Chapter 954 - In Kings hands (1/2)

~ New York ~

Friday, October 25, 7:13 AM

(For reference, that is 4:13 AM in Los Angeles)

King is in his gym, exhaling loudly every time he does a pull up in a rhythmical, powerful, almost violent manner.

He is wearing only black sweatpants and his muscular back is exposed, showing numerous old scars. You can tell that those were deep wounds which healed long time ago.

”Boss…”, Ivan's call made King do two more pull ups, each slower than the previous one before he lowered himself to the ground and faced his subordinate.

Ivan can see that his Boss is irritated. He does not like to be interrupted when he is doing his morning routine. But this is important!

”There is a call from Los Angeles. They have Milena's daughter, Sarah.”, Ivan explained while handing him the phone.

King frowned and checked time. 7:15 AM, that makes it 4:15 AM in Los Angeles. He took the phone.

”Speak!”, King ordered.

Older man from the other side of the call stumbled. ”Boss… Marko and his team brought in Sarah Hill and Aiden White. Both of them with gunshot wounds…”

”Who are you?”, King interrupted the man curtly.

”Dr. Vladimir from Los Angeles. I work under Svetlana Simov.”, Dr. Vladimir explained timidly.

King's eyes shifted while trying to remember the person. Nope, he has no idea who Dr. Vladimir is, but he knows Svetlana. ”Continue.”

”I extracted the bullets. The boy had two in the back, and she had one in her left arm. They are both stable. He needed a transfusion and will recuperate well. But…”, Dr. Vladimir paused. ”For Sarah, bullet hit the bone and shattered it. There might be some nerve damage. I called for a specialist. He will be here within four hours.”

King analyzed everything that doctor said. He does not care much about Aiden. He is just a boyfriend, or did they got married? He cringed at that thought. King reminded himself to stay focused: Sarah was shot, and currently in his hands. That is better than he expected.

”Good. Do a full checkup on her.”, King instructed.

Since she is in his hands, he can make sure that she has no diseases which might impact his plans: to get her into Lebedev family and put her into a position of power. She can work under him. Ah, he would love to have her as his subordinate… to begin with.

”Yes, boss.”

Doctor's confirmation that he will do a full checkup pulled King out of his thoughts.

King remembered that Marko brought Sarah in. His task was to watch ONLY! Why did her bring her in? How did he allow Sarah to get shot? If there is any permanent damage to her arm, Marko will pay… with more than just an arm!

”Is Marko there?”, King asked the doctor.

”Yes.”

”Give him the phone.”, King instructed.

In Los Angeles, Marko saw that doctor is handing him the phone and he accepted it with shaky hands. He was not sure if Boss will scold him because Sarah was hurt, or because he did more than observing, or maybe he praises him for a job well done. Who knows?