The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Closing his eyes, Elijah sighed and leaned back into the seat behind him as he nervously toyed with his wedding ring while it sunk in that he was now divorced and was finally meeting his parents after years of being away.

There were a lot of emotions to process between getting betrayed by Melina and returning home. It was all too much to even try to figure out just how he was going to handle all of it.

After the plane finally landed, the passengers got up to leave, and since Elijah had no baggage, he left first class and entered the terminal.

With a cap on his head, Elijah kept his head down and his hands inside his trouser pocket, trying not to draw any attention to himself.

The moment Elijah stepped out of the building, it took only a couple of seconds for him to hear, “Master Maxwell!”

Stopping in his steps, Elijah turned around and saw none other than Butler James walking toward him.

Immediately, he noticed people staring at him and whispering, and Elijah lowered his cap, shrugging his shoulders to make himself look smaller.

“What are you doing?” Elijah whispered when Butler James arrived right in front of him. “You know I don’t like the attention of others-”

“I’m sorry, master. I am just so happy that you are here, back with us,” Butler James said, reaching up to take his hand and squeezing it. “I can barely believe this is happening.”

Not holding back, Butler James rushed into Elijah’s arms, hugging him tightly.

Even though Elijah was caught off guard at first, but then he hugged him back, smiling fondly, “It’s been quite some time, hasn’t it?”

Pulling out of his arms, Butler Elijah smiled weakly and let out, “Yes, master. You don’t know how mad your mother has been since your father kicked you out of the mansion.”

A few years ago, Mr. Maxwell, a well-known figure in the business world in Bordoria, and a man of high prestige, known by many, and respected by countless, looked into Elijah’s eyes and said, “Son, it’s time for you to get out of my house.”

Looking back now, Elijah could only smile at his father’s drastic decision to send him to another country to experience the real world for himself, because with such a status in Bordoria, he was never going to see humans for who they truly were.

Unfortunately, Melina was the first person he fully trusted with his heart, aside from his family, and the result was an ugly divorce with her, lies, betrayal, and humiliation.

Growing up with his family’s money and title, the world was black and white for Elijah as a young man, but after his father kicked him out, he started to realize that sometimes the world wasn’t so nice to those without money or connections.

I learned because of his tough love.” Elijah

different about you, master,”  James said, still not believing that he was talking to the same man who he watched growing up as

“I cut my hair,”

“No. That’s not it.”

his butler, heading for the black SUV

Aura!! You have a  new Aura, Master! One filled with dominance and maturity!” James exclaimed, following

said, “You took all that from

tried to discipline him. You were soft-hearted and  sensitive, and you always cried

bruising my ego

But what I am trying to say is now, I think your aura is so more mature, and more… I don’t know… Strong? I guess

Butler James opened the back door and stepped aside for him to get in, smiling when he

Elijah fell asleep, his head resting on the window glass and

finger, Butler James weakly smiled before looking away with sadness in his

in front of a fancy six-story mansion,

surrounded by trees and bushes, and a fancy fountain,  made of marble, dominated the

on both sides, and guards patrolling around every corner with dogs at

arrived.”  Butler James said, tapping  Elijah’s shoulder

out the window and seeing that they had stopped in front of a grand set of

Elijah said softly, taking a

the car, bowing

home, master Elijah,” All

walked up the stairs and then stopped in front of the huge

ring off his finger and

hand and tucked it away safely in his pocket as the doors opened

in, the lush

lot has changed after a few years, and it kind of reminded him of how things used to be and the feeling of how

child…” Mrs. Maxwell’s cry echoed through the foyer as she ran towards

laughed softly as he closed his eyes and whispered,

until Elijah pulled away and

Mrs. Maxwell cried, running her fingers through Elijah’s brown