The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

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.

were in foreign territory

was up and Jerome abruptly ended the call, Elijah saw men, robust, tall, short, and muscular guys, walking out

close to sixty men, and when he eyed Matt, he could see the look of composure on his face and yet stress in his eyes as he clenched

will be the best time to get into the car, now!” Matt whispered, yet

men and how their hands were positioned in their front, Elijah’s brows snapped in concentration, and then said, “No,

way ahead of all the men

looked into each other’s eyes, holding intense eye contact, and even though their eyes seemed like they were screaming at each other, there

spoke, “You came to a remote area with no sense of danger and trusted

Allt to die

upon hearing those words, and as soon as the smile

risk myself by giving you guys the benefits of the doubt and come here, but if I go missing or let say dead, I bet it wouldn’t be fun for you guys to have the chief of

But before he could utter a word, Elijah continued, “You don’t know how much hell I can rain on

and not the slightest bit concerned that your soul can get snatched anytime with just one word… actually two words, ‘Kill him.” Dice uttered firmly, staring hard at Elijah, who

That is the only thing that is fixed in his life. So why

brows and said, “See! I told you guys this guy can’t be trusted… He has a connection with the

angrily, glaring at

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