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Taming Ava & Fixing Jax - A Modern Fairytale

Chapter 33 Confession

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Jax woke to find Ava asleep her head resting on his bed's guard rail, her reddish brown hair down over her face so he could only see her the curve of her lips. It was dark outside and it had been dark when she got to his room this morning. He was surprised to find that she was still at the hospital. It had been a long day.

"Hey," Jax called softly. "Ava, wake up."

"I just closed my eyes for a second," she said opening her eyes and straightening up in her chair.

"You're going to hurt your neck. Why don't you just go back to the hotel? One of the guy's will give you a ride back on his bike."

"I didn't want to leave until you woke up again."

For a second, Jax was surprised at this sudden display of thoughtfulness from his bride. Maybe there was some hope for her after all. Then again, she probably just wanted to make sure he was alive to protect her investment in him.

"To what do I owe this display of caring?"

"Partly my father. When I got the call from the hospital, I woke him up to tell him. He insisted that we come to the hospital. I thought it sounded like you were going to be OK, but he made me come to the hospital. Playing the good little wife is exhausting."

"Being in the hospital and having a second murder attempt in three days isn't a lot of fun either."

"When the hospital called, the woman just said there had been a fight and you had gotten injured and were likely going into surgery, I thought you had just gotten into a fight because that's just the sort of thing that you would do. My father told me that you don't get into fights to just fight. He said you were fighting for your life."

"You heard me say that before I had surgery."

She nodded.

"I know. When I heard from the hospital, I sort of blamed you for the fight in my mind. I shouldn't have done that without finding out what really happened. I'm glad you figured out that fake nurse was there to kill you and you stopped her. Not just because I've got so much money invested in you."

Jax looked at her with surprise.

"Thank you, Ava." Jax said. "Is your father around?"

"No, he has been working from our hotel suite all day. He's called once to check on you and that's it," Ava said clearly annoyed. "Always placing work ahead of everything else."

"He's helping me," Jax said.

"How?"

"He's going to sue the prison and the government over the first murder attempt and I'm sure he will be suing the hospital for what happened today. That guard was an idiot—taking a drink from someone he doesn't know," Jax shook his head with disgust. "That guy ought to be working mall security in the middle of no where."

That wasn't completely true. He knew that at some point TB would either sue the prison and the hospital for him or he would refer him to attorneys that could, but the lawsuit story was a way to cover what he and TB were really working on. He'd tell him about the cover story the next time he saw him.

"My father loves money and I'm sure he will do everything he can to get you as much of it as he can. It's the great love of his life after all," Ava said bitterly.

"I think you underestimate him," Jax said.

"Why would someone want to kill you?" Ava said ignoring his defense of her father. "I mean, I sort of understand that killing goes on all the time in prison, but trying to kill someone in a hospital doesn't happen that often. Who would want you dead?"

Jax shrugged. "I have no idea."

Gemma walked in at that moment back from having dinner in the hospital cafeteria with the guys and Clay.

"I'm going to take off now," Ava said.

She left in typical Ava fashion without bothering to kiss her new husband good-bye. That act was reserved for her father.