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

would have kept her legs closed and stayed the hell away from that piece of shit, I wouldn‘t have this

Elmer snapped back.

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 Dean to

lot of struggle, Mathew managed to hug onto his brother‘s waist

before Dean had gotten the chance to strike Elmer in the face, screaming, “Keep my daughter‘s

“But it‘s the truth!"

pushed on, wiping the

“Elm, that‘s enough nonsense!"

Jewel screamed, trying to get back dominance

cold as he let out in a deadpan tone, “This is

Peach stay the fuck away from this

to say a

me… If this boy gets me, he is one step further to being bolder to come for the rest of

and they knew that he was right… Elijah was a threat that was getting bigger and more powerful than they expected, and now that

silent, and the curiosity in the atmosphere quickly shifted into fear as Butler Gray walked through the doorway

she watched one of the officers reach

for your arrest, and you have the right to a lawyer and to remain silent, or else anything you say or do will be used against you

you understand these

face, Elmer‘s breathing became uneven and shaky as an officer walked up to him, locking his wrists

stood there, dumbfoundedly, in disbelief at the sight of Elmer in cuffs, but that wasn‘t what shock them, but the fact

“Bamford, can we talk,"

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

chief constable looked at her, and then he sighed, asking,

way for a second,

cuffs on

brief pause, and

nodded his head at her and followed her a couple of steps away from

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

Jewel whispered as if to avoid

days have been occupied with

Mr.

looking directly at

see me, I see, and that‘s

what I want to know now is

“Excuse me?”

sighed heavily and then focused back on him, saying, “How much did Elijah pay you to do this to

never again insult me in

slightest doubt that Elmer isn‘t the wrongdoer here, the handcuffs would

son is the perpetrator… the evidence is completed and undeniable, so please excuse me…

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