Chapter 170

Chapter 170Chapter 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 astressful 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 enteredin 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,”
novelbin“Good morning, Elijah, My men and I are doing our round check tomake 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.”
“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 toUs!”
“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.”