The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 170

Black deal negotiations Holding Elijah‘s hand a bit tightly, Peach stared solely at him as they sat in the backseat of the Limousine, on their way to the hospital.

“It‘s just a check–up,” Elijah said, trying not to let his nervousness show through. “You and little Munchkin are fine.”

“I know. I‘m just happy… a bit nervous, but happy,” Peach admitted, and then she took a moment to take some deep breaths, then looked at her husband with a small smile.

A while later, Elijah walked Peach into Doctor Harry‘s office, the couple smiled at him when he raised his gaze and beamed at them.

“Welcome guys… Sit, please.” Dr. Harry asked politely.

After leading Peach to a chair, Elijah took a seat by her and then focused on Dr. Harris as he asked, “So, are you two really to hear your baby‘s heart–”

Suddenly Elijah‘s ringtone interrupted the doctor, and with an apologetic look on his face, he stared at Peach as he reached into his pocket for it, mumbling, “I am so sorry, babe.” When he got it out of his pocket, Elijah stared at the screen for a split second, and then he turned the phone off, putting it back into his pocket.

Then he focused on Doctor Harry and said, “Please continue.”

“Well… As I was saying, ‘Are you guys ready to hear your baby‘s heartbeat?” Dr. Harry asked, smiling widely.

Looking over at Peach, Elijah sensed a weird emotion that he couldn‘t figure out, and he watched her beamed at him.

Almost in unison, the two of them answered, “Yes! We‘re ready!”

A couple of minutes later, Peach was laying on her back on the hospital bed with Elijah standing by her side, his hand in hers, and she kept squeezing it, eyeing him with fear in her eyes. “Little Munchkin is fine,” Elijah told her gently, and Peach let out a sigh of relief, relaxing against the pillow. Then they both watched the technician hold a small probe against Peach‘s belly and said, “Please keep still, okay, Mrs. Maxwell?”

“Yes, sorry…,” Peach agreed, squeezing Elijah‘s hand again. With a nod of her head, the technician pressed the probe down, and it took a couple of seconds, but soon, a tiny heartbeat could be heard coming from the device.

Tears welled up in Peach‘s eyes and she whispered, “That‘s our baby‘s heartbeat.”

Chuckling in excitement, Elijah nodded at her, before leaning down and kissing her forehead, listening to his heir‘s heartbeat as he whispered, “I am proud of you.” “I am proud of us,” Peach laughed through her tears. “We are finally going to be a family of three.”

Even though those words felt surreal to them, the sound of their unborn baby‘s heartbeat echoing softly in their ears made it all too real for the couple.

After they got done with the procedure a moment later, Elijah was escorting Peach down the hospital lobby when he felt someone‘s eerie feeling like they were being watched and he turned around to see who it was.

But then he saw nothing, only an empty hallway, and yet he had this nagging feeling, and he felt like sending his men to go check, but then Peach asked, “Are you okay?” Not wanting to put her in a

stressful position over something that

could turn out to be nothing, he looked down at her and said with a small smile, “Yeah, I am… It‘s nothing,”

Even though she could tell from his expression that he was alert, Peach knew how stressful his days had been recently, so she nodded slightly, and then hugged onto his arm as he guarded her.

“She‘s pregnant… That bitch is carrying his child,” Melina mumbled as she hid behind the wall and this mad look in her dark eyes.

Leaning forward with a sinister grin on her lips, she whispered,” This bitch will pay.”

When they got in the car, the moment Elijah took out his phone and turned it on, it took only a couple of minutes, and then it started ringing again, causing Peach to stare at him. The hesitant look on his face made her stare at him tenderly and then said, “You should answer. little Munchkin and I understand that Daddy got a couple of unfinished business to do.”

“You are the best,” Elijah said, kissing her head.

Then he accepted the unknown call, and then asked, “Who is this?”

“Hello, Is this Mr. Maxwell?” A voice filled with a foreign accent echoed from the other side of the line.

“You are speaking with him,” Elijah said, having a sense that this conversation was going to turn out more bad news than good one. “Who am I speaking with?”

––“I am Ines. My brother and I were trying to establish a company in

Syldavia, and we successfully did the transaction with one Tommy Hayes… He had documents and evidence that he was the Chairman of Investable Co. But now that we have left Dali and have entered

in Syldavia, we are getting told that you and your wife own all the Hayes‘ companies, and Tommy is not the owner.”

“Have you paid him any money?” Elijah asked, and his body stiffened a bit, not liking where this conversation was heading.

There was silence on the other side for a couple of seconds, and then Ines spoke, “He wanted one– third of the cash before he could provide us with the final documents and papers… I know it was stupid of us to do such business transactions. But his price was so low that we thought it was a once–in-a- lifetime chance, but now that we are in Syldavia, we realized that we got duped.”

“When did you guys make the payment?”

“He pressured us for it yesterday evening, and we sent two hundred thousand dollars to him then. But my brother and I were already on a flight to Syldavia because we wanted to do things face –to–face and not over video chat anymore. After all, he was becoming demanding.”

“If Tommy got the money yesterday, then there is a possibility that he‘s already on a flight out of Syldavia.“, “What?! But our money–”

“That‘s why you don‘t go doing black deal negotiations with a stranger online.” The frustration in Elijah‘s tone made Peach furrowed her brows, worried about what had happened again for him to get so aggravated. “Give me a second to make a call, and I will get back to you then.” Elijah ended the call after saying that.

Then he strolled through his contact, dialing Mr. Bamford‘s number, and then he waited for the chief constable to pick up his call, and once the man picked up the phone, Elijah said, “Good morning, Mr. Bamford,”

“Good morning, Elijah, My men and I are doing our round check to

make sure that all Mr. Hayes‘s properties are clear of Jewel‘s children and grandkids are out of the companies and mansions.” Mr. Bamford informed him. “Is everything alright?”

“Tommy just attempted selling one of the companies to foreigners, and my guess is, he‘s using the money to escape the country.” Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“Damn, these people never learn.”

“I don‘t think they are ever going to…”

After a brief pause on the line, Mr. Bamford sighed and then said,” I will make a Red Notice immediately, requesting law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest him.”

“He got the money yesterday, so he couldn‘t have gotten far yet,” Elijah said hopefully. “I‘ll take care of it,” The chief constable assured him.

After ending the call, Elijah looked over at Peach, taking a deep breath and then telling her, “Tommy scammed two foreigners into buying one of the companies…” “Seriously… Don‘t they know when to give up?” Peach asked him, frowning, her hands still holding onto his arm tightly. “I have never known a couple of people who are very stubborn.”

Dragging along her heavy suitcase, Patricia walked after Tommy, frowning at his fast–paced, and then she cried out, “Tommy, can you stop walking so damn fast?! These are killing my feet!”

Enraged, Tommy stopped in his steps, causing Patricia to bump into his shoulder and she shouted, “Ouch!!”

Turning around to face her, Tommy pushed his finger in her face, saying, “It‘s your damn fault that we missed our first flight because you had to pack that damn luggage and do shit, and we are still in Syldavia, so shut the fuck up and stop drawing attention to

Us!”

“You are the one shouting like a madman, Tommy, and now, everyone is glaring.” Patricia lashed out, and then her expression went cold. “Tommy… Police…” “Fuck!” Tommy groaned in a low tone before turning to face the officers, his eyes pleading, “I‘m sorry officers, I didn‘t mean to cause a public disturbance. My wife and I are just having a few marital issues. But I promise that I am not a violent man.” When the first officer stood before him, the policeman smirked and then said, “Well, we don‘t care about your marital affair, but we do care about you carrying out a fraudulent act, and selling a company that isn‘t yours. And for that, you are under arrest, Tommy.”

Knowing that he was screwed, Tommy grew desperate, and he eyed the police gun in his hostel. Then without thinking, he rushed for it, but the officer was smart, grabbing his wrist at the same time and twisting his arm behind his back, and clearing his foot from underneath him, making Tommy fall to the floor.

“I am not going to jail,” Tommy screamed as he and the officer fought on the floor.

Immediately the other officers rushed to his aid, and the first police officer broke free from Tommy before the other officer tased him, causing Tommy to shout in pain as the electricity traveled through his body, causing his body to tense up and tremble.

The second taste made him writhe and scream, and when the officer finished off by slapping a handcuff on his wrists, Tommy‘s body trembled as his legs buckled.

The other officers helped pick him off the floor since he was still very much awake, and then one of the officers said to Patricia, ” Ma‘am please cooperate with us and calmly follow us.”

“I have nothing to do with what he did! I didn‘t even know that Tommy had done something so immoral,” Patricia said as she tried to avoid the officers from coming closer to her. “He lied to me!! He lied saying we were going on a family vacation!”

“Shut your lying hole, Patricia! You fucking knew!” Tommy roared as the other policemen were trying to restrain him.

“Please know that you are under arrest and anything you say or do will and can get used against you in court.” The third police officer said.

“Ma‘am, this way please, and if you try to resist, we will have to restrain you.” A policeman said to Patricia.

Seeing how people had stopped and were looking at them, whispering to each other and pointing fingers, Patricia covered her face with her hand when she noticed some people started taking photos and recording.

Then she obediently followed along with the officers as they carried Dean out of the airport.

With her head on Elijah‘s lap, Peach looked up at him, asking,” Have you thought of a name yet… I know that I am not far along in my pregnancy yet, but we don‘t want to do the last–minute–to time name–picking.”

Seeing the look of hesitation on Elijah’s face, Peach sighed as his fingers caressed slowly in her hair, she added, “I was thinking if it‘s a boy, we go with Elijah Maxwell Jr.” “Nah,” Elijah mumbled, and before he could explain further, his ringtone suddenly started ringing and he quickly took his phone out. “Sorry,”

Then he answered, saying, “Mr. Bamford, what‘s new?”

“Tommy is in our custody. Our men caught him at Denver Broncos

International Airport. It turned out, he was just attempting to leave Syldavia.” The chief constable said.

Looking down at Peach, Elijah gave her a small smile and then said, “They got Tommy.”

Then he said on the phone, “Are will get in touch with the two brothers he scammed and we will press charges together against him. That will keep him behind bars for a good length of time.”