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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run

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Chapter 361 Kohn Busts a Move

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Scarlett met Tara a few blocks from her store to grab lunch at the best deli sandwich place in Charming called Sandwich A Lot. They each got the combination sandwich— delicious layers of thin sliced turkey, honey roasted ham and rare delectable roast beef with Swiss cheese on sour dough rolls. Scarlett's sandwich was simple with just mustard. Tara's was piled high with lettuce and tomatoes. They each drank iced teas and shared a basket of home-made potato chips still warm from the oil.

"How is this sandwich so delicious? It's meat, cheese and mustard, but it's just so good."

"It's all the meat and the quality of the meat."

"It's the smell inside here. I can smell the meat and all the cheeses. It smells like heaven."

The two women were sitting tucked away in a little corner of the small but very busy sandwich shop. The tables were there for the convenience of those that wanted to eat their sandwiches there. Sandwiches and drinks were ordered and picked up by the customer. Customers who ate at a table were also expected to bus their own table

"This place opened when I was in high school. It's been a big hit ever since. If people could just taste a sandwich from here, they would never buy a supermarket sub again."

Tara confided a little about her work situation. Scarlett suggested that she start an online file where she could keep everything that she finds and include copies of documents that support her case. She also suggested that she never work on the file from her work computer and to give the file a hard to hack password. Tara liked Scarlett's idea. She asked her if she could send her a copy of everything she finds, not for Scarlett to read but more as a back-up. Scarlett agreed.

Scarlett told her about her clubhouse debut. Tara was shocked at the way Jax had told the crow-eaters if they touched him, they'd get thrown out. Jax had actually grown into a pretty cool guy, Tara told Scarlett.

"I wish I had your balls. You threw a crow-eater out on your first visit. No one is going to mess with you," Tara said with admiration in her voice.

"You helped when you gave me advice," Scarlett said. She told Tara about Ima and Sack's conversation including the part when Ima told him she wasn't infectious anymore. They both laughed with Scarlett wrapping her arms around herself to lessen the pain of laughing.

"I absolutely hate that bitch. Ten years and the hate feels current," Tara said.

"After ten years, you would think she would have better things to do with her time," Scarlett said. Her face grew serious. "I saw Kohn outside my condo yesterday. Jax stayed so I don't know how long he watched me."

"Did you tell Jax?"

"No. We need to do something about him. I thought David was going to do something with his ATF job."

"That's what I thought. It takes so damned long for the government to get anything done. Who the hell knows how long it's going to take? I can't help feeling this is my fault."

"Tara, you aren't responsible for some insane stalker. How were you supposed to know that he would follow you here?"

"I thought if he knew that Jax and I weren't together, his weird obsession with Jax would be over."

"Why is he so obsessed with Jax?"

"I think Jax is everything he isn't. He suspected that he would never be able to measure up to Jax."

"The Jax you were with was a teenager. Kohn is supposed to be a man. He should have been able to compare favorably with Jax."

"His thinking is distorted. It's a hallmark of the crazy."

When they left the sandwich shop, they each had half a sandwich wrapped up and tucked inside their hand bags. They both saw him sitting on a bus bench at the same moment.

"Son of a bitch," Tara said. "Do you want me to give you a ride back to your shop?"

"I don't mind the walk," Scarlett said. "I'm just going to pretend he doesn't exist."

"OK," Tara said with a sigh. "Me too."

The two women parted and Scarlett began to walk the couple of blocks to her store. She could hear footsteps behind her. She always walked with her pepper spray in her hand. It was automatic.

She was walking along a sidewalk adjacent to a parking lot. There were no stores that she could duck into to get away. There was a side street that wasn't well travelled that she needed to walk down to get to her store. She wasn't going to walk down that street with Kohn on her heels. At least out here in the open, she might be able to scream for help.

She stopped and turned to face him.

"You're following me."

"So what if I am? It's not illegal."

Scarlett was very conscious that she had little she could do to defend herself. Her back injury left her close to helpless. Her strategy was to keep him from getting too close to her so he couldn't grab her and pull her off somewhere. He was standing about six feet from her.

"You are a loser. Why don't you just go away and leave me alone?"

"Maybe I want to make you scream."

Scarlett was so scared her face felt numb, but she wasn't about to let him see her fear. It would give the son of a bitch pleasure and she wasn't going to give him that.

"Go fuck yourself and scream your own name."

Kohn's face flushed with anger and he took two steps closer to Scarlett. She took a step back.

"You're a mouthy bitch."

If she could provoke him enough to hit her, she could file an assault charge against him. Maybe that would get enough attention from his ATF employers to force him to go back to Chicago. Or, it would get him all riled up and he'd really come for her.

"Your problem is you're three inches short of a Jax sized dick."

He took a step towards her.

"If you come any closer, I'm going to pepper spray you," she said. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Tara watching them from her father's big black Cutlass. She got out of the car and began to walk towards them.

Kohn lunged forward and tried to grab her arm. She pepper sprayed him the way she'd learned online hitting him in the eyes, nose and mouth in a "Z" pattern. Kohn gasped for breath. Scarlett seized the opportunity to spray him again.

Tara ran over and kneed him in the groin. He lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"I wish I could kick," Scarlett said wistfully.

"My treat," Tara said with a grin before kicking Kohn in the groin.

"Thanks."

"In MC culture, the worst thing you can do to an enemy is spit on him."

Scarlett and Tara leaned over Kohn and spit on him.

"Come on, I'll give you a ride," Tara said.

When they got to the Cutlass, Tara opened the door for Scarlett and closed it. The doors were heavy and difficult for Scarlett to open and close.

Scarlett told Tara most of what happened leaving the part about Jax's dick out.

"He's really starting to lose it," Tara said. "I'm off today. I'm going by Charming PD and talk to Hale."

"I made it worse, didn't I?"

"If you had been more submissive, it would have been worse. Fighting back is the only way with him. He'll think twice before he comes for you."

"Be careful, Tara."

"I will."

Scarlett carefully got out of Tara's car, unlocked her store's door and locked the door once she was inside. She hoped Kohn was still collapsed on the sidewalk. She sat down at her desk and reached for her water bottle. Her hands were shaking. Now that she didn't have to be brave, she could face just how much Kohn scared her.

Upcoming Chapter: Scarlett finds herself in deep trouble with Jax.