The Marvelous Elijah's Return novel Chapter 182

Chapter 182 Face to face

Like a madman, Deacon opened fire on the SUV, bullets flying everywhere as he screamed, “Go to hell!”

As the sound of bullets hitting the car from every angle, Matt, Dice, and Rookie kept their head down, and Matt could hear Elijah screaming from the other end of the call, “Matt, say something! Please! Are you guys okay?! Is anyone Hurt? Fucking tell me something, anything!”

“We are okay, boss!” Matt shouted back, because of the deafening sound of the fires.

Finally, silence ceased the atmosphere, and immediately, Dice raised his head, feeling glad that he was working for Elijah because of how built their vehicles were, and even though the car took a lot of hits, a single bullet didn’t penetrate the car.

Staring at Deacon, Dice immediately guess that he was out of bullets, and with a fifty-fifty chance that that was true, he jumped out of the car, causing Rookie to scream, “Dice, no!”

When Deacon saw him coming toward him, he turned to run for his car, but like a wild cat, Dice lunged toward him, grabbing him by the neck as the two dropped to the ground.

Before he knew it, Dice pulled out a gun, pointed it at Deacon, pushed it against his forehead, and said, “Act up, and I will pop your brain!”

“I surrender !” Deacon shouted as Dice shoved the gun harder against his head, ” You all are Elijah’s men, right? All I ask is don’t turn me over to the police, or else he will kill me.”

“Who will kill you!”

“Let me speak to your boss face to face. I will only answer that question to your boss, in his presence.”

Frowning, Dice slightly pulled the trigger back as his jaw tightened and then he sighed, knowing Elijah had been searching for weeks for this dude and killing him would be a useless move.

Without saying a word, Dice lifted the gun and slammed it into Deacon’s head, making him scream, “What the hell!”

Immediately, Matt and Rookie rushed out of the van when Dice slammed him in the back of his head again, making Deacon scream, “If you kill me, I ain’t talking…”

As Dice was going in for a third hit, Rookie grabbed his wirst and said,

That’s enough… A dead man has no voice… Got it?”

Looking at the car with wild eyes, Matt froze at the sight of how much bullets holes got stuck in the metal, and then he said, “Boss, we got him.”

Drawing a deep breath, Elijah sighed, dropping onto the couch, his heartbeat taking a moment to calm down after the stress he went through.

“Where’s that bastard?” Elijah said calmly, and yet, his tone carried an edge that sent chills down Matt’s spine.

“Dice has him pinned to the ground,” Matt responded.

Overhearing Matt’s conversation, Deacon struggled to pull his lips from the dirt and then shouted, ignoring the pain in his head, “Is that Elijah! Tell him I am willing to talk if he’s willing to meet up with me and talk!”

Because of the volume of his voice, Elijah picked up on what he said, and his fist tightened as he said to Matt, “Tell Dice to take him to the warehouse. I will be there in Syldavia a couple of hours from now.”

“Okay, boss,” Matt said, looking back at Dice’s knees pressed into Deacon’s spine.

After dropping the call with Matt, Elijah sighed as he woke from the couch and then walked out of the living room, heading for their bedroom.

When he opened the door, Peach immediately raised her face from her palms and woke from the edge of the bed, walking over to him.

Seeing the fear in her eyes, Elijah felt his heart clench, and he quickly moved forward and embraced her body, letting her head to rest on his chest as she clutched his shirt.

“Is Matt okay?” Peach whispered, burying her face deeper into his chest. Nodding softly, Elijah kissed the top of her head. “He is alive. They are all okay.”

With a sniff, Peach closed her eyes as she hugged him tighter and said, “Thank God.”

Pulling away from the hug, Elijah cupped both sides of her face before saying, Everything will be okay.”

Immediately noticing the hesitant look on his face, Peach asked, “What is it?”

“I got to go back to Syldavia. Matt and the others got him. I need answers, love… I need closure..” Elijah said, lowering his height to meet her eyes as he held her by the shoulders with this desperate look in his eyes. “I have to put this all behind me to be babe to move on and-”

“I understand, babe. And I want that for you… I want that for you so badly. I need you to be free from all of this so you can go out with your daughter without looking over your shoulder, or wondering if you’re being followed…”

Caressing his cheek, Peach looked up at him and said, “Just make sure that you come home safe. Promise me.”

With a smile, Elijah hugged her waist closer and muttered, “I promise you.”

After hugging her one last time, Elijah walked over to Piki’s crib and bent down, kissing her on her forehead, feeling his heart aching as he mumbled, “Daddy, will be back before you even know it, okay, love?”

With one last kiss on her cheek, Elijah pulled away from the crib, walked back to

Peach, and raised her chin, claiming her bottom lip slowly, shutting his eyes as they melted into each other’s arms and warm.

The Wearhouse was quiet for a while, and Deacon held in his thoughts as he stared at all the men around him.

But as the minutes became hours, Deacon got frustrated, blurting out, “When will your boss be here?!”

Already pissed at the mere sight of Deacon, Dice didn’t hesitate to slap behind his head and mumbled, “Shut up before I relocate your bones.”

Swallowing hard, Deacon closed his mouth as he looked around the room, seeing everyone glaring at him like they wanted to beat the living shit out of him.

The silence afterward dragged on for a long time before the sound of a helicopter suddenly reached their ears, and the entire Wearhouse seemed to tense up.

“The boss is here,” Matt whispered as the sound of the wind outside the window got louder.

The noise from the chopper finally ceased, and everyone in the warehouse stood their ground, waiting with bated breath for whoever it was who stepped inside the Wearhouse.

After a moment, slowly, the doorknob was twisted, and the door swung open, revealing none other than Elijah himself.

“Boss!” Every man in the room hollered out in unison.

Shutting the door behind him, Elijah smiled at his men, glad to see them in one piece and alive, and he said, “I miss you suckers!”