The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 157- The real enemies

Frowning slightly, Elijah knew that the voice belonged to Lawyer Meeks, and yet he was skeptical of the fact that he was alive. A part of him still could not believe it, but the rest of his logical mind seemed to think differently.

“How did you survive the fall?” Elijah asked.

After dealing with the Hayeses for so long, Elijah knew how tricky and treacherous the family can get to achieve their goals.

“I black out during the fall and the next thing I knew, I opened my eyes in a tiny room with this old lady and her daughter, and they had been helping me since then… I can not walk, Elijah. The impact of my body hitting the water with such force injured my spine. I need to get out of the country to seek treatment… If I keep hiding with no proper medical care care, I will die, for real.” Mr. Meeks spoke slowly and he sounded very weak.

“What happened that day… the evening the accident took place?”

“I want to see your face first… I want to explain things to you in person because I don’t trust a phone call.”

Silence settled on the line as Elijah processed what Mr. Meeks said, and then he asked, “What device are you using?”

“A smartphone,” Mr. Meeks said.

“Video call me.”

The call abruptly ended in Elijah’s ear, and he sighed in annoyance. But as he was about to put his phone back into his pocket, it started buzzing, and Elijah looked at the screen to see that he was getting an incoming video call.

Immediately, Elijah answered, and the video call connected to a small camera, and there, staring back at him was a man who should be a ghost.

“Send me your location. I will be back in Syldavia at night, but I am sending my men, Jerome and Matt, to pick you up, and take you somewhere safer.”

“Okay,” Mr. Meeks said.

After ending the call, Elijah drew a breath, knowing he hadn’t told Peach the truth yet, and now that this had surfaced, he was still hesitant to do so.

The dinner room was lively as Mrs. Maxwell told Peach and Mrs. Grace with a smile, saying, “I can’t wait to take you guys to Madam Elle’s book club tomorrow… Side note, she likes. bragging about her son’s marriage and her daughter-in-law to my face, and now that my daughter-in-law is here, I want to rub it in her face too.”

Lisa.” Mr. Maxwell teased, causing Peach to chuckle at the eye roll her

on my joy. I pray for this to happen since your son almost gave me a heart attack. when he

“AAH,”

“Thank you,” from earlier meant, and Peach gave her mother-in-law a big

saw her husband walking into the dining room

softly, seeing exactly what her daughter saw in

of reluctance Elijah felt stopped him from speaking for a moment, but then he said, “Matt called and he needs me back

Peach and her mother-in-law

made Elijah think twice about his decision, but he smiled at the both of

Maxwell mumbled, eyeing her husband for support but got none

realized that there

holding back the

see from her facial features, that her heart dropped at little bit. “It’s just a few pieces of paperwork that I need to attend to, and I will be right back.

his eyes, and he waited for her

“Excuse me,” Elijah mumbled.

turned to her, Peach’s smile disappeared, and Mrs. Maxwell’s heartache at the sight of her daughter-in-law

week in prison, Damnit! My son! He’s behind bars because of you!” Dean lashed out at his mother,

have in you for Elijah on me.” Madam Jewel said in a firm

“You are gaslighting me!”

forget who the real enemies here are. This is Elijah’s trick, to tear us up

this, we are being shut out by those we know in the business circles, the companies are

brother, Mathew met his eyes with a cold stare and said, “Dean, chill. That’s

she said, “You are angry about what happened to your son, Dean. But that is not my fault. It’s Joshua’s own doing. I never told him to stab Jessica Astor ten times and almost killed her, and I didn’t ask your slut of a daughter to bring that bastard. into our lives to

my children’s fault that Cora is going to spend

my face, Dean!” Madam Jewel screamed, tears. forming at the corners of her eyes. “I carried you for nine months, breastfed you till you were one year old, and raised you into the man that

and I just don’t want to play this victim game with you all because it’s messing with my head right now, and I don’t want to lose it too, damnit!” Tyson shouted, causing the table to fall silent. “So,

Jewel could put her grandson in his place, Mathew’s ringtone went off, he quickly

from his seat and then walked out of the dining room, “It’s Elijah damn fault, but that doesn’t excuse you either. The only reason I haven’t strangled you as I want to

Thornton’s voice filled