King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter Three Hundred Eleven

Sephie

The journalist laughed. “Valid point. I knew you’d be trustworthy. You’re the only one, other than me, that’s searched for the information on these two men in years. I met with one other guy years ago, but I never heard from him again. This was before I’d discovered who Ricardo really was, even. This is dangerous. They’re dangerous men, dealing in a very dangerous world. There are countless stories about the savagery of Lorenzo overseas. Ricardo keeps a lower profile, but he can’t be much better. He’s been deep in business with Lorenzo for at least three decades.”

“I would venture to guess they’re cut from the same cloth,” Chen said, thoughtfully. He picked up the stack of papers. “Is this everything? Do you have more? Henry is a good man, he’ll want everything. He’ll also want to know how the he ll I got myself into this. I’m gonna have to listen to a lecture from my father,” he said, shaking his head.

The journalist laughed again. “I’d appreciate you keeping me anonymous for now.”

“Consider it done. I’ll get this to Henry right away,” Chen said. The journalist stood up, offering his hand to Chen, who also stood at the same time. They parted ways without another word.

We had one of the security guys from the building, who was a normal human size, pick Chen up down the block in a

should the journalist be watching him. He did. He walked a short distance from the café and waited until he saw Chen get in the taxi, then continued on to his apartment.

“You’re a natural at this, Chen,” I said once we were all back at the building. I gave him a quick high-five.

“The fact that I had a sniper over my shoulder made it surprisingly easy to talk to a stranger. Can I borrow him for my next blind date?” he asked.

“I’m not entirely sure you’re grasping the concept of dating,” I said, squinting my eyes at him.

“Presumptuous coming from someone who’s out of the dating pool. It’s anarchy out there, my girl,” he said, laughing.

way

laughed loudly. “She told you about that,

had, Chen,” I said. I watched as the lightbulb came on in his

know when someone shows up at the apartment. Oh my God, I can’t believe I didn’t put that one together before right

pretty face,” I said,

to Chen. “Thank you for doing this, Chen. Can you come by the office again this week? I have a couple of projects I’m in need of a contractor for. Sephie tells

shook Adrik’s hand. “Yes, sir. Let me know when to

take a look at my schedule and have Viktor call you to set it up.” Adrik said as we all got on the

at him on the way up. He raised his eyebrow at me, saying, “he strikes me as the type to try to refuse money for what he just did for us. Instead of having that awkward conversation, he can do some work on one of my projects and I’ll pay him handsomely for it. He won’t argue then, because his crew is also involved.” I felt the warmth

the penthouse, Ivan and Viktor started to look over everything the journalist had given to Chen. They were quiet for a few minutes. Viktor finally looked up. “I’ll give this guy credit, he does have good instincts. From someone on the outside, it would look like Ricardo is toward the

level above

Adrik. “What are your

moved against me directly, so I’m struggling with justifying killing him outright. However, I’m not going to just leave him alone and

crime. We hand them Ricardo, gift-wrapped, they get to pat themselves on the backs and tell everyone how good of a

get the doctor and Ricardo all in the same year. That’s gotta be

commissioner,” Stephen said.

like we’re single-handedly bringing the city

Adrik

up. I felt her move her good

I said as I wrapped both arms tighter around her, pulling her back to me as close as possible. She surprised me by rolling onto her back without too much effort. She laughed quietly at

to cough once more. This was a new development that I was beginning to worry