Chapter 90

Chapter 90Fifty Percent
The anger that ate at Elijah slowly faded, and he looked back to see his wife staring calmly at him, and
yet, he couldn‘t stop caring for what she was thinking at that moment about him.
Sighing, Elijah looked back at Elmer and scoffed, letting go of his collar, causing his back to hit the tile,
and a cry escaped his throat.
Elmer lay on the floor, holding his chest, crying and moaning, shaking his head as he tried desperately
to hold in his sobbing, the room became so quiet that the sound of a pin drop could‘ve been heard.
Everyone was shocked by what was happening in the lobby, and Natalie‘s hands were trembling as
she tried to remember the police number, her mind a mess.
“Natalie! Have you called the police yet?!” Mr. Elmer cried in rage as the pain from his face intensified
because of the volume of his voice, and he moaned out, “Natalie!!!”
“Yessir, I‘m sorry sir, um, I need help here...” Natalie stammered with a shaky tone.
“What help?”
“Umm… What‘s the police number?”
“What the hell, Natalie!!”
His swollen jaw hurting like hell, Elmer groaned in agony, and Elijah stopped in his steps, and looked
back at him, saying, “Don‘t worry, I will help you call them.”
A frown crossed Elmer‘s face as he looked back at Natalie and cried, “It‘s 999... Why are you su–ch a
beauty wi–th no bra–in!”Calmly, Elijah scrolled through his phone, stopping at Bamford‘s number, and then he rang it.
After the second ring, the chief constable finally accepted the call and said, “Good afternoon, Elijah.
How can I assist you?”
“I need you to help me get rid of a madman off my wife’s property.” Elijah casually replied without
hesitating as he looked down at Elmer, who snorted to hear Elijah call him, “A madman.”
“What happened? Is she okay?”
“She is.”
“Okay, where are you guys? My men and I are coming to you guys.”
Meeting Elmer‘s mad eyes, Elijah‘s lips twitched in a small smile, and Elmer immediately saw the
mockery in his eyes, and he ignored his pain and shouted, “I will fuck you up, Elijah! You think you
know what I am capable of!! I will hurt all of you! You are all gonna wish you had never been born, you
sons of bitches!”
With a half–srnirk, Elijah focused back on the call, saying, “He‘s getting more crazy. Can you please
hurry up and come to Investistic Co?”
novelbin“That‘s... That‘s Elmer Hayes‘ company...” Mr. Bamford stuttered in astonishment.
“Yes, well, it‘s not his anymore and he‘s refusing to leave and got violent with my wife.”
“Her uncle?”
scowling at Elljah‘s remark, Elmer shouted, exposing the opening of his bloody mouth, Iwo broken
teeth, and bruised tongue,“Who‘s the piece of shit on the other side of that call, Elijah, Huh? Violent
with yourwife?! Haha, she‘s my damn step–niece. I can put my hands on her if she‘s being a little bitch!”
When Peach saw Elijah clutching his fist again, she knew he was really going to beat Elmer into
humbleness, and since she knew her family‘s pride spirit, she rushed for Elijah, hugging his waist
without saying a word, slid her palm down his arm until he opened his fist, allowing her fingers to lace
with his.
“We are on our way and will be there in the next ten minutes,” Bamford said before Elijah ended the
call.
“The police are on their way here, boss!” Natalie shouted, almost trumpeting the fact that she finally got
it dопе.
“Your ass is sleeping in prison for assaulting me!” Elmer yelled out as he spits another bloody saliva on
the black marble tile.
Squeezing her husband‘s hand, Peach felt a dull ache in her heart as she whispered, “Let me see your
nose.”
With a sigh, Elijah tore his attention off Elmer and turned around to gaze into her eyes, a frown settled
on her face at the dry bloodstain on his skin.
In concern, she reached out her fingers to touch his face, but paused at the thought of hurting him, and
yet, as she was about to lower her hand, Elijah grabbed her wrist, brought it to his lips, and kissed her
palm before leaning his head into her touch.
“Does it hurt?” Peach asked softly, pouting at the sight of his bruised nostril.
“A bit,” Elijah muttered, closing his eyes for a brief moment at the feeling of the soft pressure of her
palm on his skin.Then he raised his gaze to see Matt, looking back at him, standing in the middle of four guards,
groaning out their pain on the floor.
When he pulled his eyes toward Ryan, he looked at his boss in concern, knowing that a lot could come
out of this, especially a huge lawsuit.
Six minutes later, the sound of a police car siren filled the air, and within a couple of minutes, five
policemen pulled up inside the lobby of the company, and when Elijah didn‘t see Mr. Bamford, he knew
these were Elmer guys.
“Mr. Hayes!! What happened to you?!” An officer yelled out once he saw him lying on the filthy floor.
Five of them rushed to his side to help him, struggling until he stood up on his own.
And then they all gasped in shock, seeing how much damage Elmer had sustained on his face, and
when he moved his lips to speak, an officer cackled at the two gaps in his mouth where his teeth were.
When his partners slowly looked at him in disappointment, he cleared his throat aggressively and
mumbled, “Sorry, I had something stuck in my gums, I needed to get it out. It‘s fine now...‘
The others shook their heads at him before facing Elmer, and one of them asked, ‘Who did this to you,
sir?!”
“That barbarian fool!! Arrest him!” Elmer cried in pain, pointing his finger toward Elijah‘s direction.
Swallowing down her fear, Peach tried not to allow her emotions to get the best of her as she watched
the police approach Elijah, but tears slowly slipped from her eyes.
When he noticed her cheeks wet, he rested his index finger under her chin, raising her face so he could
look her straight in the eye, and Elijah smiled kindly as if he was telling her everything was alright“Shh...” Elijah sald while wiping away her lears.
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“But... I don‘t want you to go...” Peach whispered, pausing when Elijah claimed her lips as he kissed
her gently, tasting salt from her tears on his tongue.
When the police surrounded him, she closed her eyes, wanting the kiss to last forever because then
that would mean they don‘t get to take him away from her.
“Hey, you! You are under arrest, and have the right to be silent or, anything you say or do will be used
against you in the court of law!” An officer exclaimed. So don‘t try to put up resistance, or else we will
have to use force.”
When Elijah let go of her lips and pulled back, Peach choked on her, “no,” her eyes darting around in
distress as she watched them pull both his hands behind his back and handcuff him tightly together.
For a second, Elijah frowned deeply, trying to hold her gaze, and then he smiled at her sweetly as her
face grew red from her silent sob, sniffing softly at a fast pace as she tried to think about how to get him
out of the cuffs.
“Drop all the charges against my husband... and Matt too, and I will give you fifty percent share in the
company!” Peach desperately shouted at her step–uncle, her tears still falling uncontrollably and
helplessly.
The sight of her misery made Elmer cocky, and a scoff escaped his throat as he stared directly at her
and laughed, saying, “Half of it?! Are you shitty me, Niece? I want it all! You will have to turn the will
back in my name and stay the hell away from this place!”Sniffing back her snot Peach looked at Elijah, searching his unreadable eyes, and when he said
nothing. she looked back at Elmer and shouted, “Fine! I am fine with that! Now, tell them to take off the
cuffs… Please!!”
‘You love me that much?‘ Elijah thought, looking at his wife choking on her tears, her pleading eyes,
and his heart broke, and he couldn‘t deny it either.
The ego of Elmer only seemed to grow with every tear that fell from Peach‘s eyes, and he kept smiling
smugly at her.
“You want the company... I want my husband back, so stop smiling, and let‘s do this already.” Peach
said through clenched teeth, glaring hatefully at Elmer.
“I was born years before your mother even pushed you into this world.... Elijah will stay in cuffs and jail
until everything about this transaction is legalized, and that‘s final.” Elmer said with his head held high.
“No... no, you don‘t understand. I don‘t want him in that place... Don‘t-”
“That‘s not my concern, Peachy.”
Staring at their boss, Matt and Ryan glared at his calm eyes, not knowing how to interfere because he
wasn‘t saying anything or giving them any reaction, and the only thought on both their minds was,
‘What are you doing boss.‘
“Take him away,” Elmer commanded the officers with a smug grin.
As they were about to do as he said, the loud sound of police cars roared into the lobby and confusion
settled on Elmer, the other officers, and the employee‘s faces, including Peach, Matt, and Ryan.
But Elijah simply looked over at Elmer, met his eyes with a death stare, and silently mouthed out, “My
turn.”