The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 14

I will sign the papers

As they walked into the front door of the hospital, Peach kept her hands clapped to her side and lier eyes locked on the floor.

When Elijah noticed how uneasy she was,

he felt a small amount of guilt creeping into his heart but quickly suppressed it, keeping his focus ahead of him, walking beside her.

“Miss Peach,” A nurse said with a smile, meeting her from the opposite direction.

“Mrs. Williams, good afternoon… How is my mother’s condition?” Peach said with a slight nod, ignoring Elijah standing close to her. “Her condition has gotten better since this morning, and she even got a visitor.”

“Visitor?!”

A sense of worry flashed across Peach’s features and her heart skipped a beat. She knew her mother had only her, and the fact that someone visited was not a good sign. Especially when that someone was most likely her father’s…

“Your uncle Tommy is here with his wife to see her.” Mrs. William then informed Peach with a polite smile, causing her eyes to widen in surprise.

“No!!” Peach shouted, causing Elijah to jump a little bit in surprise as he looked at her.

down the hallway, and Elijah

her mother’s room, threw the door open, and entered, her heart beating

her eyes widening even more as she saw her mother with a pen in her hand and her uncle Tommy with a paper in his grip. “Mama, please tell me you didn’t do what I think you did?!” Peach cried, racing toward her mother’s bedside and placing her hands atop hers. “Peach! Please,

on his eyes, and the old man scowled, a

dressed in a fancy dress, pearl necklace around her neck, and diamond

manners? Huh!! You little, rotten brat.” Aunt Patricia hissed at Peach through gritted teeth, sounding like she was barely holding back

tears pooling up in her eyes and rolling down her cheeks as she mumbled hatefully, “Aunt?! Uncle?! How shameless of a fool can you two get to think that I consider you two as

reason you are in this place, on this damn hospital bed, instead of being home with me, and you expect me to be civil to those

are family and we must stick together.” Mrs. Williams spoke, her nose flaring and her eyes burning with hatred towards her niece-in-law. As Peach

with pride and ego as he said, “We know that you and your mother will not be able to pay

husband is

mind? Ha? How about you look in the mirror and ask that question? Huh!!” Peach cried, her voice rising higher as the words fell

it towards Peach’s cheek, but her wrist got trapped in Elijah’s grip

you two to keep your hands to yourself

you lost your damn mind, huh!!” Tommy shouted, taking a step forward and

Tommy’s wrist, ceasing his hand, looking

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