The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

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A sense of rage awakened from Madam Jewel’s bruised ego at the thought that a lowlife would dare challenge the Hayeses with such a direct insult to their faces, and a feeling of disbelief overcame her as she mumbled, “Elijah, Elijah? Melina‘s ex-husband… Peach’s current husband did that... to your face?”

The way his mother pressed on those words made Elmer even more irritated, and with a sharp inhale he finally snapped, “Yes… Now, can we just drop it? I already have a plan to deal with that bastard, so can we just focus on the company and the fact that I‘m Peach now owns Investistic Co?”

A shock coursed through the entire group, except Madam Jewel, who sighed out her frustration, feeling the tension in the room build–up, as she turned around, walked back towards her seat, saying in a hushed voice, “I can‘t… This is just...”

“Peach owns what?!” Cora cried out, looking completely confused, and while she glanced around at the others, they seemed just as lost as she was.

Meeting Elmer‘s eyes, Amelia screwed her face into a scowl as she asked, “What do you mean she owns your company? What is this all about?”

Since he was already in the embarrassing zone, Elmer dropped on the couch, relax, and said, “I lost the investment deals with Gordan and the others because Peach showed up with that devil‘s spawn of a husband by her side and the Will mother give her–”

“But the will got burnt... You all were here... you saw the look of doom and despair on her face when mother...” Amelia trailed off, unable to continue with the sentence as she stared into space, still in deep shock.

Squirting his eyes, Eli‘s jaw clenched tightly and he turned away, muttering, “Exactly, Peach left us no doubt that the Will got burnt.”

“Well, she does have the exact copy mother gave her and a young lawyer that seems to be with Elijah... Honestly, I am still confused about the shit that went down this morning...” Elmer responded, rubbing at the bridge of his nose.

Fixing his eyes on Madam Jewel, Dean hesitated for a moment, before mumbling, “Was it the exact copy of the will or...”

“Meeks has a spare copy. We made three originals for just–in–case situations, and now, judging from Peach‘s mood a day ago, it‘s not possible that these wills are the same...” Madam Jewel explained in a grave voice, her eyes fixed on her son.

“What if she was just calling a bluff then?“ Amelia blurted out.

“Why would she call a bluff? What would she have been trying to accomplish by doing that back then?” Cora wondered, voicing her thoughts aloud.

A couple of silent minutes passed as everyone thought about the situation, until Elmer cleared his throat, breaking the awkward atmosphere, and replied in a humble voice, “That Elijah dude is a piece of mystery... First, he‘s living off Melina, then he‘s a thug, he‘s hanging around Bryan Checks, and now, he has Mr. Bamford doing his dirty work-”

piped in, raising an eyebrow and glancing at

but after everything that happened, I was the one walking out of the company with this messed up face and

the police allowed him to walk free after seeing

Elmer nodded, Eli‘s eyes widened, and he exclaimed, “Who

like… was it wise for him to marry Peach?” Amelia mumbled, instead of thinking the words

one comes for me and what I have worked hard for before I even became a wife of a mother, and expect me to stand aside and let it happen!” Madam Jewel exclaimed,

guard, and each of them exchanged nervous glances before turning their

she reached for her phone, and they watched her

Madam Jewel said, her tone softened the moment the old

His voice came back over the receiver, sounding weary and exhausted. “How may

“Can we meet up?”

or my

a location and don‘t make me wait on you, or I will

and there was a faint rustling noise on the other end before she heard Mr. Meeks say, “Of

Dean couldn‘t hold back his tongue and asked, “I thought you already took the real will father left out of Mr.

mouth about it to others.” Madam Jewel interrupted before adding in a rather annoyed tone, “I thought after years of keeping his lips shut, I could trust

no one dared speak for a while, and then Dean smirked, mumbling, “You are

mumbled in response, her eyes still focused on her phone, before snapping it shut and tossing it onto

time for it to die. If Peach has a small taste of success with that company,

nodded slowly, and Elmer mumbled, “Well, we can get all the employees to quit... With no one to assist

“Leave Elijah alone. I

head swinging slowly back and forth, as her body leaned

her head towards him gently until it rested on his shoulder, letting out a

Elijah mumbled

Torre

he sat still for almost two minutes before looking down at Peach and then tapped her arm. When she