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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
Chapter 243 Ignition Key
As they walked slowly to the parking lot, Jax helped Scarlett using her arm to support her over the uneven park grass.
"So, does this mean you want me to put my key in your ignition?" Jax asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It wouldn't fit," she said.
"Too big?"
"I guess I could have been nicer to your mother," Scarlett said, changing the subject.
"No, you handled Gemma right. If you don't stand up to her, she'll chew you up and spit out the pieces. I'm probably going to need to spend another hour here and then I'll come by."
"I'm not going to be in my room. David Hale is picking me up and we're going to finish watching LA Confidential."
Jax had been annoyed with Scarlett because she was leaving early. That had changed when she told him she was leaving him to be with Hale. What the fuck was wrong? Hale? She was leaving him to be with Hale. Unfuckingbelievable.
"You don't think you could have mentioned this sooner?"
It took a lot of effort for him to keep his voice level. The more he thought about Scarlett and Hale together, the angrier he got. When he was with a girl, she was exclusively his for as long as he wanted. This was the way life worked in Charming for him. It had always been this way.
Men knew if they didn't want a Jax Teller beat down, they needed to wait for him to move on to another girl. Hale was the only guy in town who had the balls and power to challenge him and he didn't like it one bit.
"I assumed you were going to spend the evening doing motorcycle things. You only asked me to the picnic," Scarlett said coolly.
The tone of her voice only fanned the flames of his anger. No girl had ever treated him like this.
"You knew damned well when I asked you to the picnic it was for all day."
"I've been here all day. I don't know why you're making such a big deal of this. Don't you have all kinds of girls to pick from to spend the night with?"
"Is that what you want me to do?" Jax's anger was now in his voice.
"Would it be any different then how you spent Saturday night?"
"What the hell do you mean by that?"
"I'm not sitting in my motel room waiting for you."
That was exactly what he wanted her to do; he wanted her to be available to him whenever he wanted to see her. This meant no men especially Hale. It wasn't right and it wasn't fair, but he didn't care.
Outlaw biker clubs, in addition to breaking laws, didn't recognize a woman's equality. Women were property, the man made the decisions and women did as they were told.
In the very depth of his soul, Jax believed this too. He was trying to adopt a more modern view, but he was a work in progress.
When she had watched part of the movie with Hale the first time, it was before they had gotten to know each other. He thought they had gotten closer emotionally. He didn't get why she had to watch a movie she'd seen before with Hale so they could talk about it.
Now that he'd thought about it again, he was even more angry. If she wanted to talk about some damned movie, they could watch the movie together and talk about it. She didn't need anything Hale could provide.
"Enjoy your movie, Scarlett. I'm sure Hale would be more than happy to help if you have trouble getting a key in your ignition."
"Don't worry about me," she said with a smile. "I'm used to putting the key in my own ignition. I've found that I'm better at it than any guy I've met."
She pulled her arm free of his grip, got in her car and drove off.