The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 52

A man lives to die After an hour-plus drive, Elijah pulled into a small clearing. Getting out of his car, Elijah and Matt stared at the old warehouse in front of them, and how deserted this area was.

“Boss, it’s not too late to get back into the car,” Matt whispered, gesturing to the car behind them. “I don’t think it’s safe to walk to the warehouse…”

Patting Matt on the back, Elijah smiled and teased, “Grow some backbone, man.”

‘I have a backbone. I’m just worried about your safety. Your father will not be happy with my performance if a bullet or knife strikes through your heart.’ Matt thought to himself, keeping quiet about his concerns. ‘I don’t want this to go South, boss.’

Shaking his head lightly, Elijah pulled out his phone, scrolled through his contact, and stopped at Jerome’s number, dialing it without hesitation.

The phone rang twice before there was a click and Jerome answered, “Hey, boss.”

“I’m outside. Come out,” Elijah ordered calmly, his eyes scannin

he surrounding area.

The line went quiet for a time that felt too long to Elijah, and he eyed Matt, feeling contemplated because of his man’s warning and his own desire to figure out what was going on.

Finally, a sound from the phone speaker made Elijah look back at the warehouse door, seeing the door lift.

ground to stay alert, knowing that they were in foreign territory and that whoever had opened the door was either

when the door was up and Jerome abruptly ended the call, Elijah saw men, robust, tall, short, and muscular guys, walking out of the door one step at a

and when he eyed Matt, he

now!” Matt

their hands were positioned in their front, Elijah’s brows snapped in concentration, and then said,

way ahead of all the men and approached Elijah, his expression

he stopped in front of Elijah, two steps away, both men looked into each other’s eyes, holding intense eye contact, and even though their eyes seemed like they were screaming at each

“You came to a remote area with no sense of danger and trusted my son’s words blindly… I thought you were

Allt to die

as the smile grew larger, he chuckled softly and then said, “It

let say dead, I bet it wouldn’t be fun for you guys to have the chief of police on your asses…” His words left everyone speechless, including Matt, who did not know where his boss was going with this bluff, and yet still

as well, but he did not show it in the slightest. But before he could utter a word, Elijah continued, “You don’t know how much hell I can rain on all of your asses from beyond the grave or tied in some dark, smelling room. It wouldn’t be pretty for all of you, truth be

can get snatched anytime with just one word… actually two words, ‘Kill him.” Dice uttered firmly, staring hard

in his life.

one of the men snapped his brows and said, “See! I told you guys this guy can’t

Rick!” Jerome said angrily, glaring at Rick who sealed

worry and concern painted across each of their faces. He then glanced back over at Elijah, his eyebrows raising

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