King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter 199

Chapter One Hundred Ninety-Nine

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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.

“No worries

looked at me, still concerned. “You still could be without knowing. It’s too big of a risk.”

rise. Ivan squeezed my hand 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

stunned, but his medical curiosity got the

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

He glanced to the open door.

yes,” Ivan

and sh ut the door. He sat down in front of us again. “Tell me what happened. It was a back-room procedure for cash, no? I’ve been hearing stories like this for years. I’ve been trying to find this doctor,

face softer. He nodded toward the doctor, indicating I should tell him what happened. I sighed.

tears

no idea that you also had reason to ha te us. It makes what you did that day even more poignant,”

Ivan let go of my hand and wrapped his good arm around my

happened? A name? A physical description? It’s hard for most of the people he’s worked on to remember what he looks like. I’m not sure what cocktail he uses

remember,” I said.

Redheads are different. She said she remembers being out for a really long time after the procedure. He probably had to change his cocktail

looked at Ivan, completely surprised. “How do you know that redheads are different? There are doctors that don’t

know, Doc. Trust me,” I

that line of

think they ever said his name. They just called him “doctor” the whole time. But

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