The Marvelous Elijah's Return

“Yes, boss.”

The was a brief pause in the conversation and then Jerome‘s voice came through the line again,

“About the Hayes… My cousin attended your wedding, and unfortunately, she couldn‘t bring her

boyfriend because he was in jail and just got out a while back, but I guess she told him about you and

her words must have been good praises because I just got a call from him.”

“What was the call about?” Elijah asked, sounding very curious.

“Scorpio is a retire henchman, and he just informed me that Madam Jewel is there with your photos,

offering him twenty thousand to kill you, and since he knows who you are through my cousin, he

wanted to ask me to give his number to you, so you two can talk right now.”

“I see... Text me it.”

Standing outside of the building, Scorpio took out his pack of cigarettes, not caring that he left Madam

Jewel and her men back in his office.

After lighting it, he was about to take a smoke when his phone started ringing and he slowly took it from

his pocket, answering the call.

Hesitating, Elijah didn‘t speak for a while until finally hearing Scorpio say, “Elijah Darius?”

“Yeah, J just sent me your number,” Elijah replied with a calm voice.

“J?... Ahh! I see, you and Jerome are that close for such informalities, huh?”

“Well, I don‘t see the reason to not be.”

“True. I admire that… A man who knows how to appreciate and respect people, even if there‘s a huge

gap between wealth and status.”

Slightly confused by where Scorpio was taking this conversation, Elijah held back his tongue and

waited.

“Your grandmother–in–law is in my office, waiting for my final decision on if I am taking the job to kill

you or not,” Scorpio said with a small chuckle before taking a puff from his cigarette.

“So I have heard,” Elijah responded dryly,

“Now, this is the situation, my babe‘s cousin and uncle work for you, and from what I heard from

Jerome, you are an okay guy, and they love their current job with you, so, I am not the type to betray

family... and since you are somewhat in our circle, I wouldn‘t take the job.”

“That‘s sweet and all, but take the job.”

Those words made Scorpio choke on his cigarette and cough a little bit before letting out, “What? You .

want me to kill you?”

“No. I need you to mess with her for a while and earn some Hayes‘ cash in the process.” Elijah said,

looking at Ryan, eyeing him with a glance of worry and curiosity in his eyes.

“I am listening.”

“Take the offer, but increase the payment from twenty to forty thousand”

“Will she pay that kind of money for your death...”

“She‘s desperate, so, ‘yes‘ Ask her for a twenty thousand down payment, and then tell her you will

request for your balance after my death... So even without killing me, you still get the full price for not

doing the job.”

A cocky smile surfaced on Scorpio‘s face at those words, and an amused laugh

escaped his lips as he watched the smoke float away and then said, “I now know why Dice and Jerome

are devoted to you... The Hayes are stupid for coming after a man like you.”

Immediately. Elijah turned around when Dice approached him and said, “Boss, our men are on their

way here.”

“Thanks,” Elijah said before focusing back on the call.

With a soft smile, Scorpio watched the sky as he listened to Elijah‘s voice say, “And every time she

calls you to find out why I am not dead yet, tell her that you will soon get the job done, and let her spent

her nights and every waking moment waiting and stressing for news that will never happen.”

“Damn!! I don‘t know if I admire or fear you... But one thing I would say is that I am glad I settled for

your side and not hers... She seems like those kind of rich douches with nasty attitudes toward us

lowlife, who society has cast aside to be eaten by the darkness.” Scorpio laughed with pain in his

eyes.

For a moment Elijah allowed the silence to settle and drag on, and then he said, “If that‘s the case, then

| would like to give you a job... not to kill anyone, but protect.”

“I am listening,” Scorpio answered again with the same cocky tone.

“I have a list of people that I hold dear to my heart, my mother–in–law, my wife, a couple of guys‘

names, Ryan, Rookie, Matt, and James, and then there‘s me... I am going in full swing for the Hayes,

and I know this will not be their last attempt to get rid of me-”

“Honestly, I thought the same. She‘s going to get tired of asking me to finish the job at some point.”

“Exactly. Jerome said that you are a henchman for hire, so you must know others like yourself... Keep

watch in your circle for the names of those people that I called... I will send you pictures later… Alert

me if there‘s a target on their back, and get paid every month.”

A look of disbelief crossed Scorpio‘s face as he dropped the cigar, marched it, and mumbled, “You

want me to be your watchman. That‘s it?!”

“Yes,” Elijah answered with confidence in his tone.

“Well, this is the cleanliness money I am ever going to earn... I think I am finally going to settle down

with Dana.”

“So, is that a, ‘Yes?”

“Definitely!”

A sense of impatience had Madam Jewel boiling with rage as she paced the floor of Scorpio‘s office,

struggling to keep herself composed.

Finally, the door cracked open and Scorpio calmly made his way into the room with a dead–serious

expression on his face.

Then he walked back to his seat, sat at the table, and rested his boots on its wooden surface.

“I will kill this Elijah guy for you, but my price is not twenty thousand, but forty,” Scorpio said confidently,

not taking his cold eyes off of Madam Jewel‘s face.

“WHAT!” Madam Jewel yelled in disbelief. “Forty?! He‘s just a lowlife scoundrel with no valuable worth

whatsoever! So why should I pay such a price for a useless soul!“.

“If he is so worthless then why do you want him dead, so, so... badly?... your lips are saying one thing,

but your eyes, ugh, they are a wide–open window to your dark soul, and if you want me to do this job,

that‘s my

price.”

“Twenty–five thousand–”

“Forty! Fifty percent upfront before the job gets done, and then once his body is laying cold in a six feet

hole, I expect you to have my balance.”

“You can‘t be serious!”

A sense of confusion clouded her mind at the quick shift in Scorpio‘s attitude just from the short cigar

break he told her that he was going to take.

“Time is money, grandma, and you are wasting mine.” Scorpio snapped back while leaning forward on

his chair, glaring at Madam Jewel with a cold stare.

“Fine!” Madam Jewel said harshly, clenching her fists tightly as she glared back at Scorpio. “But you

better kill that bastard, or else–”

“No need for the threats, grandma. You will get to wear black as long as you cooperate... and I too

will.”

“Okay, I will write a check-”

“Wire it...”

Placing his boots on the floor, Scorpio reached for a pen and then paper and wrote an account down,

continuing, “to this number.”

A frown etched itself over Madam Jewel‘s face at the sight of the paper as she picked it up, and then

she took out her phone, eyeing Scorpio before doing the transaction.

A couple of minutes later, his phone buzzed, and he couldn‘t believe that Elijah was right, but he didn‘t

show it on his face, extended his hand, and said in a cocky tone, “It‘s pleasure doing business with you,

grandma.” 1.

“Just get the job done!” Madam Jewel said in annoyance before storming out of the room with her

bodyguards.