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guess.”
Jax and Mac glanced over at the pool tables, and they both exhaled hard when they saw Janine.
“Ah,” Jax said. “He’s staying away from her, huh?”
“Well, he’s trying, but she’s pretty bad tonight,” Aidan said. “I really wish that he’d steered clear of that woman, for both of their sakes. Mostly hers.”
“ None of us knew the deal in the beginning, though,” Mac protested. “King stayed with her way longer than most guys would have once he figured the whole mess out. Tried to help her even after she dumped him.”
“Yeah, I know.” Aidan looked alert. “Heads up, y’all, she’s coming this way.”
Jax and Mac turned to greet her and Janine gave them a dazzling smile.
“Hey,” she said. “Have you guys seen my fiancé?”
“Janine,” Mac said kindly. “King is not your fiancé, hon.”
“Of course he is!” She extended her left hand. “He gave me this.”
“No, he didn’t,” Jax said. “You bought that ring yourself. You remember?”
Her dark eyes flashed now. “Did not.”
“Hey, darlin’,” Aidan said. “You here on your own?”
“Of course I’m not on my own. I’m with King… speaking of which, where is he?”
“I’m right here.” King walked up behind them and he looked troubled when Janine threw her arms around his neck. “Let’s get you home, OK?”
“We’re staying at my place tonight?” she said.
“No, Janine. We’re broken up, remember? I’ll just make sure you get home safe.”
“We’re not broken up,” she said angrily. “We’re engaged !”
“No. We’re not.”
“You fucking asshole,” she hissed. “You don’t want me? Well, any guy in this place would take me home and you know it. All I have to do is ask, and you’ll watch me walk out of here with some other man. How’d you like that?”
King recognized the danger signs and he stared at Mac, silently begging for help.
“Hey, hon,” Mac said, and she focused on him. “You want to go and talk?”
She gazed at him, taking in his long blond hair and blue eyes, his broad shoulders and strong arms. Then she flicked a glance at King and she smirked.
“Well, sure , Mac,” she purred. “We can go talk…for now.”
He steered her over to one of the empty booths, then sat and leaned over to listen to Janine babble maniacally. Mac nodded and surreptitiously checked her eyes. After just a few seconds’ examination, he knew for sure that she was still off her meds, not that he’d had any doubts about that. He looked over at his friends and shook his head a bit.
King sighed heavily. “I just don’t know what to do about her anymore. She’s so, so sick, but nobody can force her to do anything.”
“She have meds at her place?” Jax said. “Maybe you can get her home, convince her to take them?”
“Last I saw? Yeah, she had some. But I broke it off with her about five months ago, you know, and anything could have happened to them between now and then.”
Aidan shook his head. “She’s going to get hurt badly one night. Some asshole somewhere is going to take total advantage of her, and she’s not going to be able to defend herself, or even really understand what the fuck is going on.”
“I know.” King sighed again. “But what can we do? Mac says that he can’t commit her against her will, and he can’t force her to take any drugs that he prescribes. She really should be under a physician’s care, but that has to be her choice.”
“Damn.” Jax was watching Janine now. “I know none of this is up to any of us, but I still feel responsible for her, you know? This is my place, and if something happens to her with someone from here, it’s on me.”
“We’ll just keep doing what we’re doing, OK?” Aidan said. “We’ll watch her, we’ll keep the creeps away, we’ll get her home when we can.” He looked helpless. “It’s all we can do, so we’ll do it. Yeah?”
“Yeah,” King said. “For damn sure we will. No way she’s
Jax and Mac glanced over at the pool tables, and they both exhaled hard when they saw Janine.
“Ah,” Jax said. “He’s staying away from her, huh?”
“Well, he’s trying, but she’s pretty bad tonight,” Aidan said. “I really wish that he’d steered clear of that woman, for both of their sakes. Mostly hers.”
“ None of us knew the deal in the beginning, though,” Mac protested. “King stayed with her way longer than most guys would have once he figured the whole mess out. Tried to help her even after she dumped him.”
“Yeah, I know.” Aidan looked alert. “Heads up, y’all, she’s coming this way.”
Jax and Mac turned to greet her and Janine gave them a dazzling smile.
“Hey,” she said. “Have you guys seen my fiancé?”
“Janine,” Mac said kindly. “King is not your fiancé, hon.”
“Of course he is!” She extended her left hand. “He gave me this.”
“No, he didn’t,” Jax said. “You bought that ring yourself. You remember?”
Her dark eyes flashed now. “Did not.”
“Hey, darlin’,” Aidan said. “You here on your own?”
“Of course I’m not on my own. I’m with King… speaking of which, where is he?”
“I’m right here.” King walked up behind them and he looked troubled when Janine threw her arms around his neck. “Let’s get you home, OK?”
“We’re staying at my place tonight?” she said.
“No, Janine. We’re broken up, remember? I’ll just make sure you get home safe.”
“We’re not broken up,” she said angrily. “We’re engaged !”
“No. We’re not.”
“You fucking asshole,” she hissed. “You don’t want me? Well, any guy in this place would take me home and you know it. All I have to do is ask, and you’ll watch me walk out of here with some other man. How’d you like that?”
King recognized the danger signs and he stared at Mac, silently begging for help.
“Hey, hon,” Mac said, and she focused on him. “You want to go and talk?”
She gazed at him, taking in his long blond hair and blue eyes, his broad shoulders and strong arms. Then she flicked a glance at King and she smirked.
“Well, sure , Mac,” she purred. “We can go talk…for now.”
He steered her over to one of the empty booths, then sat and leaned over to listen to Janine babble maniacally. Mac nodded and surreptitiously checked her eyes. After just a few seconds’ examination, he knew for sure that she was still off her meds, not that he’d had any doubts about that. He looked over at his friends and shook his head a bit.
King sighed heavily. “I just don’t know what to do about her anymore. She’s so, so sick, but nobody can force her to do anything.”
“She have meds at her place?” Jax said. “Maybe you can get her home, convince her to take them?”
“Last I saw? Yeah, she had some. But I broke it off with her about five months ago, you know, and anything could have happened to them between now and then.”
Aidan shook his head. “She’s going to get hurt badly one night. Some asshole somewhere is going to take total advantage of her, and she’s not going to be able to defend herself, or even really understand what the fuck is going on.”
“I know.” King sighed again. “But what can we do? Mac says that he can’t commit her against her will, and he can’t force her to take any drugs that he prescribes. She really should be under a physician’s care, but that has to be her choice.”
“Damn.” Jax was watching Janine now. “I know none of this is up to any of us, but I still feel responsible for her, you know? This is my place, and if something happens to her with someone from here, it’s on me.”
“We’ll just keep doing what we’re doing, OK?” Aidan said. “We’ll watch her, we’ll keep the creeps away, we’ll get her home when we can.” He looked helpless. “It’s all we can do, so we’ll do it. Yeah?”
“Yeah,” King said. “For damn sure we will. No way she’s
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