will. Thank you."

Jax opened the door and the doctor left. He closed the door once more.

"Keesha?"

Keesha laid down in the bed. "Where is the officer?"

"Officer?"

"Detective."

"He is gone. There is nothing for him here."

"How..."

"He is gone." Jax reiterated. "You need not worry." Jax sat down at the edge of the bed.

Finally she looked over at him. "Why are you smiling?"

Jax's grin faded at the emptiness in her eyes. "Did you not understand? You need not worry. And we are going to be..."

"I do not want this child."

Her statment hit him like a slap in the face. He blinked slowy, barely managing to mutter "What?"

"You will raise it without me...I will not be here." Keesha turned away from Jax as her eyes teared. She sat up in the bed.

"Keesha..."

"I murdered him Jax."

Jax sighed, looking down at the bed. "I know...Victoria told me...it was not your fault."

"It was not? I took the knife, and I murdered him."

"Keesha, you managed to get the knife away from Garcia..." He reached for her but she pulled away, leaving the bed. Jax sighed again. "Victoria insists that you stopped him from mudering her..." Jax walked around the bed, over to her side. He reached for her again.

Again she pulled away. Keesha shook her head, wiping her tears. Yet her voice was so calm, Jax realized just how final her words were. And his heart raced in fear.

"You do not understand. Jax, I am an evil person. I do not deserve you, I do not deserve this child. So hear me, because I will not repeat this again. I will stay here only long enough to have this child. And then I am gone."