Chapter 147

Chapter 147Allegations 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.
“Why would he call the police himself if he knows that he’s guilty?” Mrs. Butcher whispered to her
husband.
Fear swept through Mr. Butcher’s face as he wondered the same thing himsell, and then the realization
that Josh was the one who reported the incident to him hit him as he remembered the current
relationship between Elijah and the Hayes.
Did that scum use me?’ Mr. Butcher thought, feeling uneasy inside as reality slowly settled in the air.Before he could think any more of it, the sound of the hall door opening got everyone’s attention,
including his.
Calmly, Mr. Bamford walked into the hall with fifteen of bis men, moving to where he saw the Senator,
and when he was five feet closer, he halted because of those belween the
novelbincongressman and him. “Good evening, Mr. Butcher.” The chief constable said, curious as to why
everyone seemed so tense. “Happy Birthday to Pausing as Elijah suddenly turned to face him, Mr.
Bamford’s brain went blank for a whole minute and then he rushed over to him, causing Elijah’s men to
step aside, giving way to him. “Who messed you up like this?!” Mr. Bamford blurted out in concern.
“The congressman gave the order for his mcn to beat me up,” Elijah said in his normal bored tore.
A sense of fear suppressed Mr. Bamford from speaking, knowing the power that the congressman held,
and yet, the duty of his badge outweighied his lear and lie looked over at the senator, asking boldly
“Such a strong allegation is being placed against you Mr. Butcher. What’s your position on this issue,
Mr. Butcher?” The feeling of other eyes on him made Mr. Butcher feel uncomfortable as he glanced
backat the Chief Constable, and then his ego sparked a bit, making him blurt out, “Elijah forced himself
on Jessica Astor. Of course, I had to handle the situation as best as I saw fit!”
“Can we have access to your CCTV footage then, Mr. Butcher?” Mr. Bamford asked calmly. A sense of
annoyance awoke in the Senator, but he held it together and simply answered, “of course. Let’s head
upstairs.”
“No, sir. Right now, you are a part of the investigation, and I would need you here with Mr. Darius… If
you can just ask someone else to take me there, I will appreciate that.”
Those words reduced the Senator’s ego, and he frowned slightly but didn’t argue any further, saying,
“Isabelle, please take the chief constable to the security room.” For a moment, Isabella scowled at
Elijah before walking off with Mr. Bamford and five officers while the others stayed back in the hall.For a while, Isabella led the officers quietly upstairs, but when they got to a door, she frowned at Mr.
Bamford and said, “That bastard hurt my friend. I want him behind bars before tomorrow.”
A faint snort left Mr. Bamford’s lips, making her frown as she mumbled, “What’s so funny?” “This is the
security room, right?” Mr. Bamford questioned, raising an eyebrow. The fact that he just brushed aside
her questions made Isabella annoyed, but she too ignored his words, pushing the door open. “Tess,
please show these officers the security footage from the upstairs hall on the second floor, east wing,”
Isabella said, walking into the room and sitting down on a chair beside the desk
Quietly, Mr. Bamford walked close to the screen, displaying the footage which showed the hallway,
showing Elijah walking into the bathroom alone, and then a couple of minutes later a janitor walked into
the bathroom.
“Where is Jessica?” Isabella asked in consusion.
“Elijah went in there alone.” Mr. Bamford mumbled, already knowing that the janitor was Jessica from
the video that Elijah sent him.”Can you show the janitor’s closet from a couple of 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.