Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 8

Elliot gazed at his adorably clueless mom and let out a silent sigh before saying with an Indulgent smile, “Mom, don’t worry about it. I was just asking, I’m not bothered by this place. As long as I’m with you, I’m happy no matter where we live.”

Elysia’s lips curled Into a smile, “Sweetie, rest assured, I’m going to work my socks off to make sure we can live the good life soon!”

“Yeah! Go mom!”

“You’re the best, mom!”

Evan and Emmett cheered her on.

Elysia’s smile grew wider, “Alright, let’s get moving. We’ll drop off our bags and then I’ll take you guys out for a nice dinner.”

“Sounds great!”

After a hearty dinner of burgers and fries, the little trio headed to the bathroom to brush their

h, while Elysia started changing the sheets outside.

Knock, knock, knock.

sound of someone at the door startled

opened the

“Take her!”

she could finish, the leader of the two men in black

“Who are you? What

and she was forcibly dragged away from the

found herself

Tarquin was there. He was a typical workaholic who only ever seemed interested in his job and his

at home, he’d come straight here to scope out the building he was planning

office reviewing documents, Tarquin was interrupted by Lowell knocking and entering,

tires were blown out with a precision explosive, but that kid’s background is pretty ordinary. They lost their father young and was raised by their mother in some backwoods town. They have just arrived in Jindale City today.

at the mention of explosives, setting aside his paperwork to head to the conference

took out tires, not the car or its passengers. It was a

kid could pull

knew that Tarquin suspected that there was someone behind the kid, someone with a grudge. Too many had tried to take Tarquin down over the years; he couldn’t afford to be careless.

about what was happening. Her heart

you brought me