The Marvelous Elijah's Return

Josh, stop!

When the door opened again, Ryan and Rookie stepped into the room, and Ryan shut the door before fo

cusing on Elijah. “Boss, you sent for me?” Ryan asked as he approached Elijah at his desk, Rookie close

behind him.

“I need you two on an assignment. Bryan Checks is

you guys‘ target. Within one month... I need you guys to find out everything that the two of you can about

this guy,” Elijah explained in one breath.

Quietly, Ryan eyed Rookie, smiling faintly at such an obvious challenge to their abilities. Then he looked

back at Elijah and said, “We will need to move out of the motel then, Rookie and I.”

A slight frown tugged on Rookie‘s lips as he eyed Ryan in confusion, not sure where he was going with t

his. “We will need to do a lot of Stakeouts and surveillance,” Ryan explained further, “and it would be goo

d to start moving somewhere we can have easy access day and night to this guy, Checks.”

“I can find out where he stays.” Rookie responded after just a moment, a small grin playing over his face.

“Great. We are gonna need a car, Binoculars, Voice recorder to make notes, paper pads and pens to ma

ke backup notes... We are going to need a lot.” “I will need a laptop and a couple of other things.”

Seeing his men getting all fired up, Elijah smirked faintly and said, “Make your budget and I will make the

payment... All in all, I need you two to be a team and get me what I need within one month. Got it?

Ryan nodded and grinned excitedly, “Yes sir!” Then he tapped Rookie on the back and said, “Let‘s go get

our shit together.”

The sound of the front door opening drew James and Matt‘s attention to the motel entrance, and they we

re confused to see a Madam Jewel, clothed in a thick, fluffy coat, and Josh, walking into the lobby.

“Hello, how may I help you?” James asked, a look of confusion crossing his

features as he looked between the both of them.

But all Madam Jewel and Josh did was glared around the place with a look of disgust on their faces. As if

they didn‘t want to even be there.

After several moments had passed, James started to feel uncomfortable, and he asked, “Do you guys w

ant to book rooms?”

A wild laugh erupted from Josh‘s throat as he glared at James, while Madam Jewel simply raised an eye

brow. “When did Grace hire an idiot like you?” Josh snapped, his eyes flashing with anger. A sense of ra

ge coursed through Matt at those words, and he stood up from his chair as he let

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out, “Hey, punk, you better watch your damn mouth or else.” “Or else what? You‘re gonna beat me up? A

re you really stupid enough to think that you can go free for laying a hand

on me? You must be some kind of fool, huh?” Josh challenged, his glare fixed on Matt‘s chest now.

“Oh, I know beating the shit out of you will land me a couple of jail time, but it would be so worth it to com

pletely destroy your pretty little face.” Matt sneered with a cocky smirk, which immediately made Madam

Jewel‘s jaw clench tightly in worry. Seeing that Matt wasn‘t kidding, Josh flinched slightly and stepped ba

ck, knowing that any other words coming out of his mouth might land him in deeper than his head could

handle, especially since he still wasn‘t sure exactly who these people were.

“That‘s what I thought,” Matt said softly as he sat back down and took a deep breath, thinking about not p

utting Elijah in any trouble.

“Where did Grace get a bunch of barbarians like you guys from?!” Madam Jewel demanded, looking aro

und the motel again in pure shock.

Even though James had had enough of such rudeness

from the two, he kept his calm and said, “Madam, I will plead with you and

whoever this is to you, to please refrain from name–calling and tell me what you two want.”

It took an awful minute of silence before Madami Jewel sneered and asked, “Where is Peach?”

“What do you want her for?” James asked carefully.

A scoff left Josh‘s lips as he felt a sense of arrogance swell up inside of him, and yet, he said nothing bec

ause his eyes subconsciously fell on Matt.

“She is my granddaughter if you must know, and I need to speak with her. Now, where is she?” Madam J

ewel demanded once more.

Knowing what he knew about Peach‘s family history, the frown on James‘ face deepened into a scowl, a

nd a sense of hate swelled up in him.

“What?! Are you not going to get her?!” Madam Jewel questioned

loudly, feeling anger grow when she saw the way that James was glaring.

“Hmm–umm, you are her step–

grandma,” James mumbled beneath his breath in annoyance as he tried to ignore the anger building up i

n him.

After hearing those words, Madam Jewel knew James wasn‘t fond of her, and she sighed out her frustrati

on, putting her hands on her hips.

“Peach!!” Madam Jewel shouted as loud as she possibly could. Her voice reverberated through the entir

e motel, and James stared in disbelief for a second, annoyed at the scene she was creating. “Peach, Gra

ce!!!” Madam Jewel screamed as loud as she possibly could. A frown crossed Matt and James‘s lips as t

he silence continued, and Josh glared

over at them before saying, “Can one of you go and get her!?” Walking into the lobby, Miss Grace‘s expr

ession grew darker than ever at the sight of Madam Jewel and Josh.

“What are you doing here?!” Miss Grace asked harshly, causing Madam Jewel to flinch back slightly from

the tone of the voice. “Well, hello to you too, aunt,” Josh replied sarcastically as he watched as Miss Gra

ce walked towards Madam Jewel. But she ignored his remark as she scowled at Madam Jewel when she

asked, “Is that the way you talk to your mother–in–law? How dare you

speak to me like that!” “My mother–in–

law died years ago, and you will never be her, not in amillion years!” Miss Grace roared at Madam Jewel,

tears gathering in her dark brown eyes.

“It seems like you haven‘t gotten over past hate and grief yet!” Madam Jewel spat as she turned away fro

m Madam Grace.

“You can bet I haven‘t! And I do not want you near my daughter

and me! Leave this place at once,” Miss Grace ordered as she pointed towards the door. A sneer stretch

ed across Madam Jewel‘s lips as she glanced over at Josh when he said, “How dare you talk to grandma

like that! She‘s your

“She‘s my, nothing! From the moment she bullied my husband out of the family mansion and turned me a

way without help when he fell ill, she stopped being a mother–in–

law or someone who desires my love and respect to me!” Miss Grace yelled, tears streaming down her c

heeks at the memory of her lost husband.

The humiliation and insult that he suffered at the hands of Madam Jewel and her children caused a deep

ache to rise inside of Miss Grace, the pain

growing stronger by the moment as she continued to say, “So, leave my house right now... You two!” Ign

oring Miss Grace‘s words, Madam Jewel rolled her eyes and asked, “Where is Peach? I want to speak wi

th her, then I will leave.” “Get out!” Miss Grace screamed, clutching her chest.

Immediately Matt and James sprang up, rushing to her side, and held her shoulders steady to prevent he

r from falling. “What are you doing here?” Peach‘s soft voice asked from behind them, causing both Jam

es and Matt to turn their heads. When Josh turned slowly to see Peach approaching them in the lobby, h

e scoffed with a look of disdain on his face.

Sighing, Madam Jewel frowned and then said, “I have kept

my distance from your mother and you because–”

“You should have kept it that way. So why are you here? Why couldn‘t you leave us alone!?” Peach said,

her tone calm, and yet, hurt filled each word she spoke. The sound of sudden footsteps got Peach‘s atte

ntion, and she looked back to see Elijah walking toward her. When Josh saw him, anger flashed

in his eyes as he glared at Elijah, remembering him from the

boutique and thenews. Then a bitter laugh slipped past his lips as he shook his head in disgust and let o

ut, “Hey, fool!”

Elijah‘s brows snapped together as he stopped beside Peach, but kept his cold gaze on Josh who was gl

aring at him furiously. “I can see how you could con my sister with that look of yours, but seriously Melina

should have known better than to support your ass, and now, you don‘t even have a shred of shame by l

iving here with these two.” Josh snapped angrily, his voice laced with anger.

Madam Jewel frowned slightly as she looked at her grandson and said, “Josh, stop!

We are not here to give that idler our time and attention.”

“You might not, but I came here to teach this imbecile a lesson,” Josh said hotly as he stared heatedly at M

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A good day to my dear readers

Firstly, I will like to say, ‘thank you’ to everyone who has supported this .

For the gems, reviews, and paying to read, I say, “thanks.” This story started at the hundredth place, and

you guys have taken it to the thirties place among new books and I am grateful.

Today, I have a long-length accounting assignment due tomorrow, so the won’t be any updates. I have

been pushing it off, by the deadline has cut up with me, so yeah… No update today.

But tomorrow after my class, I will make it up to you guys once I have this assignment in with my

instructor.

side note: can we not do the whole half-star reviews when asking for a new chapter… Please. A lot is

riding on this book’s success for me with the platform, so please.

Thank you all for your understanding. My appreciation.