The Killer Queen by Noella Briony

Chapter 13

Ashlyn was rushed to the hospital right on the spot.

Calvin packed up his medical gear and turned to the waiting Yvonne. “No biggle, the old lady’s just dealing with her usual issues. A few days of R&R, and she’ll be as good as new.”

Hearing Calvin say she was okay, Ashlyn slowly cracked open her eyes.

Playing sick was an old trick up her sleeve, and she just couldn’t believe that Tristan wouldn’t come running with his boys to apologize. When that happened, she would take the chance to send Yvonne back to the Schnabel family and keep that jinx in check.

Yvonne, almost too excited to speak, saw Calvin and was over the moon!

This was someone one would only hear about in the news. She never tagged along when Ashlyn saw the doctor before, so this was a first.

“Professor Calvin, I’m Yvonne, the granddaughter of the Schnabel family. I’m also into medicine. Would you consider taking me on as your apprentice?”

Calvin chuckled. “First time meeting the granddaughter of the renowned Mr. Marcel. Didn’t expect you to be into medicine, too.”

Yvonne shyly said. “Yeah, my grandparents aren’t in the best of health, and I want to study medicine to take good care of them.”

She hid a hint of resentment in her eyes.

It was all because Marcel told her to stay in her lane and not to dream about fighting over the Schnabel family fortune with the four sons, forbidding her to study business and finance and pushing her towards medicine instead.

She just couldn’t fathom why she, also a Schnabel kid, got the short end of the stick when it came to inheritance.

If she could stick close to Calvin, the whole Schnabel family would see she was the real deal!

Ashlyn snickered. “Yvonne’s my only granddaughter. If she could learn from you, Professor Calvin, I’d be content.”

The Schnabel sons were all quite the catch, and Calvin figured the daughter wouldn’t be far behind. He readily agreed, “Alright, Yvonne can shadow me for now, and if she’s got the chops, I’ll personally mentor her.”

Yvonne’s eyes sparkled with excitement. “Thank you, Professor Calvin!”

Calvin asked, “Have you published any core international papers or led any major research projects?*

Yvonne was speechless.

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What was that?

She didn’t even bother with regular classes, let alone have time for research. Couldn’t she just buy her way into that kind of thing?

Seeing her awkward expression, Calvin immediately got the picture–this girl was all show and no substance.

Too bad, since the Schnabel sons were all brilliant, and he was hoping to take on an apprentice like Ulrich.

“I’ve got rounds to make. Contact me in a couple of days.”

“Will do!”

Hospital, Special Convalescent

holding up alright. Keep up the exercise.” Calvin grinned at the old

coming later to take

face lit up with a warm, grandfatherly smile at the

out, he bumped into Palmer, who was there to see

how’s my grandpa doing?”

handed him a medical report. “All vitals are stable, but his blood pressure’s a bit high. Needs to watch

it. “Thanks, Mr. Calvin. I’ve looked into that prescription issue. Could you come with me

Calvin’s side. After all, the patients here were big shots, with even bigger shots recuperating upstairs, and they couldn’t afford

coffee beans in my

thick with the aroma

to the Cerulean Whale, a deep web hitman organization. They colluded with someone inside the hospital to tamper with your prescription.

was shocked.

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high–profile targets. A lot of foreign

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broke into a sweat. “Got it, thanks, Mr. Pollack, I

up with a smile. “Mr. Calvin, you’re not one for gossip, so

recalling Yvonne’s beautiful but shallow and uninspired face, especially those eyes

Mr. Pollack, Ms. Schnabel is not

would definitely have a woman who complimented him well, and

just smiled gently, holding his coffee, and said no

night fell, the thick darkness cloaked the city’s

the vulnerable throat of the hitman.

the head of

the hitman’s

they

with

web hitman organizations–Obelisk, Abyssal, and Cerulean Whale–were rivals and checks on each

the hitman fell, Noella rubbed her wrist and walked

“Knock him dead!”

Cheetah! Take out

up on the stage, the fighters in the octagon were throwing punches straight for their opponents‘

bowed before Noella. “Boss, someone’s called you out to fight, offering up a cool 60

to the message room. I’m not

this way, please.”

City’s biggest information trading post, where news was auctioned

VIP section, eyeing the auctioneer on stage,

S/E

13:12

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this piece of intel about the international crackdown on the deep web, we’re starting at

deep web, where arms. dealers, smugglers, and hit

wasn’t biting

Organization could be snuffed out that easily, it

end, the intel sold for