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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run

Chapter 294 Advice Taken

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Tara was enjoying the awkwardness between Jax and Juice. Juice was applying direct pressure to keep Jax from bleeding out. It was that simple, but Juice's biggest worry that where his fingers were might be gay.

"OK, let's get Juice's fingers out of Jax's ass," Tara said. She just couldn't stop a giggle from escaping as she said it.

"I'm glad I could provide some entertainment," Jax said drily.

"OK, here's the plan. Juice removes his fingers. I'll close off the bleeding with a couple of clamps. Scarlett, you give me those two things on the end on the tray. They will absorb the blood and then that," Tara said pointing to something that looked like a bunch of gauze. "The blood will get soaked up leaving me a dry area."

"Can I leave then?" Juice asked.

"Yeah, get cleaned up. Come back after five minutes. I want you to help hand me tools. I want Scarlett to sit by Jax and help him."

Tara could see that Scarlett was in a lot of pain from having to stand. She also knew her well enough to know that she would stand there and help no matter how bad her body hurt.

"OK, when I say now, Juice, free your fingers," Tara said holding a couple of surgical tools. "Now."

Juice removed his fingers and Tara expertly used the clamps to stop the bleeding. Next she used the tools Scarlett handed her to dry the area of blood.

"You did a great job, Juice. You helped save Jax's life."

"Thanks bro," Jax said to Juice.

Juice beamed, happy to have actually won someone's approval.

"Will I have to put my fingers back in Jax's ass?" Juice asked, suddenly worried about what helping Tara might involve.

"Not unless you two like that sort of thing," Tara said. "That's between you two."

Scarlett and Tara began giggling again.

"Glad I could provide some entertainment for you two," Jax said sourly.

Juice left.

"Do you think I could get something to drink?" Jax asked. "I'm really thirsty."

"It's from all the alcohol. Scarlett, could you get Jax some water with a straw?"

"I'll be back in a couple of minutes," Scarlett said removing her gloves.

Jax waited until Scarlett left.

"Tara, I really do appreciate this."

"You were an inch away from dying," Tara said. "An inch."

"I took your advice about Scarlett and the whole growing up thing. I went to talk to her, but she was still too mad to talk. I went home alone."

"You actually listened to me?" Tara looked surprised. "I'm shocked and amazed. You two seem OK now."

"We were going to talk and then I got shot. The only thing I could think about was seeing Scarlett again. We still need to talk, but getting shot and being near death really made me see what's important."

"You two just seem right together," Tara said.

Tara actually felt sorry for Scarlett. She wondered how she was going to cope with Jax's violent and dangerous world. She just knew that she was glad she was out of it. This was the last time she was getting involved in it.

Next: Gemma tries to stir up trouble.