Katie nods, emphatic, and deep down she knows this is what she's been put in the world for, to help others. Nothing feels as good or right, and she could never let a friend wade through this alone. No one should ever have to, and if her experience can help Tara, then that pain becomes worth something. It makes a difference, makes the hurt seem less in vain.

"The club isn't here," she says. "If he knows what you're afraid of... you can both work on it together. David... I think he was always a monster. He just hid it." It was too late when she realized it, and she loved him too much, so much she couldn't admit what she was saying, what was happening to him, what he was doing to her. "But you know Jax. You know that doesn't have to be him. And it doesn't have to be you. You can learn from what happened. You have a chance to change it."