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“You and I will look into Ed and Shannon while Jax and Lucia are at the hospital. Anything else you need me to do, amigo?” my father asks Jax, making me smile.
This is his way of making things right between them, of showing him that he would still do anything for him. I have to admit, the guilt I feel at coming between the two of them still weighs heavy on me. But as they sit across from each other now, working together, it’s clear they have nothing but love and respect for one another, and it makes my heart swell in my chest.
“If you get time, you could look into those photographs of Toni and me. If you can figure out the restaurant, then you could get their CCTV and cross reference the dates to prove they’re fake.”
“We know they’re fake. We don’t need proof, Jax,” I tell him and my father nods in agreement.
Jax sighs deeply, taking my hand and squeezing it in his before he turns back to my father. “See if you can dig up some CCTV from anywhere in town that might help then? Or better still talk to the bar owner,” he suggests. “Now, if there was ever a situation where a jackhammer was needed to crack a peanut, that would be it.”
“Why? Is he an asshole?” my father asks.
“Kind of. When I went to speak to him, the sheriff arrived not five minutes after, which was a hell of a coincidence if you ask me. And that guy is looking for an excuse to toss me into a cell, so I had to back off.”
“I’ll drop by and see what he has to say then.”
“Be careful,” my mom warns him. “That goes for all of you,” she adds as she looks at the rest of us. “We have no idea who we’re dealing with yet, but we do know they’re willing to go to extreme lengths to get what they want.”
“I always am, princess,” my father says before kissing her forehead and making her blush. I swear they are like a pair of lovestruck teenagers.
“We will be, Mom,” I assure her.
A little over an hour later, I’m walking down the hospital corridor with Jax’s hand in mine while he carries an overly excited Matthias in his arms.
“Does this kid ever stop talking,” he whispers in my ear while Matthias goes on talking about how cool it is to have his very own bedroom at the barn house and whether he thinks Harvey will allow Blue to sleep there sometimes.
“Nope. You already know that, cowboy. You sure you want to add another one into the mix so soon?”
He lets go of my hand and wraps his arm around my waist instead.
“One hundred fucking percent,” he growls and my insides flutter.
“Are you guys even listening to me?” Matthias says with a sigh, and I realize somewhere in his incessant chatter he must have asked us a question.
Jax winks at me before he turns his face toward our son. “Of course we are buddy.”
“So can we just get our own puppy instead, a Dallas dog?” Matthias asks with a cheeky grin.
“A Dallas dog?” I ask.
“Yeah, for when we’re here. A puppy just like Blue?”
“But won’t he miss us when we’re in LA?” Jax says. “And wouldn’t you miss him too?”
Matthias’s face falls. “Oh, yeah,” he whispers.
Jax tickles him, making him laugh again. “So, if we did get a puppy like Blue, he’d have to live with us in LA and Dallas, wouldn’t he?”
At this, Matthias squeals with delight. “Yes, he would. Can we get a puppy then? Please, Momma?”
I roll my eyes at my husband. “Did you just promise our son a puppy?”
“No,” he grins at me. “I said if we got a dog, is all.”
“We’ll see, munchkin,” I tell him.
“Okay,” he pouts and Jax whispers something in his ear that makes him giggle.
“You just promised him a puppy, didn’t you?” I nudge him in the ribs.
