Page 103 of Sinning for Santa

Meeting with my men.

Be back soon.

x Dev

There’s that damn kiss again.

My heart flips like I’ve just received my first love letter. And hell, maybe the one from earlier and this one are the closest I’ll ever get.

Eddie sure as shit never gave me one.

Sure he wrote to me when I was in the facility, but they weren’t love letters.

He sent me scriptures and things to pray for.

Ugh, why couldn’t I see what he was doing?

Just by the note on the desk is my phone, and I glance up at the door, wondering if I take it, will I get into trouble.

Jesus, Jaxcen. Are you going to keep letting people dictate your life, or are you going to own it?

My brows shoot up at my inner thoughts and I grin, deciding that it’s my phone, so I’ll be the one to be in possession of it.

Going into my contacts, I bring up Presley’s number and hit call, anxiously waiting for it to connect, and when it does, my heart does another flip.

“Jax, is that you?”

“Hey, Pres. Sorry about all the fuss. Are you alright?”

“Yeah, I’m fine,” she says a little stiffly, and I frown.

Damn, is she angry at me?

“Look, I’m sorry. I’ll explain later but I’m okay. Truly,” I admit, and she falls quiet for a moment before I hear her wary voice.

“I’m not sure you are.” Her tone is hushed. Unsure. So unlike my confident big sister.

“I already told you I am,” I mutter, annoyed.

Pres is the only one that has ever fought for me. Not that she had much luck against my parents, but she’s always tried and she never judged me. Not ever.

“Where are you Jax? Tell me where you are and I’ll come and get you.”

I frown. “No, you can’t.”

“Why?” she asks, her tone sounding way off my normally supportive sister.

Hell, she even left me a message and told me to hide, and what? Now she wants me to come out and potentially get caught.

“I’m doing what you said, Pres. I’m hiding,” I explain before a scuffle crackles through the speaker sounding like she dropped it. But then, I hear her yell in the background.

“Don’t do what they want, Jax. Stay there!”

What the…

“Jaxcen. This is Dr Xavier. You need to come to me, please.”

All the breath whooshes from my lungs at hearing that voice again. His voice.

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