The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Seven o’clock met him in the kitchen, cooking breakfast, as usual, cracking an egg open and pouring the yolk into a pan to cook.

As he stirred the scrambled eggs together, humming quietly to himself, he tried to not think about all the mean things his wife said to him and just tried to focus on the task at hand.

When the eggs were ready, Elijah scooped them onto a plate, next to the bacon, sausages,

and toast that he prepared beforehand.

Then Elijah took the plate off the counter, set it on the tray beside a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, and slowly raised the gold tray in his hand, walking carefully out of the kitchen into the dining room.

Standing by the table, Elijah placed the tray on it before grabbing the fork and knife from the cutlery drawer, setting the silverware on the table, and placing it neatly beside the tray.

At that moment, Elijah heard footsteps approaching the dining room where he was standing, and as he turned around, he saw Melina, walking into the room while rubbing her sleepy eyes, fully dressed in a lovely, knee-length, neat-fit white floral dress.

“What is this?!” Melina frowned at him as she looked at the tray and utensils sitting neatly on top of the table.

“Breakfast…” Elijah whispered nervously.

Keeping her silence, Melina pulled out a  chair and sat down, placing her hands on top of the table as she rested her chin on them and stared at Elijah suspiciously.

“Are you sure you are not trying to poison me before I divorce you, so you can take all my money?” Melina asked, still sounding very grumpy.

At first, Elijah thought she was kidding, but her tone was too serious not to believe.

Taking a deep breath and letting it out calmly, he smiled slightly at her question, and simply answered, “How could I do such a thing? Melina, I love you too much to hurt you.”

“Ha, you don’t know when to quit, do you?” Melina chuckled lightly as she shook her head.

A frown settled on Elijah’s face as he pulled out a chair and sat down across from her.

into the room as Melina ate the bacon, eyeing Elijah

not husband material.” Melina said bluntly, taking a sip of her drink

I am poor, right?” Elijah asked as he raised an eyebrow,

who is constantly broke and has no job to support yourself or spend on me, and I am tired of being

“Wow!”

Elijah stared at his wife and then at the buzzing

the line, “Mr. Elijah, it’s time for you to return home. Your father and

be there tomorrow,” Elijah replied curtly, hanging up the

as she put her fork down, looking at him expectantly. “If you don’t show

eyes, finally realizing and accepting

was time for him to accept the reality that his life isn’t what he thought it was, and he should

house, and Melina smiled, standing up as she mumbled, “That’s

from his seat and followed her to the front door as

dressed in a  business suit, standing at the doorstep. He had short hair,

sweetly, rushing into the man’s arm and kissing him on

from Elijah’s mouth as he looked away, turning his attention towards the ground, unable to look at them

that his wife would kiss another man in front of him, and yet, she didn’t seem to care that

was the moment he realized how toxic their relationship truly was and felt a sense of

knife was stabbed in his chest, Elijah clenched his teeth, clasping his fists, trying

courthouse before ten o’clock?” Melina asked him, breaking the embrace

his gaze towards her, smiling stiffly at her and

man’s hand, and

watched his wife get in the car of another man, and drive away. His

and he can never let his heart rule over his head,

never let another human being get the best of him, ever again, and his heart slowly grew cold and numb as

front of the courtyard, and Elijah paid his fare with a quick tip before stepping out of

great white building, Elijah shoved his hands into

camera crews, and they immediately started shouting and shoving

Mrs. Melina Hayes is divorcing you? Can you please share some thoughts on why the CEO of Investverse company would  be divorcing you?!” A reporter