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,"

pulled him into a hug, and patted him three times on the back before releasing him, not

a word, Elijah pushed the door open wider and led the guys inside before locking the

in the

hand rubbing his forehead and eyes shut

by some random dude and dragged into a van that

that grabbed

he have a

frown on his lips

man was getting at, Elijah realized that Rookie was onto somethingWith all the emotions he was drowning in, and the things that

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 the door.His jaw dropped when he saw another guard with Elijah, Matt, Ryan, and Rookie, andsince Elijah and Peach had been staying

Darius...

the parking lot around six this evening, Bob?Elijah asked as he looked at him, his

No sir...

the thing is...

at that time and

see anything.Bob responded, scratching the back

take a look at the video clip from the time frame?Umm...You get a solid 2k, and I can also make my mind forget that you were sleeping on thejob...That was a win-win deal and Bob didn't hesitate to eye Klein, and when he didn't show any sign of disapproval or anger towards him, Bob

Sure."

after taking a deep

Thanks.

two can step

the men had left the room, Rookie got behind the computers, feeling excited as he worked his way through the footage for a couple of minutes, stopping at a particular video of Elijah's car driving into the parking lot.Then he sat back, watching the entire event of this evening

monitor, pointing at the face of the guy getting out of the van from a few distances behind Peach, with blonde

trying to calm himself down from the

out his phone, Elijah snapped his image from the screen, and then Rookie took out a hard drive from his

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

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