2025-04-06 20:45:18Like a criminal, Rose was escorted into the police vehicle which drove away before Elijah's eyes who was vividly astonished, wondering what Rose's offence was.
How would he know that the $100,000 he sent into her account had put the young banker into big trouble. Without thinking twice, Elijah ran to the sidewalk and quickly flagged down a taxi. In the haste, his phone slipped down from the secret inner pocket of his shirt where he kept it. The thread holding the fabrics had loosened unknown to him. “Hey!! Stop! Stop!!" He waved at the taxi which pulled over along the sidewalk. Elijah immediately opened the front door and hastily took his seat beside the driver. Behind him were three passengers– two matured men and a woman. They garbed in the latest fashion designs of clothes, looking rich and classic. They stared at him with their face twisted to a frown as if Elijah popped in his pants. His appearance obviously pissed the passengers off. “Can you tell everyone to get down!! Just follow that car please!!" Elijah blurted out desperately, pointing a finger at the police vehicle. The woman among them quickly cut in angrily, her done raging with disgust. “What!! You must be kidding if you think that'll be possible. An authoritative beggar, isn't it?!" She teased with a slight chuckle. “I thought beggars should be trekking." One of the men jeered while the trio bursted into laughter. “He must be a professional beggar. Such beggars already have a correct designated location to beg! They take their job seriously!" The last man chipped in mockingly and the laughter continued. Elijah disregarded the embarrassment they're putting up and faced the driver with a mixture of plea tinged with desperation expressed on his face. “Can you please follow that police car! I'll pay you triple!!” Elijah said sincerely. “Triple?! Do this thing here just say he'll pay triple! Do you know how much a seat on this Taxi costs? This is a VIP Taxi and this driver is our chauffeur. We instructed him to stop and carry you out of pity. You're a beggar after all and all you need is pity from people like us!" The Man who mocked Elijah last said. “And is that why you couldn't afford to buy a car of your own. It's a pity too!” Elijah retaliated and faced the driver with a calm look. “I'll pay no matter how costly it is. Just follow the police vehicle." Elijah didn't back down but the driver hesitated and looked at the passenger behind through the rearview mirror as if waiting for their command. “Follow the police car." One of the men told the driver. His gesture couldn't be taken for a kind one from his cold voice. He had an interior motive behind the gesture which is to embarrass Elijah properly if he fails to pay in triple as dragged. They were 100 percent sure Elijah can't pay a cent. The taxi set into motion and drove off, trailing behind the police vehicle. The man whispered to his colleagues behind, letting them know of his intention to humiliate Elijah at the end. They nodded in agreement with a mischievous grin on their faces. The taxi followed the police vehicle, keeping a considerable distance behind till it stopped at Hilton city police station headquarter. The taxi also pulled over behind. Elijah saw how the cops escorted Rose into the station. Elijah quickly stepped down to go after her but the harsh and firm voice of the driver halted him. “You haven't paid!! Triple it! That's the deal." He said sharply. “I'll just do that.” Elijah turned back said without flinching a bit. Elijah reached out to his pocket to retrieve his phone but Shockingly, he didn't find it there. “I'll check well.” He forced a bitter smile, his glance meeting the cold stares from the driver and passengers were waiting for the slightest chance to humiliate him. They assumed he had lost his money not knowing he was looking from something different. “Some minutes please. I can't find my phone.." He continued searching for it. “Phone?!!” The men exchanged scornful glances and they all bursted into a feat of laughter. “What a delusional beggar he is!" He added between his crackling laughter. “When I said he's a professional professional beggar, I wasn't wrong.” Elijah didn't spare a glance at them. He knew exactly what their plan is– to humiliate him. “Can you just help me with your phone, I just need to make a call." Elijah requested from the driver. The taunting laughter didn't cease as the passengers were enjoying Elijah's dilemma. “Do you even know how to operate one thoughtless of having it!?" “He can't afford the cheapest phone in his wildest dream even if he takes his begger job serious till he die.” The jeering continued, accompanied with rippling laughters. The driver was in haste so he simply shrugged, pulled out his small phone and gave it to Elijah as an afterthought. “Do whatever you want to do with that and pay up!! You have just 10 minutes!!" “Thanks!!" Elijah quickly collected the phone and typed Alex's number. “Hello Alex. it's Elijah here." He introduced immediately Alex picked the call. “Young.." Alex wanted to call out surprisingly but Elijah cut him off angrily. “You'll be doomed if you call it, Alex!!” He shrieked. Elijah continued, his expression harder than earlier. “I'll call out an account number now. I want you to make a transfer of $3000 to it. ASAP! And After you do that, meet me at Hilton headquarter police station." The driver quickly wrote his Account on a paper and handed it over to Elijah who called it out to Alex on the call. Elijah dropped the call. “Thanks." He muttered and handed the phone back to the driver. “Now what?" One of the men spread his hands as they all thought Elijah only faked a call. “To Expect $3000 from a beggar out of the blue? You can't even accumulate in a year even if you become the prime minister of beggars i..” “What!!!" The voice of the driver interrupted him. The driver stared at the screen of the phone interestingly with shock flashing within. A look of disbelief and astonishment was boldly registered on his face. “What is the matter, Jude?" The man asked the driver enthusiastically. “It's 3..3..$3000 dollars!" The driver blurted out with a shaky voice, a hint of belief in it. “Impossible!!" The man quickly snatched the phone from him and fixed his gaze on the screen. Others angled their head closer to have a view too. A mixture of skepticism, surprise, stupefication and disbelief swept across their faces. “He sent this!!!?" One of them broke the tension and silence, taking another skeptical glance at Elijah as if questioning the authenticity that it was actually him who sent the money. Elijah simply smiled, seeing the look of confusion on their faces. “Thanks for helping me with your phone Driver." He simply said and left, allowing them to bask in the confusion. Just then, three sleek cars pulled along the pedestrian side of the road. The first car is the latest Bugatti Chiron– Black and sleek with an elegantly streamlined body. The colour reflects under the bright sky, catching passersby attention and causing murmurs of admiration and curiosity. “Who owns these fortunes!?!" “Isn't that the latest Bugatti Chiron Costing $4 million dollars?!!!”
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