The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

A dead man has no tale to tell

Not for a second, not even for a moment did Elijah close his eyes, and the first light of dawn met him standing a slim distance away from the glass wall, watching the darks slowly fade.

The news about Meeks didn‘t leave his mind, and like a haunting nightmare, it dawned on him every second that sleep had forsaken him.

Patting the sheets, Peach‘s eyelids slowly opened, looking up at her husband with her drowsy eyes, still half asleep, before she let out a soft yawn, rubbing her nose on one finger in an attempt to get rid of the sleepiness.

When she fully awakened, a sense of worry and confusion settled around her like fog, as she slowly sat up straight, staring at Elijah.

After that phone call last night that she had deemed “annoying” because Elijah lost all interest after receiving it, she knew something was off, and now, seeing him just standing there made her even more anxious.

“Good morning,” Peach said while putting on her robe and slipping a pair of slippers over her feet.

Then she walked over to Elijah, hugging him from the back as her chin rested on his bare back while she looked up at the back of his hair, whispering, “A morning kiss for your thoughts?”

It took Elijah a second to snap out of his daze, and then he rested his palms against the back of her hands, pulling them off him gently before turning around to face her.

“That‘s an offer I can never turn down.” Elijah said with a warm smile

Slowly, Peach grinned back at him, but instead of saying a word, she leaned in and kissed him deeply, letting the feeling wash over her, filling her with so many emotions.

When they parted, Elijah wrapped his arms around her waist, pressing his face into the crook of her neck, and sighed deeply, squeezing her.

“Now, it‘s your turn…” Peach whispered, running her fingers slowly in his hair. “What‘s wrong?”

“Meeks is missing. His car was found on the ocean shore last night, but he was not in it.” Elijah explained softly.

Speechless, a look of horropassed through Peach‘s features as she stared at Elijah for what seemed like forever until her lips parted slightly, and then she mumbled, “Grandfather‘s lawyer… Mr. Meek?”

immediately swallowed, her lashes fluttering for a couple seconds. Then she

there with you guys, and you are not allowed to leave his sight, okay?”

her safe, and he could only do that by keeping her hidden

making her swallow her words again. For a moment, Elijah could see the conflict in her eyes, but

mumbled as a sense of worry slowly spread across her chest, and she studied his eyes

a gentle expression, before replying, “Let‘s stick

something crazy, isn‘t it?‘ Peach thought to herself, feeling worried even

car to a stop in front of Hotel Del Rio de, parking it in the lot outside. The sun had already set as Elijah escorted Peach out of the car and

her eyes rested on Miss Grace and her mother‘s grin widened, Peach picked

moment Elijah let go of her hand, and she jumped into

Miss Grace pulled her daughter closer, planting kisses on her forehead before giving

chatted, Elijah looked over at Ryan and Rookie, and the two followed him a couple of distances away from Matt,

sleep last night at all, boss?” Ryan asked with a look of concern, knowing damn well from his eyes that he hadn‘t slept

Peach, before answering, “I had coffee. But about Meeks, Rookie, were you able to dig

heavy rain yesterday night and his car ran off the highway bridge and into the ocean.” Rookie answered, looking concerned himself as

saw the news earlier this morning of the photos of his car. It looked reck as if the hood slammed into something before falling into the water, and those that found it saw that the driver‘s door was open.” Ryan said, feeling confused by the scattered puzzle pieces that were

it opened in

was trying to get out before the

or

the three conversations immediately stopped, making her snort at

for anything out of the ordinary about the lawyer‘s accident.” Elijah told them after a couple of seconds of silence. “In the meantime, I need you two with me at Investistic Co... With what happened to Meeks, right now I don‘t want Peach in public places

share a glance, they both nod at Elijah, and then Ryan let

eyes and then said, “You heard about what happened to Meeks, right?” “Elijah told me a couple of hours ago.” Peach mumbled, her voice barely above a whisper and she bit her lower lip as

and pulled her a couple of steps away from them before saying, “I heard that

did…” Peach stuttered, blinking quickly while she turned away, not really wanting to meet her mother‘s gaze as she bit her lower lip

So how did the