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least she looked like herself.
“Sarah? You with me again?”
“I don’t know. Maybe.”
“Only maybe?”
“I feel so stupid… I can’t believe what I said to you.” Her voice was small, embarrassed. “It was so ugly.”
“It had to be said, so that I could tell you how wrong you were. That’s out of the way now, and we can leave it in the dust. Yeah?”
“Yes.”
“Look at me.”
She tipped her head back and gazed up at him. They studied each other, looking for scorch marks and other wounds inflicted by their words.
“You OK?” he said softly.
“Yes. You?”
“You know it.” He pressed a kiss to her lips, hot, soft. “I love you.”
“I love you.”
They sat quietly now, watching the mountain sunset through the huge window. Sarah felt her eyes get heavier and she let them close. Jax smiled as she drifted off against him, her face relaxed and sweet.
He waited until he was sure she was completely out, then he carried her down the hall and tucked her in to bed carefully. Our bed . He dropped a tiny kiss on her forehead, then went back in to the kitchen to clean up the broken glass.
Chapter Five
A few nights later, Jax was at Dangerous Curves, trying hard to not call Sarah every ten minutes. She was better since her outburst, but she’d doubled down on her physio and spent every spare moment reading about design software. She seemed determined to get back to work and even though he couldn’t blame her, he could still worry.
Aidan Carter set down a beer in front of his boss and studied him closely. Aidan’s sharp eyes didn’t miss much, as Jax knew all too well, and he didn’t even bother trying to conceal anything from his bartender now.
“What’s up, man?” Aidan asked, his warm Texan drawl the perfect accompaniment to his golden hair and eyes. The man was like a sunrise, all glowing and bright, even in the half-light at Curves. “Sarah OK?”
“Not so much.” Jax took a sip of beer. “She’s getting frustrated that she can’t remember things and can’t work. She wants the healing to happen faster than it is.”
“Yeah, that’s pretty normal,” Mac said. “Has she started throwing stuff yet?”
Jax sighed. “Perfectly innocent tea mugs.”
“Uh-huh. Well, my advice is to stock up on dishes and learn to duck.”
“Really?” Aidan said. “It’ll be like this for a while?”
Doctor Shane ‘Mac’ MacIntyre shrugged his enormous shoulders. “Well, how would you feel, if you had to go back to being a child in so many ways? Christ, the woman couldn’t even walk two months ago and she’s totally dependent on Jax to help her up a set of stairs half the time. She can’t work, can’t pay the bills, can’t handle things for Noah anymore… and Sarah’s the one who took care of everyone and everything until recently. You think it isn’t killing her pride and messing with her head?”
“Yeah,” Jax said. “It is. She’s struggling.”
“Hang tough, Jax.” Mac’s voice was gentle. “She’s got an amazing support system and she’s a strong woman. She’ll come out the other side. I’ve seen thousands of patients emerge from comas and suffer brain trauma, and she’s one I’d bet on to make it through.”
“Yeah?” Jax said.
“Oh, hell, yeah.”
Jax thought about that for a minute. Mac was a neurologist, one of the best in the state, if not the country, and he’d had a thriving private practice for years before he quit to consult freelance. If a guy like him said that Sarah was going to make it, then Jax was prepared to believe him. Plus, Jax really needed to believe him.
“Hey, where’s King?” Mac said now, looking around the packed bar. “Did he sneak out with some smoking woman? Or did they just head for the crash rooms?”
“Nope.” Aidan poured a few shots for some college kids, scowling at the one who looked just a bit too much like Sarah’s ex. “He’s laying low.”
“Yeah? How come?”
Aidan nodded across the room. “One
“Sarah? You with me again?”
“I don’t know. Maybe.”
“Only maybe?”
“I feel so stupid… I can’t believe what I said to you.” Her voice was small, embarrassed. “It was so ugly.”
“It had to be said, so that I could tell you how wrong you were. That’s out of the way now, and we can leave it in the dust. Yeah?”
“Yes.”
“Look at me.”
She tipped her head back and gazed up at him. They studied each other, looking for scorch marks and other wounds inflicted by their words.
“You OK?” he said softly.
“Yes. You?”
“You know it.” He pressed a kiss to her lips, hot, soft. “I love you.”
“I love you.”
They sat quietly now, watching the mountain sunset through the huge window. Sarah felt her eyes get heavier and she let them close. Jax smiled as she drifted off against him, her face relaxed and sweet.
He waited until he was sure she was completely out, then he carried her down the hall and tucked her in to bed carefully. Our bed . He dropped a tiny kiss on her forehead, then went back in to the kitchen to clean up the broken glass.
Chapter Five
A few nights later, Jax was at Dangerous Curves, trying hard to not call Sarah every ten minutes. She was better since her outburst, but she’d doubled down on her physio and spent every spare moment reading about design software. She seemed determined to get back to work and even though he couldn’t blame her, he could still worry.
Aidan Carter set down a beer in front of his boss and studied him closely. Aidan’s sharp eyes didn’t miss much, as Jax knew all too well, and he didn’t even bother trying to conceal anything from his bartender now.
“What’s up, man?” Aidan asked, his warm Texan drawl the perfect accompaniment to his golden hair and eyes. The man was like a sunrise, all glowing and bright, even in the half-light at Curves. “Sarah OK?”
“Not so much.” Jax took a sip of beer. “She’s getting frustrated that she can’t remember things and can’t work. She wants the healing to happen faster than it is.”
“Yeah, that’s pretty normal,” Mac said. “Has she started throwing stuff yet?”
Jax sighed. “Perfectly innocent tea mugs.”
“Uh-huh. Well, my advice is to stock up on dishes and learn to duck.”
“Really?” Aidan said. “It’ll be like this for a while?”
Doctor Shane ‘Mac’ MacIntyre shrugged his enormous shoulders. “Well, how would you feel, if you had to go back to being a child in so many ways? Christ, the woman couldn’t even walk two months ago and she’s totally dependent on Jax to help her up a set of stairs half the time. She can’t work, can’t pay the bills, can’t handle things for Noah anymore… and Sarah’s the one who took care of everyone and everything until recently. You think it isn’t killing her pride and messing with her head?”
“Yeah,” Jax said. “It is. She’s struggling.”
“Hang tough, Jax.” Mac’s voice was gentle. “She’s got an amazing support system and she’s a strong woman. She’ll come out the other side. I’ve seen thousands of patients emerge from comas and suffer brain trauma, and she’s one I’d bet on to make it through.”
“Yeah?” Jax said.
“Oh, hell, yeah.”
Jax thought about that for a minute. Mac was a neurologist, one of the best in the state, if not the country, and he’d had a thriving private practice for years before he quit to consult freelance. If a guy like him said that Sarah was going to make it, then Jax was prepared to believe him. Plus, Jax really needed to believe him.
“Hey, where’s King?” Mac said now, looking around the packed bar. “Did he sneak out with some smoking woman? Or did they just head for the crash rooms?”
“Nope.” Aidan poured a few shots for some college kids, scowling at the one who looked just a bit too much like Sarah’s ex. “He’s laying low.”
“Yeah? How come?”
Aidan nodded across the room. “One
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