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.”

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

pray for this to happen since your son almost

“AAH,”

Peach realize what her “Thank you,” from earlier meant,

raised her gaze and saw her husband walking into the

Miss Grace asked softly, seeing exactly what her daughter saw

for a moment, but then he said, “Matt called and

back?” Both Peach and her mother-in-law said at the

Elijah think twice about his decision, but he smiled at the both of them and said, “Yes, but Hopefully, I will be

club party,” Mrs. Maxwell mumbled, eyeing her husband for support but got

Peach realized that there

are you leaving?” Peach asked, holding back the feeling of sadness that arose inside

Elijah said, and he could see from her facial features, that her heart dropped at little bit. “It’s just

to her lips as Peach looked into his eyes, and he waited for her to say

“Excuse me,” Elijah mumbled.

his back turned to her, Peach’s smile disappeared, and Mrs. Maxwell’s heartache at

hands on his hips, Dean scoffed at his mother, rage coursing through his veins. “Josh has spent one week in prison, Damnit! My son! He’s behind bars because of you!” Dean lashed

not release the anger that you have in you for Elijah on me.” Madam Jewel said in a firm tone. “You know that you are putting your anger on the

“You are gaslighting me!”

straight, so you won’t forget who the real enemies here are. This is Elijah’s trick, to tear us up from

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

with a cold stare and said, “Dean, chill. That’s our

son’s voice made Madam Jewel flinch as well. Her hands balled into fists as a deep sigh escaped her lips, and she said, “You are angry about what happened to your son, Dean. But that is not my fault. It’s Joshua’s own doing.

oh, so it’s also my children’s fault that Cora is going to spend the rest of her disabled life.

forming at the corners of her eyes. “I carried you for nine months, breastfed you

you all because it’s messing with my head right now, and I don’t want to lose it too, damnit!” Tyson shouted, causing

could put her grandson in his place, Mathew’s ringtone went off, he quickly grabbed his phone and answered,

walked out of the dining room, “It’s Elijah damn

just spotted leaving the airport?” Thornton’s voice filled his son’s ear. “Who?” Mathew asked, annoyed at