The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Ungodly Hour

The sound of the tick and tock from the clock had Elijah’s feet bouncing on the tiles of the dining room floors as he stared at his watch, a sense of nervousness creeping into his chest.

It was Ten-thirty, and he had been staring at this same watch for hours now, still no sign of his wife.

Even though it was like her to come home late, He didn’t expect her to do so on their birthday since she knew how important today was to him.

Looking away from his watch, Elijah sighed and glanced up, the clock showing Eleven pm. Then his gaze directed to the phone, lying on the table, in front of him.

“Will she not pick up again?” Elijah asked out loud, his voice low and soft.

There was a brief pause before he reached for the phone, his fingers fumbling with it as he tried to dial Melina’s number.

“The number you have called  is currently unavailable…” A robotic female voice said on the other side of the line, causing Elijah to drop his head backward on the chair, a frown plastered on his face.

“Is she not going to answer me anymore?” He muttered in slight disappointment.

“Eleven Fifteen,” The clock on the wall read, and Elijah continued to be patient, hitting his foot repeatedly against the tiles.

Eleven twenty-two and still no sight of his wife. It has been the whole day since she left this morning that he had not seen her, and it was starting to worry him.

Elijah’s eyes wandered back towards his phone, then up to the clock again, watching the minutes tick by one by one until eleven-thirty.

That’s when Elijah finally had enough and woke from the chair, abandoning the table filled with food that he had made for Melina, and left the dining room.

The feeling of love is a heavy burden that weighed on Elijah’s heart for years since he married Melina and started living with her as a stay-at-the-home husband.

Respect was not something she would give to him often because of his low status in life, being a man who had no job and just lived off her.

was the most important person in his life, and he

he set up back in his dining room was not only to celebrate both of them thirty years old

front of a five-story glass building, and the driver looked back

gazed away from the time on his watch, which was twelve on the dot now, and reached

and walked slowly towards the doors, not

reached the entrance, the security stopped him, flashing his flashlight in Elijah’s face, and then furrowed his brow as he let out, “Mr. 

wife’s last name, and people usually looked down

of them said he was

to get involved in such petty arguments with people he did not want to associate with because they knew nothing about him and spoke out of

here at this ungodly hour?” The security questioned in an irritated

answered plainly, making sure that the

the security continued staring him down, his cold demeanor hardening, as well as the boldness in Elijah’s

kidding me?! Is that damn thing on your wrist not working?!” The security exclaimed, glaring at him as if Elijah was some criminal. “Don’t you know how to tell time or something? If you weren’t

in the eyes of others had changed drastically because he was a stay-at-home husband, and people saw that as him being a useless man who leeches on the wealth

my wife still in the building? I know she stays here late to get work done, so

and then he lashed out at Elijah, “Look, Mr. Hayes! You don’t have the right to barge into this building without any warning

the glass door, Elijah felt restless, and anger boiled inside his

strode in front of him, pushing his palms against Elijah’s chest forcefully, preventing

now! Or I will call for backup and  have your ass kicked out of here!” The security shouted at Elijah, who remained rooted on

slap the guard in the face, who

even employees are allowed to be here at this time, except security and Janitors. How dare  you try to enter the building without permission!?” The guard shouted, his voice echoing with the

hands into both his trouser pockets to stop himself from grabbing the security by his shirt and

in the security eyes was unsettling as he pointed an accusing finger at Elijah and asked, “Mr. Hayes, what are you up to here actually? Huh?! You think you’re entitled and above everyone just

into his thoughts for a moment and then

was playing his anger off and dismissing him made the guard madder. His fist clenched into a tight ball