The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

With someone powerful

The dining hall was eerily quiet as everybody slowly digested what Madam Jewel had revealed. “A man like Bryan Checks is getting involved with our family?” Mathew, second to Dean, questioned, frowning slightly.

“Why? How can a man like that possibly be interested in helping Peach and Grace though?!” Eli exclaimed angrily, clenching and unclenching his fists, feeling angered and confused.

Looking at Madam Jewel, Cora frowned slightly at the stress she saw in her mother‘s eyes and mumbled, “He is someone that never just gets involved with people without ulterior motives, Eli! He loves money and power… nothing else matters to him.” “Money, power, and women,” Amelia said, meeting her sister‘s eyes.

“What?”

“We are all missing the bigger picture here. Peach is a woman. Bryan is a man. Men usually get protective over the one they are interested in and would do whatever it takes to keep them protected no matter what, right mom?”

t‘s like a light bulb switched on in Madam Jewel‘s mind and the realization hit her hard, causing the color to drain from her face, as she stuttered out, “Oh my..”

As soon as those words left her mouth, the whole family turned their heads to stare at her with curious eyes.

“Peach can not be with a man as powerful as Bryan Checks… she can‘t be with anyone with that kind of power or prestige,” Madam Jewel stated quietly, her voice wavering slightly. A couple of silent minutes passed and nobody uttered a word. The tension in the air grew thicker, making everyone feel uneasy.

A nervous laugh filled with uncertainty erupted from Melina‘s lips as a sense of raw panic rose inside of her chest.

SO stupid and so unbelievable.” Melina blurted as her

scowled at her, aggressively dropping his fork on the plate, locking eyes with her. “Peach is out there getting involved with a man like Checks, and you choose that no–good, worthless ass to marry!! How could you be so stupid! You‘re supposed to be

into her chair and lowered her eyes in

words, Melina pouted and whispered, “We don‘t even know for sure if Peach is in a relationship with Checks! After all, she and her mother are still harboring my Ex–husband…” “Stop

in a warning. A heavy sigh escaped Josh‘s lips as he dropped his gaze back to his plate and

his sister. Frowning, Madam Jewel reached for her glass of wine and took a small sip before turning her eyes on Josh and saying, “You four can have your separate meeting as a family to scold Melina for marrying

concern now is Peach and Bryan Checks… I need to be sure that Peach doesn‘t have a man as powerful

Checks is involved with Peach is going to be difficult because he is someone who takes pride in his privacy and doesn‘t reveal much about himself to people,”

is to us because of his high position and influence,” Madam Jewel said darkly, leaning forward on the table and resting both hands heavily on it, staring at each member of her family in

like that… They might be able to pull some strings and get me a meeting with Checks,” Dean replied, nodding his head and rubbing his chin. Looking at her son with a smile on

anyone‘s money, and treats them with so much care that you wouldn’t even feel him sucking you dry–“Melina

anger.

to protect you while you visit her..” Nodding her head, Madam Jewel placed her glass down and smiled slightly, “Thank you, grandson. I would appreciate that.” “It‘s no problem, grandma,” Josh said with a faint

“Let me get this straight when you were little you used to cry a

shook his head lightly at her words, not

Peach was completely relaxed and her mood had changed from stiff to lighthearted, and she didn‘t seem to care about anything. In fact, she appeared to be enjoying herself. When Peach noticed Elijah‘s intense stare, she furrowed

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