Page 94 of Reckless and Rooted
Jax presses another kiss to my lips, his hand gently caressing my jaw, and I flutter my eyes open, staring at the man that I’ve loved for the last thirteen years and have no intention of not loving for the rest of my life.
I smile at him, so grateful he and Lawson are okay, that we are all safe. “Where’s Law?”
Jax seems to breathe a relieved breath and says, “At home with our moms. They both wanted to come see you, but I convinced them to let me come first.”
“I’m sure they don’t mind the extra time with Lawson. Is he really okay?” I never expected my first time overnight away from my son would be under the circumstances they were.
A knock on the door has Jax standing up off of the bed, and I look to the door to see Ezra walk in, his face stern before he lays eyes on me, and his expression softens somewhat. At least, for him it does.
“Thanks for calling me, man,” Jax says, reaching over to shake Ezra’s hand, and I hide a smile at the reluctant friendship I see blossoming in front of me.
“Of course.” He sighs and turns to me. “I think they’re sending officers over for your statement.”
I nod. “Okay.”
“But you should probably know the whole truth.” He starts, looking back to Jax. “Your dad already gave his statement, and it held some truths in it no one was expecting.”
Jax frowns. “What do you mean?”
“He was hired to kidnap Felicity,” Ezra announces, and my breath catches in my chest as I frown at Ezra.
“What?” I breathe.
“Who the fuck did that?” Jax demands. I see his cheeks turn a flushed pink, and his fists clench by his sides.
“Well, that’s the worst part, in my opinion,” Ezra says. “Zack gave me a call yesterday after he saw it on the news.”
I gape, unbelieving. “Zack did this?”
I watch as Ezra clenches his jaw, his head shaking side to side. “Jeanette.”
Blinking in shock, I ignore the curse that flies from Jax’s lips as he starts to pace in the room.
“Jeanette?” My question is soft and quiet, the shock hitting me in the chest.
Ezra nods slowly, his anger palpable and his concern written all over his face. “She was concerned you were losing traction, so she created an opportunity to get you back in the limelight.”
I scoot up on the bed, my side pulling slightly from the injury Jax said I had there, and shake my head. “But I’m due to go on tour next month. My album is already projected to be one of my best.”
“She just had a baby!” Jax explodes, pointing at me but looking at Ezra like it’s his fault. Ezra stares Jax down, taking the anger, and I realize then that he’s doing it because he understands. “She could have been killed! Did she realize how unhinged my fucking father is?”
“How did she even get to his dad, anyway?”
Ezra shrugs. “I’m not entirely sure. I think she did some tracking down and research and found out what kind of person your dad is.” He looks at Jax, who’s sitting down and leaning over his knees. “Jax, it’s not your fault.”
“Like hell it’s not,” Jax says, his tone filled with misery. “I’m the only reason that connection was made.”
“She’s doing this because I’ve been stubborn, not because of you,” I say, trying to rein in how horrible I feel. I can’t believe any of this is happening. “You saw her on New Year’s. She was pissed I went against her wishes.”
“Which I don’t understand. You two announcing the pregnancy and getting in front of all of those people put you back in the spotlight. You’ve been the talk of the town for months.”
“Yeah, but that’s not raking in any money,” I answer Ezra’s thought. “I’ve turned down all the interviews and endorsements.”
The amount of baby companies that reached out was overwhelming, but I didn’t want to make anything a show when it came to being a mother. I wanted to keep everything normal for Law so he can grow up without the spotlight on him.
“Well, whatever it is, she’s being tracked down. They have your father’s confession,” he says to Jax and turns to me. “And I convinced Zack to come forward. The dude is clueless.”
“Did he have something to do with it? Was that why he was there?”
