The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Putting a price on Justice

“Why is Elijah not dead yet?!"

Madam Jewel screamed, her voice echoing throughout the walls of the living room of the Hayes mansion.

“We are in the new month and that scumbag told me last month that he was going to complete his job soon, and now, we still have a pest problem.

The living room went silent after those words and none of her children spoke for a while, their faces clouded with worry.

But then Cora couldn‘t hold back her thoughts again saying, “How is he doing this?!… We all thought he would be dead by now, but he‘s still very much alive… We thought Investistic Co.

would be bankrupt by now, but in the past few days, the company has started operating again with new employees and will soon kick off… Nothing is adding up.”

“… I tried talking to an employee from ‘SEC‘ to tell me about the document those fools made Elijah get a hold of and see if we can get them out of the company.

But I got told that Elijah has all the original copies and the agency is working with the photocopies.

He refused to let them keep the original."

Dean sighed with a look of helplessness on his face.

There was this reluctant look in Mathew‘s expression as he withheld his words for a second and said, “I tried using my contacts to get the investigation to be terminated, but Mr.

Bamford is going in hard on this case, and most of the officers I had spoken with say that the case is high profile and the chief has the best detectives on it.

They can‘t do anything.”

“He‘s a good digger… he‘s somehow in a gang… He‘s hanging out with a man like Bryan Check… He‘s running a company that should have gone bankrupt by now, and now, he has somehow manipulated the chief of police to his will… This isn‘t making sense anymore!!"

Amelia said as she threw her hands in the air in frustration.

Screwing his face into a frown, Tommy ball his fingers into a fist and let out, “How is that bastard getting the money to do all this shit!! Didn‘t Melina tell us when she first brought up the idea of marrying him that he didn‘t have a job and much connection in this country, so what is this?! How is he pulling all these shits off… at a fast pace!”

That was a question no one had an answer for and the room went cold with silence.

“So, what now?"

Elmer finally found the courage to ask, trying to be hopeful even though the room had a hopeless vibe.

The quietness dragged on after his questions and within a matter of seconds, he was pissed, and he suddenly lashed out, “So, you all are fucking giving up on me?!”

“Damnit, Elm.

Shut the hell up! No one is giving up on your ass, but Elijah is shutting down all of our efforts to erase this shit that you brought on yourself!!"

roared at his

I created? If Dean‘s useless child would have kept her legs closed and stayed the hell away from that piece of shit, I wouldn‘t have

Elmer snapped back.

through his veins, Dean rushed from his chair and locked his grip around his brother‘s throat, causing immediate chaos in the situation as Mathew and Tommy tried to pull him away while Madam Jewel and her daughters screamed for

to hug onto his brother‘s waist and

in the face, screaming, “Keep

“But it‘s the truth!"

the blood from his

“Elm, that‘s enough nonsense!"

Jewel screamed, trying to get back dominance in

let out in a deadpan tone, “This is your fault! If it wasn‘t for

should have let Peach stay the fuck away from

chance to say a word, Elmer looked at his siblings

that could land you guys in worse conditions than me… If this boy gets me, he is

up, and they knew that he was right… Elijah was a threat that was getting bigger and more powerful than they expected, and now that the table was slowly turning, they had no idea how to shift it back

of footsteps made the living room silent, and the curiosity in the atmosphere quickly shifted into fear as Butler Gray walked through the doorway with ten police officers and

as she watched one

warrant for your arrest, and you have the right to a lawyer and to remain silent,

you understand

shaky as an officer walked up

dumbfoundedly, in disbelief at the sight of Elmer in cuffs,

“Bamford, can we talk,"

asked, looking at the officer pleadedly as she fought the urge to lose herself to

the chief constable looked at her, and then he sighed, asking, “What is

you step this way for a second,

politely, eyeing the cuffs on her

a brief pause, and then

at her and followed her a couple of steps away

the past few days, I have been coming to your office, and you

if to avoid any eavesdropping ears around

been

Mr.

avoiding looking directly at

busy to see me, I see, and

to know now is how much did it

“Excuse me?”

other officers, she sighed heavily and then focused back on him, saying, “How much did Elijah pay you to do this to my boy, huh? Whatever it is, I can double that… No, I can triple

never again insult me in this

put a price on justice, and if I had the slightest doubt that Elmer isn‘t the wrongdoer here, the handcuffs

completed and undeniable, so please excuse me… I have