The Marvelous Elijah's Return novel Chapter 166

An Arrest As her eyelids widened, Miss Grace couldn‘t bear to watch the video anymore, and she dropped her phone on the table, not having an appetite to touch her food, and then said, “Elijah would never… never do something this gross! This has Jewel‘s handwriting all over it.”

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Slapping his hand on the table, Mr. Maxwell‘s face went cold as he screamed, “I can‘t believe Jewel and her children are still doing shit like this!” “This old lady is mentally ill,” Mrs. Maxwell mumbled, completely in awe of what she was staring at. “My son would never do something this brutal and unkind to a woman so helpless as that.”

The dining room went quiet and then a sense of worry suddenly hit Mr. Maxwell, and he said, “Can someone check on Peach? She hasn‘t come down yet, and I am sure that she has seen the videos.”

Immediately, both Miss Grace and Mrs. Maxwell stood from their seats, and they smiled at each other‘s sudden response before leaving the dining room and heading upstairs, Miss Grace with quick, determined steps.

As they approached the second–floor hallway, they could hear Peach‘s angry voice coming from inside. “I just know that it‘s Melina… Or Jewel… And I can‘t believe that that old witch is trying to play you at your own game. You

put out the truth to the media, and then she went and made these disgusting videos and used an illegal site to post it up!” Peach lashed out, pacing back and forth with the phone in her hand.

Her breathing was becoming shallow, and Elijah started to grow worried as he mumbled, “Babe, breathe.” “I am breathing, Elijah! I am just pissed! Her granddaughter made such a bizarre accusation against you a couple of days ago, and now, they want to make it seem like she was speaking the truth!” Peach threw her hands up in the air in exasperation. “Babe,”

“What?!!”

Looking at the way he raised his brow in the video call, Peach hesitated, and then she frowned as he softly said, “In, and then out.” After a second of reluctance, she sighed, drew a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, repeating several times on his cue as he said, “Go on.”

After a moment, Elijah smiled slightly and then he asked, “Do you feel better now?”

“No!! Of course, I don‘t!!” Peach cried, her hormones still running high from what she felt. “I hate those people so much for what they are doing to you!!”

Suddenly, her room door opened and her mother alongside her mother–in–law both entered, smiling at her even though she looked super pissed.

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“You two watch those absurd videos, right?!… How far is Jewel willing to go… Doesn‘t she know when to stop?!” Peach lashed out.

Seeing his mother and mother–in–law in the video call, Elijah greeted them, and then asked, “Can you please help me calm her down? I am going to handle things on this end. But I can‘t focus if she keeps exploding like this.”

“Don‘t worry. We will take care of her. Go and do what needs to be done to stop that mad woman, son.” Miss Grace said as Mrs. Maxwell wrapped her hand around Peach‘s shoulder, making her go back to her breathing exercise.

“Thanks, guys,” Elijah uttered calmly.

Then he met his wife‘s eyes, his face hardened all of a sudden as he said, “I promise you that I am going to fix this. You trust me right?” “Yes,” Peach whispered.

“Good. Then keep trusting me, and stop stressing yourself. I got to go, but I love you.” “Love you too.”

After ending the call, Elijah‘s face went cold as he looked at his men, standing in the living room with him, and then he looked at Rookie staring hard at his computer screen and then said,” What is it?”

“It‘s definitely a face swap. Whoever did this shit is intelligent in a dangerous way and amazing with tech and editing softwares because it looks so realistic that it‘s in some way convincing. They even got all of our faces inside this

nonsense.” Rookie said, making Ryan frown.

“Are you praising the asshole that has made all of us some brutal bastards on the internet?” Ryan mumbled in annoyance.

Lifting his head to see everyone giving that look, Rookie sighed heavily and said, “Sorry, It‘s just that the videos are so well done that it doesn‘t seem like they are just some random videos that the person used to do a face swap with… These videos are well filmed, so they can look as realistic as possible… Which means it was recently staged.”

“Meaning… They hire people to act these absurd videos out, and these people getting beaten up are innocent victims.” Elijah said in disgust.

“Okay… But if that‘s the case, why are there victims not debunking this shit?” Ryan said, feeling lost by this whole situation.

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The sound of the doorbell echoing inside the mansion made Elijah sigh, and then a moment later, he saw the chief constable walking into the living room with James. “Did you know that you have an angry mob outside your gate?” Mr. Bamford calmly uttered , frowning slightly as he stared at Elijah. “What is happening? There are videos of you all over the net of you commanding your men to beat up people.”

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“Do I look like a madman, chief?” Elijah asked in irritation.

“Don‘t get mad at me. It‘s people on the internet that are eating up this shit… You know who‘s behind it?”

“Right now… No.”

Looking back at his screen, Rookie frowned and said, “But our biggest guess is–” “Jewel or Melina… Days ago, she spoke about you being an abusive man, and now, you got these videos coming out… Those Hayes are playing your game well, and they just said, Checkmate,‘ with this iness.” Mr. Bamford stated. Sighing, Elijah studied the Chief Constable‘s face, and then he stared down at the handcuffs and said, “You are here to arrest me, ain‘t you?”

“Well, all of you, except James, since he‘s the only one in the video.” Mr. Bamford reluctantly said.

“The person that created this rubbish used an advanced face swap software, and James is not in it because he‘s the only one who hasn‘t been moving with Elijah when the paparazzi are taking videos and pictures of him…” Ryan mumbled in annoyance.

“A Magistrate named, ‘Eliot Trenchard.” Mr. Bamford answered, and after a slight hesitation, he added, “He seems pretty hell–bent on getting you locked up.” Raising his brows, Elijah was confused with one question, How is this so–called Magistrate related to Jewel and her children?‘