The Marvelous Elijah's Return novel Chapter 81

Up in flames As her hair was getting done, and her face touched up with makeup, Peach kept telling herself to breathe, and knowing that Elijah was waiting on her at the altar made her less afraid.

“Mama, what time is it?’” Peach asked, her eyes closed as the lady brushed a soft peachy color eyeshadow on her eyelids.

“Two o’clock,” Miss Grace said with a smile, and yet, tears stained her face, feeling, overwhelmed by her daughter becoming a bride before her eyes, and every stage of Peach growing up from an infant to a woman kept playing in her head. 1 “The wedding starts at three… do you think we will be late?”

“No, honey. The drive to the ceremony is not that long.”

Pulling her hand away from Peach’s face, the makeup artist smiled and said, “Well, the bride is ready to get dressed.”

Slowly, Peach opened her eyes to see her reflection staring back, and her lips pulled upward into a soft smile.

“You look beautiful, honey.” Miss Grace whispered as Peach stood from the chair. “Thanks… can you please help me put on my gown, mama?” Peach uttered, looking at the garment bag on her bed.

Nodding, Miss Grace smiled and then walked over to the bed, unzipping the bag, pulling out this full-length gown with a sultry, unlined illusion lace bodice with beaded lace and a deep sweetheart neckline with delicately beaded spaghetti straps.

After helping Peach get into the dress, she stood behind her daughter, rested her chin on her shoulder, and whispered, consumed with emotions, “You are now a bride… God, I want Albert here with us so bad… to see what we made from love finally find love.”

“I miss him too, mama. But this is papa… this entire motel… Every inch of it has a memory of him, even the zinc and the ceilings…” Peach said with a chuckle.

“I know… he used to make me worry so much about him when he turned into a carpenter.”

“Yeah? Back then, I thought he was a superman whenever he was up there with his tools… But I understand… After Elijah got beat up in front of me, I think I know what your worry was.”

A knock on the door made Miss Grace and Peach turn around simultaneously, listening to Matt and Ryan say almost in unison, “Two very handsome bridesmaids are reporting for duty.”

“Your bridesmen are here,” Miss Grace chuckled, feeling relieved that Elijah had a group of supportive friends that adored her daughter.

There was a brief moment of hesitation, and then Peach’s heart filled with warmth as she asked, “Where is Elijah?”

“He’s on his way to the ceremony,” Ryan said, eyeing his buddy.

“Peach… umm, your entire family is at the beach,” Matt uttered, not wanting her to be more startled seeing them there when she arrived.

There was alense two minutes silence before Peach woke from her trance and asked, “All of them?”

“Yeah,” Ryan said calmly.

When Peach looked up at her mother, Miss Grace stroked her cheek and spoke softly to her,” Don’t stress about them. It’s going to be fine… this might be a good thing, that they showed

“Mama, we both know that’s not inue” Peach mumbled with a weak smile.

The wind at the beach was calm, and the setup for the wedding looked simple but gave off a soft, sweet, and romantic vibe with blush pink and white decorations, lighting, an arch covered with blush pink flowers, and chairs on both sides of the aisle.

“What the hell,” Dean mumbled, still trying to take in the scene, expecting something less breathtaking than this setup, and his mind couldn’t seem to settle on anything else other than just how gorgeous all of this was.

“How can a man who doesn’t have a job afford such a decent wedding like this?” Amelia muttered, looking over at Madam Jewel.

“It’s not shocking to me… since he’s a thug… Guys like him are nothing but a bunch of thieves and hoodlums…. They are into shady shit, so who knows what he did to fund it.” Josh mumbled, clutching his fist as he tried not to lose himself.

Frowning as she looked at the people seated on the left side of the aisle, and then those seated at the back of them, Cora sighed softly before looking at their mother and then let out,” Who’s all these people? When did that bum or Peach become so famous for this number of people to turn up to their wedding.”

A sigh slipped from Madam Jewel as she looked back at the two empty rolls between her family and those in the back, and then she looked at her son, letting out, “We are not here to celebrate or care about those people… so we should stay clear of them… We only came to prove that we were here and nowhere else.”

When his gaze locked with Madam Jewel, Elijah’s eyes darkened, and she frowned slightly, looking away from him.

After Elijah arrived at the arch, a group of men led by Dice suddenly walked over to where Madam Jewel was sitting with the rest of the Hayes, at the front roll, and took the two empty rows right behind them.

‘He put watchdogs on us, Haha… this arrogant bastard!’ Eli thought, clenching, his jaw and narrowing his eyes. Looking at Elijalı, Melina frowned, anger flooding her system as she thought, ‘You were not supposed to get the better end of this divorce, Elijah. I will not be a laughingstock… Someone who was replaced within a short time by her good-for-nothing husband, like I am easy to forget. That is not how our story ends!’

The mere sight of the Hayes family had left Elijah in such a tense mood and it lasted for a great length of time until he heard the bridal chorus, and then everyone suddenly stood up, leaving the Hayes as the only ones sitting down. Their faces contorted with hate, anger, and pure loathing, their fingers clenched as they tried to maintain their composure and calm themselves.

But this moment, in front of hundreds of people, Elijah found himself giving in to that feeling that he had been suppressing for so long, and just for a moment, he allowed his entire heart to see Peach and feel her.