The Marvelous Elijah's Return

The Marvelous Elijah's Return by Rever Chapter 118

A greater price A knock on Miss Grace's suite door made her tired eyes snap open and forced her

topush the comforter off her, getting out of bed.

A moment later, when she got to the door and opened it, sheimmediately had this awful gut feeling that

something was wrong, seeing Ryan, Rookie, and Matt standing there with Dice. "What's wrong, Matt?" Miss

Grace asked, hugging her arms around herself for comfort. "We will be gone for a while, but Dice here will be

your guard until we get back," Matt said, forcing a smile, even though he, Ryan, and Rookie had been nothing

but freakout since they found out that Peach got kidnapped. "Okay... But where are you guys going at such an

hour?" "Work stuff..." Confused by his reply, Miss Grace was speechless for a moment, and the guys turned to

leave hurriedly before she came up with another question, but she suddenly blurted out, making them halt, "Is

Elijah alright?" Slowly, Ryan turned around with a smile, masking his sadness behind a grin that looked

genuine. "He is doing great," He replied with a nod, looking down for a moment, thinking about how miserable

his boss is right now. "Don't worry.". As he was about to turn around, Miss Grace felt a dull ache in her chest

as the thought crossed her mind, and she let it out, "Is my daughter okay?" "Yes. Peach is fine and safe." Ryan

immediately said, knowing that if he hesitated for even a second, her motherly instinct would kick in. "Are you

sure?" "Yes! Elijah just needs us over because of Elmer's case..." "I know him getting Peach the company is a

good thing... but I fear for both their safety... The Hayes are not very forgiving to those who cross them..."

"Elijah knows that. Don't worry... Your daughter means a lot to all of us... And for Elijah, she is extremely

important to him... Her safety is our number one priority. We won't fail our promise." A weak smile appeared

across Miss Grace's face before she quickly nodded, and yet, her motherly instinct had her heart feeling heavy

still and she couldn't help but feel worried about her little girl. All the suite lights were turned off as Elijah sat in

the living room, in the dark, his palms covering his face. For a while, he didn't feel the effect of the minutes

shifting into hours as he just sat there, not moving a muscle until a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts,

making him raise his head from his hands. It took a few seconds before Elijah got up and slowly walked toward

the door, unlocking it. A look of concern crossed Matt, Ryan, and Rookie's faces as they stared at their boss,

seeing the brokenness in his eyes. "I fuck up badly," Elijah blurted out, his voice hoarse. Not holding back,

Ryan pulled him into a hug, and patted him three times on the back before releasing him, not caring that his

paycheck was coming from Elijah as he said," No more blaming yourself, okay? You didn't do anything wrong,

so let's stay focused." "How did it happen?" Rookie added, his eyes filled with worry. Without saying a word,

Elijah pushed the door open wider and led the guys inside before locking the door again and sitting on the

sofa, not wanting to waste any time. "Peach got kidnapped in the parking lot." Elijah started, his hand rubbing

his forehead and eyes shut tightly,"... And got grabbed by some random dude and dragged into a van that has

no plate." "Mask... the dude that grabbed her... did he have a mask on?" Rookie asked, a frown on his lips as

he leaned against the wall. "No. He didn't." "Hotel security cameras..." Understanding what his man was

getting at, Elijah realized that Rookie was onto something With all the emotions he was drowning in, and the

things that had happened, his mind was finally waking up from the devastation and being able to think straight.

Immediately, Elijah awakened from the sofa, gave his men a stare, and said, "Let's take a stroll." The sound of

a loud snore echoed from the guard's mouth throughout the room as his head lolled to the left, completely

passed out in the security room, leaving the monitors unattended and his gun lying on the desk beside him.

After a while, his snore sound got mixed up with the echo of a knock and the guard immediately jumped

awake, realizing he was sleeping at his post. He quickly straightened his uniform and put the gun away in the

holster before opening the door. His jaw dropped when he saw another guard with Elijah, Matt, Ryan, and

Rookie, and since Elijah and Peach had been staying at the suite for a couple of weeks now, he knew him well

and immediately greeted him, "Hello, Mr. Darius... How can I help you?" «Did you watch anything suspicious

happen in the parking lot around six this evening, Bob?" Elijah asked as he looked at him, his eyebrows knitted

together. "Uhm... No sir... the thing is... I had to go use the bathroom at that time and wasn't watching the

monitor... so I didn't see anything." Bob responded, scratching the back of his head. "Good... Can you let my

buddy here take a look at the video clip from the time frame?" "Umm..." "You get a solid 2k, and I can also

make my mind forget that you were sleeping on the job..." That was a win-win deal and Bob didn't hesitate to

eye Klein, and when he didn't show any sign of disapproval or anger towards him, Bob knew Elijah had his

partner too. "Sure." Bob agreed after taking a deep breath. "Thanks. You two can step out now." Elijah said

with a slight smile. A moment later, after the men had left the room, Rookie got behind the computers, feeling

excited as he worked his way through the footage for a couple of minutes, stopping at a particular video of

Elijah's car driving into the parking lot. Then he sat back, watching the entire event of this evening replayed

before his eyes, and Ryan along with Matt just stood there, not blinking as their face screwed into a frown at

Melina acting. Suddenly Elijah's brows snapped together as he let out, "Stop!... There." Slowly, he walked over

to the monitor, pointing at the face of the guy getting out of the van from a few distances behind Peach, with

blonde hair and multiple pieces on his ears. "There's the bastard," Elijah said, trying to calm himself down from

the anger that boiled within him. Taking out his phone, Elijah snapped his image from the screen, and then

Rookie took out a hard drive from his pocket and downloaded the video onto it before deleting it from the hotel

security system. "We got a face... What do we do with it now?" Ryan asked, looking over at Elijah. "This is not

a place for such discussion," Elijah said, putting his phone back into his pocket. Even though that question was

still playing on Ryan's mind, he knew his boss was right, so he waited patiently until they were back inside the

suite with the hard drive. However, before he could allow the question to roll off his tongue again, Elijah had

taken off his phone, focusing on the screen, and after a moment, he put it to his ear. It was quiet for a while,

and then Elijah's voice echoed, breaking the silence, "Did you see the picture that I sent you?" "Yes, boss."

Dice mumbled, looking at Miss Grace as he studied her standing on the third-floor balcony as she watched the

sky, knowing that he couldn't tell her that it was not safe out here for her because that meant risking breaking

the news that Peach got kidnapped. "Do you recognize his face?" "No boss, but I will pass the word on with

the phot..." When Miss Grace heard Dice say the word, "Boss" for the second time, she knew exactly who it

was, and then turned immediately to face him, saying, "Is that Elijah...? Peach is not answering her phone, can

I..." Immediately, Dice ended the call, and Elijah stood still as his hand dropped to his side, trying to snap out of

the despair that was taking over him. Then his ringtone suddenly startled him out of his feelings, and when he

saw on his screen Scorpio's name as the caller ID, he immediately answered. "Hey, boss... The old lady is

becoming restless. She called me today, offering me one million dollars for your death..." Scorpio's voice came

through the phone. "I know... My wife just got kidnapped a couple of hours ago..." Elijah admitted, his voice

cracking a bit. The line went quiet for a minute, then Scorpio spoke again, "My men and I are available. What

do you need?" "I have a picture of one of the kidnappers." "Send it to me." Not wasting any time, Elijah

messaged him the copy of the photo, which he had sent Dice, and then he waited, even though every passing

second felt like an hour to him, and the tension in the room was thick enough to cut with a knife. "That old

witch!" Scorpio suddenly spat, "I knew that something was off the moment she showed up at my place to hire

me, lying that her driver recommended me to her." "What is it?" Elijah inquired, trying not to be distracted. "She

is dining with that crooked ass, Jacob! He's the reason I went to jail! That's one of his men, Scotty! He's a

dirtbag and a man whose morals are rotten and buried in a ten feet grave... Leaving him as nothing but a

despicable nutjob.". "Jacob... Jacob Williams?" When silence settled in after his remark, Elijah felt his heart

drop, dread slowly starting to set in his chest, not knowing what to expect next. "No... Jacob Hartford... A man

filled with a lot of shit and sins... He's a piece of dishonest trash." Scorpio continued, sounding disgusted and

angry. "Whatever he wants for your wife's return... she is going to get hurt and you are going to pay a price

greater than that. Whatever game he wants you to play, scatter the board, and start over... that's the only

chance of you winning."