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food.  “Good, you’re done.  Now, you can eat.”
    She motions me towards a chair and hands me the plate.  “I wasn’t sure what you liked, so I brought you a little bit of everything.”
    “Thank you,” I say as I sit down.
    She stays and quietly watches me as I eat; each bite causing my jaw to ache even more.  I’m not complaining though. I know that I’m lucky Timmons didn’t completely break my jaw.  He sure tried hard enough to.  The proof of that’s all over my face.
    As soon as I set the plate on the table next to my chair, she gently grabs my hand.  “My name is Mindy.  I guess you already figured out that I’m Chipper’s old lady.”
    I nod.  “Yeah.  I kind of figured that.”
    She laughs.  “What’s your name, sweetie?”
    “Jenna.”
    “You want to tell me what happened to you, or do you want me to wait and hear it from Chipper?  He told me a little, but I’m sure there’s more to it.”
    In truth, I don’t want to tell anyone what happened, but she’s been nice to me, so I figure I owe her something.  “Some guys were hurting me, and Chipper stopped them. He saved me, really. Problem is that I didn’t have anywhere to go, so he brought me here.”
    “Hurting you?”
    I know she wants me to tell her more, but that’s just not something I’m willing to do right now.  Instead, I ask her the question that’s been bothering me since Chipper and I pulled out of the Mateland MC parking lot.  “What’s he gonna do with me?”
    A puzzled look crosses over her face.  “What do you mean, do with you?”
    I shrug.  “Is he going to send me back?”
    “There’s no way my husband would send you back to a place where you were being hurt.  Don’t worry about that,” she says, placing her other hand on top of our joined hands. “Where are your parents?”
    “My dad….” What can I really say about my dad? It isn’t like I can tell any of them my dad is the Vice President of the Mateland crew. “My dad doesn’t want me. He never really did.”
    “And, your mom?”
    “My mom is dead,” I say, my voice sounding harsh even to my own ears.
    “Do you have any other family?” she asks, giving my hand a soft squeeze. 
    I shake my head.  “Not really.  I know my mom’s parents live out in Montana, but I’ve never met them.  As far as I know, Mom hadn’t talked to them since before I was born.  I don’t know anything at all about my dad’s parents.”
    “No aunts or uncles?”
    “Not that I know of.  It was always just me and Mom,” I say, trying in vain to think of someone, anyone that would care enough to take me in. “I have no one.”
    “That’s not true.”
    I jerk my eyes up to meet hers.  “Yes, it is.  No one cares whether I live or die.”
    She gives my hand another squeeze as a soft smile crosses her face.  “When my husband brought you here tonight, he was claiming you as his.”
    I shake my head in denial.  “No way.  Nuh uh.  You’re his old lady! He can’t claim me!”
    “I meant that he claimed you as family, so that means you’re my family too.  I’ve always wanted a daughter.”
    Her words are like a balm to my soul. “I always wanted a real mother.” I say quietly.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER Three
     
    Jenna
     
     
     
    I’m sitting at the kitchen table, looking out the window and reflecting on how much my life has changed over the past few weeks.  I’ve been in Big Clifty for nearly a month now, and I still can’t believe that I’ve been saved.  First of all, I have a real home with Mindy and Chipper.  It’s not a huge place, but it looks like a mansion compared to the shitholes that mom and me lived in.
    Secondly, my dad and Timmons aren’t even looking for me, although I’m pretty sure they know where I am.  All that really matters is that they haven’t come to get me yet, and I’m starting to think that they never will.  To be honest, I never really thought Dad would come for me, but a