Chapter 140Hospital Bed
Standing in the parking lot of Silvershore hotel, Mr. William’s body trembled as he stared at the main
road, anxiously waiting for Elijah, his mind running wild with thoughts about little Dan’s safety.
A couple of minutes later, a Mercedes that he immediately recognized pulled into the parking lot,
coming to a stop a slight distance away from him.
When the door opened he saw his daughter-in-law rush from the car, and then she hurried into his
arms, wrapping her hands around him tightly as he held onto her desperately.
As soon as Dr. Williams pulled away from her, she cried out, “Is Dan-” “Elijah ordered that we should
wait here for him.” Dr.
William said between shaking gasps, trying to keep tears away as he looked at her worried face.
“He’s going to bring him.” “We should call the police -” “Let’s not act irrational, Julie.
We should at least wait on him and do as he says until he gets here.”
“What if he doesn’t?”
“Let’s not pray for the worst.”
Hugging onto her body, Julie anxiously stared at the road, wanting so desperately to call the cop, and
yet she waited.
A moment later, she saw a silver Ford approaching them, and tears immediately started forming in her
eyes.
When Dr.Williams finally saw his son getting out of the car and running in their direction with a worried look on
his face, a lump formed in his throat.
But he couldn’t find it in himself to cry, even though his emotions overwhelmed him so completely.
“Dad…” Vance whispered as he hugged his father tightly.“ About Dan… have you called the police?”
“We can’t, Van… Let’s wait a bit longer.” Dr.
William said as he wiped away a single tear.
“But »
“Just a bit longer.” The sudden sight of a black van driving toward them caught the attention of both
father, son, and daughter-in-law and they stepped back a bit, watching as it drove past them and
parked in a distance.
When the door opened, Elijah stepped out holding Dan as the toddler licked a chocolate ice cream, his
hand messy and the chocolate dripping from his elbow staining Elijah’s shirt.
“Sorry, for the lateness.
This little guy made us stop when he heard the ice cream truck song.” Elijah said as Ryan and the
others joined him.
A look of shock crossed Julie, Vance, and Dr.
Williams’s face and their tears immediately stopped as a sense of confusion overcame them.
“Pop Pop!!!” Dan screamed, jumping in Elijah’s arms, excitement lacing his voice.When Elijah locked eyes with Vance, he could see a look of anger and alertness cross his face, making
him instantly stop, letting the kid down from his arms gently.
That made Mr. William even more confused as he glared at Elijah, and when his great grandson
reached him, hugging his leg, his expression immediately softened.
“Can we take this inside?” Elijah calmly asked, making the doctor’s expression harden again.
“Pop-pop, do you want ice cream?” Dan asked, tugging on his great-grandfather’s pants.
A soft smile settled on Elijah’s lips as he stared at the tiny chocolate palms print on the Doc trouser,
and when Mr. Williams saw the way his eyes beamed, he knew that this was not a hostile situation.
“Give me one reason why I should not call the cops on your ass now?!” Vance growled, glaring at
Elijah.
But instead, Elijah simply smiled and said, “You are free to call the cops…” His remark made Vance
stand still, dumbfounded that Elijah would say that so casually after kidnapping his grandson and
making his entire family worry.
“But first, give me at least a couple of minutes to explain to you why I took Dan.” Elijah continued,
watching the toddler eagerly lick his ice cream.
“You didn’t take him! You kidnapped him!” Julie accused angrily, stepping towards Elijah with a glare,
her fists clenched tightly.
“Now you want to talk to us… about what?! To ask for ransom money?!” Looking over at his wife with
calm eyes, Vance sighed as he gazed at the nine men standing behind Elijah, observing them, and
said, “Julie, let’s give him a chance.” “Fine! Let him say it then!” Julie mumbled in annoyance.Smiling at her slightly, Elijah met the angry grandmother’s gaze and said, “How about we take this
inside?” “I am not going inside that van!” Julie snapped, scowling at the car.
With a small sigh, Elijah shook his head and said, “No, we aren’t going inside the van.
We aregoing into the hotel.” Turning around to stare at the hotel, Julie’s lashes fluttered as she zone
out on the place, and then she mumbled, “I love the food at this place’s restaurant.” “Well then, we can
discuss over lunch.” Elijah offered, and when Julie nodded, he turned back to Mr. William.
“Shall we?”
A moment later, Elijah, Matt, Rookie, Ryan, Dr.
Jacob, Julie, Vance, Lex, Teddy, Alan, and the other three guys sat at a large round table in the hotel
private dining hall with Dan seated between Elijah and his grandma.
It was silent for a while as the waiters and waitresses served everyone their orders, and when they had
finally left, Elijah met Dr.
Williams’ eyes.
“You need to call the police and inform them to get a bomb squad to rid your house… arrest all of your
employees, and search the house for bombs.” Elijah ordered and Dr.
Williams frowned
in confusion.
Looking over at Matt, Elijah sighed and asked, “What’s the time?” “Three-fifty.” Matt answered.
Nodding, Elijah took a deep breath and said, “Do it now.”Even though the old Dr.
was hesitant, he took out his phone and dialed the police, answering,” Yes… This is Mr. Jacob Williams
and my property has been infiltrated.
I believe that bombs have been set up in my home in attempt to kill my family, and my workers are the
ones behind it.”
“Are you and your family safe, sir? Or…” The lady on the other side asked in a concerned tone.
Taking another deep breath, Dr.
Williams replied, “Yes.
We got a tip-off, and my family and I are safe.
But we can not go back home because the threat is still there.” “Don’t worry, sir.
Our men are on the way… Do you have any idea of who is behind it?” “No… But arrest everyone on
sight.” “Yes, Sir.
We will update you soon.” After talking on the phone for a while, Mr. Williams ended the call, and then
he glared at Elijah, asking, “What is this about?” “Teddy, your phone.” Elijah said without hesitation.
Nodding, Teddy grabbed it from the table, and after unlocking it, he quickly opened his recording, and
played it.
“What’s up Teddy?”
“Nothing much.Just watching the new targets…” “Oh, Elijah Darius… Dude, that fucker pissed off an old woman called
Jewel, and now she wants us to put him in a coffin, and his three buds will be a bonus…” “Damn…
What did he do to her though?”
“Who knows… But the little fucker seems to know things that he should not know about this old lady,
according to Texan, and now, we got to, Haha… you know… Send him on his way.” “The doctor-“
“Oh, right.
By four on the dot, the house is going to light up with the family in it… BOOM! Hahahaha…!”
“What does that mean?”
novelbin“You know… A Bomb… When Texan told me that that was what we were going to be using, I was
disappointed because I want to watch the lights fade slowly from their eyes with a bullet wound in their
heads, but oh well…”
Frowning deeply, Dr. Williams looked at Elijah, his fists tightening as he mumbled, “Texan?… Jewel had
been in my life all along, and here I thought I escaped.
That my family was safe… How reckless was I… especially knowing the information that I have against
her.” “You guys are friends of my security, Texan, and the guys doing this, and yet, you sit with Elijah at
the same table… How should I -” Vance questioned.
But Teddy cut him off, saying bluntly, “Elijah bought his life and you guys’ live with money… and since
Texan is a shit ass boss, we didn’t mind selling him out to a man willing to pay us four times the price
Texan was going to give us for this mission.”
Quietness settled around the table for a while as a defeated look crossed Vance’s face as he stared at
Elijah, but Elijah’s gaze was centered on bis father.“I believe you.” Dr. Williams said, his hands balling into tight fists on the tabletop, looking into Elijah’s
eyes, saying, “This is Jewel doing… If she can strangle her sick husband on his hospital bed with her
bare hands… Then assassinating my family is nothing to her.”
The hall immediately became cold and silent like a graveyard, making everyone lose their appetite and
just stare at the doctor with this sour look on their faces.