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Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 210
The door opened, and Elijah went into the room. He was stunned by what he saw. It looked like an actual room, alright—none of that hospital-based setting.His mother had a real bed, a wardrobe, and a dressing table. The room was so big it even contained a space for a second bed for the nurse.“Wow!” He yelled out.“Do you like it?” Tobias asked expectantly behind him.“Like it? It's amazing! You both did so well!” He gave them each a thumbs up, cheesing harder than they had ever seen him.He was like a little boy all over again. Looking closer, you could see the faintest hint of tears in his eyes.“Do you want to see your mum now?” Nurse asked.He moved closer and stood in front of her bed. The room had been set at the right temperature. She was breathing fine again.“Hey, mum?” He laughed, but it was a burst of good laughter. One filled with love and just the silliness of a little boy he now imagined himself as. The last time he had a long time with his conscious mother was when he
Life After Divorce: The Rise Of Elijah Crawford Chapter 211
“Do we need to call Kingston again? It's over one hour spent here already,” Nathan hissed impatiently.“No need. I just did, but he's not answering his cell phone,” Colin said.“Yeah, maybe Dr Hill was right. I've cuddled that boy way too much. I can't even trust him enough to do something as sim–”“You should swallow your words for a second. I spot a car approaching,” Dr Hill interrupted.They turned their heads simultaneously to see the infamous head of Kingston Luxes' red sports car pull into the direction of the warehouse.“That bastard. Had to make me doubt him first before he actually pulled through,” Nathan muttered under his breath.“I see someone in the passenger's seat. A hacker, I guess?” Colin observed.His eyes squinted to take a quicker look, but when it fell entirely in the person, it snapped.“Avery?” He called out loud.“Avery? Isn't that your cousin?”The car stopped, and Kingston walked out, with Avery following right behind.“What are you doing here?” Colin wasted
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“Winnie?” He asked breathlessly.She pushed past him and entered the house. Taking her time, she looked around.So this was his house, she thought. Farther from the rest of civilization. Grand in a modern kind of way. For someone who healed people without taking a dime from them, she was curious to know where he got his money from.“Why are you here, Winnie?” He turned around and shut the door.What he wanted to know was how she found him. He was pretty sure John didn't know where he lived. The only other option was Lexington.Lexington, the man who considered him a rival. There was no way he would give her his address, right? He wasn't that stupid.“This is where you live?” She asked in a tone he couldn't decipher. Although, her eyes were more telling She eyes him from his head to his toes and back. It wasn't disgust in her face, instead, contempt.“This is where I live. How did you find it?” He braved himself enough to ask. “Why? Are you hiding from the world? Why should your hou
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“Uhmm, can we help you? Kingston stared condescendingly at the cops. “You're under arrest for trespassing,” Jack hissed.“Trespassing?” Colin chuckled. “Have you lost your mind? Why do you think we're trespassing? Do we look like a bunch of nobodies?”Their brashness took Montgomery aback. He knew about the rich kids of Quantum City. I had watched them on television. I even contacted a few of them, but never directly or up close.“Can you provide proof that you own this property?” He asked.Jack's eyes went to the girl still trying to unlock the door. “Ma'am, you'd have to stop what you're doing and step back.”Avery heard him and quietly moved away from the door. She dropped her tools into the box and closed it.“Now what?”“Proof either of you own this property.”“What did you say your names were, again?” Nathan Luxe asked, looking from one man to the other.“I'm agent Jack, and that's my partner, agent Montgomery.”“Who sent you here?” He further questioned.“With all due respect,
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“I already knew that, but at least you're being honest now.”“What now? Do you say to heal a boy? Big deal. You've seen me heal before.”“But not like this.”“How is it not the same thing? Wasn't your grandfather as good as dead, too?”“Don't turn this around, Elijah. You healed my grandfather with herbs. The boy was different. You held him and—”“And what? If you want to know how I healed him, why don't you ask instead of speculating?” He asked, astonished.“Would you tell me? You? The same guy who does whatever he wants without care of who's hurting?” She blinked away the hurt in her eyes, hating her voice trembling. “But that's not even the point. I saw you heal the boy, and I followed your van and the car.”“And then what?” He asked, his heart beating anew.“You were unconscious when led out of the truck, but it wasn't just you. There was a woman, too. She was rolled away, unconscious, by another woman. I want to know who they are.”“Customers?” He answered, proud of how his voice
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“This is simply ridiculous. The general would never agree to something so insulting. I should call him again,” Colin said.“I didn't think there's any need to do that. I'd have preferred we go to the station in our car. They want us to make statements. Let's give them what they want,” Dr Hill suggested.Montgomery looked at him, and a shiver ran down his spine. He was perhaps the most ruthless, or rather, plotting of the lot.His calm demeanor did not fool him. Deep down, this man could manipulate things to his favor. He made a mental note to avoid him, but he feared for Jack.One threat, and he may break. “You keep saying that, but it makes no sense,” Nathan whined. “Do you know what will happen to our reputation if we're seen in the station, especially in a group?”“They'd think we would probably have a meeting with the general. You know, to discuss the City's upcoming celebration,” Colin said in a voice that sounded like he had just understood what Dr Hill was trying to communicat
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“Elijah,” she whispered across his lip.“What?” He stopped, pulling away.“We can't do this. We shouldn't do this.” She shook her head.“Why?”“Kiss me,” she said in the next breath.He obliged, crashing his mouth on hers. They kissed passionately, pouring in the frustrations of a break in contact of the last few months into the kiss.“Hey Elijah, can I—” The nurse stopped dead in her tracks when she came in contact with the lovers kissing.Winnie quickly pulled away from him. Grabbing her purse that had fallen on the ground, she turned and ran out.“Winnie, wait!” He called at the top of his voice, running after her.“No, and please! Stay away.”“Could we just talk? You don't have to run away.”“Well, I have to go. I have work to do. Let's continue staying away from each other. Goodbye Elijah!” She slammed her car door shut and turned it around.“Winnie!” He called, but her windows went up next as she threw her face to the side.He sighed in defeat as he watched her drive away.“Wow
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“That was some good meal,” Elijah said as they relaxed in the living room.“Engineer by day, chef by night, sidekick to a god every other time. Sounds like a perfect life.”“Sidekick?” Elijah snickered. “You're not my sidekick. We're friends. Brothers, if you may.”“Aw,” he touched his chest dramatically. “That's the sweetest thing you've ever said to me.”Elijah smiled as he shook his head. “We've dined, and everyone else is resting. What next?” “Time for the truth, I guess.”“Yeah, let's do it.”They rose to their feet and walked to Elijah's room.“We could use my laptop,” he said as they entered.Tobias sat as Elijah went over to the drawer to pick up the flash Tobias had handed over to him.He carried it to the bed, dragging his laptop from the bedside table.“Moment of truth,” he said as he inserted the flash.They moved back, waiting for it to play. Error lines suddenly began to spread around the screen.“What's that?” Elijah turned to Tobias.“I think the flash is encrypted.”
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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
