Chapter 76. Surprise!

Lola woke up alone in the guest room with the drapes drawn in darkness.

Her head fell heavy down on the pillow and it was near impossible to get out of bed, even the idea was too much for her exhausted mind to handle.

She touched her waist where the wood had staked her that night in the barn- her fingers moved up over her shoulder where the metal bar had stabbed straight through her and she graced her fingers over every part that had been wounded but where nothing showed. All reminders of her wounds were gone except for the mental scars that would forever be burned onto her bones.

She knew she couldn't stay in bed forever but it was safe in here and she didn't have to face Jax or Lavina.

Her phone lit up next to her and she saw Melissa’s name.

“Hello?”

“Hi! Are you just now getting up?” Melissa asked.

“I wasn't planning on getting up so technically, no,”

“Meet me in town in ten. We’re having coffee and I'm going to tell you all about my lake date.”

Lola flew up in bed and cast the cov