Chapter 104

Twenty Five years in prison

Frowning Bryan rubbed his temple with his index and middle finger, and then let out in anger at Joey‘s remarks, “Get out.”

A look of disbelief fell over Joey, who started to laugh hysterically at the request.

“Out?? What the hell is wrong with you?… You are seriously choosing that… over me!” Joey shouted, pointing at him accusingly. “This is bullshit man!!! I trusted you!!”

“Fuck off, Joey!!” Bryan screamed back at him.

“That will not be necessary.” Elijah casually said, making everyone turn to look at him, stunned by his comment

Calmly, Elijah walked past the two, sat down on the black leather couch, and crossed his legs over the other, looking Joey directly in the eyes and adding, “You are desperate for money, ain‘t you?… The ego of one can be very blinding. So you can either sit and let‘s talk or walk out. Your choice.”

A look of reluctance covered Joey‘s face as he clenched his jaw shut tight, and then he scoffed, mumbling, ‘What can you offer me?”

“Nah, it doesn‘t work that way… Try the other way around.” Elijah said calmly, staring at him with a blank look

“What can I offer you?!”

“Good. You are getting the hang of it.”

As a sense of arrogance and pride took hold of Joey‘s face, he puffed his chest and said, “Delphi Oil Co. is one of the top three companies in the state, and our products sell well and fast. And our company also has some pretty damn decent sales internationally…”

“Okay, so if you are that successful, then why are you so desperate for my money?” Elijah asked plainly, folding his arms over his chest.

A scoff escaped Joey‘s lips as he raised an eyebrow at Elijah and mumbled beneath his breath, “What money…”

sense of frustration with Elijah and continued, “We suffered a huge loss by investing in bad products recently, and the penalty was high. So, naturally, we‘re trying to get more cash from an investor. Someone who‘s

your mind out of the past… the

mixture of calmness and embarrassment, as he

mighty with me when you barely knew shit about me, past all the rumors and gossip. Now climb down from your cloud and let‘s

so quickly by someone who didn‘t raise his voice or fist, and he found himself nodding his head obediently as he said, “I agree. I shouldn‘t have judged the book

thought to call me.” Elijah

business is something I can profit off of in the end, I can

time to think it over, Joey looked around, seeing the other dudes nodding, and then

convince me why your companies are worth my money.” Elijah calmly said, resting back in his seat, crossing his leg over the other, and Bryan just stood there, amazed at how Elijah got Joey

chest, seeing her sitting across the table

watch, seeing that hours had passed, and she was still going over one document after the others, and all he could do was watch, wondering if

called out, interrupting her

Peach asked,

“The documents…”

that a foe play was done in these documents and the more journal entries are worked through, I think Elmer and the board of directors have been doing some dirty work since

a moment, the silence dragged on for a while, and then Ryan‘s phone buzzed, making him reach into his pocket

reading Elijah‘s words, “If Peach is still sitting at that table, convince her

deep in concentration. After a long pause, he leaned back in his seat and then yawned

Peach asked with

his shoulders and rubbing his chin lazily. “Just hungry… You know what?! We should get something from the hotel restaurant. Umm… We can do room service, but I can never decide until the

then said, “Sure. We can grab

calmly watched Curtis execute his presentation of Eco Gas Co. his attention was still divided as he tapped his

buzzed, causing him to immediately check his inbox, staring

get?” Elijah

you have any questions… Umm… Mr. Darius.” Curtis asked, his

working with Bryan, you three seemed to have a

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