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.

alert, knowing that they were in foreign territory and that whoever had opened the door was either a friend

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

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

to get into the car, now!” Matt whispered, yet his voice was firm, but

hands were positioned in

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

contact, and even though their eyes seemed like they were

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

Allt to die

as the smile grew larger, he

that smile softly fade as Elijah said, “I am willing to 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 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 kept his expression passive as he watched

he could utter a word, Elijah continued, “You don’t know how much hell I

can get snatched anytime with just one word… actually two words, ‘Kill him.”

die. That is the only thing that is fixed in his life. So why fear death when

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

angrily, glaring at Rick who sealed his lips together

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

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