"Mr. Wick, did your father leave anything with you?"
Killian smiled. "A vial of serum, perhaps?"
He was looking for the vial of extremis virus that had been taken.
The vial Watson Wick had taken was no ordinary sample. It was the original extremis virus.
It was also the most important one.
Killian thought John had visited Pym Technologies, another tech company, to have the extremis virus studied.
That was why he had approached John.
He stared at John, a trace of danger lurking in his eyes. "That item is company property. I hope you can return A.I.M.'s product, Mr. Wick."
John met Killian's gaze and smiled. "I'm sorry, but I haven't seen anything like that."
Killian frowned, then studied John for a long while.
"All right. I hope you'll notify me if you hear anything from your father, Mr. Wick."
Killian stood and said with a fake smile, "That item really is important to me. Dr. Maya Hansen hasn't had a good night's sleep in a long time because of it."
"I'm very sorry about what happened to Mr. Watson Wick."
He offered one final remark. "Goodbye, Mr. Wick."
He left the conference room.
John watched him leave. Hattie said, "Was he threatening you?"
"It seems you know something about the attack on my father."
John said expressionlessly, "My father took something important from him, and he's trying to get it back at any cost."
"What do you need me to do?" Hattie knew John would not let the man off so easily.
John smiled much as Killian had. "Find it, of course. Then deal with him."
Strictly speaking, Ferdinand was not an employee of Taran Industries. He was John's private driver.
Although he often boasted to the company's pretty female employees about how much the boss trusted