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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run

Chapter 234 Nonprotective Order

Tara saw Josh Kohn in one of the surgical waiting rooms. She knew she'd seen him last night when she was with Scarlett, but she'd hoped that she had been wrong. She didn't think he was crazy enough to follow her to Charming, but she'd underestimated his obsession with her.

"Tara, do you have a minute?" he asked walking up to her.

"I have an order of protection . . ."

"Actually you don't," Kohn said interrupting. "You got an order of protection from some small mall cop police department. They didn't have jurisdiction. It doesn't matter because it was only a temporary restraining order. You have to go to court before a judge for a trial. You present evidence and I present evidence. The judge rules. You didn't do that."

"They didn't tell me that," she said.

"The paperwork somewhere should have told you that."

Now that he'd mentioned a judge and a trial, she remembered seeing something in the paperwork about that, but she decided to get out of town. He was right. Of course he was right. He was an ATF agent. He knew all the legal tricks.

"I don't want anything to do with you," Tara said. "If you touch me, I'll get a legal order of protection. I know the chief of police and a judge. This isn't corrupt Chicago."

"No, it's Charming where you know the police chief and a judge," he said drily. "That's not corrupt."

"What about using ATF influence that kept me from getting the protective order in the first place?"

"It's not my fault that law enforcement doesn't want to help a woman file a bogus order of protection against a fellow law enforcement brother."

"Put your hands on me again and it will be the last time," Tara said.

"You don't have anything to worry about. I just got a little angry. It won't happen again."

"It happened three times."

"I didn't hurt you."

"You slammed me against a wall so hard I almost lost consciousness and you hit me hard enough to leave bruises."

"I'm a passionate guy."

Tara rolled her eyes.

"I have nothing to say to you."

"Well, I have something to tell you. I'm here on ATF business."

She looked at him with disbelief.

"The hospital?"

"No, the town," he said impatiently.

"What a coincidence! I'm here and you just happen to be here on business from Chicago."

"Caught me by surprise too," he admitted. "I was tracing some gun running. Not a secret. Firearms are a big part of the ATF. The A and the T not as much," he said with a laugh. "I don't suppose you know anyone who sells guns from Charming? Maybe an outlaw biker club?"

"No idea what you are talking about," Tara said quickly.

Her denial wouldn't deter Kohn. He was going to come after Jax no matter what she said about gun running. She had never said anything about illegal activities to Kohn. She wasn't that stupid and Jax kept quiet about the club's illegal activities.

"I have this feeling in my gut this is going to end up with the collapse of the Sons of Anarchy. Your boyfriend Jax Teller is going down."

"Ex-boyfriend," she corrected quickly. "He's got a girlfriend. She and I are friends. She's a beautiful blonde and they are very much in love," Tara said stretching the truth a bit. She wasn't sure Jax and Scarlett were in love, but she had a feeling it was inevitable.

She was trying to protect Jax. She hoped that she could convince Kohn that Jax and Scarlett were a solid couple. She hoped that he would then not feel a need to rescue her from Jax by killing either her or Jax.

"I guess your plan to get him back isn't working very well," there was satisfaction in Kohn's voice.

"I never planned to get back together with him," she told him coldly. "I left to get away from you and this was where I felt safe."

She decided to tell him one version of the truth. She did leave Chicago to get away from him and she did feel safer here than anywhere else because she knew people in town even if David Hale was the only person who had welcomed her with open arms. Josh Kohn didn't need to know that.

"Keep feeling safe, Tara," Kohn said.

She heard the unmistakable threat in his voice. He was going to come for her or Jax or both of them. She needed to be ready.

Author's Note: The legal information is correct. Tara could not have gotten a permanent order of protection from a police department. She would have gotten a temporary order of protection or restraining order. As an ATF agent Kohn would have fought an order of protection because it would have had a work impact. The lack of an order of protection makes him more dangerous to her because she has no legal means to keep him away from her until he does something.