The MC President's Forsaken Wife (Zara and Knox) novel Chapter 515

Chapter 253-1

s been forty–eight hours since I sat on the floor of our dark penthouse, holding my lower

stomach, and promised myself that I’d be Locke’s shield.

Forty–eight hours of convincing myself that the man who shoved me to the floor in the IC was

just a phantom born of deep trauma.

Now, standing on the polished vinyl flooring six feet away from Room 412, the sheer, terrify

weight of that promise is crushing my ribs.

Dad’s leaning against the wall beside the doorway. His massive, denim–clad frame takes up half

the corridor, his arms folded tight across his leather cut.

He hasn’t shaved in days. The dark shadows under his eyes make him look fifteen years older… the

ruthless President of the Road Devils MC reduced to a quiet, vigilant specter outside the father of

his grandchild’s door.

“Zara,” he says, his voice raspy from lack of sleep. “Hi sweetheart.”

“How is he today?” I ask. My voice sounds too thin, too quiet for the internal storm of emotions

that I’m experiencing. “Is he is he better?”

–

“He’s awake,” Dad says slowly, picking his words with a cautious care that makes my stomach turn.

“Stitch came in about an hour ago to check his vitals. Scans are stable. They pulled the central line.

He’s… he’s sitting up.”

“Has he…” I swallow hard, my hand tightening around the strap of my bag. “Has he asked about

anything?”

Dad rubs a hand down his face, letting out a long, ragged breath.

“He asked us to explain things. That’s… that’s the best way to put it. He’s had me, Mayhem, and

Stitch in there for hours. Had us sit down and talk him through the whole timeline. The club, the

war with Knox and Vane, the heist, what happened the night he was taken…”

Dad hesitates, his eyes shifting away from mine to stare at the blue privacy curtain hanging just inside the open doorway.

“And you. Everything about you.”

My heart stammers violently against my ribs. “Everything?”

“He listened,” Dad says. “He just sat there. Stitch laid it all out for him: the medical history, your pa

cancer treatments, how low the odds were for you to ever conceive, how much of a miracle this

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“He knows you’re coming. Go on in. I’ll be right out here. If you need anything‘.

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