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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
Chapter 254 Fatherly Advice
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Scarlett felt like she'd banged her head into a wall and she was in that brief split second in time before the body could figure out how it was supposed to feel. Feeling numb wasn't so bad. If this was heartbreak, she could handle it. Before she could think much more about how easy it was to handle heartbreak, the pain rushed in and filled her to the brim with grief.
When her mother was murdered, she hadn't felt anything for hours. She was too busy being afraid and running for her life. Once she'd been alone that night, the pain rushed in and she'd cried all night.
This felt familiar to the pain she felt at losing her mother. It wasn't until she thought about never seeing Jax again did she realize that she'd become attached to him. Even in her thoughts she couldn't be honest with herself and name her feelings. Son of a bitch. She was falling in love with him.
She couldn't get advice from Tara. They were friends and Jax wasn't part of that friendship. She was careful to not cause Tara pain over Jax, so she couldn't get advice from her. Ten years had passed. Any advice she could get from Tara might not mean much now anyway. Donna might be able to help her, but she didn't know her well enough.
There was nothing to do but call her father. She would have to admit that she had accidentally fallen in love with Jax. Despite his encouragement that it was OK to have feelings, it wasn't OK with her. She didn't want to be in love with Jax. Maybe he could tell her how to kill her feelings for him.
"What's wrong?" her father Decker asked her.
"That obvious from me just saying 'hi'?"
"I know you well," her father said.
She explained to her father about her conversation with Jax.
"First, you need to buy yourself some time while you think this through. Send him a text and say you're sorry, but you got overwhelmed with the conversation and you got scared. Then tell him you want to talk either Thursday or Friday. This will give you some space to figure things out and by texting him now, it will show him that you want to work things out."
"OK, then what?"
"You think. Call me tomorrow after you've had some time and we'll figure it out from there. Scarlett, you need to figure out what you want from Jax, how you're going to get it and what you're willing to do in return. I can't condemn him for sleeping with pretty much any girl that's crossed his path, but he'd right. You can't keep holding that against him. Why does it really bother you so much?"
Scarlett followed her father's advice and texted Jax. He had replied that they could talk Thursday night maybe go get dinner. She quickly agreed. It seemed like everything was going to be OK. Maybe she'd overreacted.
She thought about Jax most of Wednesday. It didn't seem to get her anywhere. Thursday, she had another conversation with her father and while she was beginning to think more clearly, it came with a price. Her life would never be the same again after meeting Jax Teller.
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Upcoming chapters:
Good new and bad news for Louise's would be killer. Jax and Scarlett try to figure out their relationship. Church gets into club details. Jax finds Scarlett with another man in bed.