The Bullied Prodigy
Eli Turner was the invisible kid at Crestwood High. Skinny, quiet, and always buried in books, he was the prime target for bullies. Every day, he was shoved into lockers, laughed at in the cafeteria, and humiliated in the classroom. No one cared that he was a genius. No one cared that he had dreams.
Least of all, Amelia Rhodes—the girl he once dared to admire from afar. The queen bee of Crestwood. She smiled at him once, and he thought maybe, just maybe, she was different. But that hope was shattered when she dumped a milkshake on his head during prom night, laughing with the rest of the crowd.
"You're just a loser, Eli. Always have been, always will be," she spat, heels clicking away as the crowd jeered.
Broken and humiliated, Eli almost gave up. Until the email arrived.
"Welcome, Elijah Turner. You have unlocked your inheritance. The Turner Foundation and all its holdings are now yours."
In disbelief, he opened the account. $250 million. Access to top private mentors, global influence, and a tech empire under his control.
Now, Eli is returning—but not as the bullied nerd. This time, he’s the prodigy they never saw coming. With a new name, a sharpened edge, and the power to bring his enemies to their knees.
Amelia will choke on her laughter. The bullies will bow. And Crestwood will never forget the day Eli Turner rewrote his story.
Will Eli seek vengeance, or redemption?
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Chapter: Chapter eight oneThe gentle hum of the electric bulb woke me up. My eyelid felt heavy, but I was fine. I tried to get up, but the pain that throbbed in my head was more than enough to keep me in bed. The door opened and I saw her. Celeste leaned against the door frame, her gaze fixed on me. "Why didn't you tell me?" she said softly. I looked away. "Tell you what?" "When were you going to tell me you can do more than shoot a volt? Do you even know what you did out there could cause a power outage?" she asked I looked at her. "And why do you care?" Celeste simply shut the door and walked toward me. She placed the cup she had been holding for a while in front of me. " Drink. You need it." I grabbed the cup and gulped the content inside. It was not water, but the moment I drank it, I felt my body more calm, and I felt the headache gone. I looked at the cup and back at Celeste. " What is that?" " Something to help with your powers." She replied. "Xavier? Where is he now?" I asked
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Chapter: chapter eightyMy hand shook violently. I was about to release another ball of lightning when the door opened. Celeste walked in flanked by two men and, of course, Marcus. "Let him go, kid!" he said with anger. My gaze flickered between Marcus and the two men. "And why would I do that?" Marcus laughed, a deadly look I have never seen on him before. "Because you don't want her to die," he said nonchalantly. He was right about that. Celeste was useful to me. At least for now. "You are getting yourself into something you know nothing about." Marcus smirked. "Tell me one thing, Marcus." I said with my eyebrows arched. "Did you have a hand in the death of my grandmother?" I asked, staring at him. For a moment, the room went silent. I envisioned just the two of us."Does it really matter? It doesn't change the fact that I hate you, boy! You think you can just come out of nowhere and claim the seat that is rightfully mine!" "Are you saying you sent him to kill my grandma?" I asked again. This ti
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Chapter: Seventy nine"WHAT DO WE DO? YOU CALL THE SHOT!" I stared at Xavier, who was a bit shocked. "You can either give me what I want or I can just kill you here myself," I said immediately. "Well, you will have to contend with Jordan for the rest of your life, and do you think he is going to forgive you for killing his father?" Xavier looked at me. I laughed as the chaos outside the building unfolded. "Now is not the time for this?" Celeste barked. "I don't know who is out there, Eli. But I am going to try and buy you enough time. In the meantime, try and do what you have to do." I nodded and watched Celeste disappear out of the house. My gaze landed back on Xavier. "Let me ask you one thing." A pause. I walked closer towards Xavier and crouched in front of him. "Did you kill her?" I felt my heart thud slowly. My gaze fixed on his blistered lips. I could feel Xavier trying to see how I was going to react if he said the words; I think he was going to. "What does that change, kid? If I told yo
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Chapter: Chapter seventy eightI didn’t answer immediately.Instead, I let my eyes sweep the building again—cracked concrete walls, dim yellow bulbs flickering like they were struggling to stay alive, and the faint scent of rust and dampness clinging to the air. This wasn’t just a hiding place.It was a cage."For someone we ‘need,’” I finally said, stepping forward slowly, “you’re treating him like a liability.”Celeste's lips curved into a faint smile, but it didn’t reach her eyes."Everyone is a liability, Eli. It just depends on when they become one.”That answer sat heavy in my chest, but I didn’t push further. Not yet.I walked past her.The two men at the entrance straightened as I approached. Their eyes lingered on me longer than necessary. Curious. Confused. Maybe even… cautious.Good.It only meant one thing: they were scared of me, but Celeste, I was not sure if she was. If there was one thing I had learned in the last few hours—after death itself had spat me back into the world—it was this:Fear was a
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Chapter: Chapter seventy sevenA loud noise erupted inside the hospital. " Get the power on!" " We are losing at V.I.P patience in room 106!" " She is not going to make it through the power outage!" " Get it back on now!" The noise of each doctor over their dying patience woke me up. I opened my eyes slowly and the light fluctuated coming back to life. [ ALL THE DOCTOR'S CLAPPED ]" Let's get back to work!" a man shoutedAll the doctors rushed back to their duty post while a young girl in a white lab coat rushed into my ward. " Jesus Christ!" she slipped the moment she walked in. She looked at me with disbelief in her eyes. " But you are supposed to be...." she stuttered with her hands pointed towards me. " Dead?" I paused I got out of bed and straightened up for a bit. I looked around and saw I was naked. " Turn around." I said slowly staring at her. The girl turned and I quickly grabbed my clothes. " How many hours have I been dead?" I asked,wearing my clothes. The girl breath hard. I could tell tha
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Chapter: chapter seventy sixDeath. It felt real. Was I really dead? It scared me but yet maybe it was a way of getting over everything. Saying bygones to the things that troubled my heart. I remember my grandma. She was the only happiness in my life at the time. She was everything that I had wished for. She was my father, mother and guardian. The mere thought of her death angered me more than it should. I felt it. The electric current jolts through my veins. " How?" I said silently. " Because you were never dead." A voice said from my back. I froze for a bit. I knew that voice. " It can't be." My voice was steady as I turned to see who it was. " Grandma?" I called out slowly with a shaky voice. " Eli." she called out with her hands opened for an embrace. I ran into her arms with tears streaming down my face. " I thought you were gone. Dead." I said sobbing She said nothing but simply patted me on my back. " I know, Eli. I missed you too." she said soothingly.
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Chapter: Chapter 144The DPO looked at me and then back at the recording playing repeatedly in front of him.“And you are sure this is legit?” he asked as he pressed the pause button.“I have my source. All I need is for you to have them arrested,” I said confidently.I looked at the DPO and could see the hesitation in his eyes.I knew Henry and Dylan had men in higher places. Men who could make them boycott the law with just a single snap of their fingers.But I was ready to fight, even if it meant taking this to the highest level.I was going to give it everything.“Fine. Can I have the recording?” the DPO asked.I furrowed my eyebrows.“Why? I expect you to issue an arrest warrant and have your men out there to arrest Dylan Mathews,” I snapped at the man seated behind the polished desk.“You need to relax, Mr. Jason. Things are not done that way. It is a gradual process,” he replied.“What? Are you telling me this is useless even after you are convinced that they murdered my parents?”“This is a long-t
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Chapter: Chapter 143“Fuck!”Henry let out a loud shout, breaking the wine glass he was holding.“You mean to tell me that boy managed to elude you once again? Is that it?”Henry raised the corners of his eyebrows in anger.The room was silent, with only the scarred man standing before him.“Are you deaf?!” Henry thundered.“He managed to escape,” the scarred man replied.“And Death? Were you able to have him killed?” Henry asked, staring at his face.The broken shards had cut deeply into Henry's palms, and the blood trickling onto the marble floor was clearly visible.“Death? Jason still has him.”Henry walked closer to him and grabbed him by the neck.“You are just a waste!”The scarred man landed on his knees.“I am going to get them. I just need more men.”“More men? What about the men I gave to you? What did you do with them?” Henry asked slowly as he walked towards the shelf.The scarred man knew exactly what was coming.He quickly got back on his feet.“I will get them! I promise.”But it was too l
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Chapter: chapter 142The black SUV sped after us, its headlights glaring through the darkness as our convoy raced down the deserted road.Sniper, who was behind the wheel, gritted his teeth as he swerved around potholes, his grip tightening on the steering wheel.“We have company,” Zeek said, looking through the rearview mirror.I was seated in the middle row beside Death, who was still restrained. I let out a frustrated sigh.“Of course we do. Henry Carter is faster than I thought. Did you honestly think I was going to be allowed to leave peacefully?”Death snickered.I turned toward him and landed a hard punch across his face, breaking his nose.“I think you need to shut the fuck up!” I shouted.“Well, it seems today is actually the day it ends,” Death said, blood dripping from his nose. “You’re nothing but a little boy whining about the death of a parent you’ve imagined.”His words were harsh, but I said nothing.I looked through the rear window again, making sure the SUV wasn’t getting too close.“The
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Chapter: chapter 141The doctor looked at me, clearly unsure of what he was supposed to do.I looked at him and dropped to my knees.“He is all I’ve got, Doctor. Please, save him.”The doctor nodded.“I’ll try, but I’m not promising anything.”He pulled on his gloves and tightened them around his wrists.Death groaned in pain, drawing the doctor’s attention.The doctor was about to move toward Marcus when he heard him groan again, but I held him back.“You’re going to treat him first,” I said, staring directly into the doctor’s eyes.“I don’t care what happens to him, but I need my friend back on his feet.”The doctor hesitated before finally nodding.“Fine.”He immediately got to work.“Let me know if you need anything,” I said before stepping back.“Can I have the room to myself?” the doctor asked, glancing at Sniper, who had been standing silently by the door.He then looked at me.I nodded, and Sniper did the same.We both left the room.As the doctor operated on Marcus, he let out cries of pain each
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Chapter: chapter 140Marcus lost consciousness, but then Death's head was bashed.He could hear the loud siren as they approached, but he fell each time he tried to stand up.A lot of people gathered around to see what had happened, while some called 911.“Is he dead?”“No, he is breathing!”“Can someone get him some help?”A lot of faces hovered over Marcus's body.The ambulance came, and to everyone's surprise, a man with a mask got down from the back with a mask on.He walked towards Death and landed a huge blow to his face, sending him back to the floor.Death fainted from the blow.The man shot a few rounds into the air, making the whole crowd disperse.Sniper, still feeling the impact of the wound Death had inflicted on him, looked at the back of the car.He saw Marcus lying unconscious and immediately called out to Zeek to come and give him a hand.As they carried Marcus into the back of the van, Sniper came back for Death.“What is going to happen to him?” Sniper looked at Marcus, who was bleeding
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Chapter: Chapter 139Marcus smiled sheepishly as he drank his drink. He toasted a few times to Jason's death.He would have spared me if I wasn't so bent on having a revenge I couldn't win.He brought out his phone and dialed Ethan's number.“Yes, Marcus. What is the status?” Ethan asked.“He drank the poison, so he should be dead in some hours' time. And don't forget my promise,” Marcus added.“I didn't promise you anything, Marcus. Henry Carter did, and he doesn't owe you anything,” Ethan replied.The line went dead.Marcus could barely believe how Ethan had spoken to him.Here was a man who had been begging him to help them.Marcus said nothing but simply sent me a text message, asking if I had gotten back home.He tapped the table with his fingernails, his heart beating fast.He knew I would reply immediately if I was near my phone, and seeing that I wasn't replying to any of his texts, Marcus believed I was dead.He grabbed his phone and walked out of the bar, going back to his home.All was done.No
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