Spark in the Dark

Chapter 165

"Go to hell," Shawn said and walked down the hall. Lyla came out of a room and saw the look on Shawn's face.

"Hey, you okay? You're really pale."

"Make sure he leaves, please? If he ever comes back, kick his ass out."

Shawn passed Lyla and went into the room, shutting the door behind her. She leaned up against it and covered her mouth with her hand as she tired to take a few deep breaths. A minute later, there was a knock on the door. Shawn opened it and saw Lyla.

"He's gone," she told Shawn. "What happened?"

Shawn didn't answer her as she passed her and headed for her desk. She pulled her cell phone out of her purse and called Juice, but the call went to voicemail after only a few rings.

"Fuck it," she muttered to herself before turning to Lyla. "Can you handle things here without me?"

"Yeah, of course."

"Thanks," Shawn said and grabbed her things to leave.

"Is everything okay?" Lyla asked.

"I'll let you know."

Shawn walked out of Diosa and to her car. She drove to TM like a crazy person and parked in the lot. As she walked into the clubhouse, she didn't see Juice or Jax around. Some of the other guys, Tig included, were in the chapel with the door open. Tig spotted her and waved her over.

"Hey, doll. What's going on?" Tig asked his daughter.

"I got to talk to Juice or Jax. Either of them around?"

"Juice isn't, but Jax is down the hall in the dorm."

"Thanks," Shawn said and was about to walk away when she noticed the guys were all crowded around a dog Chibs was busy stitching up. "What's with the dog?"

"I saved her from a dog fighting ring this morning. I'm going to keep her, give her a good home, you know?"

"Oh, okay. Good. That'll be good for you."

"I hope so, too."

Shawn left then to find Jax. She walked into the dorm and Jax looked up at her.

"What are you doing here, Prego?" Jax asked and Shawn closed the door. She had no idea who knew or didn't know about Otto killing the nurse. "Oh, shit. Something wrong at Diosa?"

"No, nothing like that," Shawn told him. "Has Tara told you anything about a U.S. Marshall named Toric?"

Jax's eyes grew wide. "Why?"

"I'll take that as a yes. He wants me to rat on Tara. Either I say Tara asked me to bring the cross specifically so Otto could kill his sister or else I'm going to have my baby in a jail cell."

"You are not going to rat."

"Well, no shit, Sherlock."

"You're not going to get arrested, Shawn. It's all smoke. He's just trying to scare you."

"Yeah? Well, it worked. I'm scared."

"We're working on it," Jax tried to comfort her, but his voice sounded exasperated.

"Work on it faster then," Shawn argued.

"What do you want me to do? We're doing the best we can."

"I don't know. Can't you just whack him?"

Jax raised his eyebrows and looked amused. "You worked for Dondo for way too long."

"This isn't funny."