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

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

he raised an eyebrow, feeling an ache in

support yourself or spend on me, and I am

“Wow!”

drop that rolled down his face, Elijah

answering the call, he rested it against his ear and listened to the voice on the other end of the line, “Mr. Elijah, it’s time for you to return home. Your father and mother want

there tomorrow,” Elijah replied curtly,

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, so I advise you to

Elijah said no words as he watched her eyes,

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

the house, and Melina smiled, standing up

his seat and followed her to the front door as they

a middle-aged man, dressed in a  business suit, standing at the doorstep. He had short hair, dark brown eyes,

arm and kissing him on the lips as she hugged onto his body with

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

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

years, Melina had done a lot of things that hurt Elijah, but this… this was the moment he realized how toxic their relationship

his chest, Elijah clenched his

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

her, smiling stiffly at her and saying,

and grinning sweetly at

get in the car of another man, and drive away. His heart sank to the bottom of his stomach and filled 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 woman or anyone, and this lesson was

because now, he would never let another human being get the best of

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

his hands into his pocket, walking further

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

of Investverse company would  be divorcing you?!” A reporter