FLASHBACKELIJAH"Lewis, let's find Green," I said, walking out of the room.I didn't care if I had to speak to every walking thing in the room. Not even about the hours I was about to invest in finding him. Because something was wrong somewhere.I walked into a half-empty bar to my surprise. Lewis and I had barely spent twenty minutes in the room. If I remember vividly, it was an overpacked house when I left with him. All of a sudden, I was staring at gloomy faces. The first man I approached was buried in a bottle labeled V. I tapped his shoulders, and my hands went through. This was still a fresh ghost."Hey, man." I tilted my head to the side in greeting.He froze when he raised his head. Suddenly, everyone else turned to me. I looked around, watching their disgusted face as they looked at me."Hey guys." I waved a nervous hand.I was usually welcomed in the bar. Not even withstanding the dirty looks I had gotten lately. However, this was different. They looked like they w

FLASHBACKELIJAH"What the hell is going on here!" I struggled to say, despite the tightness in my chest. "We caught the thief, and now it's time to punish him." Asher shrugged."If Green stole anything, then I can vouch it was with good reasons." I defended him, but deep down, I was curious. He had acted like he knew nothing about the missing souls the last time I saw him. If he did commit this crime, it would be hard to prove to people hell-bent on punishing him he had no malicious intent."Oh is it now?" Asher chuckled. "Lewis, let the man go. I have a few questions to ask." He ordered and walked over to the two men."Don't you dare hurt him!" I tried too move, but my body's motion was frozen.Asher spared me a quick disgusted glance. But as quickly as the disgust formed, it disappeared and was replaced by an amused gleam in his eyes. "Maybe one day you'll learn I don't take orders from anyone. Especially not from you." He scoffed mockingly and turned to Green."Please,

NOWElijah felt a firm hand on his shoulders. He turned to his side, but instead of being on the floor, breathing heavily while Cleo and Green drank away, he found Dr Hill staring at him. "Elijah?" The older man called.He blinked, only now realizing he was in the present."That's his name? Elijah." He whipped his head around so fast, it created a dizzying effect. She was in front of him with her hands outstretched. He couldn't believe his eyes. The pretense? How could she act like they were strangers?"You do know it's rude to keep someone's hands hanging right? She's been in the same position for a few minutes now, and all you're doing is staring like a dehydrated frog. Anyway, it's what the hosts get for inviting the trash alongside sane people." Tiana hisses, her voice dripping with bile.Rhonda moved her mouth to speak but was quickly silenced by her sister's hands pressing firmly on hers. "Don't you dare defend him?" She mouthed.To everyone's surprise, it was Colin Trus

Dr Hill instantly took charge, ordering everyone to step back. Elijah watched on, curious to see the doctor at work. He crouched, raising Nathan's hands to check his pulse. A sign of relief washed through him. He quickly placed his hands on his chest and began giving him CPR. "Someone call the hospital fast." He yelled behind his shoulders. Everyone began struggling to get their phones out. Elijah couldn't help the smirk on his face. While medically, that was the right thing to do, he knew deep down Dr. Hill was wasting his time. He wasn't going to wake up like that. What he needed was to inhale one of those strong-smelling herbs he had nicely stashed away in his laboratory. That was all. Regardless, he enjoyed watching everyone scramble to try and save the asshole. If it was just him, Nathan Luxe would be in real trouble right now. "He's not responding to CPR doctor. Is he dead!" Someone screamed from the crowd, and panic began anew. "He's not dead, please calm down!" Dr Hill tr

"Sorry, I didn't know I was interrupting anything." Winnie turned around to leave, as Elijah and Rhonda stepped away from each other.Elijah wanted to go after her. It took every last drop of strength in his body not to go after her. But he knew he couldn't. It would be hypocrisy."Won't you go after her?" Rhonda asked, her heart thumping loudly against her chest.She held her breath, awaiting his response. She knew they had grown closer lately. Winnie had been visibly upset just now. It was only fair for him to go after her even if she didn't want him to."No," He said, forcing a smile. "It's better I don't."Even as she smiled, she wondered what he meant by that. Did they fight? Thinking about it now, there had been a little tension between them when Elijah came into the room. Then again, she had defended him against Nathan Luxe. What was the truth then?"I should return to the room then. My mum is probably searching everywhere for me now." She said."I should too. I'll go te