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.

as Melina ate the bacon,

bluntly, taking a sip of her drink as she stared into

poor, right?” Elijah asked as he raised an eyebrow, feeling an ache in

has no job to support yourself or spend on me, and I am tired of

“Wow!”

rolled down his face, Elijah stared at

other end of the line, “Mr. Elijah, it’s time for

tomorrow,” Elijah replied curtly, hanging up

you to sign the divorce papers,” Melina reminded him as she put her fork down, looking at him expectantly. “If you don’t show up, you might get jail time,

deeply, Elijah said no words as he watched her eyes, finally realizing

and until he left her, it was only going to get worse, and it was time for him to

of the doorbell echoed throughout the house, and Melina smiled, standing up as she mumbled, “That’s my ride

Elijah stood from his seat and followed her to the front door

door, Melina smiled at a middle-aged man, dressed in a  business suit, standing at

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

as he looked away, turning his attention towards the ground, unable

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

done a lot of things that hurt Elijah, but this… this was the moment he realized how toxic their relationship truly was and felt a sense of hate towards

chest, Elijah clenched his teeth, clasping his fists, trying hard

Blueville courthouse before ten o’clock?” Melina

smiling stiffly at her and saying, “Of

Melina said, grabbing the man’s hand, and grinning sweetly at

away. His heart sank to the bottom of his stomach and filled his

that moment, he realized his father was right, this world is filled with hypocrites and devils in sheep’s clothing, and he can never let his heart rule over his head, for a

another human being get the best of him,

forty-five, the cab came to a stop in front of the courtyard, and Elijah paid his fare with a quick tip before stepping out

shoved his hands into his pocket, walking further towards the

was shocked to see reporters and camera crews, and they immediately started shouting and shoving each other to gain some coverage, making it difficult

on why the CEO of Investverse company would  be divorcing you?!” A reporter shouted in his ear as she pushed a microphone to his face, causing him to recoil