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Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 171
“Different day, same bullshit,” he muttered under his breath, coming out of his dazed state.Looking down, he found his hand pressed tightly against his phone. Any more pressure and it would be broken. He sighed and wiped the pool of sweat on his forehead with the back of his empty hand.He moved his fingers to go through his dial list when a message came into his phone.Rhonda; “Hey, I'd have called, but I'm currently swamped at work. Mum is hosting a party, because I'm her usual dramatic antics, she wants to celebrate life. She specifically asked for you to be present at the party. It's on Friday. That should give you enough time to decide whether you'll be coming home. Take care.”“Tiana wants me at her party? Why, to kill me?” he mumbled in disbelief.But with that thought rose a plan, and just like that, he didn't care anymore about the reason for her invitation. All he saw was a way in, to do what he couldn't do the last time he was at the mansion.Changing his mind about making
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 172
“Here's your meal. I even added some more meat for you,” the waitress directed Tobias as she arrived at the table with their food.“Really? Thanks for your kindness,” Tobias responded, oblivious to her intense flirting.“That's alright. If you need anything, please send it to me.” She threw him a wink before walking away.As she left, Elijah chuckled. “What?” Tobi asked, already digging into his food.“You're an unbelievable man. That girl was giving you the green,” he said.“She was envious? Of what?” Elijah chuckled. “You're an unbelievable man. Green as in greenlights, not envy.” He shook his head.Everyone swore he was the closed-minded, antisocial guy, but Tobias didn't even know when a woman was flirting with him. To be sincere, he didn't know most of the time. However, the waitress wasn't trying to be subtle with it.“She was flirting with me?” He asked as if it was the most insane thing he had ever heard.“Hard!” “Wow,” he looked in thought for a couple of minutes as he chewe
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 173
“Can't believe a whole week just went by like that,” Tobias said, walking into Elijah's room.“Don't you know how to knock?” He asked, feigning anger.“Did you knock when you sent Cleo on a deathtrap journey?” He threw back in his face. Elijah sighed as the memory of the previous week swooped through his mind.When they stood up to leave after lunch, the waitress stopped by the table again. This time, she didn't hesitate. She stretched out her hands towards Tobias and asked for his number.“Hey, you're stunning, but I'm kinda spoken for,” he responded.“I don't care. We can still be friends, right?” She insisted, the smile on her face not breaking.“Are you sure about that? The girl he likes is kinda crazy,” Elijah, who wanted to stay out of it, was forced to say.“The girl he likes? I take it they're not together, then? That's a window of opportunity if you ask me,” she pushed, maintaining eye contact with Tobias.He blushed, unable to help himself. “I'm flattered. I am. But I'm als
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 174
“When Cleo comes back, I'm going to tell her how much of an ass you were the entire time she was gone,” Elijah hissed.“You do that.” He pointed, unbothered. “Why are you even in my room?”“Have you forgotten what day it is?” He asked, confused himself by Elijah's obtuse gaze.“Oh fuck! It's Friday, isn't it?” He asked, jumping from his bed.He was so deep into writing down strategies for getting the rest of the herbs that a week had passed without him even knowing.“You're still obsessed with those scenarios?” Tobias asked, a little worried about the hyperfixation of his friend.Thankfully, nothing crazy happened throughout the week. For once in a very long time, they had enjoyed relative solitude. Something told him it wasn't going to be the case today. That same voice was saying now that Elijah may feel the same.“I have to hurry up on getting the herbs and revive Mum,” he said, going towards the bathroom. “First of all, she doesn't have much time left. Secondly, I don't have enou
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“It's nice to meet you. You're gorgeous,” Tobias said.Beside him, Elijah was proud of how well he handled all of this. He seemed like a natural actor.“You see? You're so polite and so nice and handsome. How are you friends with that?” She ensured everyone knew she was referring to Elijah without looking at him.Tobias chuckled. “Yeah, I'm getting that you don't like him. Despite your reservations or thoughts about his character, there's no denying Elijah is a great guy. He's the one you want in your corner when shit hits the fan. An excellent guy.”“Yeah, yeah, whatever. Even my sister thinks the world of him. I believe only my mother and I have a good sense of judgment. But because you're handsome, I will forgive your lack of it. Do you want to get drinks with me?” She asked in a slow, seductive voice.Rhonda watched in shock. The princess of savagery was suddenly willing to humble herself enough to flirt with a man who happens to be Elijah's best friend. She looked to Elijah for h
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 176
Dr Hill braced himself as he spotted Elijah coming towards him. There was no room for escape nor the option of not being here in the first place.When Tiana begged him to come, he couldn't just reject her. The consequence of that acceptance was a run-in with the one man he wanted to avoid for a while.“Good evening, Dr Hill,” Elijah pleasantly said as he got to him.Momentarily, the doctor pondered on the possibility of him having bipolar disorder. There was no trace of the guy with his hands around his neck. “Good evening, Elijah,” he replied, keeping a neutral tone.“We don't want to drag this further, so I'll keep it short. I found a solution to the disease plaguing the City. It's going to be delivered to you tomorrow with special instructions on how to go about replicating it.”“Okay, thanks,” the doctor said and moved to walk away, but Elijah's hand on his shoulders stopped him from taking another step.“I'm not done.”“What else could you possibly want?”“We need to talk about
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He eyed him from head to toe and sighed. “None of your business.” He turned around and kept walking.“Should I call Tiana? Ask her why you're walking around her house?”He stopped but didn't turn around. “Why are you not beside Winnie? Who did you leave her with? Don't you think you have better things to worry about than policing my movements?”“I went to use the restroom when I saw someone like you moving suspiciously. Followed the person, and it turned out to be you.”“Congrats on your journalistic investigative skills. Can I leave now?”“To do what? That's an exit door, I assume, but a quick look around the party room told me you came with your friend. Are you leaving him behind?”Elijah's patience was growing thinner and thinner. However, he had to stay to listen to all of this bullshit. If he walked away, he'd be followed. How long after would he explain why he was practically stealing some herbs?“Again, none of your business,” he responded calmly, but deep down, he was disturbe
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 178
“What the hell are you doing, Rhonda!” Laura screamed the roof off.“It's not what you think.” She quickly defended and slipped behind Elijah.“What do you mean it's not what I think? I saw you with my own two eyes kissing him. His tongue was shoved down your throat! Please don't tell me you two are back together. I cannot deal with a round two marriage,” she cried hysterically.“Don't be silly, Laura. He was comforting me. Mum wants me to marry Kingston Luxe. Can you imagine?”“Well, he's considerably a better man than that. He has enough money to empower a generation. You should be ecstatic!”“Are you joking right now, Laura? Is everything about money? Kingston tried to take advantage of me! I remember it vividly. You know what I also remember now? You and Mum tried to hide it. I'm not surprised by that. I'm just surprised you're still not remorseful enough to take my side,” she said, her voice breaking.“I'm never going to take your side regarding him. I'd rather die than choose hi
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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
