The Marvelous Elijah's Return

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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. 

harassment on our right... and we will not comply

gave the rest of the group, and then, at that exact moment, a bunch of men walked into the lobby with Rick heading the

watched silently, fear dancing in

the hard way,” Elijah announced calmly in a quiet tone

This kid… what the fuck did he just pull?!‘ Mr.

head and stepped towards Ryan, holding up

the board eyed each other before sighing when they heard

his way to the back of the line, lowering

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.

panicked in his head.

cursed

boy have brains around him?! What is going

‘This is trouble! 

hell!’ Laurier cried in his

their shaky gaze and said, “You heard the man... Drop the briefcases and leave... Also, don‘t try

feet, eyeing Rick and the other men, feeling their hearts drop at their cowardice.

to convince himself that it was nothing. ‘Even if he does, what is he going to do about it... Showing up with a

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

replied calmly. “Thanks for the advice... You all can go

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

of the building, Mr. Boone turned to the others and asked, “So, who‘s going to tell

Fox broke it by chuckling awkwardly and said, “No one... There‘s nothing that boy can do to punish a man like

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.

rubbing the back of his neck nervously as he shook

Mr. Francis

of them

a troubled look, wondering how