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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
Chapter 303 Scarlett's Dad Conversation
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Scarlett used a burner phone when she called her father. It was just a normal security precaution against her ex. Her father was the only person she trusted completely and she wanted to talk to him about what had happened over the last day.
"Are you OK?" her father asked immediately. He knew his daughter so well he picked up on the slightest change in her voice.
"Barely. It's been rough."
"Did you and Jax have that talk about the acupuncture guy?"
"He got shot instead," Scarlett said.
"The acupuncture guy or Jax?"
"Jax. I didn't do it."
Her father chuckled.
"I didn't think you did. Is he going to be OK?"
"Yeah. I got Tara to save him."
"Wasn't he wearing his vest?"
"He was. I reminded him. If he hadn't had it on, he would have been killed. It was a meeting and some guys came in and shot him. They tried to kill all the guys that were with Jax but Jax was the only one hit."
Scarlett was sitting in her motel room with her back against the headboard. The TV was on but the volume was on mute.
"Do you want me to come to you?"
"No. I'll be OK. Jax and I are leaving after some MC meeting in a couple of hours. We'll stay at the lake house for a few days, so remember to let me know if you're going to visit."
"You aren't going to let him off the hook over the acupuncture guy?"
"No. I told him that we need to have that fight."
"You might want to change your approach. Take a softer tone. Tell him why his jealousy scares you and why you can't have him act that way around you."
Her ex had been intensely jealous. For awhile it made her feel loved and then it terrified her.
"That's a good idea. I just don't understand how he could think I would be with another man."
"Men don't always think with their brains. Sometimes hormones take over. He needs to learn to control that. He's a smart guy. He'll understand."
"Tara said he was never jealous with her."
"Find out why he is with you then. I think you can work this out provided there's no more repeat of this violent jealousy."
"He told me that he loves me."
"That's good because you love him."
"You aren't any fun, dad. You are supposed to be surprised that he told me."
"I've known that you two were falling for each other from the first time I met him. Any guy that goes and gets an automatic weapon when he thinks you are facing a hit team has some love for you. He could have abandoned you and saved his ass by swimming away."
Scarlett grinned when her father mentioned Jax saving his ass, but she didn't let him in on the joke. She wanted to keep some things to herself.
"Aren't you at least surprised I'm in love with him?"
"You've been in love with him. You just haven't been able to admit it. How did that happen, anyway?"
"I thought he might die."
"You really did have one hell of a night."
Scarlett and her father exchanged "I love yous" and she ended the call. Her father had hit on her greatest fear—that she was in for more nights of hell with Jax and the MC.
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Next Up: The Sons talk war with the Mayans and the big surprise is just a couple of chapters away.