The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 47

Go to hell!

‘One week,’ Peach thought nervously, eyeing Elijah before picking at the green beans on her plate, feeling the silence around the table. A loud sigh escaped James‘ lips as he rested back in his seat and

then let out, “I know I said that I won‘t miss those two, but now I can only think about how much it‘s annoying

knowing they’re not here with us…”

A weak smile formed on Peach‘s face as she focused on James and said, “Yeah, it just doesn’t feel right not having them with us… at least, one week has gone by, so we are getting closer to seeing them again.”

How accurate she was with the time that had passed made Elijah‘s eyes drift towards her, knowing that since the day Ryan and Rookie left he had been keeping his distance from her and trying his hardest to keep himself occupied. They had been staying away from each other and even though it felt strange Elijah didn‘t want to admit it; he missed spending time together with her, and he hated seeing the disappointment in her eyes when their gazes locked.

Brushing his thumb against his bottom lip, Elijah drifted into his thoughts with his focus solely on her and his mind blank.

As Peach’s gaze darted away from James, it rested on his steady eyes and the way they stared deep inside hers. Uneasy, she pushed her plate, woke from her seat, and said, “I‘m full.”

Worried, Miss Grace looked at the still fill plate and then at her daughter, feeling a pang of guilt and heartache since she has watched the two struggle over the days to keep their promise to her and not spend time together.

But she held back her tongue as she watched her daughter push the chair back and walk out of the dining room without another word.

When Peach got outside the motel, she immediately noticed the filthy pickup still parked in their lot, and it took her memories back to the first night Elijah and the others booked rooms in the motel, the first night she looked into his eyes.

She sighed, feeling more upset than ever, before looking towards the sky and letting her fingers rub against her arm as she tried to calm herself down.

“Hey, you there!!” A robust and masculine voice called from ahead of her.

to see a sketchy and scruffy man approaching her, his hand shoved into his pockets while he grinned evilly. “Do you know

vigorously. “No, I don‘t.” “Are you sure, love?” He asked, narrowing his eyes at her. Peach backed up slowly, her breath quickening as she tried to get as far away from him as possible, and mumbled, “I‘m sorry… but no,

man‘s throat, and he said, “Well, love, do you want to tell me

and as she took another step

looked up to

didn‘t you say something or get out of the way...” Peach whispered,

eyes, Elijah stared at the man and said, “Why

looking for the dicks that stole it, so is it you,

the front door

key to this junk?” Elijah

“So you are the prick that beat up my boss and his men and robbed them, leaving them

words left Peach even more panicked as she raised her chin to look at him

junkie,

man that looked quite unstable wasn‘t something Elijah wanted to do, and didn‘t want an intense confirmation because he had better things to do, like

know that my boss was hospitalized after you beat his head with a wrench,

what…?!‘ Peach mouthed, surprised by what she heard. Her eyebrows furrowed.’ Robbing, hospitalizing someone… Did I get involved with a bad boy… Is

Elijah knew this conversation was going to get out of hand, even if he stayed silent, and that would only make matters

going to give you the key, and you can carry it back to your boss.” Elijah said in his most nonchalant

don‘t know who you have offended, do you?!” The guy exclaimed, his voice

the man, Elijah looked down at Peach and said, “Get

Go to hell!

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