Page 20 of Now or Never
“But we’d lose the chance to question him,” Kenna pointed out.
Jax glanced at her, a guarded expression on his face.
Before he could speak, she said, “Fine. I’m not the one who’s going to question him. You know what I mean.”
“Maybe you guys should head back to the RV. Let Zeyla and I take care of the next steps.” Ramon kept his tone all innocent, like he wasn’t suggesting the pregnant lady go take a nap.
At least he hadn’t told her to calm down.
Ramon lifted his hands. “It’s just a suggestion. You’re the one who said Megan might be in danger.”
Zeyla narrowed her eyes. “I’m feeling the need to make sure the local social services department lets Joseph and Megan stay together.”
Kenna shrugged. “Even if that was a good idea it’s not our fight. It might be the worst possible thing for Joseph to continue to live with her, and foster care would be a blessing. We have no idea. Given the police are involved, it’s not even necessarily up to us to make sure Megan is safe.”
Zeyla looked impressed. “So you’re turning over a new leaf, not determined to save everyone in the world anymore?”
“Or you just don’t want to be anywhereDominatusis involved?” Jax paused. “You’d rather be a million miles from any of them.” Like his statement was a confession of her darkest secret. When he was actually outing her to her friends.
Ramon straightened back from the chair, his brows rising.
Zeyla chuckled. “That’d be nice.” She let out a long sigh. “I tried that once. Told Mum I was done. I was out of the game. Lasted a good few days until one of them approached me at the grocery store. Best of luck to you, trying to ignore them.” She lifted her paper cup and toasted Kenna.
“I’m not doomed to fail. I’m living my life.” She folded her arms across her chest, resting them on the baby, who suddenly kicked at the spot where her right arm lay. Kenna jumped.
“What is it?” Jax uncrossed his arms and leaned toward her.
“The baby kicked me.” She took his hand and touched it to the same spot. Little Miss kicked at his hand, pushing a few times in a row against his palm.
He smiled at her, so much wonder in his eyes.
“Did you guys pick a name yet?” Ramon asked. “Because Ramona is pretty good.”
Zeyla snorted into her cup and started choking on coffee. “There’s no way.” She coughed and barked out a laugh. “No way.”
“What?” Ramon said. “It’s a good idea!”
Kenna smiled at her husband, only partially paying attention to the other two and their antics. He smiled back, but the kicking seemed to have died down.
“We’re making a list.” Kenna chuckled. “Sorry, but neither of your names are on it.”
“Zeyla is a great name, but it’s not for everyone.” The other woman shrugged. “I’ll see if I can get in to talk to Megan, find out what she knows about”—she glanced at Ramon—“you know who.”
“I’m not that bad,” he said. “But to be fair, the last one of those people I met nearly killed me.” He rolled his shoulders. “Who just blows themselves up?”
“I’m just impressed they covered up use of a military armament on US soil.” Zeyla pushed her chair in, and the two of them headed across the lobby of the hospital.
He eyed Kenna. “I’m guessing you want to go see Doctor Walsh again?”
“What’s there to learn?” She shrugged. “Walsh covered up the pregnancy, and the family cremated her. If there’s any evidence, it’s gone now. The family needs to know so they can get a DNA test run. If Joseph was my grandson, I’d want to adopt him.”
“You’re a good person, though.” Jax smiled for a second, then said, “We could make a packet, get Maizie to anonymously send it to someone in the DA’s office so they can start an investigation. But ifDominatuswants this all hush-hush, that might put another life in danger.”
“Exactly.” She nodded. “I keep turning down paths and realizing I have no idea what to do with the road ahead. I just know I want to be where you are and have this baby safely.”
“That’s a lot just by itself. All the rest of it on top of that is enough to drive a person into a psychologist’s office—or to a counselor.”
She nodded but didn’t want to talk about doing that. Not right now when the list of people she could trust was so short.
