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Damn it. Jax hadn’t meant to let that part slip out. That was just another reason he’d taken Livie out in the plane last night, because it was private where nobody would see them and there would be no gossip. Of course, now that Tanner knew, there was no way in hell he wouldn’t tell Cash.
“Forget you heard that,” Jax muttered, lathering up his hands and scrubbing like hell to get that grease off so he didn’t go to school looking like he’d never bathed. “There was no date.”
“Spill it, Jax. You know I’m not going anywhere until I hear what happened.”
He refused to glance up and meet his cousin’s reflection in the mirror over the sink. The bathroom was so tiny, he knew Tanner stood directly behind him. Jax was essentially trapped and there was no need to deny or even lie. Tanner would draw his own conclusions and share them with Cash like some damn old gossipy lady. Jax had to give him something though.
“It was nothing really.”
Except the kiss, but there was no way Jax was going to get into that portion of the evening.
“Piper said something about her friends having mommies, then she asked if Livie was here to go out with me, and that all snowballed. Basically, we agreed to appease Piper and we used the opportunity to talk.”
“You said that twice, so what else happened?”
Why did he have to be so damn intuitive? Talk didn’t always mean something else.
“Are you always in cop mode?” Jax growled as he shut off the squeaky faucet. “Because we talked, we argued, I drove her home.”
Tanner stepped back and let Jax pass through, but the mocking laughter followed. He didn’t care how much his nosy cousins prodded, because there was no doubt that Cash would jump on this bandwagon. Jax was not spilling any details because talking about the kiss would make it out in the open and no longer a secret. Jax was positive Livie didn’t want anyone to know what happened between them and he sure as hell wasn’t about to give Cash and Tanner fodder for endless jabs.
“Maybe you just need a few beers to lighten up,” Tanner replied as if he had the answer to the mystery.
“You know better than that. It takes more than a few beers to get me talking and I don’t drink that much with Piper home.”
Priorities had changed since he’d come home and started parenting. By far a totally different lifestyle from what he was used to and there had been a major adjustment, but Jax loved every minute. Being a single parent was by far more difficult than anything he’d ever done, but Piper was worth it. She was his entire life. This airport was how he paid for everything to secure her life, and that was just the monetary aspect. He and Piper shared a bond here, they would chat about planes, about flying, and the future here. She was only four years old, but she had a vision for a future and that future was right here.
“You know we’re going to get this out of you.” Tanner pulled his cell from his pocket. “Cash and I will be over this evening. Don’t think we won’t revisit this topic.”
“You’ll be wasting your time.”
With a shrug, Tanner focused on his phone as he sent a text. “I have no other plans tonight. Piper has to go to bed at some time. We’ll get you then.”
Jax laughed and grabbed his keys off the old scarred desk. The same desk Paul used when he took over here years ago. “When Piper goes to bed, that’s when you two losers are leaving.”
Tanner headed out with Jax and stopped beside the old beat-up truck Jax so loved. “Was there something you wanted when you stopped by?”
Shoving his hands in his pockets, Tanner rocked back on his heels and nodded. “I wanted to talk to you about a job prospect.”
Intrigued, Jax crossed his arms and leaned against his bumper. “For you?”
“I was given an option of transferring units.”
“Where’s the other unit?”
Tanner pulled in a deep breath, his broad chest expanding beneath the gray T-shirt. “In St. Perry.”
Stunned, Jax absorbed the information. “Two hours away. What made them offer that to you?”
“You know I passed my exam to be promoted to sergeant?”
Jax nodded.
“Well, there’s an opening coming up there and I was offered first. I’m supposed to tell them within the next couple months. It’s a long gap, but they want time to look for others if I’m not interested.”
Raking a hand over the back of his head, Jax truly had no clue what to say. “Do you want the job?”
“I want the pay and the position, but I don’t want to be in St. Perry.”
