Jax followed suit with Zee right behind. They all ignored their friends' questions of concern. They would know soon enough. "Zee, find Tonya."
Catching up to Cade, he grabbed her by the arm and led her to the back of the club. She didn't protest as they made it through the thick crowd. When they reached the back door of the club, Tonya stood with Zee.
"Thanks, Tonya." Jax gave the club owner a tight hug.
"Get to your daughter." The woman eyed Cade suspiciously, but said nothing about her.
***
Jax unfolded himself out of the borrowed car's passenger side as soon as they arrived at the hospital. He had received messages from Tina as soon as they left the club, keeping him informed of the situation. The ride to the hospital was spent in silence and fury.
As soon as they reached the area where Harley was taken, Jax immediately spotted Fiona. Zee held him away from his ex. The man had seen him plenty of times with Fiona, and none of them good.
"I knew I shouldn't have given her to you!" Fiona accused him, all five feet two inches of pure bitchiness charging right at him, finger pointed.
"She was doing fine until you showed up, Fiona," Jax argued. Onlookers paused and listened as the two shouted at each other, both being held back by people larger than them.
Then even more hell broke loose when Fiona spotted Cade. "Is this her? Your new bitch? What are you doing here, you cu-"
"That's enough," a man with silver hair and a white coat interrupted, positioning himself between Jax and Fiona. "Your daughter's awake. But I'm not letting either one of you in there with this type of behaviour."
Protests came from both of them. The doctor held up his hand.
"Not a word. If you want to argue, take it outside or take it to court. I'm not having this spectacle in my hospital."
Jax pushed Zee's hands off his arms, sending a quiet order to his bodyguard. "I'm Harley's father. She's under my custody. I need to see her." Jax turned to the doctor, who didn't bother introducing himself.
"No. Not until you figure this out with this woman." The doctor waved his hand toward Fiona, who continued to glare at Jax. "Harley did request someone, and it's neither one of you. Who is Cade Williams?"
Fiona began kicking and punching the air. The man she was with kept her a few feet away from the others. Jax ignored her and focused on what the doctor had said.
"I'm Cade Williams," Cade stepped forward, not bothering to look in Jax's direction.
"Follow me, Ms. Williams," the doctor ordered. He didn't say another word to either Jax or Fiona.
Cade glanced at Jax as he touched her hand. The only response he received was a curt nod. And it was all he needed at the moment.
Chapter Thirteen
The hospital hallways were filled with machine sounds and quiet mutterings, which Cade was all too familiar with. She had spent plenty of her days and nights in the same environment while her father was dying. Time and time again he had cursed at her and refused to accept her offers of help. Cade clenched her jaw as her mind filled with painful memories.
"This is highly unusual for me to approve." She almost bumped into the doctor-Dr. Wellington, according to his nametag-as he stopped and turned to her. "Normally, we only let family see the patient, but the girl-"
"Harley, her name is Harley," Cade reminded Dr. Wellington.
He nodded. "Yes, Harley requested that I only let you in. Her condition is rather delicate. Are you aware of it?"
"Yes, I am."
"Good. I didn't want her in any more duress. Witnessing that spectacle out there from her own parents, I can see why she only asked for you," Dr. Wellington explained.
Cade thought how hurt Jax would feel if he wasn't be allowed to see his own daughter. He had done nothing wrong, as far Cade was concerned. "Doctor, I was wondering … I work for Harley's father. Would he be allowed in later, once things calm down?"
Deep lines appeared on the older man's forehead. "Are you Harley's nanny?"
Cade refused to feel the hurt from that question. Just because she was a woman, it didn't mean she was the nanny. But an argument with the doctor would only make matters worse. "I'm Harley's bodyguard."
"Bodyguard? Where were you tonight?"
Somewhere she shouldn't have been, Cade wanted to say. She choked on the words. Instead she said, "It was my night off. We … Mr. Clark hadn't expected Harley's mother to come. I was told she was vacationing overseas." The news only came to her while Beth and Harley had helped her dress for the night. If Cade hadn't been so blinded with Jax's appeal, she could've foreseen Fiona dusting the sand from her ass and making an appearance after the threat of taking Harley away from Jax.