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.

at the door startled

a hotel staff member, Elysia opened the

“Take her!”

the leader of the two men

are you? What do you want? Let

and she was forcibly dragged away from the

Elysia found herself in an office building.

was there. He was a typical workaholic who only ever

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

was interrupted by Lowell knocking

figured out. Those car 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

explosives, setting aside his paperwork to head to the conference room.

Today the bomb only took out tires, not the car or its passengers. It

could pull that

kid, someone with a grudge. Too many had tried to take Tarquin down over the

was happening. Her heart was racing and thumping wildly in

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