All Chapters of From Rags To Riches: Chapter 51
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CHAPTER FIFTY-ONEAt that moment, Elias felt the urge to intervene, but it appeared that the old man deserved what he got.They were birds of the same feathers, and it was possible that he must have done the same to others.Leo moved closer to the old man, pointing the gun to his face while he looked down at him.“How dare you reject my offer, old man?” He growled at him, glaring with so much annoyance.“I hate it when people take my act of kindness for granted, Mr. Valesky. It doesn’t always come like this, old man. But it does, it can never be taken back.”The old man cried as he watched his sons take their last breaths.But he didn’t beg for his life; instead, he turned to Leo and spat on his face.“Kill me! Kill me!” He demanded, but Leo scoffed.“Why would I kill you, old man?” He took a deep breath, lifting the muzzle of the gun off the man’s face.“I have more important things I would love to do with you, Mr. Valesky. Killing you would never be a good idea.”The old man grunted
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CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO“I already told you who I am.” Elias retorted, and then he unbuckled Leo’s seatbelt for him.“I need you to step out of the car, Leo. Don’t try to play smart, I am going to kill you without blinking an eyelid.”Leo hesitated. “Do you know who I am?!” He barked, trying to hold onto his valor, but that only brought him pain.Elias slammed the back of the gun to his head, causing him to grunt in pain.Blood began to ooze from the side of his head, and he moved his head to feel the bleeding.“Do you realize who you are messing with? I will get you killed!” Leo threatened, but when Elias pointed the gun to his face again, he gasped, gulping hard saliva.“We are in the middle of nowhere, Leo. I am sure you know what that means. You are not a fool.”Leo took a deep breath, and then he alighted from the car while Elias joined him.“On your knees.” Elias ordered, but that seemed like the last thing Leo was prepared to do.“That’s not going to happen!” Leo growled, but the mom
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CHAPTER FIFTY-THREEElena woke up again to find Elias seated beside her on the bed.She didn’t know what was more annoying. If it was the fact that he was smiling while he stared at her face, or the fact that he was drawing closer to her.“You look so beautiful when you sleep, my darling.” He said, repeating the words he said earlier.Elena grunted, seating up while she looked at him.The messages that her eyes glittered were very unreadable, but it was obvious that she was very angry even though she chose silence.“I hope you slept well, Wifey.” Elias pressed further, attempting to grab her hand.Elena took a deep breath, glaring at him. “Where were you last night?” She asked, folding her arms while her eyes glittered with impatience.Elias huffed. “Well, I thought you didn’t care about me.”“That’s not the answer to my question, Elias. I waited for you last night, and you were gone. Where did you go?” She refused to let go of her annoyance, allowing it spread all over her face.“I w
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CHAPTER FIFTY-FOURElias was forced to ready the message again to be sure that he was not mistaking, and it ended up being the same thing.His heart began to beat faster, and turning to his wife, he cleared his throat, struggling to suppress the sensation that intensely gripped him.He clenched the phone tightly in his hand, taking another deep breath.Then Elena ended her call, turning to look at him.“Guess what?!” She seemed very excited to speak to her husband about her call with Mario, but seeing the expression on his face before he could get rid of it, she couldn’t stop herself from getting very worried.“What is it, Elias? Don’t tell me that you are thinking about your mother again.” She forgot about what she seemed very eager to speak to him about, drawing close until she was close enough to sit on the bed.“What happened?” She asked, and when her eyes were about to move to the screen of the phone, Elias shifted the phone away slowly.She looked at it even when he had slid it
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CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVEElena looked him in the eyes, fighting the urge to linger with her questions.But she soon realized that she was running late for her first meeting, and she didn’t want to give the wrong impression about herself.So she decided to get rid of the thoughts that crawled into her mind.“I have to go get ready for my meeting, Elias.” She moved to get prepared while Elias headed to the bathroom to take a shower.When he was done, he stepped out and began to get dressed himself.“Going somewhere?” Elena asked, staring as he put on the blue jacket after he was done knotting the grey tie over the creamy shirt.Elias nodded with a smile. “You don’t me to remain at home and do nothing while you go to work, do you?”Elena chuckled softly. “That’s not what I meant.” She walked up to Elias, handing him over the two earrings that she had taken from her jewelry box.Elias helped her put them on, and then she looked in the mirror right beside them.“Thank you. They fit perfectly.” S
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CHAPTER FIFTY-SIXElias looked around him, attempting to get a grip on himself.Anger and pain rippled through his veins as he scoured the entire place.That was what looked like a forest with a damaged building in the middle of it.The only clear path was where they parked, and grasses had already sprouted all over the place.“This was where you buried my mother?” Elias looked back at the men, his eyes glaring with so much annoyance.“I…” Morgan stuttered, knowing that he was the one at the most fault.“I had no choice, Godfather.” He took a deep breath, but that was still not enough to grant him relief.“I had to bury her at once, and I couldn’t do it in a proper way.” He realized that his explanation was only going to make things worse for him, so he decided not to say any other thing.Leo on the other hand had realized that things were soon going to become chaotic for him.Even in his silence, he was still gripped by a rising tension, the kind that made his heart beat faster, and
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CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVENBut it seemed that they had celebrated their victory too soon, forgetting who exactly they were dealing with.When eventually, they were done staring at each other and laughing victoriously, Leo and Morgan returned their gaze to the Godfather, only to see him standing outside the cage.Leo gasped, his eyes bulging out of their sockets. “How?” He stuttered, taking two staggering steps backward.Morgan on the other hand was getting ready to flee, knowing that they were going to suffer greatly for what they had done to Elias.At that moment, silence hovered in the air, but they could hear their heartbeats, plummeting deeper into their bellies. Elias growled at them, infuriated as he stared at his Mother’s grave.The cage that almost swallowed him had damaged some of the heaped sand on the grave, reshaping the already looking ugly sight of his mother’s resting place.“You just bid farewell to life.” He said, his voice low but imperative.Then he started walking toward
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CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHTMorgan froze, his entre body submitting itself to the subjugation that sprouted from the Godfather.Leo had waited for Morgan to pull the trigger, but a minute was gone, and he was yet to hear the sound of a gunshot.“What the hell are you waiting for?!” He groaned, attempting to get on his knees.But the pain was too much, forcing him back to the ground.“Shoot him, you fool! Shoot him!” He pointed at Morgan, but when his subordinate seemed to have lost his entire courage, he collapsed back to the ground, panting heavily.“I am surrounded by idiots!” He groaned, blowing hot air from his mouth and nostrils.Morgan remained the way he was, iced by terror.His eyes couldn’t close, but his lids kept on flickering like they were attempting to fan him back to life.Elias grabbed the gun from him, and even though he knew that he was no longer holding his gun, his hands were still up, held up in the air.Elias forced the muzzle into Morgan’s mouth, causing him to muffle h
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CHAPTER FIFTY-NINEMorgan wasn’t sure he heard what the Godfather said, so he remained seated on the ground, hoping that it was something else that he heard.Leo on the other hand turned to him, shaking his head to plead with him not to do what he was asked to do.“Didn’t you hear me?” Elias was running out of patience, glaring at Morgan with burning eyes.The middle-aged man had no choice.He picked up the spade, and with staggering steps, he walked up to the piled up sand, holding the spade with a slippery grip.Leo gasped when he saw that he was ready to cover him up. “Don’t do this, Morgan! I am your Boss! I fucking made you who you are!”The reminder was not going to change anything, especially when the Godfather was standing right there.“Morgan! Listen to me! I am your boss!” Leo was still panting, especially when it seemed like Morgan was preparing to start covering him up, seeing the anger in Elias’s eyes.“Fill up the grave. Start covering him up.” Elias commanded, and Morga
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CHAPTER SIXTY“Hello? Elena?” Elias called out, but the call ended at once.He tried to call back, but she was not taking her calls.Without wasting any time, he sped into the road, stepping on the accelerator.His body was covered with sweat as he drove through the busy road, maneuvering his way through the cars ahead of him.He tried calling again, but there was still no response.He intended to go to the company where Elena had gone to sign the deal, finding the easiest shortcut to drive through.Then his phone rang, and as soon as he saw it was Elena’s name on the screen, he answered the call, slowing the phone down.“Hello, Elena.” He waited for a while, but there was no response.“Can you hear me? Where are you?”“This is not your wife.” A low female voice resounded through the speakers of the phone.Elias listened for a while, but it didn’t seem like he knew who was speaking.“Who is this?” He asked, realizing that there was no familiarity in the voice.“You want to know?” The