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.

of someone at the

Elysia opened

“Take her!”

could finish, the leader of the two men in

are you? What do you want? Let me go! You–mmph!”

was covered and she was forcibly dragged

Elysia found herself in

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

straight here to scope out the building he was planning

Tarquin was

precision explosive, but that kid’s background is pretty ordinary. They lost their father young and was raised by their mother in some backwoods

mention of explosives, setting aside his paperwork to

Tarquin had his suspicions. Today the bomb only took out tires, not the car or its passengers. It was a sophisticated job of measuring the exact TNT

kid could pull that

the kid, someone with a grudge. Too many

what was happening. Her heart was racing and thumping

you people? Why have you brought me here? What do you-”