The Marvelous Elijah's Return novel Chapter 147

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Allegations

The anger Elijah selt suddenly burst out of his throat in a bitter laugh as he ignored ihe pain it caused him, lis rage fuelling his courage, and then his face went cold as he said, “I did no such thing, and maybe if our Senator would have used liis brain and not his heart–”

Frowning, Isabella raised her hand, swinging it for his face, but Elijah caught it in midair and tossed her hand away froin him carelessly. “How dare you!” Sen. Butcher shouted, moving for Elijah, but Dice, Larry, and Rick stood in his way, Dice mumbling with a deatlı stare, “Fuck off.”

Raw shock flooded Mrs. Butcher‘s Tace, and she turned her attention towards her husband wlio seemed to be lost in his thoughts as he stared frozen at all the men surrounding Elijah.

Scowling, Elijah met the senator‘s gaze, saying, “All I wanted was to congratulate you on turning sixty and have a nice night, but you had to join in with those two in ollending me–”

“You see yourself as the victim here?!” Isabella lashed out in disbeliel, pissed at the sight of Elijah.

“Wow!!!

“I am, and this nonsense is not going to slide by me!”

The boldness of Elijah had the guests in shock, coníused that he would even dare to act this audaciously when such an accusation was being carried out against him.

“Has he lost his mind because he knows the penalty of his crime?” A lady whispered in disgust, rolling her eyes upon hearing his confession.

“Honestly, there is something off about this man... The way his life can not stick to one narrative and constantly shifts is just too mucli... He‘s a stay–at–home husband, then a cheater, and next, a gold digger... I heard he‘s ill a gang, then he is suddenly a businessman, hanging out with Bryan Checks, and now he‘s a rapist?” The other lady mullered with disgust. folding her arms across her chest.

As Mr. Astor was about to give Elijali a picce of his mind, he shut up when he saw Elijalı take out his phone, strolling tlırough it for a moment and then resting it against his ear.

“Hello, Mr. Bamford,” Elijah said the monient the chief constable accepted his call.

“Mr. Darius, the way you are calling this late, is everything alright?” Mr. Bamford asked, “Not at all. I have been assaulted and nearly killed tonight, and I need you.” “Location?!”

“It‘s 23rd Street, Steel Ava, Blackbird mansion...”

“Wait?... That‘s the congressman‘s place. Elijali, what liave you done?”

“I was the one offended, and I can prove it.”

There was a brief pause, and the silence dracced on the line for a while, and elijah abruptly sighed, ending the call, and then lie messaged the video to Mr. Bam[ord.

A couple of minutes later, Mr. Bainford called him back and the instant Elijali accepted the call,

he left, “My men and I are on our way.” “I will wait on you and your officers then,” Elijah said before ending the call. The silence afterward made the party seem more like a funeral service than a celebration of a new age of life.

“You were right... He has gone mad.” The other lady whispered back to her friend.

The hall was quiet for a while as everyone watched Elijah like he was some kind of a lunatic and had finally lost his mind. “Where is my daughter?!” Mr. Astor shouled, hesitating to see that Elijah‘s men were surrounding him. “Tony slammed a door in lier face, and she is in the bathroom, bleeding out on the floor.” Elijah casually told the old man. “Oh no...” His wife mullered, covering her mouth as the realization hit her hard.

“You bastard!” Mr. Astor yelled out, his chest swelling up with fury. “What did you do?!”

Frowning, Mrs. Astor slapped her husband‘s arm crying, “Honey, go and get out daughter first and deal with this lunatic later on.”

With an angry nod, the old man looked sideways at his two bodyguards and then walked away with them following him.

Taking his attention of the Senator, Dice looked back at Elijah, frowning at the state he was in, and then he sighed, abandoning his post and walking over to Elijah. Stopping by his side, Dice whispered in his ear, “You need to seek medical attention.” “Not until the police get here,” Elijah stubbornly murmured. “Boss,”

“Let‘s not, Dice.”

A couple of minutes went by with everyone waiting, and the Senator kept his peace as a sense of dilemina plagued him.

It took fifteen minutes more for the sound of the siren to echo into the hall, and finally, il dawned on everyone that Elijah was being serious.

moments before Elijah walked into the bathroon?”

It took a moment, but the footace popped out on the screen, and everyone watched Jessica strip out of her dress, wearing the janitor jumpsul. “She was the janitor... but why would she gotlırough all that to mcet Elijah in a bathroom...” Isabella asked, but no one gave her the answer her soul desired to hear. “Show the lootage of the hallway after Elijah and Jessica entered the bathroom.” Mr. Bamford instructed.

When Tess got it on the screen a while later, they all watched Tony and his men attack Dice, and then Mr. Bamford mumbled, “So, Elijah was not the one that started the fight, he and his men acted in self–defense.”

Hearing the chief constable talk about Elijah in a positive light made Isabella worried, and it slowly made sense to lier why he didn‘t agree to lock Elijah up when she asked him to

“Boss, we need to get you to a hospital.” Dice whispered to Elijah again.

“Let‘s wait a bit longer,” Elijah mumbled, hucging his bruised side.

Holding back his tongue, Dice faced his (ront, suppressing his worry as he thought, ‘How much longer? You looked messed up.

Ten minutes later, the hall door opened, and Mr Bamford walked into the room with the rest of the officers.

“When he reached Elijah and the Senator, his face went numb as he darted his gaze from Mr. Butcher, looking at Elijah and asked, “Mr. Darius how do you want us to handle the situation?”

“I am pressing charges against everyone involved, including the Senator,” Elijah said firmly. His words immediately caused an uproar of whispers from shocked guests, but that didn‘t stop Mr. Bainford from saying, “Yes, Mr. Darius.‘

When the chief constable took out his handcuff, that‘s when the Senator got really upset, standing up abruptly. “It was Josh Hayes who told me Elijah was forcing himsell on Jessica Astor in the bathroom! That‘s why... Don‘t touch me! I am a senator!” Mr. Butcher yelled, trying to make sense of what liad happened as he fought off the chief constable. “Senator or not, there is enough evidence to make this arrest, and you and your men are being charged with assault and battery. You have the right to remain silent or your words can get used against you in a court of law.” Mr. Bamford stated calmly, ignoring all the crying from Mrs. Butcher.

After slapping the cuffs on the Senator‘s wrists, Mr. Bamford looked at his officers and commanded, “Arrest the others.”

Some of the guests immediately started recording, others were whispering and pointing their fingers toward them, and yet most people simply stood there silently, watching. “Can we go to the hospital now?” Dice asked, frowning at Elijah as though he had lost his mind. “You are bleeding and look terrible.” Before Elijah could reply, Bryan met Elijah‘s eyes, scowling as he whispered, “This is not a

good decision to arrest a congressman... The four would not take lightly to this. If you think the Hayes are horrible enemies, you don‘t want to get on these guys‘ bad side.”

Hearing the worry in Bryan‘s voice, Elijah moved his lips to speak, but his vision suddenly blackout and he dropped back, causing Larry to catch him.