The Son-in-law's Revenge

Chapter Eight

"My handsome grandbaby." came a deep voice, as a cane struck the ground from the entrance of the office Elijah was sitting in. Elijah turned to face his grandfather, Lucas, who had a broad smile on his face. He had been sitting in his grandfather's office for almost five minutes, waiting for his arrival.

"Grandpa, I'm not a baby anymore."

"Oh, you're not. My eyes must be playing tricks on me then."

Lucas’ eyes twinkled as he spoke to Elijah, and his lips twitched as if he was trying to stop himself from smiling too much. Elijah squinted his eyes at Lucas as he replied. "We both know that your eyes are working quite alright. All I'm saying is that calling me a grandbaby at 30 years of age is embarrassing."

Lucas walked into the room with a style in his steps, as he used his cane that had a golden eagle's head at the top of it for support. He moved around the desk and sat in his office chair. "Till the day I die, you will remain my grandbaby." 

Elijah scoffed. Lucas picked up the pack of cigars lying on his desk, removed a piece out of it, and asked Elijah to light it for him. He settled back into his chair and puffed out smoke from his mouth and his nostrils a few times, nearly filling the room with smoke. Then Lucas looked up and eyed Elijah before saying, "You clean up nicely." 

"Thank you." This was the seventh day since being rebranded. The old Elijah was long gone, and this was the beginning of a new him. Cora had called all hands on deck, after his attempt to get out of his wheelchair, from the barber to the physiotherapist, to a fashion designer, and an interior decorator for his home to help with his recuperation. Although Elijah had initially thought she was doing too much when she had called the interior decorator, he felt good afterward when he stepped into his house to see that everything had changed. He had felt a powerful and superior energy when he walked in.

Elijah's legs were stronger than before. He could stand and go a few paces around the room without falling. However, he walked with a limp, and his physiotherapist advised him to continue using the wheelchair for a while before moving to using crutches and then walking without any support.  

Elijah looked at Lucas as he blew out a few more puffs, then watched him reach for a document on his desk and slide it across to him. "Sign where you need to, and when you are through, we will go to the office together to announce your new ownership," Lucas said. 

Elijah picked up the document and opened it. The document contained the reward for his three years of intense suffering with Bianca. He scanned every paper and signed in the appropriate places he was meant to. LM Airways was his to take. The airways was his grandfather's second company, which he had built from the ground up, and he was excited to be in control of his life again.

The first company, also founded by Lucas, had been passed down to Elijah's father shortly before his death. But his stepmother, Clara, had taken over the company's operations. Elijah and his grandfather hated that John had remarried, six months after his mother died and after Cora was born. His mother had died at Cora’s birth. 

Elijah's father had been forced to marry Clara. On one of the nights that his father's grief had gotten a better part of him, he had gotten drunk and had had a one-night stand with the daughter of one of the powerful men in the city. Although the man was not as powerful as his grandfather, Lucas just wanted peace to reign, when three months later, they came knocking heavily on their door, claiming Clara was pregnant and John had to marry her. They rushed the marriage and a few months later his twin step-brothers, Alex and Austin were born. 

Elijah looked up at his grandfather as he passed the document to him, cradling his copy against his chest. Happy that it was just the first step toward his revenge. 

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When Lucas and Elijah arrived at the office, they exited Lucas' Range Rover. Lucas couldn't help Elijah into his wheelchair. So his driver assisted Elijah instead. Elijah thanked him and wheeled himself alongside his grandfather. 

They were still moving when they heard someone shout "You!"