The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 147

Allegations The anger Elijah selt suddenly burst out of his throat in a bitter laugh as he ignored ihe pain it caused him, lis rage fuelling his courage, and then his face went cold as he said, “I did no such thing, and maybe if our Senator would have used liis brain and not his heart-”

Frowning, Isabella raised her hand, swinging it for his face, but Elijah caught it in midair and tossed her hand away froin him carelessly. “How dare you!” Sen. Butcher shouted, moving for Elijah, but Dice, Larry, and Rick stood in his way, Dice mumbling with a deatlı stare, “Fuck off.”

Raw shock flooded Mrs. Butcher’s Tace, and she turned her attention towards her husband wlio seemed to be lost in his thoughts as he stared frozen at all the men surrounding Elijah.

Scowling, Elijah met the senator’s gaze, saying, “All I wanted was to congratulate you on turning sixty and have a nice night, but you had to join in with those two in ollending me-”

“You see yourself as the victim here?!” Isabella lashed out in disbeliel, pissed at the sight of Elijah.

“Wow!!!

“I am, and this nonsense is not going to slide by me!”

The boldness of Elijah had the guests in shock, coníused that he would even dare to act this audaciously when such an accusation was being carried out against him.

“Has he lost his mind because he knows the penalty of his crime?” A lady whispered in disgust, rolling her eyes upon hearing his confession.

“Honestly, there is something off about this man… The way his life can not stick to one narrative and constantly shifts is just too mucli… He’s a stay-at-home husband, then a cheater, and next, a gold digger… I heard he’s ill a gang, then he is suddenly a businessman, hanging out with Bryan Checks, and now he’s a rapist?” The other lady mullered with disgust. folding her arms across her chest.

As Mr. Astor was about to give Elijali a picce of his mind, he shut up when he saw Elijalı take out his phone, strolling tlırough it for a moment and then resting it against his ear.

“Hello, Mr. Bamford,” Elijah said the monient the chief constable accepted his call.

“Mr. Darius, the way you are calling this late, is everything alright?” Mr. Bamford asked, “Not at all. I have been assaulted and nearly killed tonight, and I need you.” “Location?!”

“It’s 23rd Street, Steel Ava, Blackbird mansion…”

“Wait?… That’s the congressman’s place. Elijali, what liave you done?”

was the one offended,

pause, and the silence dracced on the line for a while, and elijah abruptly

called him back and the instant Elijali accepted

before ending the call. The silence afterward made the party seem more

The other lady whispered back to her

lunatic and had finally lost his mind. “Where is my daughter?!” Mr. Astor shouled, hesitating to see that Elijah’s men were surrounding him. “Tony slammed a door in lier face, and she is in the bathroom, bleeding out on

Mr. Astor yelled out, his chest swelling up with fury. “What did you

“Honey, go and get

the old man looked sideways at his two bodyguards and then

in, and then he sighed, abandoning his post and walking over to Elijah. Stopping by his side, Dice whispered

“Let’s not, Dice.”

waiting, and the Senator kept his peace as a

of the siren to echo into the hall, and finally, il dawned on

knows that he’s

as he wondered the same thing himsell, and then the realization that Josh was the one who reported the incident to him hit him

use me?’ Mr. Butcher thought, feeling uneasy inside as

of it, the sound of the hall door opening got

into the hall with fifteen of bis men, moving to where he saw the Senator, and when he was five feet closer,

as Elijah suddenly turned to face him, Mr. Bamford’s brain went blank for a whole minute and then he rushed over to him, causing Elijah’s men to step aside, giving way to him. “Who messed you up like this?!” Mr. Bamford blurted out in concern. “The congressman gave the order for his mcn to beat me up,” Elijah

position on this issue, Mr. Butcher?” The feeling of other eyes on him made Mr. Butcher feel uncomfortable as he glanced backat the Chief Constable, and then his ego sparked a bit, making him blurt out, “Elijah forced himself on Jessica Astor.

to your CCTV footage then, Mr. Butcher?” Mr. Bamford asked calmly. A sense of annoyance awoke in the Senator, but he held it together and simply answered, “of course.

now, you are a part of the investigation, and I would need you here with Mr. Darius… If you can just ask

“Isabelle, please take the chief constable to the security room.” For a moment, Isabella scowled at Elijah before walking off with Mr. Bamford and five officers while the others stayed

quietly upstairs, but when they got to a door, she frowned at Mr. Bamford and said, “That bastard hurt my friend.

eyebrow. The fact that he just brushed aside her questions made Isabella annoyed, but she too ignored his words, pushing the door open.

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