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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
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Chapter 367 How was your day?
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Jax missed outlawing. Between recovering from his bullet wounds and taking Scarlett to her physio appointments, he hadn't had much time to go out with the guys. Today, he, Clay and a few of the guys were meeting with Marcus Alvarez to pick up gun parts in barrels disguised as used automotive oil.
Despite the partnership's beginning under forced circumstances both Mayans and Sons were making it work because they were both making money they wouldn't have made without it. The Irish were still out of stock and the Mayan weapons were helping them fill orders.
"You have any luck finding your son?" Clay asked.
"No," Alvarez said. "Believe me, everyone's looking. They want the bounty."
"You think he went to Mexico?" Jax asked.
"I don't see how he could be here. We would have found him by now. Salazar too. I think they are both in Mexico."
"Believe me, we'll keep looking," Clay said. "My guys . . ."
Jax's phone's alerted him to a text message. He looked at the text message and excused himself to make a call. When he returned, he was glad Clay and Alvarez had moved on from discussing the hunt for Esai and Salazar.
"Our buyers are loving your guns," Jax said.
"Only the highest quality at the best prices," Alvarez said. "It's worked well for us too. We've sold more to you in a week than we've sold in two months."
"The start of a beautiful relationship," Clay said lighting his cigar.
"We'll set something up next week. Same plus a dozen laser sights," Jax said reaching into his cut, pulling out an envelope and handing it to Alvarez.
"Just let me know when and where."
Opie, Tig and Happy finished putting the barrels inside the large pickup truck with a camper shell on the back. It provided a perfect place to conceal the barrels while they transported them to their gun warehouse emphasis on the house.
Happy felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up. Danger. He looked around. Nothing seemed out of place. He caught a brief glimpse of a man with platinum hair in a little car round a corner.
His danger signals were never wrong, but maybe it was thrown off by being around so many Mayans. He decided to stay even more vigilant than usual. He was so alert now his body almost seemed to vibrate.
Clay and Tig drove behind the pickup looking for tails from law enforcement or Alvarez. When Clay called Jax to tell them they were clear of tails, the pickup finally began the drive to the house.
Bobby had done a good job finding the place and making sure it had everything it needed for assembling the guns and for the gun assembly crew that Tig watched over.
"The house has been working great and Rodriguez says it's a lot easier to watch," Tig said after they had brought the barrels into the house.
"It's good not to have a chunk of money sunk in land," Jax said.
Clay scowled. He still wasn't happy about not building their own warehouse. He just didn't like that it was Jax's idea to use a house.
"It's more work coming to the warehouse, but it's worth it," Tig said smiling at Jax.
On the way back to TM, Jax stopped off briefly at a sporting goods store returning in less than five minutes. While he was inside Opie joked that maybe Jax needed a new game to play with Scarlett. Tig seemed oddly upset by the comment.
When they got back to TM, Jax had a surprise for everyone. He'd had Sack get sandwiches and drinks. He was trying to do extra things for the guys since they were covering for him when he was gone with Scarlett.
Later after work, he was going over to Scarlett's for dinner and to spend the night. She had a physio appointment in the morning so it would make it easier to get to the appointment, but it was really just an excuse to stay over.
He took a shower and changed into clean clothes before heading over to Scarlett's. The evening was going to be very interesting.
When she let him into her condo, he could tell by that certain sparkle in Scarlett's eyes that she thought something about him was funny.
"What?" he demanded.
"What what?"
"What's so funny?"
She looked at him trying hard not to smile but her lips turned up at the corners anyway.
"Love your man bun."
He'd taken a shower and put his hair back in a ponytail with the ends tucked in. He usually took it down when his hair was dry, but he'd forgotten.
"It's not a man bun," Jax explained patiently. "It's a ponytail with the ends tucked in." Jax reached up to pull his hair out of the hairstyle that Scarlett found so funny.
"Leave it. You just look so darned sexy."
He pointed to his lips.
"Give me kiss," he growled, "and I'll think about leaving it in."
Scarlett kissed Jax on the lips.
She had gotten the vegetable lasagna that he liked with the spinach and white sauce. He took it out of the oven for her. She was busy dumping a bag of Caesar salad in a bowl, tossing it with the dressing, adding the croutons and Parmesan cheese from the package. It was also his favorite salad.
"Is there dessert?"
"What?" she demanded. "You need more sweetness in your life besides me?"
Jax looked in the refrigerator hoping to find a coconut cream pie topped with whipped cream. She'd also gotten his favorite pie. That was just one of the many things about her—she remembered what he liked—that he loved.
"And one of my favorite pies."
Jax carried the salad bowls to the table with Scarlett following behind carrying iced teas.
"What did you do today?" Scarlett asked.
"Some club business in the morning. Fixed bikes. Changed the oil on a couple of cars. It was a nice low key day. What about you?"
"I met Tara for lunch. David Hale stopped by the store for a few minutes to ask me how I liked the condo," Scarlett said. "I left early because Ted came over to give me an acupuncture treatment."
Jax brought their empty salad bowls to the kitchen and cut them portions of the lasagna and brought them to the table. It was just easier for him to do it for her.
"I really liked the treatment. My pain level went down and I have more energy now. He's going to let me know when he's available and I'll schedule some more appointments. It won't fix me by itself, but I'm hoping that it can help with the muscle spasms and get my body to heal faster."
"I don't know how putting needles in your body can make you better," Jax said.
"I know. I'm skeptical, but I'm willing to give it a couple of more tries. I talked to my therapist about it and she says it might help with my pain. It can't make my body stronger. Tomorrow, I'm going to get to use the recumbent bike for five minutes."
"Progress," Jax said grinning at her.
"Anything else exciting happen?" he asked waiting until they had finished dinner.
"No."
They decided to watch TV in bed and have dessert later. Scarlett went into the bedroom. On the bed's comforter were two canisters of pepper spray.
"Oh, hell," Scarlett said softly.
"Forget to tell me something about your day?" Jax asked leaning in the bedroom's doorway, his bright blue eyes locked on her face.
"How much trouble am I in?"
"A lot," he said walking towards her.
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Author's Note: I saw a clip with Charlie Hunnam promoting his new film The Gentlemen. He was wearing his hair in a man bun and he even mentioned it, so I had to bring back the man bun.