3
Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
Chapter 248 Condo Conversion
"
Scarlett was still annoyed the next morning when Jax picked her up for her physio appointment. He'd sent her a text late last night telling her he'd be by to pick her up for her physio appointment at 1 pm.
He had to text her. He couldn't even talk to her. Scarlett's eyes narrowed and her face had flushed when she got his text. She always thought it took a lot to make her mad, but Jax seemed to do it effortlessly.
There was a difference between being angry and letting it show. She could feel the emotion, but she would not let it show. She was also going to get some payback by fanning the flames of his anger.
"I hate going to physio," Scarlett said to break the uneasy silence between them as they drove out of Charming past the "Sorry, you're leaving Charming" sign.
"I thought you liked your therapist," Jax said.
"I do. It's a great place, but it's just humbling to have to wake the muscles up in my body and get them to work again. My therapist has to lift my leg for me because I can't do it and then we work on moving it left, right and up and down while she holds it."
"You're a disaster," Jax said with a smile."
"At least I can walk. There's nothing wrong with my spine. It's all torn or pulled muscles. This injury is more difficult to recover from than the two back surgeries. Soft tissue injuries don't heal fast."
"Did she say how long you're going to be in therapy?"
"No, they never do."
"I definitely don't mind driving you."
"It's a luxury for me to be driven," Scarlett said.
She saw Jax give his friend Opie an envelope stuffed with cash when she'd been at the water fountain yesterday. It made her happy to see him treating his friend so generously. She wanted to believe that he wasn't solely motivated by money like the men that her ex was going to use to hunt her down and kidnap her if he ever found her.
They continued to change their appearances and switching to the Crown Vic to drive the final stretch to the physiotherapy center. Jax suggested that instead of finding a place to park the car like a garage or parking structure, he would continue to park it in residential areas using a new place each time he parked.
She agreed. It was easier to change her appearance in her motel room and then put a hat and sunglasses on to hide her disguise than to change her appearance in a garage. She suspected that she was going overboard with all the security precautions, but it was better to take too many than get found.
She waited until after therapy before she mentioned David Hale and her plans for the evening.
"I think I may have a new place to live," Scarlett said.
"Changing motels?"
"No. David's brother Jacob is moving out of his condo into his new house and he's decided to rent out his condo instead of selling it. David's taking me to see it tonight. He's even going to leave most of the furniture."
"Did you have a nice time watching your movie?" Jax asked with an edge to his voice.
"I did. Each time I see it, I find something new to appreciate. It's just such a monumental task to do a period movie. There are so many details to get right. Did you have a nice time last night with whatever you did?" Scarlett said sweetly.
She didn't think there was any sarcasm in her last sentence, but sometimes her sarcasm was unconscious and she crossed the line between sweet and sarcastic.
"As always," Jax said.
Scarlett nodded her head. That hadn't gone the way she'd planned. She might need to rethink her strategy.
"I almost forgot. David had a message to pass on to you. He said there was some new ATF agent in town. His name was Corn, or Conn or Clown. No, that's not right. It was Kohn."
Jax's grip on the steering wheel tightened. Scarlett knew enough to know that an ATF investigation couldn't be good news for the MC.