"And I…am not mincing words.""I'll love to see you try Fred.""Oh, you asked for it, Elijah. What ye seek, ye shall find."Elijah watched Fred laugh as he walked backward, away from him. His eyes remained trained on him until Fred and his men cleared out of his sight. Elijah's teeth clenched together and his nose flared as he took in the situation of the site and his workers. "I'm very sorry everyone. I deeply apologize for all that has happened today. Please let us all go home and I promise that Vicky will settle you for all your troubles. Thank you very much." Elijah shouted, so that everyone could hear him loud and clear, and a couple of people echoed "Thank you, sir."Then he turned to Vicky, who wore an angry expression."This is the second time you have been caught in a crossfire Vicky, and I'm sincerely sorry. I have put you in harm's way twice, and I will understand if you want to walk away from all of this."Vicky's shoulders seemed to relax as Elijah spoke. She nodded soft
Within a few minutes, Elijah was banging on Kira's door, demanding that she open up and let him in. The minutes counted and it appeared like it was taking forever, so he banged on the door a few more times, and shouted, "Kira, open up.""For Christ's sake, will you calm down, I said I was coming." She shouted back as she opened the door for him to enter. "What's going on?" Elijah asked."I should be the one asking you that. You demanded that I send my address and then you came over here trying to wake the entire neighborhood up. Did you change your drug supplier?""I don't do drugs, and I don't understand. I heard you sniffing on the phone." "And so you hurried here because you thought I was crying?" Kira looked confused."Were you not?""I was. But that's not the point right now. I'm saying that you hurried down here because you thought I was crying?" Elijah rocked on his feet, his actions just now dawning on him. Kira chuckled. "Elijah, I'm no damsel in distress, or at least I'm
"What is going on? That's Grandpa's hospital." "Just come, as soon as you can," Cora replied and hung up. Elijah put his phone back into his pocket and Kira asked, "What's wrong?" "I don't know. That was my sister and she told me to get to Connecticut, to our family hospital right this moment.""But that's not possible, you can't. Give me a moment, let me see how fast I can book a flight for you." Kira said, grabbing her laptop that was on a table, closest to her."Huh? What are you doing?" Elijah stared at Kira in confusion. "Booking a flight for you. You know, that thing that you would need to get yourself from here all the way to Connecticut." Despite feeling shocked after Cora's call, Elijah chuckled at Kira. "I have a private jet, Kira." "What? You…you have a what!?""A private jet.""I heard you the first time. Okay, I knew you were rich, but I didn't realize that you are rich enough to own a jet." "Well, I believe that from today you will know me better, and I, you." El
When Cora heard Elijah's voice, She turned towards the arms of her brother and buried her face in his chest. The tall gene was in the family and it had not passed her by. When the average height of ladies barely reached Elijah's shoulders, Cora's head went past it a bit. Elijah wrapped his arms around Cora and tried to calm her down, whispering sweet nothings and promises that everything would be back to normal in no time, in her ears. He knew he shouldn't be giving her these kinds of promises, definitely not when he didn't even understand what his eyes had just seen behind the glass windowCora eventually relaxed, and Elijah pulled her body away from his slightly, so he could look into her eyes. "Now Cora, take a deep breath and walk me through what happened to Lucas." "Elijah, Grandpa is in a coma." "Well that explains why he is currently looking like that, in a hospital bed, but it doesn't explain what happened to him. Do you know what happened?"Cora nodded in response to his q
Elijah and Cora glanced at the face of the woman they had not seen since the fatherless charity function. Clara, clothed in fur in this heat wave, her lips were crimson red, stood in between her sons, as usual. "You both are just staring at me like it's the first time you are using your eyes properly," Clara said. She turned to look into the glass window that Elijah had been staring through before she came in. "So what's the situation?" Elijah and Cora did not respond, the only sound that filled the silence was the shuffling feet of nurses and doctors going in and out of patient wards. "Have you both suddenly gone deaf?" Clara asked. Elijah gritted his teeth and stepped away from the glass, moving closer to Cora. "Why are you here Clara?" "The last time I checked I am still family, and that old man laying right there," Clara said, pointing at Lucas, "is still my father-in-law." "No one wants you here.""Oh, I can see that. But I am not going anywhere. Besides Lucas, I'm the secon
"Elijah, come here this very minute." Elijah groaned deeply before turning his head to face the source of the voice. He already knew who the voice belonged to, but he turned to look at the person's face anyway. Elijah was wiping down the table used by previous customers who just left the bar, when Mark, the head waiter, called his name. He swiped the table he was cleaning one more time, grabbed the napkin, and walked towards Mark. He was fully aware that Mark hated him, but he didn't care. He couldn't really blame the guy. Deep down Elijah knew that he would probably despise this part of him as well because this version of him was careless and had a terrible fashion sense. He had never received any employee award at the bar, the place he worked, but that was the least of his concerns. He walked up to Mark and stood in front of him. He clasped his hands and bowed his head as a form of respect. "Sir, you called me," Elijah said. Mark grumbled as he took in Elijah's appearance. His u
Bianca's naked body was among the many others gathered there. She couldn't even see him because she was on her knees in front of another man, her eyes closed, as she pleased him with her mouth and her hands while moaning loudly.'What the fuck?' Elijah thought. He ran his hands over his face twice then blinked a couple of times at the image before him. He tried to open his mouth to speak, but no sound came out. He was tongue-tied. This was the very woman he had assumed was pure, innocent, and good. This was the woman behind his sleepless nights while devising procedures and systems to help her family business expand. But here she was, with no care in the world, basically offering her body and mouth, quite literally, to another man in order to get a business collaboration. Elijah's breath began to come in short, fast pants, and his hands still gripping the handle of the service cart tightly turned white. He did not wish to cause a scene, not with all the nakedness surrounding him. He
Elijah woke to the feel of cold water on his body. He opened his eyes and tried to adjust his vision to his surroundings, but everything appeared to have been turned upside down. He tried to move his legs but he was unable to. Elijah glanced at his unmoving legs, and what stared back at him was the ceiling. 'What the hell.' A puzzled look crossed his face.He tilted his head to one side, then to the other side. Then it dawned on him that he was hanging upside down from the ceiling. He opened his mouth to speak up but what came out were mumbled words. A silver tape had been used to cover his mouth. He tried to speak again, but more incoherent words came out. He was about to try again when he received a snack on the back of his head. "You are awake," a familiar voice said. Elijah became aware of the footsteps circling behind him. When the person finished circling, he stopped and appeared in front of Elijah. It was the face of the man Elijah had seen Bianca in an intimate position with