The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 138

That‘s it The driver slowly lowered his weapon, watching Elijah‘s eyes, and seeing no trace of fear or anger inside them, he took a step forward toward Elijah and spoke, “I am nowhere related to you or this person that wants you dead. Hell, I don’t give a shit about this whole situation. I am in this for the bag, and if you think you can buy your life back, I am down with your deal.”

“Buy my life back,” Elijah snorted before saying, “Sure, let‘s see it that way.” The way Elijah looked unbothered by their threat had them even more confused, and the driver hesitated for a moment before putting his knife back into his belt.“ Alright, okay. We‘ll do it your way. Now please, get inside the van.” “Nah, it doesn‘t work that way,” Elijah stated bluntly, pausing as a taxi suddenly came to a stop right by them. “Our ride is here.” “He‘s getting in a freaking taxi, Lex!” One of the men whispered firmly to the driver.

“I can see that!” Lex exclaimed. “And you think that he has the money to out pay Texan?!” “I can fucking see that we got played, Alan! You don‘t need to shove it in my face!”

The fact that they were acting like Elijah wasn‘t two feet away from them made Elijah struggle to guess these guys‘ Iq and rethink his decision to work with them. When Elijah raised his gaze and he and the driver’s eyes locked, Lex scowled and said, “You were stalling... so all the bullcrap you said–“ “Are still happening, if you guys are down,” Elijah said calmly, his eyes never leaving Lex. “But we are taking this conversation to our suite, not in your van... After all, you guys are still after my life.” The six men stared at him like he was this complex math problem that none of them could understand, and they exchanged glances amongst themselves, unsure of whether to believe him or not. Impatient with Elijah and the others’ delay, the cab driver honks hard making all ten men glare at him.

“What‘s your next move?” Elijah asked.

Lex gave him a sideways glance, thinking hard as he glanced at the other guys, noticing the looks that they were giving each other. He then cleared his throat

and spoke again, “So where exactly do you guys stay?” At twelve o‘clock, the cab brought Elijah and the others to Silvershore hotel, and then the van made a stop right by it in the parking lot.

when Elijali and his vien got out of the taxi, Lex and the other guys were already out, frozen in their spot, looking at the massive skyscraper in front of them.

“Ohoho! He can definitely pay us way more than what Texan is willing to give us.” Alan chuckled while looking up at it with a grin.

The guy next to him patted him on the shoulder and mumbled, “You are drooling. Shut it.” “You stay here?” Lex asked as he stared at Elijah in doubt. However, a moment later, when Elijah swiped the key card in the suite door and it opened, Lex‘s jaw hung loose, wondering why he was riding a taxi, but living in an expensive suite. “This dude is fucking weird,” Alan whispered, and that was one statement that Lex agreed wholeheartedly with.

A while later, they were all stationed in the living room, and Elijah looked at Lex, giving him his three commands, “Make the call, put the call on a loudspeaker, and record the call.”

A hesitant look crossed Lex‘s face, but knowing how much it cost to stay in this hotel for just a night, he hastily reached into his pocket, dialing Texan‘s number. “Lex, do you guys have eyes on all four targets?” Texan‘s voice filled the speaker. “Yes. We have them in sight.”

“Good.”

There was a brief pause as Lex hesitated and then he said with a straight face,“ Teddy wants to know how much is our cut on this job?” “He‘s at it again with dumb questions?” Texan blurted out with a nervous laugh. “Actually, not of us find it dumb, except you, Texan. So, how much is our cut?” “...Well, you guys know that I have the others to pay, so it‘s going to be... 2.5k.” “That‘s it?”

“That is it...”

“How much are you going through for this entire operation?” “Look, Lex...! Do we have a problem or something?!”

Hearing the raise in Texan‘s voice, Lex frowned along with the other guys before he mumbled, “No, we don‘t.” Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

“Good! Then I will join you guys later, once we have taken care of Williams‘s family.” Texan mumbled in annoyance.

Immediately, Elijah‘s face went blauk, knowing what those words meant and exactly who was behind them.

“Cut off the call!” Elijah mouthed to Lex. Understanding his lips movement, Lex canceled the call and looked straight into Elijah‘s dark eyes. “What?” Lex asked, confused. “I will triple the 2.5k if you guys can find out how they plan to get rid of the Williams,” Elijah said, feeling desperate inside, but not showing it on his face. “That‘s easy... I will call Zac. Texan tells him stuff because they are friends, and that one can never keep his lips shut about anything, even if his life depends on it.” Teddy said, pulling out his phone. A moment later, his call to Zac got answered and everyone heard, “What‘s up Teddy?”

“Nothing much. Just watching the new targets...” Teddy said with a pause, knowing that was all he need to say. “Oh, Elijah Darius... Dude, that fucker pissed off an old woman called Jewel, and now she wants us to put him in a coffin, and his three buds will be a bonus...” Zac said with this cold laugh that made Matt realize that he was a brutal manic who love to brag about his prey. “Damn... What did he do to her though?” Teddy laughed, matching Zac‘s energy. “Who knows... But the little fucker seems to know things that he should know about this old lady, according to Texan, and now, we got to, Haha... you know... Send him on his way.”

“The doctor –“

“Oh, right. By four on the dot, the house is going to light up with the family in it... BOOM! Hahahaha...!”

A sense of fear settled in the living room, and it took a moment before Teddy asked, “What does that mean?” ,

“You know... A Bomb... When Texan told me that that was what we were going to be using, I was disappointed because I want to watch the lights fade slowly with a

bullet wound in their heads, but oh well...” Zac said, the excitement in his voice making Elijah sick to his stomach. “We are on our way to the doctor‘s son‘s house right now to help Texan set them up inside.”

The line when quiet for a while as Teddy watched Elijah stand to his feet before he mumbled, “You guys are going to have all the fun while we are stuck on watch duty.”

A cold laugh sounded through the speaker and then Zac said, “Who says you guys will not be allowed to have your fun when we come for those four? Anyway... See you later. I am driving.” The moment Teddy ended the call, Elijah let out, “We got to go back.” “With that manic on his way there, you are not going!” Matt growled, standing from his seat. “We don‘t know what kind of weapon they have. So, respectfully boss, you are not walking into a place that is about to blow up.”