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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
Chapter 85 Messaged
Gemma alternated between heartbreak believing that Jax was injured somewhere and he needed her and white hot fury believing that Jax was choosing not to call her. She couldn't remember the last time she had gone 24 hours without talking to her son.
He better have a damned good reason for not calling her. The only two acceptable reasons she could think of was he was in a coma or he had amnesia. Otherwise, he should have taken a couple of minutes out of his fucking life to call her.
She fell asleep with her cell phone in her hand, so she would be sure not to miss his call. Sometime early that morning, he had sent her a text message. It was short just telling her he was OK and he would be gone a few more days. That was it.
He didn't say where he was or who he was with. She tried to text him, but the text wasn't delivered, meaning that Jax had powered his phone off. He couldn't receive or make calls or text messages. He was deliberately being unreachable.
She was so angry at the way Jax was treating her, all she could think of was how much she wanted to shake some sense into him. She would give him an epic ass chewing he would never forget.
"Can you believe that Jax would do this to me?" Gemma asked as she poured Clay a cup of coffee to go with the scrambled eggs she'd made him for breakfast.
"He's dealing with a lot of emotional shit. Give him some space."
"Since when do you take Jax's side over me?"
"When you're wrong. You smother him and it isn't good. It makes him look weak to the MC."
"Jax isn't weak."
"It doesn't make him look strong and tough when he has to check in with mommy all the time."
Gemma's lips tightened. Clay could be a nasty, ill-tempered SOB in the mornings.
"Jax is my son and it's no body's business how often I talk to him."
"None of the other guys are hounded by their mothers like you do Jax."
Gemma's face turned bright red.
"You may be right, but look at how well they've turned out. They would have all benefited from a mother that gave a damn about them. I am never going to apologize for being a fierce mother."
"You need to find a balance between being a mother and an overbearing bitch."
"It's so nice to find out what you really think of me," Gemma said. She slammed her coffee cup so hard on the table coffee sloshed out over the sides.
"It's not the first time I've told you this."
"I bet there's some girl involved."
"Jax always have some girl around him. That hasn't stopped him from calling you in the past."
"Would it hurt you that much to agree with me?"
"Be right and I'll agree with you," Clay said.
Gemma didn't say anything. She had learned that there were times when it was best not to talk back to Clay. Instead, she thought of what she was going to say to Jax when he returned to Charming. When she finished with him, he would never go away and not call her again.