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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run

Chapter 89 Gossiped

Louise waited until the couple paid for their chips and a six pack of beer before she went to the counter.

"You have my paycheck?" Louise asked.

Casey reached under the counter and handed Louise an envelope.

"Thanks."

"Hey, look, I'm sorry about this morning. I had a really late night with Paul."

"What would you have done if I hadn't been able to cover for you?"

Casey looked at the ground.

"I'm really sorry."

"OK, but please don't do it again."

"I have Jax Teller news," Casey said with a smile. "Wendy died and so did their baby."

"Wow," Louise said, her eyes widened with surprise. "Poor Jax."

In Charming, everyone knew what was happening to everyone. It just took the news a day or two to travel to everyone's ears.

"And he left town."

"For good?" Louise's heart beat faster with fear. She had been nursing a huge crush on Jax since she'd started work at the convenience store over a year ago.

"No, I don't think so. He'd never leave the MC." Casey patted Louise on the arm and grinned. "Don't worry. I'm sure he'll be back unless he decides to buy condoms by the case as you suggested."

Louise's face turned bright red.

"I should never have told you I said that to him."

"Why? You said it to him."

"It was embarrassing. I probably shouldn't have said it to him."

She had also tried to give him a child's book after he looked at it. It was supposed to be for the baby and it wasn't stealing. The store was giving them away with certain purchases. Jax hadn't made the required purchase, but she had a little discretion at her job.

She still cringed when she remembering him pulling the book out of his bag and looking at her with a smile. She'd even confessed that it had been a favorite of hers. She hadn't shared that with Casey. It was too embarrassing. The memory made her want to crawl into a hole and hide.

"There's nothing wrong with a little flirting."

"I don't know why I can't get him to look at me. He's sweet and nice and all, but I just can't seem to get him to see me as a potential girlfriend. I know I'm pretty enough. I just don't get it."

"Louise, Jax doesn't look at you like he wants to sleep with you because you don't have enough miles on you. He only gets with girls that have been around. You are too pure."

"Thanks. Great advice," Louise said sarcastically.

Casey was always telling her that she needed to change her attitude towards sex. She told her that you need to sleep with a guy on the first date or he won't ask you out again. Louise didn't agree with her. She thought she was worth more than the cost of a meal.

Casey had also been in nine relationships in six months. She always had a boyfriend. She'd start looking when the current relationship was crashing. She was her best friend, but Louise thought Casey didn't know anymore about guys than she did. They just made mistakes in different ways.

"Hey, I'm just trying to help you get with the man you love," Casey said. She put her hand over heart dramatically.

"I don't love him," Louise protested. "I just like talking to him. He's always so nice to me. All the MC guys are super nice."

"He is hot."

"Since you're the expert on guys, why haven't you been with him? Don't try to tell me that you haven't wanted to get with him. Once I saw a nun try to get with Jax."

"A nun? Really?"

"When the nun turned around, it was just Ima wearing a nun's outfit. It was her Halloween costume."

"Or one of her movie costumes," Casey said.

Both girls laughed.

"Watching Ima chase after Jax is like a more adult version of watching Wile E. Coyote chase after the Roadrunner," Louise said. Both girls laughed again.

"Well if Mr. "A Box at a Time Keeps Me Humble" comes in, I'll let you know," Casey said as Louise's mother came in the back door. She was carrying two bags stuffed with Chinese food.

"Come on, Louise. We want to get home while the food is hot."

"Late for dinner," Casey said.

"Yeah, it's very late and I didn't feel like cooking. Lucky the Chinese place is open late," Louise's mother said.

Louise had the strangest feeling that someone was watching her. She saw a white car parked outside but she couldn't see the driver. Something just felt wrong. She was being silly. She'd watched Scream a couple of hours ago. She was just a little jumpy from that.

She locked the back door behind her. She always checked when Casey was working because she tended to leave the door unlocked. It was bad security. Charming or not, Louise knew that you had to be at least a little careful. It was only a matter of time before something bad happened in town.