King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter 286

Chapter Two Hundred Eighty-Six

Adrik

“Jefe, any word?” He picked up on the first ring. He sounded worried.

“She’s fine, Trino. She’s going to need to stay in the hospital a few days though. Armando beat the shi t out of her before we could get to her,” I said.

“I hope he’s already dead.”

“He wishes he was, I can tell you that. He’s still alive though. I plan on drawing it out as long as possible. I want him to suffer.”

“I love this line of thinking, lefe.”

“That being said, Sal is still at large and I’m a little worried about what he’s going to do once he finds out about Anthony and Lorenzo. I’m not leaving her until she can leave the hospital.”

“Say no more, Jefe. I have the perfect solution. I’ll take care of everything. Sal won’t find out until I’m sure that Sephie is okay. and can leave the hospital. No matter how long it takes.”

“Thanks, Trino. And thanks again for sending Oscar. He’s been an integral part of our fireworks show.”

Trino laughed. “I love that guy. I’ve never met anyone who gets as excited to blow shi t up as that dude. He’s great.”

“He’s good at his job, I will definitely give him that,” I said.

me updated on Sephie’s condition. How bad is it?” he

arm. She also has five broken ribs and a punctured lung. She’s more blue and purple than anything right now, but she got more information out of both Sal and Armando despite everything that was happening to her. There’s another player

did you not

way to doing so, but she stopped

I thought if she could stop

Trino. I’ll keep you updated and let you know when she can leave. Thank you again

“De nada, Jefe.”

Ivan. Nobody had slept in over two days, so nobody wanted to be woken up to him fighting his past. I didn’t want to put Sephie in danger either. Knowing her, she would wake up just to help him, knowing he was struggling.

i wanted to. Because of her chest tube, she needed to be partially sitting up. She was as

woken up periodically by nurses coming in to check on her. One nurse clearly wa happy with me being in bed with her, but she didn’t say anything. Perhaps it was the gun on r hip that she didn’t like. Dr. Williams came in that evening to check on her before he left for the day. He chuckled, “one of my nurses went on a rant about you being in bed with her. I told her i could send her home for

doesn’t know I basically pay her salary. She’ll be out of a

the floor instead,” he said. “How is

as long as she can feel me next to her, she stays calm.” As I said that, she struggled to snuggle closer

then. She needs to stay quiet so she can breathe easily until her lung has a chance to heal a little more,” he said. He looked toward Ivan, who was still sleeping.

as he can hear her playing, he stays calm. I assume he was

she was with him. You were right, too. She is incredibly talented”

chest. I loved it when other people saw the greatness in her

morning to check on her again. If

a bit of a unique situation we’ve put you in. I appreciate everything you’ve done,” I said. He nodded his head and

entire night, as long as her head was resting on my shoulder. She would periodically try to get closer to me, but would struggle to do so each time. Her ribs made it difficult to move without severe pain and her arm in a cast and sling made it awkward for her to lay against me. I tried to hold her as close as possible without

Williams came back the next morning to check on her. He looked at everyone in the room. “You’re all looking slightly more refreshed this morning. I take it you all got a little sleep, at least?” he asked. One of the nurses had brought in an extra bed the night before, so the

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