The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 35

There’s a serious problem

A gentle knock on the door made Mr. Bamford look up from the case file on his desk and stared ahead, calling out, “Come in.”

When the door opened, luis secretary Lucy entered his office with a soft smile, saying, “Sir, there‘s a visitor for you.”

“‘Who?” Mr. Bamford replied without looking up from the case file, still reading through the information about the crime he was currently investigating.

“Madam Jewel Haye,” “Hmm,”

The pen in his hand dropped on the sheet as he lifted his head slightly to glance at his secretary with an eyebrow raised.

Then he rested back in his seat and sighed softly, “Send her in,”

“Yes, sir,” Lucy said with a nod.

Silently, Mr. Bamford watched her walk out of his office and waited until she closed his door before turning his attention back to the papers on his desk.

A couple of minutes went by, then the door opened again, this time to reveal Mrs. Haye. She had her hands tucked into the front pockets of her black fluffy coat as she stepped inside before closing the door behind her.

“Mrs. Hayes, ” Bamford greeted her politely as he placed a bookmark between the pages of his work folder before closing it. “Chief, good afternoon.” Madam Jewel smiled widely and stepped further into his office.

Gracefully, she took a seat across from him in one of the plush leather chairs in front of his desk and crossed her leg over the other.

“Frederick would be just fine, Mrs. Hayes.” Mr. Bamford said calmly, sitting up straight as he rested his elbows on the table, clutching his fingers together.

“Well, Frederick, I am not someone that likes to beat around the bush or make idle

chit chat, so I am going to go straight to the point.” Madam Jewel spoke slowly as she looked directly into Bamford‘s eyes, her dark brown orbs locked onto his. “Who made you interfere with the reporters at Paz motel?”

office fell silent for several long moments,

against his chair and said,” Now, why would Mrs. Hayes trouble herself

insisted, her voice taking on a

may ask,” Mr. Bamford continued with a smirk, “What makes you think I have anything to do with these… ‘personal‘ matters?” “We

was none of your

as she niet Bamford‘s unblinking brown eyes, not

he said, “I assure you, Ms. Hayes, you‘re wrong… Also, isn‘t Peach your granddaughter? How come helping her is defined as me crossing the line?”

am not, Mrs. Hayes. It just amazed me that helping the granddaughter of late Mr. Hayes would earn me a visit from his wife and put me on the spot with the

of the Hayes family, but playing dumb was the only way he knew how not to offend someone like Bryan Checks, and

time arguing with this man, Madam Hayes quickly changed tactics and asked the next question on her mind, “So who made

granddaughter, Peach?”

doing my job. That‘s all that was.” “You could have just sent your men. But you were at the motel, doing fieldwork yourself.” Madam Jewel narrowed her eyes, daring Bamford to disagree. “Well, as a ‘Hayes,‘ you should know how important you guys‘ names are.

a bunch of reporters, I

“Is that so?”

“Hmm umm.”

office remained silent for a few minutes, and Mr. Bamford

now hung in the

take up most of your time then, Frederick.” When Mr. Bamford nodded, she woke from her seat and walked towards the door, turning

rage ate at Madam Jewel as she marched down the hallway, and as she was about to walk past Lucy‘s desk, she hastened to her feet and said, “It‘s a pleasure

turned toward Lucy, glaring at her with a slight hint of irritation. Then she suddenly lost the frown and replaced it with a faint smile

as she smiled wide

Lucy

can this old woman ask you something important?” Madam Jewel asked politely Lucy

was asking for help from her, and she mumbled, “Uh, yeah! Of course, you can

spread across Madam Jewel‘s face as she asked, “Who asked your boss to clear

nervous look swept across Lucy‘s face as she stammered, “Mmm…

Jewel pressed, clearly not impressed with

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