The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

A greater priceA knock on Miss Grace's suite door made her tired eyes snap open and forced her topush the comforter off her, getting out of bed.

A moment later, when she got to the door and opened it, sheimmediately had this awful gut feeling that something was wrong, seeing Ryan, Rookie, and Matt standing there with Dice.

What's wrong, Matt?Miss Grace asked, hugging her arms around herself for comfort.“We will be gone for a while, but Dice here will be your guard until we get back,Matt said, forcing a smile, even though he, Ryan, and Rookie had been nothing but freakout since they found out that Peach got kidnapped.Okay...

But where are you guys going at such an hour?“Work stuff...”Confused by his reply, Miss Grace was speechless for a moment, and the guys turned to leave hurriedly before she came up with another question, but she suddenly blurted out, making them halt, “Is Elijah alright?Slowly, Ryan turned around with a smile, masking his sadness behind a grin that looked genuine.He is doing great,"

He replied with a nod, looking down for a moment, thinking about how miserable his boss is right now.

“Don't worry..As he was about to turn around, Miss Grace felt a dull ache in her chest as the thought crossed her mind, and she let it out, “Is my daughter okay?Yes.

Peach is fine and safe."

Ryan immediately said, knowing that if he hesitated for even a second, her motherly instinct would kick in.re you sure?“Yes! Elijah just needs us over because of Elmer's case..."

I know him getting Peach the company is a good thing...

but I fear for both their safety...

The Hayes are not very forgiving to those who cross them...Elijah knows that.

Don't worry...

Your daughter means a lot to all of us...

And for Elijah, she is extremely important to him...

Her safety is our number one priority.

We won't fail our promise.A weak smile appeared across Miss Grace's face before she quickly nodded, and yet, her motherly instinct had her heart feeling heavy still and she couldn't help but feel worried about her little girl.All the suite lights were turned off as Elijah sat in the living room, in the dark, hispalms covering his face.For a while, he didn't feel the effect of the minutes shifting into hours as he just sat there, not moving a muscle until a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts, making him raise his head from his hands.It took a few seconds before Elijah got up and slowly walked toward the door, unlockingit.A look of concern crossed Matt, Ryan, and Rookie's faces as they stared at their boss, seeing the brokenness in his eyes.I fuck up badly,"

releasing him, not caring that his paycheck was coming from Elijah as he said, No more blaming yourself, okay? You didn't do anything wrong, so

did it happen?Rookie added, his eyes filled with worry.Without saying a word, Elijah pushed the door open wider and led the guys inside before locking the door again and sitting on the sofa, not wanting to waste any

got kidnapped in the

his forehead and eyes shut tightly,

random dude and dragged into a van

dude that

have

a frown on his lips as he

security cameras...”Understanding what his man was getting at, Elijah realized that Rookie was onto somethingWith all the emotions he was drowning in,

the guard's mouth throughout the room as his head lolled to the left, completely passed out in the security room, leaving the monitors unattended and his gun lying on the desk beside him.After a while, his snore sound got mixed up with the echo of a knock and the guard immediately jumped awake, realizing he was sleeping at his post.He quickly straightened his uniform and put the gun away in the holster before opening

Darius...

parking lot around

No sir...

the thing is...

had to go use the bathroom at that time and wasn't watching

didn't see anything.Bob responded, scratching

you were sleeping on thejob...That was a win-win

Sure."

taking

Thanks.

two can step out

particular video of Elijah's car driving into the parking lot.Then he sat back, watching the entire event of this evening replayed before his eyes, and Ryan along with Matt just stood there, not blinking

of the van from a few

trying to calm himself down from the anger that

phone, Elijah snapped his image from the screen, and then Rookie took out a hard drive from his pocket and downloaded the video onto it before deleting it

do with it now?Ryan asked, looking over at Elijah.This is not a place for such discussion,Elijah said, putting his phone back into his pocket.Even though that question was still playing on Ryan's mind, he knew his boss was right, so he waited patiently until they were back inside the suite with the hard drive.However, before he could allow the question to roll off his tongue again, Elijah had taken off his phone, focusing on the screen, and after a moment, he put it to his ear.It was quiet for a while, and then Elijah's voice echoed, breaking the silence, “Did you see the picture that I sent you?Yes, boss.Dice mumbled, looking at Miss Grace as he studied her standing on the third-floor balcony as she watched the sky, knowing that he couldn't tell her that it was not safe out here for her because that meant risking breaking the news that Peach got kidnapped.“Do you recognize his face?“No boss, but I will pass the word on with the phot...When Miss Grace heard Dice say the word, Bossfor the second time, she knew exactly who it was, and then turned immediately to

old lady