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Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 186
Tobias intuitively stood in front of his phone as his supervisor approached.“Tobias? Is that you?” The overly tall man with naturally slouched shoulders questioned.“It's me, sir,” Tobias stuttered a little as he tried to keep his voice at a standard pitch.At the other end of the line, Elijah grew weary from worry. Worry that Tobias must have done something he wasn't supposed to do. Why else was he acting so nervous?“But why are you here on your own? You're always supposed to be with your assigned partner in the dark room,” he said, his eyes darting across the room before resting on Tobias again.“He– he had to opt out last minute. Something else needed his attention,” he explained.Elijah rolled his eyes. He could tell that was an outright lie. Maybe it was because he had known Tobias for a long time. No wonder he was acting weird.He did feel a little bit sorry for him, though. In a bid to help him, he got tossed into this problem.“Really? You should have reported to me then. Yo
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 187
“You? What the hell are you doing here? How are you even here?” He asked in surprise mixed with disgust.Snow, sensing this wasn't going to go anywhere nice, slipped out of the room unnoticed.“You need to calm down, gorgeous,” she said, her eyes trailing all over his body.Something about a man, fresh out of the shower, a towel around his waist, and water splashed across his bare chest, was alluring. Now, when that man was also as hot as Elijah, it was impossible not to gawk.“You need to stop staring at me and start answering my questions!” He hissed.Something jumped in her heart. It wasn't fear or intimidation. Instead, it was her biggest attraction since she completely expelled Asher from her system.The way he was being so randomly mean made her want him more. He hadn't exactly been friendly with her after her betrayal, but he was never this outrightly condescending. A trip to his finger explained his behavior. His power was back, and savage Elijah had emerged.“I came to see y
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 188
Snow returned when Avery left and met Elijah, pacing back and forth.“What did the pretty lady want?” He asked, following his movement.After only a few seconds of his eyes dwindling from one place to another, his gaze wavered, and he sat down.“They know about the lab. I have to get everything out before tomorrow, but he the fuck am I supposed to do that?”“Simple. You're a god. Just wave your finger, and it's done.”He hissed. “I wish it were that simple, Snow. I wish.”“What do you plan on doing?” “First, I need a large truck. But where could I possibly get one on such short notice?”“Uhmm, Sandy's pet parents can help.He abruptly stopped and slowly turned around to face him. “Who's who?” “Sandy,” he repeated as if he was supposed to know who that was.“Who the hell is Sandy?” “Our neighbor's pet cat? I always talk about Sandy. How come you still don't know her.”“Snow, the only neighbors we have are both about thirty minutes drive away from us. Of course, I don't know, Sandy!”
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 189
“This is like an adventure between us, right? I'm the hero, and you're my sidekick.”Elijah snickered. “How does that sound to you?”“Like the truth?” He laughed.“I'm glad you're having fun, but you better pray your plan works. I already told you what I'd do to those neighbors and their precious Sandy.”“No! Don't hurt Sandy. She's innocent.”“What do you care? Do you like her or something?”“Eww! She's a cat?” “Do you know what's the human equivalent of what you just said?”“Of course I do,” he cleared his throat and adopted a valley girl accent. “Oh my God! That's who you like? He's such a five, and you know you're a ten, girl.” Then he flipped his invincible locks.Elijah couldn't help the laughter that consumed him. Throwing his head back, he laughed his heart out.“You're out of your mind, Snow!” He exclaimed in disbelief. “You sound exactly like Rhonda's younger sister.”“Your ex-wife is Rhonda, right?”Elijah suddenly grew serious. “Yeah, why do you ask?”“Nothing.” He quickl
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 190
He moved his face to the side before her lip could connect with his.“At least I still have some semblance of control,” his sane voice whispered as he stepped back.“What are you doing?” She frowned, feeling insulted.“Look, you seem like a great girl, but my life is too complicated to add more complications. You don't even need to lend me a truck anymore. I'll leave.” He turned around, ready to leave, when she hurried after him. “Tell me,” she said, grabbing his shirt to stop him. He turned around, and her hands dropped to the side. “What's so complicated about your life? Did you kill someone? Is that why you need a truck?”His brow snapped in utter disbelief. “Kill someone? Do I look like a murderer?”“Erhmm, technically, you did send Ivan into another world. Isn't that worse than killing?” Another voice taunted.“Not really. I'm just not used to being turned down. You have to be a psychopath to push me away.”“On the contrary, I'm pretty sure psychopaths would love to take advanta
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 191
“Oh shit!” The farmer screamed. “My leg!”Elijah, decoding what had just happened, turned to Snow.“Run!” He ordered as he dashed out of the house, too.They ran into the car and slammed the door shut.“The keys,” he said as he reached into his back pocket.“What the hell just happened?” Snow barked as he started the car.His head went to the side as he moved the steering and found the mother running out with a gun in her hand.“You bastard! I'm going to kill you. You came to my house and tried to take advantage of my daughter. Then you had the guts to cause my husband to shoot his foot! You're dead!” She began to shoot sporadically as Elijah drove off in a zigzag pattern.“Common man, do something!” Snow said as they kept ducking.His eyes went to his ring, and it changed colors. Whipping his head up, he looked directly at the windows. A bubble-like coverage emerged.“What'd you do?” Snow's mouth hung open as he observed.“Just watch.” Elijah smiled, fully turning the car around.The
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 192
The smell of dampened earth wafted through the windows into the living room, signaling the rain had stopped.Thirty minutes later, the boys were preparing to step out to find a truck when a heavy thud rattled the door.Elijah, standing in the living room while waiting for Tobias to come out from his room, raised his head when he heard footsteps approaching.“Are you expecting anyone?” He directed at Tobias, who just stepped into the living room.“Nope? Are you?” He asked with a frown etched on his face.He shook his head as his eyes trailed suspiciously towards the door. Up until the thud, he hadn't heard a sound that would suggest someone was outside. Maybe because he had been too deep in his head to notice. The events of the day were still so crazy to him. It made him wonder if his ring caused the exaggerated response.Those were his thoughts until the sound interrupted.“Oh, oh!” Snow suddenly barked, running into the room as if he was being chased.“What's your problem now?” Elija
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 193
“Who do you think you are to demand we stay? So we can listen to you cook more lies? You must be insane!” Her mother hissed and went directly in front of her daughter. “Come with me, baby. We're returning to the station and filing a report against these clueless cops, too.”“No, you're not!” Elijah insisted in a raised voice.“And who's going to stop me? You?” She sneered, giving him a disgusted once-over.“Yes, me,” he replied, returning her challenging gaze head-on.“Elijah, I don't think you should exchange words with the complainants. Just let them do whatever they have to do. We won't make any arrests until we fully understand the situation,” Montgomery assured him.“This is exactly why Mum says you're compromised. You saw the gun injury on my father. I have some bruises on my arms. How are you not making any arrests right now?”“Oh, shut up!” Elijah heard. It took him a few seconds to realize it was coming from Sandy.A small smile played on his face, making Anastasia even more
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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
Chapter 275
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
