The Marvelous Elijah's Return

A dead man has no tale to tell 

Not for a second, not even for a moment did Elijah close his eyes, and the first light of dawn met him standing a slim distance away from the glass wall, watching the darks slowly fade. 

The news about Meeks didn‘t leave his mind, and like a haunting nightmare, it dawned on him every second that sleep had forsaken him. 

Patting the sheets, Peach‘s eyelids slowly opened, looking up at her husband with her drowsy eyes, still half asleep, before she let out a soft yawn, rubbing her nose on one finger in an attempt to get rid of the sleepiness. 

When she fully awakened, a sense of worry and confusion settled around her like fog, as she slowly sat up straight, staring at Elijah. 

After that phone call last night that she had deemed “annoying” because Elijah lost all interest after receiving it, she knew something was off, and now, seeing him just standing there made her even more anxious. 

“Good morning,” Peach said while putting on her robe and slipping a pair of slippers over her feet. 

Then she walked over to Elijah, hugging him from the back as her chin rested on his bare back while she looked up at the back of his hair, whispering, “A morning kiss for your thoughts?” 

It took Elijah a second to snap out of his daze, and then he rested his palms against the back of her hands, pulling them off him gently before turning around to face her. 

“That‘s an offer I can never turn down.” Elijah said with a warm smile 

Slowly, Peach grinned back at him, but instead of saying a word, she leaned in and kissed him deeply, letting the feeling wash over her, filling her with so many emotions. 

When they parted, Elijah wrapped his arms around her waist, pressing his face into the crook of her neck, and sighed deeply, squeezing her. 

“Now, it‘s your turn...” Peach whispered, running her fingers slowly in his hair. “What‘s wrong?” 

“Meeks is missing. His car was found on the ocean shore last night, but he was not in it.” Elijah explained softly. 

Speechless, a look of horropassed through Peach‘s features as she stared at Elijah for what seemed like forever until her lips parted slightly, and then she mumbled, “Grandfather‘s lawyer... Mr. Meek?” 

couple seconds. Then she let

sure. But just for today, I am taking you over to your mom, and Matt will be there with you guys, and you are not allowed to leave his sight, okay?” Elijah said calmly, but his tone was

her safe, and he could only do that by keeping her hidden from this mess and everything else for the time being until he figured out what

his eyes shot her down, making her swallow her words again. For a moment, Elijah could see the conflict in her eyes, but eventually, she gave up

sense of worry slowly spread across her chest, and she studied his eyes for a second. “What about

gentle expression, before replying, “Let‘s

Peach

Rio de, parking it in the lot outside. The sun had already set as Elijah escorted Peach out of the car and inside the

Miss Grace and her mother‘s grin widened,

cry immediately escaped Peach‘s lips the moment Elijah let go of her hand, and she jumped into her

Miss Grace pulled her daughter closer, planting kisses on her forehead before giving her another hug. “How are you

Ryan and Rookie, and the two followed him a couple of distances away

sleep last night at all, boss?” Ryan asked with a look

was smiling happily at Peach, before answering, “I had coffee. But about

car ran off the highway bridge and into the ocean.” Rookie answered, looking concerned himself as he rubbed the back of

into something before falling into the water, and those that found it saw that the driver‘s door was open.”

have gotten it opened in the water...”

out before the car fell over?”

did he get out before or after the

by then, the three conversations immediately stopped, making her snort at their silence, and walked off.

men to sniff around for anything out of the ordinary about the lawyer‘s accident.” Elijah told them after a couple of seconds of silence. “In the meantime, I need you two with me at

at Elijah, and then Ryan let

what happened to Meeks, right?” “Elijah told me a couple of hours ago.” Peach mumbled, her voice barely above a

and then Matt, Miss Grace grabbed Peach‘s wrist and pulled her a couple of steps away from them before saying, “I heard that you

turned away, not really wanting to meet her mother‘s gaze

that fire, Peach... So how did the Will miraculously resurface?‘ Miss Grace