Jax wasn’t expecting much when he heard the rumble of a car pulling into Teller-Morrow; just another late customer or someone looking for directions. But when he stepped out of the garage, wiping his hands on a rag, the sight that greeted him made him stop cold. The driver’s door swung open, and she stepped out. Opie’s kid sister. The girl who used to chase after them with scraped knees and too-big hoodies, who’d vanished from Charming after her parents divorce. Only she wasn’t that girl anymore.

Jax’s mouth went a little dry—an involuntary reaction he covered with a slow exhale. “I’ll be damned,” he muttered under his breath before finding his voice. “Didn’t think I’d ever see you back in Charming.” He tossed the rag onto the workbench, trying not to stare and failing miserably.