Page 31 of Karma
“Felicity’s a close second,” Lex says.
Crossing her arms over her chest, Emme glares at Lex. “She’s playing house with my kid.”
“You gave up rights to your kid, Emme. You only want to provoke her because you realized you will never measure up to Hailey. No matter what tricks you pulled in the bedroom, my son only used you for sex,” Felicity says.
“That’s not all of it, though, is it?” Lex asks. “No, you want to use Nancy as a pawn to hurt Gavin, not Hailey. He’s the one you’re upset with.”
She scoffs. “Yeah, whatever.”
“You know he was never going to fall in love with you, right? No matter how good you are at sucking his dick, you weren’t good enough. Even when you got knocked up, he never once thought about settling down with you. That’s what pisses you off most. He chose to settle down with another woman and let her be the mom you can’t be.”
“I gave him everything he could have wanted,” she hisses.
“But you aren’t Hailey,” Felicity says. “And you never will be.”
Grinding her teeth, Emme tries to hide her fear behind her anger. But just like Lex, Felicity can smell fear a mile away.
“So, what are you going to do? Beat me up? Teach me a lesson?”
“I’m offering one last warning,” Lex says, stepping into Emme’s space and damn near touching her nose to the waitress’s chin. “Go near my daughter, or our granddaughter again, and it’ll be the last thing you ever fucking do.”
“I told you that threatening an old lady was dangerous. It’s very dangerous for your health, Emme,” Felicity says and brushes invisible dirt from her shoulders. “Are we clear?”
Rather than back down, like a sane woman would, she doubles down. Felicity almost has to admire her conviction. “I’ll call the cops. I’ll get a restraining order on you and Hailey. Then I’ll get my parental rights back, take Nancy from Gavin, and none of you will ever see my daughter again.”
“I don’t think she’s aware that I’m the one who got the Chief of Police and Police Captain fired,” Lex says. “What do you think, Felicity?”
“No, I don’t think she’s aware at all.”
“If you think I, and the club, don’t have favors to call in, not to mention connections with other authority figures in town, you’re setting yourself up for a world of hurt. Go ahead. Try to make good on your threat. But that’s all it’ll ever amount to. A fruitless threat that does nothing but piss me the fuck off.”
Emme swallows and breathes heavily as she maintains eye contact with Lex for a few moments before backing down. “Fine. You win.”
“That wasn’t so hard, was it?” Felicity says with a smile. “You have a good night, Emme.”
“Have a good life,” Lex counters. “I don’t want to see you again until we happen to cross paths at the hotel. Even then, avoid me. Are we clear?”
“Crystal.”
The younger woman hurries inside, and the lock clicks loudly. Felicity laughs, but Lex begins looking around. “What’s wrong?”
“He’s here,” she says. “Phillip. He’s watching us.”
“Venom!” Felicity shouts. “He’s here!”
The two men appear in front of them on their bikes in an instant, their guns out and ready. “Where?” Venom asks.
“I don’t know,” Lex whispers. “I feel him. He’s following me.”
“Get in the car,” Shep says. “Go.”
Felicity doesn’t hesitate and pulls Lex with her, the reality hitting her. This man really is determined to hurt Lex.
“Felicity—”
“I promise,” she says, hoping she never has to make good on it. How does she tell Colt Lex knew she was going to die and wanted him to know he was okay to move on? “But I’m confident the club will figure out a way to keep you safe. And if they can’t, I know you will.”
Seat belt buckled, Lex slumps down in her seat. “I don’t know if I can this time, Felicity. It’s different.”
