King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter 199

Chapter One Hundred Ninety-Nine

Sephie

Stephen and Viktor came to the hospital with me and Ivan the following morning to get Ivan’s arm x-rayed. Dr. Williams was expecting us, probably with an extra dose of anxiety meds for his entire staff. Ivan was quiet on the ride there. I knew he was

nervous.

I slid my arm through his good arm when we walked in. Since they knew we were coming, a nurse took us to see Dr. Williams immediately.

“Dr. Williams, thanks for working us in,” I said, somewhat ironically, since I knew he basically had no choice.

“It’s good to see you again. I can’t tell you how relieved I am to see you, if I’m being honest,” he said, shaking my hand.

I couldn’t help but laugh. The trauma was still fresh, clearly. He got to work quickly, as I’m sure he wanted to get us out of there as quickly as possible. Viktor and Stephen had walked into the room with us, but both stepped out once the doctor started to take Ivan’s bandage off. I looked at Ivan, curiously, but he just winked at me. They were working on something else, obviously.

I didn’t let go of Ivan’s hand the entire time the doctor was looking at his arm. “It looks like it’s healed really well. The stitches can come out. We just need to x-ray the arm to see how the bone has healed, but the break in the bone was the least of your worries that day,” Dr. Williams said. He looked to me, a puzzled look on his face. “I’m not sure how to do this x-ray. You can’t be with him.”

“Why not?” I asked. I could feel my anger starting to rise.

“Women need to limit their exposure to x-rays as much as possible. Especially if there’s a possibility you could be pregnant. It’s dangerous,” he said.

just laughed. “No

concerned. “You still could be without knowing. It’s too big of a

tighter. I looked at the good doctor, very seriously. “I don’t have at fu cking uterus, doc. There’s no go ddamn chance. Can we get the x-ray now, please?”

got the better of him. “You’re

when Tvan said “your kind” to the doctor, like he and all other doctors were a completely different species. In his

his face dropped. He glanced to the open door. “Are those other

yes,” Ivan

procedure for cash, no? I’ve been hearing stories like this for years. I’ve been trying to find this doctor, but he moves around to different parts of the city, so it’s been impossible to track him down. He has an

at Ivan, my eyes wide. He squeezed my hand, his face softer. He nodded toward the doctor, indicating I should tell him what happened. I sighed. i told the doctor the short version of the story about my uncle and what

tears in his eyes.

the operating room. I had no idea that you also had reason to

did it for him, not you,” I said. Ivan let go of my hand and wrapped his good arm around

happened? A name? A physical description? It’s hard for most of the people he’s worked on to remember what he looks like.

remember,”

her as other people. Redheads are different. She said she remembers being out for a really long time after the procedure. He probably had to change

you know that redheads are

don’t want to know, Doc. Trust me,”

“We’ll abandon that line of questioning, no problem.

his name. They just called him “doctor” the whole time. But I’ll never

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