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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
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Chapter 333 Fear and Loathing
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Kohn stormed off muttering under his breath that he was going to make her pay for the way she was treating him. The encounter had shaken Tara. Everyone from the cafeteria workers to those eating at their tables had turned and stared at them. She figured by the time she wiped the mashed potatoes and gravy out of her hair the gossip would have spread through the hospital. Nothing moved faster at St. Thomas than a juicy bit of gossip.
Tara left by a side door so she didn't have to walk through the hospital to get to her car. Her shift was over and she was glad she didn't have to pretend that nothing was wrong. She was going to have to do something about Kohn before he did something to her.
Once she'd gotten home, she took a hot shower to calm her nerves and to wash the last of the mashed potatoes and gravy out of her hair. She figured she had three options with Kohn. She could go to Jax and get his help. Make the deal she'd thought about before—agree to taking care of SAMCRO's medical needs in exchange for Jax killing Kohn.
If she used that option, she would be tying herself to SAMCRO forever. She would be trading the dangers of Kohn for the dangers of SAMCRO. She also didn't like asking Jax to kill for her. He wasn't heartless. He would pay some emotional price for killing Kohn. He might even get caught and go to prison.
She could deal with Kohn herself, but she didn't have any reason to get a restraining order. She could lie, but a restraining order was just a piece of paper. Kohn would still come after her either using his power as a federal agent or just come directly at her. He was a violent man and he'd hit her in the past. She knew that he was capable of beating her to death.
She thought Hale was going to check out Kohn, but she hadn't heard from him. Maybe he had bad news and he didn't want to tell her. As much as she didn't want to hear bad news, she needed to know if Hale was going to be able to help her with Kohn.
While she wanted until seven when she knew Hale would be home, she tried to focus on going through her father's stuff. Her hands shook as she tried to sort through his piles of old newspapers and magazines.
Another option suddenly occurred to her. She could run. She had enough money for a few months. In that time, she could sell her father's house and use that money to live on for awhile. Maybe that would give Kohn some time to meet someone else to become obsessed with and he'd forget all about her.
She would never know where her relationship with Eric was going to go, but it would be worth losing that potential romance if it would save her life. Did she really want to live her life constantly on the run? How long would she have to be on the run? Six months? A year? Forever?
Decisions about the future could wait at least until after she talked to Hale.