The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Choose your side

Anger immediately started to rise inside of her as Peach glared at Madam Jewel with a look of pure hatred, and without even realizing it, she blurted, “Grandpa left that company for me, and you can’t just take what he gave to me away!” A faint chuckle escaped Madam Jewel’s throat as she gazed down at her granddaughter, before she replied, “Oh yes, I can… you know, I thought you were getting married to this… this human being because you want to own something in this family and be a part of us…” 1

A pause followed her words as she watched Peach’s eyes for a sign of fear and submission and when she saw a slight flicker of emotion in her step granddaughter’s eyes, she smiled, knowing that she managed to hit Peach’s weak spot. “I will not tolerate the disrespect I am seeing from you, Peach, and since that’s how you want to behave, I am taking this opportunity to let you know you aren’t fit to take over any of the family business. I don’t need an arrogant, selfish, and prideful woman who does not know who ass to kiss up to.” Madam Jewel said, shaking her head and staring deeply into Peach’s eyes.

“Okay! That is enough crap!” Elijah yelled, his face darkening as he stood from the sofa. Then he looked down at his wife and stretched his hands out to her, saying, “Let’s go…” “Peach, I am warning you as your grandma. Choose your side wisely or else you will suffer from your mistakes….” Madam Jewel warned, raising her voice while glaring at her. “If you humble your pride, I can take pity on Grace and you.”

Looking over at her, Peach glared and then put her hand in Elijah’s palm, and he gently pulled her off the sofa, lacing his fingers through hers.

“What are you depending on here, Elijah?!” Madam Jewel asked, her mind reeling from disbelief, confusion, and rage. “It would be so boring to just say it to your face, so wait for me to show you,” Elijah uttered. meeting her gaze with a smirk.

Then he turned to Peach, seeing the confusion in her gaze, but she said no word, merely nodding her head before he led her away.

When they were back in the car, Peach rested back on the seat, covering her face with both her hands, sighing loudly. “I can’t believe she actually did that,” Peach muttered, trying to suppress the anger welling up inside her and the hurt that she felt toward Madam Jewel. Silently, Flijah pulled out his phone, scrolled through his contacts, and stopped at Rookie’s number, djaling it.

Alter spursal rings, Rookie answered the phone, sounding somewhat drowsy, “Morning Buss,” “I need you and Ryan to find me “Elijah sald, pausing as die stared over at Peach.

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“What’s your grandfather’s lawyer’s full name?” Elijah asked after a few seconds, interrupting their eye contact

Meeks,” Peach mumbled, still

in the rearview mirror and then said,” Rookie, find out William Meeks location. Can I get it before

do our best to make that

glanced over at Peach, and the way she was staring at him made

Peach whispered, looking away from Elijah

a smile slowly spreading across her lips as she nodded her head, making him to chuckled softly. “Dice, please take us to Emerald Grill,” Elijah said, watching her eyes lit up and widen. “Alright, boss.” Dice mumbled, his eyes locked onto his driving wheel, and the rest of the ride passed peacefully by until they arrived at Emerald Grill. “We are eating here?” Peach whispered, looking up

gave a big smile and replicd, “Yes. There is nothing that compares to the laste of Starbuck coffee in

her response, Elijah continued to stare at her intently for several

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speak when the waiter approached their table, and

order,” Then he answered the call, leaving Peach staring in awe at him before focusing on the waiter, smiling at him nervously because she was a bit worried about making Elijah’s order. “Why was I not invited to your wedding?” Bryan’s voice echoed in a teasing, but a bit serious tone

Bryan’s lips, and then the line went quiet for a moment, and then Bryan spoke again, “Are you and Peach, okay.. I got wind of what happened to the motel.” “Yeah, we are,” Elijah mumbled, watching Peach talk with the waiter with

“Was it an accident?”

“No,”

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all?” The waiter asked, giving Peach a

card, and rested it on the table, listening to Bryan say. “About what we discussed the other day, I have a few