The diner fell silent.<\/p>\n
The biker knelt beside the little girl.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere’s your mom?\u201d<\/p>\n
She wiped away her tears.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey took her.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man in the leather jacket stepped forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe belongs with me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The biker slowly stood.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo… she doesn’t.\u201d<\/p>\n
The little girl reached into her coat pocket and pulled out a faded photograph.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mom said you’d recognize this.\u201d<\/p>\n
The biker stared at it.<\/p>\n
It showed him, Rose, and a newborn baby wearing the same tiny wolf pendant.<\/p>\n
His hands began to shake.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe kept it…\u201d<\/p>\n
Two more bikers quietly entered the diner, standing beside him.<\/p>\n
The man in the leather jacket hesitated.<\/p>\n
The biker looked him straight in the eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’re leaving alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then he turned back to the little girl and gently took her hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m taking you to your mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
Because after eighteen years\u2014<\/p>\n
the family he thought he’d lost…<\/p>\n
had finally found its way back to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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