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.”

to chuckle at

son almost gave me a heart attack. when he said he wasn’t getting married

“AAH,”

from earlier meant, and Peach

her husband walking

you okay, Elijah?” Miss Grace asked softly, seeing exactly what

moment, but then he said, “Matt called and he needs

Peach and her mother-in-law

but he smiled at the both of them and said, “Yes,

club party,” Mrs. Maxwell mumbled, eyeing her husband for support but got none as his

that there was no stopping Elijah from going since his father seemed

leaving?” Peach asked, holding back the feeling

little bit. “It’s just a few pieces of paperwork that

for her to say something, and when she didn’t, he stared at his

“Excuse me,” Elijah mumbled.

and

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 out at his mother, making the rest of his siblings flinch. “You! You

the anger that you have in you for Elijah on me.” Madam

“You are gaslighting me!”

your head straight, so you won’t forget who the real enemies here are. This is Elijah’s trick, to tear us up from the inside so we can destroy each other, and he can mock

the business circles, the companies are crumbling, and our family. reputation is

met his eyes with a cold stare

“You are angry about what happened to your son, Dean. But that is not my fault. It’s Joshua’s own

my children’s fault that Cora is going to spend the rest of her disabled

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

all just shut the fuck up and eat dinner! My father is in prison for who-knows-how long, 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,

place, Mathew’s ringtone went off, he quickly grabbed his phone and answered, “Hey,

Eli and Mathew had been in contact with their father for days now, Dean stopped 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 do to him is that you

my men just spotted leaving the airport?” Thornton’s voice filled his son’s ear. “Who?” Mathew