"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
The sound of a constant beep stirred Elijah up. He opened his eyes slowly as he tried to adjust to the lighting in the room. He heard the beeping sound again and he opened his mouth to complain, mumbling words at the sound. He carefully turned his head to the side, noticing a white wall and a wide window that did not look familiar. Then he turned to the other side and he saw a tube that extended from his hand to an IV bag, which made him realize that he was in the hospital.As he glanced at his hand, something white underneath his gaze caught his attention. He looked down and saw that his legs were in a white cast, raised, and he began to remember everything that had happened, but not the details of how he had gotten to the hospital. The thought of Bianca made him frown. All he felt at the thought of her was hatred. The position he had met her in, in that room was imprinted in his mind. He tried to think of other things, but all he could think about was Bianca and everything he had go
Bianca had filed for divorce. Elijah was not completely stunned by the divorce because she had openly referred to him as her ex-husband inside all that disgusting nakedness. However, he was angry at how quickly the divorce papers had gotten to him. She couldn't even wait to present it to him personally, so she went through his friend."Is she that desperate to get rid of me from her life? For something that just happened, the divorce papers came in really fast."Elijah said, his upper lip curled in distaste and disdain, as he placed the papers on the side table. Marcus sighed, "It shows that she was prepared to divorce you man, yesterday just presented her with the right opportunity to pull it through. I'm not sure I should even be saying this, but she called me last night to come pick it up at the bar where you work."Elijah remained quiet. The wheels in Elijah's head began to turn, looking for ideas on how he would make Bianca and her partner suffer. So after he had been tossed into