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
"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
“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
“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
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
Elijah was standing facing the door when Winnie walked in. She went straight to him and stood covering his view. He raised his head and stared at her with an expressionless look.“Who is she?” She asked.“Who is who?” He squeezed his face.“The nurse. The newest woman in your life?” She didn't mean to sound the way she did, but the more she thought of it, the more upset she got about the situation.It had gotten to the point where she couldn't just stand by and say nothing.“What are you talking about?” His lip pursed as he stared at her like she had gone crazy.“Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. I saw her with you at the hospital and now in John's house.” “And no part of you paused to think it could be coincidental?” She scoffed. “There are no coincidences with you. You told me to go to hell, and now you're prancing around town with that woman.” The more she talked, the faster she realized she wasn't making sense.Yet, it didn't stop her from going on. It was t
Elijah returned to the lab and found Cleo waiting for him.“You're still here?” He asked as he stepped inside.“I am. Couldn't leave without you.” She said and threw him a wink.“You're so—” He shook his head as he walked to the fridge.“Hey, talk to me. Where'd you go to in such a rush?” She asked while he chugged a bottle of water down his throat.He didn't stop until it was empty, and his stomach was satisfied.He flung the bottle into a trash can and grabbed a chair.Placing it across hers, he sat down. “John, Winnie's bodyguard, had an emergency. His wife caught the disease, and it was deteriorating rapidly. He called me to help.”“Ouch! How's she? Were you able to cure her?”“Yep. Not only that, I made a discovery, too.” He said in an ominous voice, and her interest was instantly piqued.“What's that? Something to do with the disease?” She leaned out of her chair, her ears opening up.“I felt a kind of darkness when I stepped into that room. It was the same darkness I felt but d
“Why do you always sound so grumpy? Is it like a traumatic response? Do you need help? You better speak up now before it's too late.”Elijah could hear the mockery in his voice, but he couldn't fault him. Instead, he blamed himself for not heeding the detective's advice. Now, he had to listen to a man he despised the most out of all his enemies.“Is there a reason you called?” He placed the phone on loudspeaker and focused on the road.“Why? Do you think I'd call you to chat? We're not that cool.”Elijah nodded. At least he had said something true for once. “You know, you're right. It's also the reason I've not cut you off yet. You would never call me if it weren't for something important. What is it?”“I have a proposal for you. It involves a certain best friend named after a color and a god,” he said.Elijah was about to respond when a car drove to his side. He whipped his head to the side and found Cleo winding down. “What the fuck are you doing, man? You're driving like a crazy