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?”

several long moments, neither of them breaking

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

her voice taking on a tone of warning, which

with these… ‘personal‘ matters?” “We both know that what

was none of your

Bamford‘s unblinking brown eyes, not even flickering once.

assure you, Ms. Hayes, you‘re wrong… Also, isn‘t Peach your granddaughter? How come helping her is defined as me crossing the line?” That question left Madam Jewel speechless for several seconds, staring daggers at the man before her. When she finally collected enough composure to speak, her voice had taken on an icy undertone, “Don‘t

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 family.” Mr. Bamford replied coolly while leaning back in his chair as if there was nothing particularly important that needed to be

was the only way

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

granddaughter, Peach?”

time, Bamford broke his poker face, letting out a small chuckle, and said, “Madam Jewel, I was simply doing my job. That‘s all that was.” “You could have just sent your men. But you were at the motel, doing

Grace and Peach Hayes were getting bullied by a bunch of reporters, I decided to step in and make sure

“Is that so?”

“Hmm umm.”

for a few minutes, and Mr. Bamford refused to break

now hung in

said, “Well, I should not take up most of your time then, Frederick.” When Mr. Bamford nodded, she woke from her seat and walked towards the door,

as she was about to walk past Lucy‘s desk, she hastened to her feet and said, “It‘s a pleasure seeing you, Madam

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 asked, “What‘s your name,

sense of happiness flooded Lucy‘s body as she smiled wide

Lucy

Madam Jewel asked politely Lucy hesitated for a moment,

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

as she asked, “Who asked

Lucy‘s face as she stammered, “Mmm…

Madam Jewel pressed, clearly not impressed

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