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Ava and Linda sat at the table talking. They were waiting on Zane and Jax that had got a last-minute call. Not the women minded. It gave them time to plan a strategy on how to get away on a girls’ day on the town without having a small army of men surrounding them. Just before Linda’s and Jax’s big blow up, the women and Gabriel had tried to have a relaxing day, shopping, going to a museum and having lunch. Each of their partner had sent a group of five men to protect them. It meant they ended up with fifteen burly, scary-looking men staring at anyone around them. It had been anything but a relaxing day. Being pregnant, Ava feared the amount of scary-looking men would go up, not down. But this time, they were prepared for the argument. Zane and Jax walked in and they both looked closed off. Ava knew the look well. Something was happening which Zane didn’t like, but he felt forced to do it. Linda looked at her and they made a silent agreement that it wasn’t the time to talk about a d