Page 22 of The Omega's Savior

She looks up from her phone as Jax starts the car. “Do you know where we’re going to stay?”

“I was thinking you’d stay at my place,” Jax says, looking back at her through the rearview mirror as he starts driving. “I’ve got a couple spare guest bedrooms for you guys to stay in and it really wouldn’t be a hassle.”

“What?” I ask, my head jerking toward his. “No, we’re heading back to my place.”

He turns towards me and his voice drops. “That’s not safe, considering what happened,” he says. “If you stay with me, both of you guys’ll be protected.”

My eyes narrow. He has a point. From the sounds of things, only the lower people in the trafficking ring were caught. There hasn’t been a whisper about Suitman, meaning he’s still out there.

“Fine,” I huff.

“What happened?” Summer asks, leaning forward.

“Use your seatbelt properly,” I tell her, poking her in the forehead.

“Hey!” She says, sitting back in her seat properly. “Fine, now answer my question.”

I purse my lips, glancing over to Jax, who just shrugs as if telling me it’s my place to tell her.

“Mom tried to send me away with some bad people.”

“What!” Summer says, slipping out of the top part of the seatbelt again to lean forward.

“Oh my god, sit properly!” I laugh.

“Fine!” She says, huffing as she throws herself back into her seat. “Now tell me what’s going on!”

“Jax here saved me and that’s how we met, but there may still be some bad guys looking for me, so he’s saying we should stay with him.”

“It’s a really nice place,” He says. “I inherited it from my grandparents when they passed.”

“Ah, so you’re a trust fund baby,” I mutter under my breath.

“Oh totally,” he laughs. “I definitely had a lot of help as a kid, but I mean, I’ve done pretty well for myself too.”

“Uh-huh,” I say.

“What’s your place like?” Summer asks Jax.

“My place is in Seacliff, a pretty nice place. It has a really nice view over the ocean.”

“Seacliff?” I say, my eyes wide.

“Whoa, that’s where all the fancy rich people live!” Summer says. “You’re rich, rich.”

“Yeah, I’m pretty lucky,” He says.

“No fucking kidding,” I add.

“Anyways, I was thinking, I’ll take you guys to my place so we can get settled and then maybe we can go shopping to get the things you guys need. I don’t usually have guests for too long.”

“You’re paying,” Summer says.

“Sure, shopping trip on me,” Jax says, making Summer bounce up and down in the backseat. “How’s that sound?” he asks me.

“That—That sounds good.” I say, settling into the seat of Jax’s car.

I finally relax a little bit. Summer’s with me and we’re heading to safe place together. Everything is finally starting to feel like it’ll be fine.

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