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Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 139
"Good morning, Mrs." Echoed around the lengths of the lobby as Winnie Carter stepped into her company.As she raised her head to return the greetings of those she could, she caught some suspicious gazes. It was only when she was in her elevator, going up to her office, that she realized it was all because of the presence of Colin Trust beside her.She turned her face to him and found him smiling at her. "Your workers adore you." He said as if he had been waiting forever for her attention."Isn't that what makes a good employee-employee relationship?" She sounded modest."I guess. I'm more of a professional relationship-in-the-workplace kind of guy. Let's do what we came here to do and leave the familiarity outside the walls of my bank."Winnie couldn't help but be a little bit curious with him. The way he said the strictest things in the goofiest voice was captivating.There was also his very unusual eyes, which never showed the depths of whatever emotions he was experiencing at any g
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 139
"Good morning, Mrs." Echoed around the lengths of the lobby as Winnie Carter stepped into her company.As she raised her head to return the greetings of those she could, she caught some suspicious gazes. It was only when she was in her elevator, going up to her office, that she realized it was all because of the presence of Colin Trust beside her.She turned her face to him and found him smiling at her. "Your workers adore you." He said as if he had been waiting forever for her attention."Isn't that what makes a good employee-employee relationship?" She sounded modest."I guess. I'm more of a professional relationship-in-the-workplace kind of guy. Let's do what we came here to do and leave the familiarity outside the walls of my bank."Winnie couldn't help but be a little bit curious with him. The way he said the strictest things in the goofiest voice was captivating.There was also his very unusual eyes, which never showed the depths of whatever emotions he was experiencing at any g
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 140
Elijah found the house empty when he exited his room for water. He looked around the house, but there was no sign of anyone present.He was returning from Tobias' room when Snow strolled in casually."Hey." He stopped dead in his tracks."You're finally up." Snow stopped to chat."I've been up for a while." Elijah continued walking to the living room.Snow, who had come in to do something else, looked longingly at the entrance of Cleo's room. She had promised him a treat if he could deliver on the assignment she gave him. He had delivered and was now ready for his reward.Unfortunately, Elijah was present. He dragged his eyes painfully away from the door and returned to the living room with him."Whatchu up to?" He asked."Brainstorming." He chugged the water down his throat, emptying it.Snow waited until he was done before he spoke again. "Are you still mad at Cleo and Tobias?""Why do you always ask questions?" He frowned, plopping on a chair."Why do you never want to answer my qu
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 141
Elijah cracked his brain to find the best possible way to respond. It has to be Tiana, of all people, to answer his call. Where even was Rhonda?His mouth spoke before his brain thought. "Hey, Tiana? You're the one I wanted to speak to."He almost bit his tongue after he said that."Why would I ever want to speak to you? And let's say you wanted to. You could have easily gotten my number, no?" She hissed."True, true. But, I thought it would be better to go through Rhonda." He stuttered."Bullshit! Why won't you leave my family alone? Haven't we helped you enough? At what point do you become embarrassed?" She spat with so much venom that Elijah was ultimately tongue-tied.His toes began to dance on the carpet, anxious as to what to say next. There was no pleasing a woman like Tiana, not when she was hell-bent on not liking you."I have a proposal for you." Again, he spoke without thinking.She broke into a mocking cackle, sounding like a witch out for revenge. Elijah silently cu
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 142
"What the fuck is this!" Elijah pulled open his car, and got in.His hands gripped the steering, as he drove off. "Queen of the underworld now?" He muttered to himself, followed by some incoherent jumble.As he drove, mindless of his surrounding, he didn't notice the car behind him. He was about to swerve right, when the car brushed against his, speeding past him. "Oh fuck off!" He cursed, when he saw it was a police car.Coming to an abrupt halt, he waited for them to get to him. A knock on his window pane, had him rolling it down. When he whipped his head to the side, he found two faces he instantly recognized."Mr Elijah?" The very friendly detective Melbourne chirped."Detective Melbourne." He smiled, but it faltered when his eyes went to officer Jack beside him."Elijah." He said in a monotonous voice."Jack." Elijah mirrored his expression."How've you been? Crazy to run into you like this." Melbourne continued in his hyper tone."I'm in trouble again, aren't I?" He a
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 143
“What'd you mean, nobody? He almost brushed my car, driving the way he did.” She said.“He's not important. Let's forget him.” Elijah said as his eyes slowly lost the darkness.Cleo did not believe it was just nothing, but by the look of things, he didn't want to speak about it. She decided it was best to drop it.“Okay, I'm here now. What's up?” “Let's go in.” He said, briefly looking towards the road before moving his body forward.“You think this place is getting too exposed?” She asked as they went round the warehouse to the hidden entrance.“I know it is. They won't find the lab immediately, even if they look. We can't be too lazy about it, though. I'll think of an alternative soon.” “Okay.” She nodded as he pressed the buttons, and the door slid open for them to pass through.They made it into the escalator, going down to the lab.As it moved down, they both found solace in their thoughts.Elijah was pissed. He didn't know how great his life was going until an annoyance like K
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 144
“Are we going to get to the point of this ambush, or what?” Winnie directed at Nathan Luxe, who had spent way past an hour beating around the bush.As she did, her eyes went to the large clock directly on the wall facing her.By her calculations, John was supposed to be back so he could be on his way to deliver an important message on her behalf. She had neither heard from them, Aunt.The latter was not a bother. It would be nice if she never had to hear from him.“You're not listening to me.” Nathan countered in an argumentative tone.“Maybe you should explain your stance more clearly. I don't understand a thing either.” Colin, who had been quiet for a while, jumped.Nathan snickered. “This is not the time, Mr Trust. Why are you even here? This is between Winnie and I.” “That's Miss Winnie to you.” He corrected.“No, it's Winnie. She openly disregarded a contract we already had an agreement on. Because of her, I have to push back our annual art exhibition. Do you have any idea how
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 145
Elijah arrived at the address John sent him, and his phone rang.“Hey Cleo, an emergency came up. A friend's wife caught the disease and is in critical condition. I'll have to get back to you.” He rushed through an explanation and ended the call.As soon as his feet touched the ground, John hurried to meet him.“You're here.” He said with a hint of relief in his voice.“Any update?” He asked, bringing out the herb he brought with him.“A nurse friend of hers administered saline water just before I called. It worsened the situation.” Elijah's face scrunched. There was only one nurse who could possibly know about the saline water effect. What were the odds it was her?“Okay.” He said as John led the way into the house.He followed behind the big guy as they went into a room.As they stepped in, the nurse was rising to her feet. She turned around, and their gaze met and held briefly.“Hero guy?” She spoke first, breaking the spell.“It was you.” He nodded before looking past her to the
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A crowd gathered at the streets of Quantum City to watch the elites light up the place.They were all grateful to have been invited to the fundraising of Colin Trust. It was rare to be invited to these events, or that the events were even held in public.Amongst the people in that crowd weird Cleo and Tobias.Tobias was waiting for the signal he needed before he did what he prepared to do. As he turned his head around, he came face to face with Laura Anderson.She drew closer, and stopped in front of him. “The least you could do was answer my calls, you know? My mother was dying in the hospital, and I needed your help. I know about everything done to Elijah, so you can't even use that as an excuse. I just needed to talk to someone,” she said, tears in her eyes.Cleo was ready to go off when she turned and saw Laura Anderson. “You're the one that has a crush on my boyfriend,” she said before Tobias could respond.Laura painfully tore her gaze from Tobias, and turned to Cleo. “So you're
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Lexington knocked at Elijah's door at seven in the evening, and the door was immediately opened by Cleo.“Hey, you came,” she said, stepping aside so he could go through.He found Tobias, and the god in the living room, but Winnie was nowhere to be found.“Where's Winnie?” He asked.“What do you mean, where's Winnie? Isn't she supposed to be with you?” Tobias asked.“No. She texted that she would be spending the night here, and I told her I'd pick her up for the fundraiser this evening,” he replied.“Are you sure? Because I'm pretty certain she received a call from you shortly after you left, and zapotec out to receive it.”“Wait a second,” Lexington took a step forward. “You're trying to tell me you haven't heard from her since she stepped out to receive a call?”“She said you wanted to speak to her. When we heard her car drive away, we assumed she was going to meet up with you,” but as Cleo said it, she began to realise the situation was not as straightforward as it seemed.Lexingto
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“Leave me alone. Just go away,” Elijah muttered over and over again, as he scraped the walls of his cell with his fingers.It had gotten dark, and everytime it was dark, the voices got louder and more menacing.“Elijah?!” The most off-putting of all the voices sounded.He knew who he belonged to, but he couldn't quite place it. His mind was too disorganised.“Leave me alone,” he begged.“Why? You don't want to be reminded of your sins? I thought you were a self righteous prick!”“I didn't do it,” he shook his head continuously. “I didn't. An accident. She did it. She caused it.”Darius laughed. “But no one that matters knows. In the papers, you're a murderer. You need to see the paper stands, and the news on the city's projector screens. They're all carrying your face and your crime. Maybe you should have publicised your healing abilities. If you had, the, would have been more inclined to support you.” he laughed maniacally.“I'm innocent. I'm innocent,” Elijah repeated.The more he s
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“You're a murderer! A monster. You've claimed you save lives. You claim you can't fight the urge to be a messiah to ailing people. Look at you now. A murderer!”“Leave me alone! Leave me!” Elijah closed his ears, and dropped to the ground in a ball.He rolled from one end of the room to the other, trying to wade off the voices in his head.Still, they didn't relent. The more he tried to keep them away, the more they laughed and mocked him.“Do you know how many people you killed?” Another baritone voice began in a singsong tone.“Not one,” one shrieked.“Not even two,” another thundered.“Not five either,” a third chirped.“So many!” The first voice screamed and broke into a feat of laughter.“No, I didn't mean to. It was a mistake. A setup. Please. Mercy!” He begged, and cried.“No, you did! You put on the ring when you knew how blood thirsty it was. You wanted this. Craved it, because deep down, you're truly a monster!”“No I'm not!” He screamed back.“Yes you are!”“No I'm not!”“Y
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They were driving along the highway when Avery turned on the radio and began to sing along to the music being played.“You haven't changed that much,” he said, as she sang.Despite the volume turned all the way up, she could hear him clearly.“It's the curse of being a star, my darling.” She continued singing loudly, pulling a head shake out of his head.He didn't care what she chose to do. The only thing he was happy about was the fact he had managed to get the sixth herb. Despite every setback be had to face, it was just the remaining two left.His thoughts became bothered as he wondered what they were going to be. He assumed if he hadn't seen it yet, it was because of how life threatening they were bound to be.He didn't care though. No matter what it was, he planned on doing it just to see his mother up and about again.She had spent so much time being unconscious, she probably didn't know how the world worked anymore.“Why aren't you singing? You just achieved a major feat. You s
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Avery shot forward, and dropped to the ground beside him.“Elijah!” She smacked his chest.“Move!” He screamed at her. “It's just the ring. It's trying to control me,” he explained.“Oh,” she looked reluctant to leave him alone, nervously twisting her head from side to side. “Is there something I can do to help you out? Tell me, and I'll do it,” she asked desperately.“Just move, Avery. Move please,” he pleaded.“Okay,” she rose to her feet. “But I'm not moving far away. Just in case you need my help.”He sighed and rose to his feet. She was stubborn, but it was understandable. She just wanted to help.“You listen to me,” he spoke through his bringing the ring to his face. “You're not going to keep doing whatever the fuck you want to do. I'm going to get that herb, and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it!” With every word he spoke, his tone grew higher and higher, until the veins on his forehead formed a poll of creasing mass.With a determined stride, he pushed forward an
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Elijah drove to a stop in front of the Trusts mansion.“There's a way we can play this off without alerting Colin's boys. But if you want to go the badass route, then we can just walk in.”“What way?” Elijah asked, his trouble sensing tingling.“With your tongue shoved down my throat. They'd think we're in heat and just want to make love. Without any questions asked, they would open the door and let us in.”“No!” He said, immediately she was done.“Okay, Mr God. Chill with the outburst. It was only a suggestion. It's either that, or we go in together. If we do, there's a chance one of them might recognize you and report back to Colin. Are you willing to risk that?”“I'm already here. I don't care if anyone recognizes me or not. All I want to do is get in there, take the herb, and get out.”“You say it like it's that easy,” she said, withdrawing her legs from the dashboard. “Doesn't it take a whole process? Or are you willing to risk the ring working against you?”“The ring feeds on vi
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“We will have to return to the exhibition one after the other, though. Just follow my lead,” Winnie said.Elijah blinked multiple times as he tried to wrap his mind around Winnie’s enthusiasm. She had the biggest smile on her face, as if she had been waiting for this day all her life.“Are you ready?” she lifted her head, her gaze darting between Elijah and Avery.“I don’t know what exactly you’re trying to do. But I’m bored and down for anything, so let’s do it.” Avery shrugged. “That’s the spirit!” she pumped her fist, then turned to Elijah. “You?” she asked, eyeing him gently as she waited for his response.“Do I have a choice?”“No!” Both Avery and Winnie screamed in unison.“Fine.” He threw his hands into the air in surrender. They stood aside, as Winnie stomped her foot on the ground twice before storming towards the exhibition room.“It’s not just me, right? She’s really enjoying this.” Elijah observed out loud.“Yeah buddy. You got yourself a show girl. In other words, a dra
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Elijah thought about it for all but twenty seconds before he shook his head, rejecting the idea. “No. I absolutely cannot use Winnie that way. If I have to wait until the day of the fundraiser, then so be it.”“Look, I get it. Winnie is special to you. She’s the one you love, or whatever. Regardless, this is your best shot. Colin knows that you’re a god.”“What!” he raised his brow, temporarily startled?“I had to tell him about us, because he pretty much figured out the basics. Anyway, that’s not even the case right now. If you don’t find a way to sneak into the house soon, he’s going to set you up so bad when the time comes, I’m afraid you may not be able to escape the ambush.”He let her words sit in his head for a few minutes. His biggest enemy at the moment was time. By all indications, Colin planned on using the next weekend for his fundraiser. This would make it exactly one week from today. In a way, he could admit Avery was right. He had to move fast if he wanted to thwart C
