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JAX IS REALLY ALIVE

Recap Chapter 5

Jax tries harder to seduce Tara, but winds up taking a cold shower. Jax Teller is still confident that he can seduce this new, stronger Tara.

He meets via a screen Ryland, a tall, dark haired, gray-eyed man who is talking to Tara. He tells Jax that he has his SONS rings and his wedding ring. Based on the way Tara is looking at Ryland, Jax takes an instant dislike to him.

Needing reassurance, he asks Tara is she loves him.

CHAPTER 6 Don't Need

Tara studied Jax's face for moment remembering back to when they first met. She loved him so much back in high school. She loved him when she returned to Charming. So much had happened since her return and most of it wasn't good.

"I don't know," she said, shaking her head. "I just don't know. I felt abandoned when I got charged with murder and you went off and screwed that whore. More than once. You were more interested in setting up a brothel business for SAMCRO than helping me deal with what was happening to me with that murder charge. I got that murder charge because I was helping you and SAMCRO beat the RICO case against you. And you abandoned me.

"It became so clear to me that our kids had to get out of the MC life. I couldn't let Gemma raise them if I got sent to prison. My attempt to prevent that was clumsy, but I was right about Gemma. She was a horrible, evil person who was a cancer to this world."

"I killed her."

Tara slid off the barstool, walked over to Jax and put her arms around Jax. She rested her face against his bare chest.

"I know, baby. I'm sorry she forced you to do that."

Jax wrapped his arms around Tara and held her tightly against him. He wasn't going to think about anything except getting back with Tara. Once he got that to happen, the rest of his life would fall into place.

"You were right. I put SAMCRO ahead of you. When I lost you, my life just spiraled thanks to the lies I was fed by Gemma and Juice."

Tara looked at him with tears in her eyes.

"I hate them for doing that to you."

She lifted her face and began to kiss him softly and gently. For once, Jax let Tara take the lead and kept his response soft and gentle. When she ended the kiss, he stroked her cheek gently.

"Oh, Tara, I didn't think I'd ever hold you in my arms again. I love you so much and I need you."

"That's the problem," she whispered softly. "I don't want you to need me to fix your world."

She stepped away from him and returned to the counter and began laying out the cloths and cotton swabs she would need to remove his tattoos.

"Where do you want to start on the tattoo removal?"

"Start with the SAMCRO tattoo on my back."

Tara looked at him and nodded.

"Good choice."