Page 31 of You're My Person - For Always

"I don't want him. I want Ridge. I know you're keeping him from me, and I want him back." Zora's hair had come undone and wrapped around her shoulders. "Let me see him."

Lori caught sight of Kenna. "Did you call?"

She nodded. "Big John's not at the clubhouse."

"Damnit." Lori backed up a step. "Okay. Let me think."

Zora turned to Kenna. "You—you were with Kingsley."

Kingsley's mom launched herself at her, grabbing Kenna's arms before she could step away. "Where's my baby?"

"I-I don't know." She flinched at the nails digging into her skin. "I called him."

"No, no, no. What have you done?" Zora flung herself around, pacing the kitchen. "He's going to be mad. He's going to make me leave. I can't go. I need to get out of here. I need to hide. I can't let him see me."

Zora kept ranting irrationally, and her movements grew agitated. Keena could no longer understand the words coming from Kingsley's mom. The way she acted scared her. Something wasn't right.

Lori grabbed her arm. "Call Kingsley."

"I tried," she whispered. "He's not answering."

"I don't know what to do." Lori blew her cheeks out. "Big John is usually here when she escapes the cabin."

Escapes? Kenna swallowed the apprehensive coursing through her. Kingsley was guarding the woman. She wasn't a prisoner there.

The back door burst open, and Kingsley filled the kitchen. Kenna held herself back from rushing to him. The tension in the room suffocated her.

Kingsley's gaze swept past his mom to Kenna, checking her out from head to toe. "Are you okay?"

She nodded. It wasn't her. It was his mom. Something was wrong.

Lori wrung her hands. "Your dad didn't—"

"I know what he did." He looked at Zora. "Will you come with me?"

Zora, much calmer after seeing her son, walked to him. He led her outside and let the door shut behind him. Kenna looked toward Lori, wanting answers but not sure she had any right to ask the questions that plagued her.

Lori's shoulders slumped. "I never thought it would come to this," she muttered, almost to herself. "He promised she'd be okay."

Kenna took a tentative step closer. "Lori, what exactly is going on? Why would you say Big John usually deals with Zora when she escapes from the cabin?"

Lori's eyes were haunted as she met Kenna's gaze. "Zora...she's not just any woman. She belongs to Ridge—"

"I know she's Kingsley and Zane's mom," she said.

Lori nodded. "Big John, he's tried to shield her for years."

Kenna's mind raced. Unaware of the dynamics within Gem Haven Motorcycle Club, she could only wait for Kingsley to return.

Chapter Fourteen

Kingsley

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Zane and Kingsley walked into the house with Big John. Kenna got up from the couch and headed out of the room, but Kingsley caught her wrist before she could leave with River.

"Don't go," he whispered.

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