The Marvelous Elijah's Return

Chapter 16

I can’t trust you, can I?

Instantly, Tommy stopped in his steps, masking his urge to smirk with a bitter and stern expression as he stared deeply at his sister-in-law and then at Peach. 

“Well, look who finally decided to know her place and behave like how you suppose to behave in vour low status!” Tommy remarked, his words laced with venom and sarcasm. 

Then he walked over to Miss Grace, handed her the paper, and commanded, “Sign it, and let’s stop beating around the bush about this matter! I am being very generous, you know!” With trembling hands, Miss Grace slowly reached out for the papers, tears rolling from her eyes, but before she got a hold of it, Peach grabbed the sheet and shredded it to pieces as tears ran down her face. 

The anger in her eyes as she did it was something that no one has ever seen on her face before. Then Peach looked at Tommy with pure disgust and contempt and yelled at him, “Your father and my dad must be rolling in their grave because of your actions. You are just a despicable human being, and the way you treat people is just disgusting! I hate you… I hate all of you!!” 

Looking at her daughter with rage mixed with sadness in her eyes, Miss Grace mounted up enough strength to raise her hand and beat her palm against her daughter’s cheek. “Mama,” Peach whimpered, holding her burning cheek and staring at Miss Grace with wide open, wounded eyes. 

Immediately, her mother pulled her into her arms, hugged her tightly, feeling remorseful, and fixed her eyes on Tommy, anger sparked in her eyes as she let out, “You and Patricia should leave.” 

A raw look of shock emerged on Tommy’s expression, and before he could utter anything, he felt his wife’s soft fingers gripping his wrist, and he was about to lash out when he looked over at Elijah recording them with his phone. 

“You either get out, or you can put on a show that the entire internet can learn about later!” Elijah said in a cold tone, his eyes locked on Miss Grace as he watched her wiping her eyes with the back of her hand. 

Pulling her husband along with her, Patricia dragged him away as she yelled out, “Don’t you say that we are heartless when we decide to use harsh methods to get you guys to pay us back for all that you owed us!” 

When the door slammed closed behind them, Miss Grace released the breath that she was holding and her head rested on her daughter’s shoulders as she tried to keep her emotions under control. 

worried about us paying the hospital bill…” Peach whispered gently

Miss Grace raised her gaze, wiped her tears from her eyes, gazed at her daughter deeply, and said, “I know that doctor Ben didn’t give us a grace period to pay my hospital bill and you were lying to me… I don’t want you

Looking away from her daughter, Miss Grace focused her eyes on Elijah, a soft expression on her face as she said,

always means brace yourself for what’s coming…’ Elijah thought, frowning at

him to suppress his anger and compose himself and answer

him, a hint of hurt in their eyes as they stared at each other, and then Peach swallowed her pride and said, “It’s better them selling our Motel to my uncle, so yeah.

withdrawal tomorrow morning and do the down payment to Peach,”

shoving his hands into his pocket, feeling overwhelmed with emotions. “Elijah,” Peach’s voice called him out, but he kept walking, ignoring her calls. Of all the places he could have ended up, he had to land in the Hayes’ nest, and he didn’t know if it was a good thing, but so far, he wasn’t very excited about it. Frowning, when Peach caught up to

forehead as she

stared into her eyes, and he wanted to apologize to her, but his lips refused to

looking away from him, Peach sighed heavily, and then she let out in annoyance, “My mom wanted to say, ‘thank you…’ Why

arched as he looked

idiot. Thank you for helping to pay the bills for her treatment. You don’t know

didn’t know this, a useless stay-at-home husband who lived off his wife’s pocket deserved a ‘Thank you!” Elijah replied sarcastically, glaring at her angrily as he raised an

Peach feel guilty, and she lowered her gaze, sighed, and whispered, “My mother’s words hurt your feelings, huh?… I am so… so sorry, Elijah. I can promise you that she didn’t mean it in a hurtful manner. She does respect you and

her

after him, and when she

Please know that she doesn’t actually mean any of those things, okay?” “What’s your problem?! You weren’t even the one who said them in the first place!” Elijah shouted at her, pulling his arm away from her grasp. “So why are you so hung up on this?!” “Because I know what it means to get looked down on, treated like you’re worthless, and

“Peach, I-” 

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