The Marvelous Elijah's Return

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. 

interrogated that night?... Yeah, I did... Something about him driving off the highway bridge to

there‘s more to it, involving the Hayes, ‘so can you have your ears on the ground, and any piece of

me, okay, J?”

“Yes, boss.” 

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

the call about?” Elijah asked, sounding very

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,

Text

Scorpio took out his pack of cigarettes, not caring that he left

take a smoke when his phone started ringing and he slowly took it

didn‘t speak for a while until finally hearing Scorpio

me your number,” Elijah replied with a calm

Jerome are that close for such informalities,

see the

respect people, even if there‘s a huge gap between wealth and

confused by where Scorpio was taking this conversation, Elijah held back

final decision on if I am taking the job to kill

have heard,” Elijah responded dryly,

you are an okay guy, and they love their current job with you, so, I am not the type to betray family...

and all, but

and cough a little bit before letting out, “What? You . want me to kill

process.” Elijah said, looking

“I am listening.” 

but increase the payment from twenty to forty thousand”

that kind of money for your death...”

and then tell her you will request for your balance after my death... So even without killing me,

face at those words, and an amused

know why Dice and Jerome are devoted to you... The

turned around when Dice approached him and said, “Boss, our men are on

before focusing back on

Elijah‘s voice say, “And every time she calls you to find out why I am not dead yet, tell her that you will

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.”

then he said, “If that‘s

again

a couple of guys‘ names, Ryan, Rookie, Matt, and James, and then there‘s me...

She‘s going to get tired of asking me to finish the job at

a henchman for hire, so you must know others like yourself... Keep watch in your circle for the names of those people that I