The Marvelous Elijah's Return

Chapter 1

 

The sound of the tick and tock from the clock had Elijah’s feet bouncing on the tiles of the dining room floors as he stared at his watch, a sense of nervousness creeping into his chest.

It was Ten-thirty, and he had been staring at this same watch for hours now, still no sign of his wife.

Even though it was like her to come home late, He didn’t expect her to do so on their birthday since she knew how important today was to him.

 

Looking away from his watch, Elijah sighed and glanced up, the clock showing Eleven pm. Then his gaze directed to the phone, lying on the table, in front of him.

 

“Will she not pick up again?” Elijah asked out loud, his voice low and soft.

 

There was a brief pause before he reached for the phone, his fingers fumbling with it as he tried to dial Melina’s number.

 

“The number you have called  is currently unavailable…” A robotic female voice said on the other side of the line, causing Elijah to drop his head backward on the chair, a frown plastered on his face.

 

“Is she not going to answer me anymore?” He muttered in slight disappointment.

 

“Eleven Fifteen,” The clock on the wall read, and Elijah continued to be patient, hitting his foot repeatedly against the tiles.

 

Eleven twenty-two and still no sight of his wife. It has been the whole day since she left this morning that he had not seen her, and it was starting to worry him.

 

Elijah’s eyes wandered back towards his phone, then up to the clock again, watching the minutes tick by one by one until eleven-thirty.

 

That’s when Elijah finally had enough and woke from the chair, abandoning the table filled with food that he had made for Melina, and left the dining room.

 

The feeling of love is a heavy burden that weighed on Elijah’s heart for years since he married Melina and started living with her as a stay-at-the-home husband.

 

Respect was not something she would give to him often because of his low status in life, being a man who had no job and just lived off her.

 

But his love for Melina was something that Elijah has never given up on. His affection for her came first than anything else. She was the most important person in his life, and he felt like it was time for him to be honest to her about a lie he had been telling all these years.

 

to celebrate both of them thirty years old birthdays,

 

a stop in front of a five-story glass building, and

 

snapped out of his thought and gazed away from the time on his watch, which was twelve

 

paying his cab fare, he pushed the cab door open and stepped out, and walked slowly towards the doors, not knowing

 

in Elijah’s face, and then furrowed his brow as he let out, “Mr.  Elijah

 

and people usually looked down on

 

though most of

 

petty arguments with people he did not want to associate with because

 

hour?” The security questioned in an irritated tone, eyeing the watch on Elijah’s wrist as if looking

 

Elijah answered plainly, making sure

 

continued staring him

 

your wrist not working?!” The security exclaimed, glaring at him as if Elijah was some criminal.

 

drastically because he was a stay-at-home husband,

 

the building? I know she stays here late to get work done, so can you please take me to her office?” Elijah asked politely, his face calm

 

as the words left Elijah’s mouth, the security became visibly annoyed by his attitude, as if he had said something offensive, and then he lashed out at Elijah, “Look, Mr. Hayes! You don’t have the right to

 

felt restless, and anger boiled inside his chest, making him clench his

 

the security strode in front of him, pushing his palms against

 

backup and  have your ass kicked out of here!” The security shouted at Elijah, who remained rooted on the spot in shock and anger,

 

to slap the guard in the face, who

 

  you try to enter the building without

 

step back, putting his hands into both his trouser pockets to stop himself from grabbing the security by his shirt and

 

unsettling as he pointed an accusing finger at Elijah and asked, “Mr. Hayes, what are you up to here actually? Huh?! You think you’re entitled and above everyone

 

then asked,

 

clenched into a tight ball

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