Keesha tore away from Jax with a gasp as he dragged his hands roughly up the smooth skin of her back. He trapped his fingers underneath the clasp of her bra, unhooking it as his mouth tasted her neck hungrily. She reached down, leading his face back to hers and kissed him passionately. Her hands left his face, trailing downwards and pulling his shirt from his pants. As she kissed him she pushed herself up slightly, finding his belt and fumbling with the buckle, unhooking it. Jax groaned as she laid back down on him fully once more, gliding her body up over his.

"...Please call us immediately in regards to your mother..."

Keesha shot up, hearing the answering machine for the first time.

"What..."

"Hello?!" Keesha picked up the phone and the machine clicked off. "...uh huh....uh huh..."

Jax took deep breaths, looking as Keesha climbed off him, walking away.

"...when did this happen...I'm on my way." She hung up.

"What's wrong?"

Keesha glanced back at Jax. "Nothing." She finished walking quickly back into her bedroom.

Jax stood from the sofa. "Keesha..." he called.

Keesha came out, dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. 'I'll see you tormorrow..." She picked up the phone, dialing. "...yes, I need a cab to..."

Jax disconnected the call. "Let's go."

"Go where?"

"Wherever you need to go. Obviously it's an emergancy and my car is already here."

Jax waited for her to protest, but instead she went to the door, running out. Jax bolted out after her.

"Thanks for the ride, but go home."

"I'm not leaving you here...obviously you're upset..."

"Jax, please...go home. I really really want you to go home. Please."

Jax sighed deeply. "Okay....you know how to reach me if you need anything?"

"Yes." Keesha opened the car door.

"Take all the time you need..."

"I'll be there tomorrow. Thanks. Bye..." She ran out of the car, going into the nursing home. Jax waited for a moment and then drove off.

"Jacks." Jerry sat up in bed answering the phone.

"You said you needed this information in a hurry, so I gathered that meant as soon as possible."

"Right. What did you find out."

"Not much, Keesha Ward graduated from the state university and after graduation started at full time Anders Enterprises. She started there under an intership program her junior year. No prior marriages, a few significant others...one in high school and a couple in college. Then of course Cameron Anders...she had been with him for a year almost. They recently ended their affair. Seems it wasn't hidden, the office knew about it."

"No priors?"

"No arrests, no investigations, no police files..."

"What about her family...hold on....yes!"

Jax opened Jerry's bedroom door. "Who are you talking to?"

"Business. What are you doing here?"

"Closer than my place. I need to talk to you."

"Give me a few minutes, and I'll meet you in the den."

Jax nodded, leaving and closing the door behind him.

"...go on."

"Her family is another story..."

"I wish you'd let me take you out of here Momma."

"No...is Cameron here?"

Keesha sighed. "No. I told you, I'm not seeing Cameron anymore."

"Why?"

"I told you that, too...look, the nurse said you really hurt yourself. You need to be checked by a real doctor."

"I like Cameron's doctor."

"We can't use Cameron's doctor."

"Keesha...sweetheart...he made a mistake, people make mistakes...why don't you give him a chance...think of all the things he can give you."

"I don't want anything from him."

"I want your word on something Jerry."

"What?" Jerry sat down across from Jax.

"I need for you to not intefere with Keesha and myself."

"So there is something."

"Yes....it looks that way."

"Well end it. Your taste is just as bad as ever."

"Meaning?"

"Keesha..."

"What Momma." Keesha sat back rolling her eyes.

"Don't roll your eyes at me. Do you want to spend the rest of your life struggling?"

"I'm not struggling. I take care of myself just fine..."

"Don't you think you deserve more than fine? I don't want you to wind up like I was, I want you to be able to go places and buy nice things, and be able to give any child you have whatever their heart desires. The way I lived before...before what happened."

"Translation, you want me to disregard the fact that Cameron hit me because he has money."

"People make mistakes Keesha," her mother stated defiantly.

"...so?" Jax asked defiantly. "So? Have you ever heard the addage like mother, like daughter? Keesha's father died, and three weeks later her mother is married to the president of a multi-million dollar company. She did nothing but spend his money, and then he divorced her but not before he gave her half a million dollars which she blew in just a few months, not years Jax, months. And then she spent the rest of Keesha's scholarship money...Keesha had to take another job to finish college. Her mother lived for money...the only reason she's not out looking for more now is because of the accident."

"What accident?"

"She fell off a horse, damaged part of her spine, and has problems getting around...that's not important."

"Poor Keesha..." Jax whispered.

"Poor Keesha?" Jerry mumbled. "Are you listening to me? How's this...when her mother got hurt, that's when Keesha started dating Cameron, coincidence?"

Jax looked at Jerry.

"Cameron paid for her mother's surgery. Coincidence? Cameron just made Keesha his assistant before we got rid of him, giving Keesha a considerable amount more than she used to make. Coincidence? Then all of a sudden, she takes an interest in you...how much money are you worth now?"

Jax didn't answer.

"You stay away from her, understand? Remember what I've taught you, remember what happened last time you ignored my warning. Stay away from Keesha Ward."

Shani