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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
Chapter 55 Punched
After Jax punched the wall a few times, he seemed less agitated. Maybe the worst was over, Tara thought as she watched him.
That had gone much better than expected. She heaved a sigh of relief. Jax hadn't blamed her for what happened. It wasn't her fault, of course, but he still could have blamed her because she brought him the news.
"I don't know what you want to do about this," Tara said.
"What do you mean?"
"Under the law, you and Wendy are married and the baby is legally presumed to be yours. I don't know what the legal ramifications are or what you would need to do if you want to do something about the paternity. The baby's records don't contain any information that says you aren't the father. I only know because I know your blood type and the baby's."
"You're talking about keeping it a secret?"
"I'm saying there is nothing in the records that state the identity of the father. Do you know who the father is so we could notify him?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, Tara knew she had screwed up. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. She'd made it sound like she wanted the name of the father and that's why she'd told him he wasn't the father.
She did feel it was her duty as a physician to ask. If the baby's father knew about her, he should be notified of her death. She just had done an incredibly bad job of saying that.
Ten years later and she was still a tongue-tied loser. She thought she had involved into a confident, mature adult. A few minutes of talking to Jax alone and she was back to the awkward teen from high school.
It had been going so smoothly. Jax had taken the news about the baby really well and now she'd gone and destroyed everything. What if she never got another chance with Jax because she had botched this whole thing with the baby?
"Do you really think that I didn't know about the baby not being mine, yet I know who the father is? Does that make fucking sense to you, Tara?"
Tara flinched at the rough, angry tone of Jax's voice. He was right and that only made it worse. Would this nightmare never end?
"I didn't mean it the way it sounded," Tara said. "I wondered if Wendy had ever mentioned anyone."
"No. It was a fucking surprise," Jax said.
He punched the wall again.