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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run

Chapter 81 Terrified

Gemma pretended like nothing was wrong until Clay finished his orange Fanta; she wasn't up to another fight with him. The most important thing was finding out where the hell Jax had gone.

It didn't matter to her that Jax was an adult. His junkie whore wife overdosed the day before and the baby he thought he was going to be the father to was dead and not his. He was vulnerable and he could make mistakes with disastrous consequences. This was the time when he needed his mother the most.

She'd been relieved when Jax's bike wasn't at Tara's, but now she became obsessed with the idea that Tara and Jax had gone off together. In Jax's state of mind, who knew what could happen?

Oh, dear God, no! What if he married Tara? Who knew what was going through his mind? She knew Tara was back in Charming for Jax. She hoped that Jax would be smart enough to avoid her clutches this time, but in his current state of mind, who knew what he would do? That's why she needed to see how he was doing.

Juice came into the office.

"Look, you didn't hear this from me . . ." Juice said.

"You know something about Jax?" Gemma demanded.

"I don't know. Maybe. When we were at that street fair thing a few days ago, me and Half-Sack saw Jax there with this really beautiful, hot blonde girl named Scarlett."

"He's never mentioned a Scarlett to me."

"He said that she was visiting Charming. She said she was thinking about starting a business in town something like a coffee shop."

"You think there was something more than a night or two?"

"She told me and Half-Sack that she had injured her back during sex."

"With Jax?"

"Yeah. He just stood there and didn't say anything."

"You think he might have feelings for this slut?"

Juice shrugged.

"He didn't say anything, but the way he looked at her. Something about it. He seemed to really like her. I haven't seen him like that with a girl before. Even Wendy, he wasn't like that."

"You know where she was staying?"

Juice shook his head.

"No. Neither one mentioned it. I don't know if he's with her, but I know you're worried. You won't say anything, right?"

"I never have before," Gemma said. "Thanks, Juice."

Juice nodded and left the office.

Jax seeing a girl without telling her wasn't unusual. It was more the opposite. It was very rare for Jax to introduce her to a girl. Tara and Wendy were the only times she could remember that Jax had introduced her to a girl.

Whoever this girl was, she had to have taken Jax out of town with her. She needed to see where Jax was emotionally. What if Jax was so messed up over everything he'd been through that he just decided to leave town for good?

She wasn't about to lose her son to some blonde whore, but at least for now, it looked like that was what had happened. Gemma closed her eyes for a moment. She couldn't bear to lose her son.

How the hell could he have just forgotten to call his mother?