King of Evanston: Book 2 of the Kings of the Castle by J. L. Campbell

Author:J. L. Campbell [Campbell, J. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733178259
Publisher: Macro Publishing Group

Chapter Eighteen

Nothing Shaz heard at today’s meeting comforted him. The Castle was rife with more misdeeds than they could sort out in a month or two. All the information he’d pieced together from what the other Kings provided, made him more concerned for Camilla.

Jai’s voice pierced Shaz’s mental cloud cover. “That completes my report on some approved meds and procedures by the State and my thoughts about how we can enhance the health facilities here.”

“Sounds feasible,” Vikkas said, to a rumble of agreement from the other men.

“You all right, Shaz?” Dro asked with a concerned expression. “You’ve hardly said a word.”

“I’m good.” He pulled his iPad closer. “I’m wrapping my head around some of the information you gathered over the weekend.” He didn’t speak to the other items weighing on his spirit.

A news item that turned his stomach had been seemingly linked to the adoption agency within The Castle. Two-Year-Old Toddler Found Gutted In Dumpster. In his research yesterday, he discovered the child was connected to an immigrant from Kenya who worked within The Castle walls. The baby had been a candidate for adoption with New Visions and had been placed with a family, who already had a child of the same age. Their biological child needed a liver transplant. The family’s explanation was that during the adoption process, they were unaware that they were pregnant. When they found out, they terminated the adoption arrangements. A week earlier, the child had gone missing from a day care center. Frantic, the mother had reported the matter to the police. Days later, the toddler turned up in the dumpster. The weird thing was, the information trail tapered to a dead end. The file of the dead child had gone missing.

Shaz didn’t want his mind to run any further on that track, but was willing to bet the liver the other child needed was harvested from the toddler found in the dumpster.

“With no further matters to be discussed, this meeting is terminated,” Vikkas announced. “We reconvene next Monday.”

Shaz didn’t stick around to hear anything else. The most important matter had been first on the agenda—the updates on the attempted assassination of their mentor. Progress was slow and steady, but Shaz suspected that undertaking was bigger than it first appeared—the way the bulk of a glacier stayed hidden from the naked eye.

The culprits had plotted and executed their attack in such a way that there didn’t seem to be a coordinated effort. The Kings were convinced nothing was further from the truth. Shaz was convinced time would reveal all the players involved in the assassination attempt.

He was deep in thought when Dwayne fell into step beside him as they headed for the elevator that would take them to the ground floor.

“Where are you off to in such a hurry?” Dwayne asked.

“I could ask you that,” Shaz replied with a slight smirk.

“Educators always have minds waiting to be molded,” Dwayne said, with his lips twitching.

“And lawyers are always one phone call away from a desperate client.

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