Chapter 39Josh, stop!
When the door opened again, Ryan and Rookie stepped into the room, and Ryan shut the door before
focusing on Elijah. “Boss, you sent for me?” Ryan asked as he
approached Elijah at his desk, Rookie close behind him.
“I need you two on an assignment. Bryan Checks is you guys‘ target. Within one month… I need you
guys to find out
everything that the two of you can about this guy,” Elijah explained in one breath.
Quietly, Ryan eyed Rookie, smiling faintly at such an obvious challenge to their
abilities. Then he looked back at Elijah and said, “We will need to move out of the
motel then, Rookie and I.”
A slight frown tugged on Rookie‘s lips as he eyed Ryan in confusion, not sure where he was going with
this. “We will need to do a lot of Stakeouts and surveillance,” Ryan explained further, “and it would be
good to start moving somewhere we can have
easy access day and night to this guy, Checks.”
“I can find out where he stays.” Rookie responded after just a moment, a small grin playing over his
face.
“Great. We are gonna need a car, Binoculars, Voice recorder to make notes, paper pads and pens to
make backup notes… We are going to need a lot.” “I will need a laptop and a couple of other things.”Seeing his men getting all fired up, Elijah smirked faintly and said, “Make your budget and I will make
the payment… All in all, I need you two to be a team and get me
what I need within one month. Got it?
Ryan nodded and grinned excitedly, “Yes sir!” Then he tapped Rookie on the back
novelbinand said, “Let‘s go get our shit together.”
The sound of the front door opening drew James and Matt‘s attention to the motel entrance, and they
were confused to see a Madam Jewel, clothed in a thick, fluffy coat, and Josh, walking into the lobby.
“Hello, how may I help you?” James asked, a look of confusion crossing his features as he looked
between the both of them.
But all Madam Jewel and Josh did was glared around the place with a look of disgust on their faces. As
if they didn‘t want to even be there.
After several moments had passed, James started to feel uncomfortable, and he
asked, “Do you guys want to book rooms?”
A wild laugh erupted from Josh‘s throat as he glared at James, while Madam Jewel simply raised an
eyebrow. “When did Grace hire an idiot like you?” Josh snapped, his eyes flashing with anger. A sense
of rage coursed through Matt at those words, and he stood up from his chair as he let out, “Hey, punk,
you better watch your damn mouth or else.” “Or else what? You‘re gonna beat me up? Are you really
stupid enough to think that you can go free for laying a hand on me? You must be some kind of fool,
huh?” Josh challenged, his glare fixed on
Matt‘s chest now.“Oh, I know beating the shit out of you will land me a couple of jail time, but it would
be so worth it to completely destroy your pretty little face.” Matt sneered with a cocky smirk, which
immediately made Madam Jewel‘s jaw clench tightly in worry. Seeing that Matt wasn‘t kidding, Josh
flinched slightly and stepped back, knowing that any
other words coming out of his mouth might land him in deeper than his head could
handle, especially since he still wasn‘t sure exactly who these people were.
“That‘s what I thought,” Matt said softly as he sat back down and took a deep breath, thinking about not
putting Elijah in any trouble.
“Where did Grace get a bunch of barbarians like you guys from?!” Madam Jewel
demanded, looking around the motel again in pure shock.
Even though James had had enough of such rudeness from the two, he kept his calm and said,
“Madam, I will plead with you and whoever this is to you, to please refrain from name–calling and tell
me what you two want.”
It took an awful minute of silence before Madami Jewel sneered and asked, “Where is
Peach?”
“What do you want her for?” James asked carefully.
A scoff left Josh‘s lips as he felt a sense of arrogance swell up inside of him, and yet, he said nothing
because his eyes subconsciously fell on Matt.
“She is my granddaughter if you must know, and I need to speak with her. Now,where is she?” Madam Jewel demanded once more.
Knowing what he knew about Peach‘s family history, the frown on James‘ face deepened into a scowl,
and a sense of hate swelled up in him.
“What?! Are you not going to get her?!” Madam Jewel questioned loudly, feeling anger grow when she
saw the way that James was glaring.
“Hmm–umm, you are her step–grandma,” James mumbled beneath his breath in annoyance as he
tried to ignore the anger building up in him.
After hearing those words, Madam Jewel knew James wasn‘t fond of her, and she
sighed out her frustration, putting her hands on her hips.
“Peach!!” Madam Jewel shouted as loud as she possibly could. Her voice reverberated through the
entire motel, and James stared in disbelief for a second, annoyed at the scene she was creating.
“Peach, Grace!!!” Madam Jewel screamed as loud as she
possibly could. A frown crossed Matt and James‘s lips as the silence continued, and Josh glared over
at them before saying, “Can one of you go and get her!?” Walking into the lobby, Miss Grace‘s
expression grew darker than ever at the sight of Madam Jewel and
Josh.
“What are you doing here?!” Miss Grace asked harshly, causing Madam Jewel to
flinch back slightly from the tone of the voice. “Well, hello to you too, aunt,” Josh replied sarcastically as
he watched as Miss Grace walked towards Madam Jewel. But she ignored his remark as she scowled
at Madam Jewel when she asked, “Is that the way you talk to your mother–in–law? How dare you
speak to me like that!”“My mother in law died years ago, and you will never be her, not in amillion years!”
Miss Grace roared at Madam Jewel, tears gathering in her dark brown eyes.
“It seems like you haven‘t gotten over past hate and grief yet!” Madam Jewel spat as she turned away
from Madam Grace.
“You can bet I haven‘t! And I do not want you near my daughter and me! Leave this place at once,”
Miss Grace ordered as she pointed towards the
door. A sneer stretched across Madam Jewel‘s lips as she glanced over at Josh when he said, “How
dare you talk to grandma like that! She‘s your
“She‘s my, nothing! From the moment she bullied my husband out of the family
mansion and turned me away without help when he fell ill, she stopped being a
mother in law or someone who desires my love and respect to me!” Miss Grace yelled, tears streaming
down her cheeks at the memory of her lost husband.
The humiliation and insult that he suffered at the hands of Madam Jewel and her children caused a
deep ache to rise inside of Miss Grace, the pain growing stronger by the moment as she continued to
say, “So, leave my house right
now… You two!” Ignoring Miss Grace‘s words, Madam Jewel rolled her eyes and
asked, “Where is Peach? I want to speak with her, then I will leave.” “Get out!” Miss Grace screamed,
clutching her chest.
Immediately Matt and James sprang up, rushing to her side, and held her shoulders steady to prevent
her from falling. “What are you doing here?” Peach‘s soft voice asked from behind them, causing bothJames and Matt to turn their heads. When Josh turned slowly to see Peach approaching them in the
lobby, he scoffed with a look of disdain on his face.
Sighing, Madam Jewel frowned and then said, “I have kept my distance from your mother and you
because–”
“You should have kept it that way. So why are you here? Why couldn‘t you leave us
alone!?” Peach said, her tone calm, and yet, hurt filled each word she spoke. The
sound of sudden footsteps got Peach‘s attention, and she looked back to see Elijah
walking toward her. When Josh saw him, anger flashed in his eyes as he glared at Elijah, remembering
him from the boutique and thenews. Then a bitter laugh slipped past his lips as he shook his head
in disgust and let out, “Hey, fool!”
Elijah‘s brows snapped together as he stopped beside Peach, but kept his cold gaze on Josh who was
glaring at him furiously. “I can see how you could con my sister with that look of yours, but seriously
Melina should have known better than to support
your ass, and now, you don‘t even have a shred of shame by living here with these
two.” Josh snapped angrily, his voice laced with anger.
Madam Jewel frowned slightly as she looked at her grandson and said, “Josh, stop! We are not here to
give that idler our time and attention.”
“You might not, but I came here to teach this imbecile a lesson,” Josh said hotly as he stared heatedly
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A good day to my dear readers
Firstly, I will like to say, ‘thank you’ to everyone who has supported this novel.
For the gems, reviews, and paying to read, I say, “thanks.” This story started at the hundredth place,
and you guys have taken it to the thirties place among new books and I am grateful.
Today, I have a long-length accounting assignment due tomorrow, so the won’t be any updates. I have
been pushing it off, by the deadline has cut up with me, so yeah… No update today.
But tomorrow after my class, I will make it up to you guys once I have this assignment in with my
instructor.side note: can we not do the whole half-star reviews when asking for a new chapter… Please. A lot is
riding on this book’s success for me with the platform, so please.
Thank you all for your understanding. My appreciation.