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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run

Chapter 245 Jax Madness

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Scarlett changed into a white ruffled shirt and touched her make-up before calling her father.

"How did your picnic go?" her father asked.

"Your bracelet worked perfectly. I was alone for a few minutes while Jax did an errand for Gemma. Clay wasted no time in coming over to talk to me. I was fidgeting with my bracelet and he asked me about it. I showed him the pictures and as I explained each picture, I could feel his attention lessen.

"He bought the bracelet story completely. Clay isn't very smart. I don't think it would ever occur to him that the bracelet was faked so he wouldn't know I saw him kill my mother.

"I just had this feeling that he was getting ready to kill me and his talking to me today was my chance to save my life. Your bracelet saved me."

"I'm glad that worked. You still need to be on your guard with him."

"I know. I don't think I will have much contact with him. It's just strange because in my mind he was always such a big monster. I'm a lot bigger than I was when he killed mom, so he doesn't look so big now. I'm not as afraid of him."

"How are things with Jax?"

"He's mad at me. I left the picnic early because Hale's picking me up and we're going to finish watching LA Confidential."

"And there was no other time for you to finish watching a movie you're seen what ten times?"

"It's not the seeing it; it's the talking about it. Jax waited until practically the last minute to ask me to the picnic. He needed to learn that I'm not always around for him."

"Sounds like you're jealous."

"His attitude about women needs improving. He told me after I'd only known him a few days that his club house was packed with women that would sleep with him."

Decker laughed.

"It's probably true," he said.

"I know," she said with an annoyed edge to her voice.

"You knew that he had been with women before you met him."

"It didn't bother me then. Now it does."

"You're emotionally attached to him and you're falling in love with him."

Scarlett didn't like hearing this because she already suspected it was true. She wanted her father to reassure her that her feelings weren't love. Love made you weak. She needed to be strong because she had to get Clay kicked out of the MC and sent to prison unprotected. After that, she and her father were going to destroy the Sons of Anarchy to keep it from destroying anymore lives.

"I don't love him," she said. "I'm not going to fall in love with him. I am focused on our goal."

"Think about having both. You can fall for him and use that to get Clay kicked out of the MC. Instead of destroying the MC, you could change it by influencing Jax."

"My mother tried to change the MC. She's dead. It has to be destroyed."

"She wiped out the Laredo chapter and she saved a lot of human trafficked kids and young women. She was naïve and it cost her her life, but your mom was a hero."

"I wish she'd thought about me more."

"Your mom didn't think it would lead to her death, but she felt so strongly about what she was doing, she took the risk. Just like a cop or a soldier, she paid with her life. She wasn't trying to die and she didn't want to leave you."

Scarlett's eyes filled with tears.

"I know," she whispered. "I have to go and fix my make-up before David gets here."

"You're on the right path with Jax."

"I don't know. I feel like I should run away."

"If you feel like you're in danger, you should leave, but if you're just afraid of your feelings for him, you need to stay and work that through."

"I have to go."

"Call me tomorrow. I need to know you're OK."

"I will."

Scarlett ended the call. She felt a long way from OK. How could she have been so stupid to fall for Jax Teller?