The Marvelous Elijah's Return novel Chapter 107

Judgment day 

The silence in the lobby was ruined by Daniel, Mr. Boone, Elrod, Madden, Laurier, Viotto, Fox, Caddel, Francis, and Mr. Amana‘s steps as they walked through the front door of Investistic Co. 

The ten men looked confused, seeing that Elijah was not there to greet them, and only Dice with a bunch of security guards were standing in the building, and some guarding outside. 

Since they recognized Dice from the other day, they approached him, and knowing Elijah‘s instructions, Dice smiled softly at the men, giving them a welcoming atmosphere. 

‘Where are Elijah and Peach?” Mr. Boone asked him. 

“My boss will be here soon, but in the meantime, you guys can wait on him in the board room.” Dice said, keeping his face calm while looking into their eyes. 

“This is crazy. Why host a meeting if you can not show up on time,” Mr. Elrod said, frowning hard. 

“Please follow me to the conference room.” 

“Ignoring me, I see.” 

A faint smile was the only thing he got from Dice before he walked off, heading for the elevator. 

The board of directors was hesitant to follow him, feeling uneasy to be in an empty building with men they knew nothing off. 

“I don‘t think this is a good idea,” Mr. Caddel said, looking at the nine men. 

“If we start to act suspicious, it will only give rise to that boy to dig into the files, so we have to stay calm and not act restless.” Mr. Fox said, hardening his face to look tough. 

“What if he already did?” Mr. Francis asked in concern. 

“It‘s just been a day since he got hold of the briefcases, I don’t think he had thought about them, Fox. Also, look at the state of the company... I think he has his hand filled with that.” Mr. Madden said, trying to convince himself as much as the others. 

“You thinking is not a Guarantee… I am with Caddel on this matter, and I want out of this shit!” Mr. Amana said in a low, but aggressive tone. 

When the elevator door opened, Dice turned to look at the ten men still standing in their same position, and he called out, “Are you guys coming?” 

Desperate, Mr. Amana looked back at the entrance of the building and saw that security has blocked the doors, causing chills to run down his spine. 

With one last glance in Dice‘s direction, he decided to go with the others, who started moving towards the elevator, knowing that there was no other way out. 

The room was quiet as Mr. Bamford, Ben, Matt, Ryan, Jerome, and Larry with Elijah and a few others sat 

the table, and Elijah silently watched Ben and his team review Peach‘s works from the two briefcases since that was what he gave them first. 

His legs slightly bounced up and down as the tip of his index fingers slowly brushed against his lips, studying their faces as if they would tell him something. 

He was getting restless, waiting for someone else to speak up, and then Elijah met Ben‘s eyes when he raised his head, finally saying, “Who did these transactions?” 

“My wife,” Elijah said with pride and confidence, a small smile forming on his lips. 

“She did? 

“Why? Is there a problem?” 

Silence settled in the atmosphere for a second as Ben looked back at the paper, and then mumbled.” Wow.” 

Then he turned to look at everyone else, and then continued, “Because of the time limit you had given us. we were only able to review a few of her works, but, no... there‘s no problem... At least not with her reports ... There‘s a serious problem for Elmer Hayes... She successfully unraveled the issues with these transactions, and well, there is serious criminal misconduct within them.” 

“This is a costly and dangerous road you are about to take... Are you sure you want to push this further?” Mr. Bamford said, looking straight into Elijah‘s eye. 

As fear squeezed tightly on his heart, Mr. Fox raised his hands in the air, freezing in his steps with trembling legs.