The Marvelous Elijah's Return novel Chapter 100

Just get the job done 

The elevator slowly opened, and Daniel Ferguson along with a couple of old dudes walked out, looking confused like children separated from their parents at the grocery store. 

When Daniel‘s eyes locked with Elijah, he scowled slightly, and then walked over to them, saying, “It‘s you.” 

“Who are these guys?” Elijah questioned, raising an eyebrow at the other. 

Looking back, Daniel stared at his colleagues‘ faces, and then faced Elijah saying, “Mr. Boone, Elrod, Madden, Laurier, Viotto, Fox, Caddel, Francis, and Mr. Amana... The members of the board.” 

“You are...” Mr. Elrod stated bluntly, gazing at Elijah. “Madam Jewel‘s new grandson–in–law... Where is your wife.” 

“Home,” Elijah said with a casual expression. 

An awkward silence settled in the atmosphere as the board of directors ignored him and then stared around. 

And almost in unison, they focused back on Elijah and asked, “Where is everyone?” 

“Gone,” Elijah said in the same indifferent manner. 

“Gone?” Mr. Fox repeated with a disbelieving look. “Gone where?!” 

Getting a bit frustrated with the questioning, Elijah rubbed his forehead and said, “I fired them.” 

“What?! Are you crazy!?” Mr. Caddel blurted out. “Where is your wife? Why did she let you here unsupervised, after all, she now owns this place?!” 

The way Elijah‘s expression shifted from calm to annoyed made them instantly change their tone from demanding to worried ones. 

“You ten should go home too and come back on Saturday for the board meeting,” Elijah said flatly. 

“But...” Mr. Laurier stuttered, pausing when Elijah looked away from them. 

Focusing on Dice, Elijah‘s face hardened as he said, “Can you get a couple of men to come here? This company is going under lockdown for now, and no one not allowed in this building should be here. If they are, throw them out.” 

“I am on it, boss.” Dice let out before walking off to make the call. 

A look of annoyance clouded the faces of the directors, but they didn‘t argue, and instead, walked back to . the elevator to get their things from their offices. 

Suddenly, Elijah‘s phone buzzed, and he shut his eyes to calm his stress. After the second rang, he drew a deep breath and answered the phone, resting it against his ear. 

“J, I had thoughts to call you but have been occupied.” Elijah let out calmly. 

“Is something wrong, boss?” Jerome‘s voice came through the line. 

“You heard what happened to Meeks, right?” “That lawyer we interrogated that night?... Yeah, I did... Something about him driving off the highway bridge to his death in the ocean.” 

“Well, I am certain that there‘s more to it, involving the Hayes, ‘so can you have your ears on the ground, and any piece of information about that day about him, before the accident happened or even after it did, 

get it to me, okay, J?” 

“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?” 

“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.” 

“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. 

“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-” 

“So, is that a, ‘Yes?”