The Marvelous Elijah's Return

Bloodshed and Crime “Elijah Maxwell is back in the country. The thirty–one years old, Third –

generation billionaire was cornered by the paparazzi this morning at

nine o‘clock at Syldavia national airport with his bodyguards…” The news

lady said, and Madam Jewel scowled at the television.

Then she threw a glare at Eli, who was sitting a couple of distance from her in the next chair as they liste

ned, “The heir of the Maxwell family refused to answer questions about his wife, the young granddaughte

r of Mr. Hayes, but he did say that his reasons for returning to the country are to attend to business–

related matters…”

“Your father is useless!” Madam Jewel hissed under her breath, which made Eli eyed her, “How hard is it

to kill two people… Just two! Each

day I wake up, knowing that Peach and Elijah are still breathing the same air as me after everything they

have done to our family… it is infuriating!”

When Eli didn‘t say anything, that only made her even more enraged and she lashed out, “Elijah is back i

n the country now… Call your father and tell him that I want him dead today… Do you hear me?!”

“Mom,” Eli mumbled in annoyance.

“Do it now!”

“Fine!”

Sighing out his frustration, Eli picked up his phone, listening to the reporter say, “Mr. Bamford with his offi

cers are also here to aid in escorting the Maxwells‘ heir out of the airport.”

“Father,” Eli said into his phone, trying to sound calm while ignoring his mother‘s strong glare.

“Eli, what is it?” Thornton‘s voice came over the phone.

“Elijah is back in the country, and I want him to die today!” Madam Jewel exclaimed furiously.

There was silence on the other end of the line before Thornton finally spoke, “Eli, tell your mother to turn

on the tv and see how over protected her so–called grandson–in–law is.”

Already

hearing it because Eli had put the phone on loudspeaker, Madam Jewel lashed out, “I sacrifice both of m

y sons to your dirty business just so you can kill these two, so if you are not willing to access us with som

ething this simple in return, then–”

“Chill, Jewel. Mathew, Eli, and I got a transaction to carry out tonight, and once we accomplished it and g

ot the cash, I, myself, will put a bullet in Elijah‘s brain because it seems like my men are useless ass, and

I can‘t trust them to get the job done.” Thornton assured, sounding annoyed.

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Frowning, Madam Jewel snorted loudly, making Eli roll his eyes, and then she snapped, “Just get it done

before he goes back into hiding

again!”

The mansion felt empty as Elijah walked through the front door, stepping into the hallway with a frown on

his face, and even though he knew it was for the best that he left Peach under his father‘s protection, mi

ssing her was something he couldn‘t ignore.

The silence in the house died down the moment he stepped into the living room and saw Matt, Ryan, Ro

okie, and Scorpio, sitting there, staring back at him.

“Boss!!” All four men yelled shortly in excitement, jumping off their seats and running toward him with smil

es on their faces.

The noise echoed for a while as they took turns greeting him with a handshake, and then it died down wh

en James entered the living room, seeing Elijah, and said, “You are back… Grace told me what happene

d at the party… Is Peach okay?”

Immediately, all the men wore concerned expressions as they waited for Elijah to answer, looking at

him, and then Elijah replied, “She‘s okay. But I want last night to be the last time Jewel has the chance to

try and hurt anyone of us… It‘s their turn to feel what it means to be

hunted.”

Those words made silence settle in the atmosphere for a while before everyone nodded their heads.

“Scorpio, do you know Thornton?” Elijalı asked after some seconds.

“The Drug Lord, Thonton…?” Scorpio replied with an unsure tone.

“Exactly… Yes, that‘s him.”

“I do. The dude is the filthiest in the underground world. He doesn‘t have a single moral bone in his body,

no empathy. He feeds his men crumbs off his plate and uses fear to intimidate the shit out of them to ke

ep them in check and keep them all under his thumb… He basically makes slaves of them.”

“Single out one of his underdogs that you think is willing to leave the gang and settle for something better

.” Elijah said.

“DeeDee,”

“Who?”

“He‘s one of Thornton‘s newest recruits. Word on the block is that the kid is only nineteen. He dropped o

ut of college to take care of his grandmother and joined Thornton‘s gang to pay for her medication, and b

ecause of his clean appearance, no tat or piercing, Thornton promoted him to be his eyes.”

After hesitating for a moment, Elijah met Scorpio eye and said, “That means, Deebee knows all about Th

ornton‘s next moves?”

“Yes. He‘s the one that surveyed the locations before Thornton arrival,” Scorpio explained.

Silence took over the room for a moment and then Elijah asked,” Where is this kid?”

The afternoon sun was shining bright as it beamed through the windows of the pharmacy, casting shado

ws over everything around it.

LLLL

The door opened and the bell above it jingled as a tall boy stepped in,

dressed in white shirt tucked neatly into dark jeans, and

with a smile. “Good afternoon, DeeDee,” The pharmacist called out happily as the young man

approached the counter. “Hello, Mr. Thompson,” DeeDee greeted.

“You said that you have new drugs that could help my grandmother‘s illness?”

“Well, it‘s not a drug, but a, ‘he,” “What‘s going on? What are you saying? Who…?”

Nervously turning around to where his ears detected the sound of footsteps, DeeDee frowned at the sight

eyes, “What did you do?”

“He said that he can send Mariana out of the country for treatment, and he just wanted to help you… He‘s

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And he‘s also the man that Thompson is trying to kill. If Thompson knows that I am seeing him, he will kill

mama and me.‘ DeeDee mumbled in his head.

Staring at the nervous look on

the young man‘s face, Elijah took a step toward him, but he moved back, looking even more nervous as h

“I know about your grandmother‘s illness and the things you got involved in to help save her life… I can he

“You don‘t know the kind of man Thornton is…. He will put a bullet in my grandmother‘s chest with a cold s

crossed him.” DeeDee cried, his body starting to tremble, as he remembered how many times he had wat

Slowly, Elijah reached into his pocket, and took out a plane ticket, saying softly, “Look at me kid. This is m

any

university in the world… I will get your grandmother airlifted to the best hospital to seek treatment, and wh

on your own two feet.”

Swallowing down the lump in his throat, DeeDee eyed Mr. Thomson and then looked back at Elijah when

“That‘s a good deal, son. It doesn‘t get better than this for you and Marianne, DeeDee… You are a smart

“I can‘t…” DeeDee mumbled, glancing back at the pharmacy door with a slight look of fear in his eyes.