The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 101

Did you take care of…

When the elevator doors opened again, Daniel, Mr. Boone, Elrod, Madden, Laurier, Viotto, Fox, Caddel, Francis. and Mr. Amana walked out, carrying briefcases that seemed heavy for their aging bones to carry.

A frown immediately settled on Elijah‘s face when he saw them with those briefcases, he pinched the bridge of his nose, groaned, and said, “You ten, stop right there!”

A nervous glance clouded their eyes as a look of hesitation settled on their faces and the ten of them halted in their steps.

Drawing a deep breath to calm his annoyance, Elijah walked over to them, and then asked, “What‘s in the briefcases that makes them look heavy?”

The men exchanged confused looks between themselves as if asking each other whether they should answer or just keep their silence.

“Papers,” Daniel replied in an annoyed voice as he glanced at the floor before looking at Elijah and asked in irritation, “Can we go now?!”

“Nah, not with the briefcases… You can‘t.” Elijah stated calmly as he stood directly in front of the men.

“Why not?! We have the right to.”

“Every document belonging to Investistic Co. is not allowed to leave the walls of this building until further notice. So open all ten of the briefcases and…”

Looking over his shoulder, Elijah met Ryan‘s eyes and said calmly, “Ryan will check these so–called papers, and whatever belongs to the company will stay right here.”

The feeling of anxiety by those words made Daniel and his colleagues freeze in place with fear and apprehension.

‘Elmer Hayes and us will be in some deep legal shit if these papers land in this boy‘s hands.‘ Daniel thought as the others were silent, staring at Elijah and Ryan, and clutching onto their briefcase tightly.

‘I told these idiots for us to hide these papers and pick it up at a later date… But no, Fox said that this boy was a fool, and we could easily walk out of here with them. Now look at this mess!‘ Mr. Caddel thought with worry as he looked around nervously.

Feeling hot in his coat, Mr. Fox looked at Elijah dead–serious expression, and swallowed hard, mumbling in his head, ‘Why is this happening now? Why? Why?? I thought he wasn‘t smart enough for this stuff! mean, look at what he did with the company employees, and now, he suddenly wants to act professional with us??!! What the hell?‘

‘There‘s no way he can understand these numbers on the papers and figure it out, right?… He can‘t have a brain for this kind of stuff… does he?‘ Mr. Laurier thought with concern in his face.

The ten men stared intensely at Elijah and Ryan for a moment, and then Daniel said in a firm tone, “This is harassment on our right… and we will not comply with any illegal authorization for our private belongings to get temper with or search.”

Elijah gave him the same stern gaze he gave the rest of the group, and then, at that exact moment, a bunch of men walked into the lobby with Rick heading the group,

their faces stone cold.

The board of directors watched silently, fear dancing in their eyes and their palms sweating with nerves.

“The easy way or the hard way,” Elijah announced calmly in a quiet tone that almost sounded bored,” either way, we are searching those briefcases.”

‘This boy… This kid… what the fuck did he just pull?!‘ Mr. Francis thought, looking at the ground, sweat trickling down his forehead.

Slowly. Mr. Boone nodded his head and stepped towards Ryan, holding up his briefcase and opening it. saying, “Let‘s get this over with.”

The members of the board eyed each other before sighing when they heard Ryan

say, “Stand in a straight line, one at a time.”

‘This is humiliating!‘ Daniel cried in his head as he made his way to the back of the line, lowering his head.

The search went on for about a couple of minutes, and when Ryan finally got done with Daniel, he looked back at Elijah and said, “The only things these guys need to be walking out of here with is their keys, wallets, and phone. None of these documents should leave

this building.”

‘Shit!‘ Mr. Fox panicked in his head.

‘Damnit!‘ Mr. Boone cursed in his mind.

‘Who is this other young man?! Why does this boy have brains around him?! What is going on?! why isn‘t he being useless like the rumors?!‘

‘This is trouble!

What the hell!’ Laurier cried in his head anxiously,

Hardening his face, Elijah met their shaky gaze and said, “You heard the man… Drop the briefcases and leave… Also, don‘t try to travel. You don‘t want to piss me off by doing that.”

With a defeated look, everyone dropped the briefcases in front of Elijah‘s feet, eyeing Rick and the other men, feeling their hearts drop at their cowardice.

‘Why am I allowing this boy to shake me this much… There‘s no way he can figure out what these papers are…’ Mr. Laurier thought in dismay, trying to convince himself that it was nothing. ‘Even if he does, what is he going to do about it… Showing up with a will is one thing, but making Elmer… A Hayes, own up to his sins… that‘s

impossible.‘

“You are making a gravel mistake here. You and Peach are at the bottom of the corporate ladder, and if you are to climb, you need people with experience to help you guys, or else the bottom is where you two are sinking, and you will take the company with you.” Mr. Amana declared firmly as he stared at Elijah with fire in his eyes.

“I agree.” Elijah replied calmly. “Thanks for the advice… You all can go home now.”

A look of confusion and shock spread across the men‘s faces because they didn‘t expect him to just accept it. But they said nothing and walked away.

When they all gathered outside of the building, Mr. Boone turned to the others and asked, “So, who‘s going to tell Elmer that Elijah has the files?”

An uncomfortable silence fell on them for a few seconds until Mr. Fox broke it by chuckling awkwardly and said, “No one… There‘s nothing that boy can do to punish a man like Elmer… So even if he finds out the truth, he will keep his mouth shut, if he doesn‘t want a problem with the Hayes.”

“But why do I feel like he wants a problem with them though… Have we forgotten that he beat the crap out of Elmer and nothing came out of it?” Mr.

Caddel questioned, rubbing the back of his neck nervously as he shook his head.

“Honestly, I feel the same…” Mr. Francis commented in a worried tone.

The ten of them

shared a troubled look, wondering how to handle that situation.

“What are we gonna do…?” Mr. Francis asked in desperation, glancing nervously at the entrance, while the other members shared anxious glances amongst themselves. “Should we run?”

“From a kid… Come on, guys… If we go down, Elmer Hayes goes down with us, and trust me, there‘s no way the Hayes will allow that boy to succeed in trapping Elmer, so we are safe.” Daniel replied with a smirk.

“Are we sure though?” Mr. Viotto uttered, sounding confused, “That kid scares the living daylights out of us just now… we shouldn‘t pretend that he didn‘t… Something is off about him… his daredevil attitude is just too wild for a lowlife who knows he doesn‘t have a backing.”

His words left the rest of the board with a heavy realization as they looked at each other hesitantly, and even though none of them wanted to voice their thoughts, they all knew Viotto was right.

The Hayes mansion was calm as Madam Jewel walked into the living room, but one look at Dean and a bit of tension filled the air as her expression grew solemn.

“What‘s wrong?” She asked concerned as she approached her son.

“That bastard was at the company when Josh and I went there, and he…” Dean trailed off as anger flashed through his dark brown eyes and the vein on his forehead started throbbing.

“What did he do?”

“Nothing,”

A sense of embarrassment made Dean draw a deep breath, knowing that explaining his confrontation with Elijah would only make him look like a fool.

“Did you take care of what I asked of you to do there?” Madam Jewel asked, sounding slightly annoyed.

“Yes,” Dean replied quietly with shame written all over his face. “The employees have quit. Jones confirmed that all the employees left the building after I told them that we will be paying them two months ‘salary in advance for quitting their jobs.”

A small smile formed on Madam Jewel‘s lips as she patted him on the cheek, and then asked, “Well done, my son… How about what Elmer asked you to tell the board of directors?”

“It was going to take a long while to gather all the documents, but the members of the board assured me that those papers will be taken out of the company and burnt.” Dean answered with a sigh.

Immediately, Madam Jewel looked pleased when she heard Dean‘s reply, saying, “Good… Those documents could be a bit of a handful for us to handle, so they shouldn‘t exist since Peach and that scum have access to the building now… But

soon, all that is going to change.” There was a brief pause and then she suddenly grinned, saying in a cheerful tone, “We should have a family

dinner to celebrate!”

“Celebrate what?” Dean blurted out absentmindedly.

But his mother only gave him a sweet smile, stroking his chin and said, “Call your

siblings and tell them dinner is at the mansion tonight.”Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.