926 Who dares to touch my Ellie?

~ Chicago, undisclosed location ~

Saturday afternoon…

Matthew is sitting in a basement-like room without any windows. A metal table is between him and a man who is tied up to a chair and has a burlap sack over his head.

Five Matthew's men are in the room as well. They are standing next to the wall with hands behind their backs while silently observing two men in front of them and waiting for any order from their boss.

Matthew is rapping his fingers on the table while recollecting what got him here.

On Wednesday, Ellie was attacked after her show. Matthew's men picked up from the park severely beaten up man (the gang leader who was dumped by Jasper and Aiden). That man didn't need a lot of 'persuasion' to tell Matthew's men how he was hired on Sunday to hurt Ellie and what they were planning to do to her. He cried like a baby while wondering, why is he getting beaten up twice during the same night, for the same information?