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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run

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Chapter 366 Hale Pays a Call

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David Hale didn't know why it bothered him to learn that Scarlett was Jax's old lady. He knew they were together, but he didn't know that it had gotten to the old lady stage. When she told him she couldn't see him anymore as a friend due to her relationship with Jax, he believed he still might get her in the long run if he could just be patient. Sooner or later they were bound to break up.

He would wait for her at least until someone crossed his path that he could have a romantic interest in. The problem with Charming was its lack of single women that were age appropriate. He'd sort of pounced on Scarlett because she was a beautiful single available woman, but part of him wanted to save her from the MC life.

Unless she was raised in the life, she had no idea what she was getting into with Jax. It was a tough life. Even if Jax managed to get through his life without doing a long stretch in prison, it would not be an easy life for Scarlett. He hoped that she would see the life Jax could offer her and realize it was a life of violence and uncertainty.

It was ironic that he'd crushed on Tara in high school and she'd gone for Jax. Now he was crushing on Scarlett and once again he'd lost out to Jax. He got it all too clearly. Jax was the ultimate bad boy with good looks and charm. He was the uptight law enforcement officer with average looks.

It was too bad that he'd gotten over Tara in the ten years she'd been away from Charming. She'd gotten over Jax while he'd gotten over her.

He got in his police cruiser and drove to Scarlett's store. He needed to talk to her about Kohn and it would be nice to see her. The lights in the store were on, but he couldn't see her. The door was locked since the store wasn't open yet. He tapped on the window with his police baton and waited. He remembered that it took Scarlett awhile to walk.

She finally came walking into view. He could tell by her small slow steps that she wasn't much better. It took her several minutes before she got to the front of the store and unlocked the door to let him in. She locked the door behind him leaving the keys in the lock.

"Mind if we sit down?" Scarlett asked.

"Fine with me."

Scarlett led the way to a small desk area where she had her laptop. She took the desk chair and Hale took the visitor's chair next to her desk.

"How do you like the condo?"

"It's nice not to be living in a motel," Scarlett said. "I was starting to feel like a hooker."

Hale thought about Kohn calling her Teller's whore. Just another reason to despise Kohn. Scarlett was far from a whore. She might be with Jax but she wasn't a crow-eater and she wasn't a slut. He could just tell. As a cop, he liked to consider himself an expert on these things.

"So you're all settled in?"

"I am thanks to your brother leaving the furniture. He made it so easy for me. It was lucky that you told me about it."

"Tara came by PD and told me about what happened with you and Kohn. Are you OK?"

"I'm fine. He's a horrible man. He's obsessed with Tara and Jax and I'm in the middle."

"Did he attack you?"

"He threatened me. He kept getting closer and closer to me. I can't fight. My back injury limits my ability to defend myself. I can't let him get too close to me. I warned him that if he took another step towards me, I would pepper spray him. He did and I used the pepper spray. Tara and I had lunch together and she saw what happened and ran over to help me."

Hale laughed.

"He should know better than to mess with the two of you even if you are only about half-power."

"My pepper spray was full strength," Scarlett said with a grin.

"Does Jax know?"

"Not yet. He's coming over for dinner tonight and I'll tell him then."

"Kohn's going to be gone any day now. He's being ordered to return to Chicago and report to work on Monday."

"Tara called and told me about what you said."

"I told Kohn that if he valued his life he should get out of town. I'm concerned about what Jax will do to him. The MC saved my life and Tristen's and for that I'm grateful. I can't look the other way if something fatal happens to Kohn."

"Fatal?" Scarlett said surprised. "Jax isn't going to kill Kohn."

"Are you sure?"

"I'll talk to him about it."

"Suppose you just don't mention this to Jax? Kohn's going to be gone and you have no idea what Jax will do when you tell him what happened. I'm not only trying to save Kohn's life, I'm trying to protect Jax from doing something that could destroy his life. If Jax hurts Kohn and ends up going away for that, Kohn will win."

"If Kohn's going to be gone in a few days, maybe you're right and it would be better just to not mention it to him. Did Kohn say anything to you that would lead you to believe that Tara or I could be in danger from him?"

Hale shook his head.

"He didn't threaten either of you. I'll increase patrols around your homes. You have my cell number. You can call me if you need help."

"I don't want anything bad to happen to Jax over Kohn. I won't say anything. Will you let me know if he leaves town?"

"When he leaves town," Hale said confidently. "Worse case, he'll leave for Chicago Sunday. That just leaves today, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and part of Sunday to get through."

"OK. I'd do it. Thanks for coming over and trying to come up with a solution that keeps everyone safe."

"I don't want to find Kohn's body and I don't want to lock up Jax."

Hale left, his mission accomplished. He'd done his best to protect Kohn and Jax. His intentions were good, but Kohn had other plans.