Chapter Three
Jax sat in his usual seat at the head of the table with Tig to his right, as SAA, and Opie to his left, as Vice President. Looking around the table at the confused faces of his "brothers", he decided to get straight to the point instead of dragging the situation out.
"Did any one of you go into my old dorm room?" Jax asked as he lit a cigarette.
Looking up, he saw them all shake their heads.
"Why?" Tig asked as he leaned forward, with his elbows resting on the table.
Jax took a hit from his cigarette, exhaling before looking around the table.
"Somebody went in there and stole the envelope which contained the clubs cut from Diosa," Jax said as he put out his cigarette in the ashtray next to the gavel.
As soon as the reason for the impromptu meeting had come out of his mouth, they had all started talking at the same time. Leaning back into his chair, Jax looked around the table. Trying to gauge the expression on their faces as they were each having a conversation with one another. He didn't think the guys would have taken the money but being brothers didn't always mean loyalty.
Banging the gavel, the conversations stopped, and Jax looked around as he leaned forward.
"Did any of you see anyone go in there?" Jax asked.
Jax saw them all shake their heads, except for Juice who had begun to shake his head before stopping and intently looking at the table in front of him.
"Juice," Jax calmly started. "Did you see anyone go in there?"
Juice looked up at his president and looked around the room, before nodding.
"Who did you see going into the room?" Jax asked as he intently stared at Juice.
Juice sighed. "Maria's friend went in there to use the bathroom."
"You know her name?"
"Uh yeah. Maria introduced her as Lennox." Juice said as he looked at Jax.
"Who the hell in their right mind names their kid Lennox?" Tig asked as he looked around the room.
"I don't know who the hell in their right mind names their kid Fawn," Chibs retorted as he looked at Tig, who shrugged before leaning back in his seat as the room filled with chuckles at their brother's expense.
Jax let a smile cross his features as he took in the scene in front of him, before looking back at Juice.
"Know her last name?"
Juice shook his head. "No but it shouldn't be too hard to get information on her." Juice said as he looked around the room. "Besides she lives in the same apartment buildings as Maria."
Jax nodded. "Get whatever information you can get on her."
Juice nodded.
Just as Jax was going to bang the gavel to signal that the meeting was over, Juice spoke up.
"Lennox wasn't the only one to go in there. Kelsey walked out while we were in the hallway." Juice said.
Jax looked around the room before setting his gaze back on Juice. "Get the information on
Maria's friend and we'll pay Kelsey a visit tomorrow," Jax said before banging the gavel.
They all slowly made their way out of the room. As they made their way into the main room, some may have been thinking about getting laid but they were all thinking that they were going to find out who took the money.
The trip to Kelsey's the next day had been pointless. She had sworn that she hadn't seen or taken anything and consented to them searching the place. Juice and Opie searched every nook and cranny which only resulted in them coming up empty handed.
As they left Kelsey walked them out looking rather smug, at the fact that they hadn't found anything.
Until they pointed out that she had to clean up the mess they had made while turning out every drawer and cabinet.
They all climbed into the van, since they didn't want to bring any attention to themselves, before taking off in the direction pointed out would take them towards Lennox's.
"Do you know which apartment it is," Jax questioned Juice as they parked across the street.
Juice shook his head, "But we're about to find out. Here she comes," he pointed out the blonde in a light blue and white waitress uniform walking down the street.
"Let's go," Jax stated opening the door prompting them to follow him out of the van and across the street.
"You Lennox?" he questioned causing her to look up like a deer caught in headlights as she took in the kutte on their backs.
"Can I help you?" She softly answered fidgeting with the keys in her hand.
"We need to have a little a talk," Jax explained motioned towards the closed gate. "Mind if we do this somewhere private? Don't really feel like having nosy neighbors calling the cops."
Lennox could feel her heart race and her palms start to sweat as she opened the gate and passed by them leading the way towards her apartment. She didn't know what they had to talk about but whatever it was she knew it wasn't going to be good.
"What's this about?" she questioned as she saw them look around the barren living room taking in the beat up second hand dinner table.
"You were at the after church party last night," the same blonde with the slick backed hair stated more than questioned.
Lennox nodded and nervously glanced around the room.
"We know you picked up Maria and Kelsey," he said as he crossed his arms. "We also know you went into a dorm room to use the bathroom and something of ours went missing."
"I didn't steal anything," Lennox answered looking at the blonde. "I just went in to use the bathroom and left."
"Mind if we take a look around the place," he questioned not waiting for her to answer as he motioned for them to search the place.
"Look I didn't take anything and whatever is missing isn't here," she stated trying to sound firm and not scared even though she was scared out of her wits at what they would do.
"Jax," she heard someone call out and the blonde in front of her moved towards the voice as someone knocked on the door a few seconds later.
"Roy," Lennox greeted at the balding and graying man who served as her landlord stood in front of her.
"Rent is past due," Roy answered. "Gave you the eviction notice last month but gave you time to come up with the money. I know you've had it rough but I need the money."
"I know," she sighed. "I just need until the end of the week to have the money."
"That's what you said last week," he informed her. "I can't keep letting you slide."
"I know but I just paid Gavin's hospital bill. So I'm really tight on money right now but I get paid next week and I'll pay you then," Lennox explained hoping he would hold on until Friday.
"I'm sorry girlie but I've let you slide too much," Roy said shaking his head.
"I don't have it all the best I can do is pay half now and pay the rest when I get paid."
"Listen I know you're a good girl and you're working hard to raise your two boys," he informed her, feeling sorry for the situation she had found herself in. "But I can't have a tenant that isn't going to pay the rent on time. I let it slide the last couple of months because I know how hard it was. Lucia vouched for you like she did when you got the place but I can't continue doing that anymore."
"Are you really kicking me out?" Lennox questioned knowing his answer before he even said it.
"I'm sorry sweetheart," He softly said. "Pay what you can today and the rest you can use to find someplace else."
Lennox sighed nodding before moving towards her purse taking the money out and handing it to him, "When do you want me out of here by?"
"I'll give you 'til next Tuesday," he answered before turning to take his leave. "Take care of yourself and those boys."
Lennox softly closed the door leaning her forehead against the wood. Not knowing how she was going to be able to save up enough money in a week to find another place.
Jax had walked towards where he had heard Opie call him when he heard someone knock on the door.
He knew he should have told her to just ignore it but she seemed scared enough to not say anything about the visitors she had.
"Find anything?" he questioned from the bathroom doorway not taking notice of the envelope Opie held in his hand until he held it up.
Jax took the envelope from him before looking inside to see all of the cash was there," So she was lying about not taking anything," he stated looking up at Opie and Juice, who had made his way out of the bedroom, before shaking his head and moving to go and confront her.
Only stopping to hear the conversation happening between her and whoever was at the door.
"So that's why you took the money," he stated as soon as she had closed the door. Causing her to whirl around. "You can quit the innocent act we found what we were looking for."
"I swear I didn't take that," Lenox answered. "I don't know how that got here but I didn't take it."
"Well if you didn't take it then what's it doing at your place," the blonde whose name she now knew was Jax retorted before stuffing the envelope inside his kutte.
"I don't know how it got here but I didn't take it," she explained looking at the three of them. "I know it's hard to believe but it wasn't me."
"Yeah it is because if it wasn't you who took the money then how'd it end up here in the bathroom."
Lennox was at a loss for words because from their perspective and given how her place looked.
Everything pointed to her being a liar and thief which only added to the frustration she was feeling knowing she had to find somewhere else to live.
"You can keep denying it but the fact that we found it here in your bathroom in your bag is evidence enough that you stole from us," Jax explained.
"That's not my bag," Lennox said as she noticed the bag in the hands of the really tall guy with a beard and beanie.
Before he could argue there was a knock on the door and she went to open it before they could say anything.
"Hey Len," Maria said as she pulled her hair into a messy bun. "I know you're tired from work but we're waiting on you to eat and you know how the boys get."
"Yeah ," she said looking over her shoulder at the three leather clad men before turning back towards the brunette. "I'll be there in five let me just change out of this."
"Is somebody in there," Maria whispered trying to catch a glimpse.
"No," Lennox answered blocking her view. "Don't be silly. I'll be there in five or less."
"Okay," Maria slowly said before turning around to start walking away. Turning on her heel to face her once more. "By the way Kelsey called. She wanted to know if you've seen her bag. She must have left it here when she used the bathroom before you drove her home. It's a black leather handbag."
"I'll check the bathroom if not it might be in the car," she answered before closing the door as Maria walked away.
"I told you I didn't steal it and that it wasn't my bag," Lennox stated turning around crossing her arms.
"You want to be mad or blame someone. Blame that bleached blonde bimbo."
"Sorry," Jax said before motioning for the other two to follow him out.
"So what do we do now?" Opie questioned as they made their way towards the van.
"We pay another visit to that bleached blonde bimbo," Jax answered quoting Lennox before turning towards Juice. "I still want you to look into her. Get all the info you can."