Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 18

Lowell had been riding shotgun with Tarquin for years and had a pretty good bead on the guy. He knew the score about Tarquin’s reluctance to sign the divorce papers.

So, when Tarquin brushed off the suggestion of a video call with his estranged wife, Lowell didn’t bat an eyelid. Instead, he just threw out a casual suggestion, “Maybe a video call would convince her more? I’m not sure that Mrs. Bradford will believe the words sent.”

“No need,” Tarquin barked back with a scoff.

Why to waste his breath on someone who’s nothing but a footnote?

So that was Tarquin’s outright refusal.

After all, he was oblivious to the fact that the woman was the very one he’d been searching for high and low.

“And another thing, stop calling her ‘Mrs. Bradford‘. There’s only one lady who deserves that title. Anyone else doesn’t even come close.” Tarquin added.

Lowell bit his tongue. He knew the “lady Tarquin was talking about was none other than Elijah’s biological mother.

“Got

e replied.

gobsmacked at Tarquin’s response. Not knowing when he’d return meant not knowing when she

was she supposed to move on with

more times,

the kids‘ school registration, and without that, their education was as stuck as a truck in

meant no stable job for her, and her bank account was running on

lookalike and the mountain of debt he’d

spun. Seeking a moment of solace, she plopped down under a canopy of trees, not wanting

her next move, a tot, no more than four or five, bolted across the street like

as cars screeched, horns blared, and the air was filled with a cacophony of

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shouts and screams.

tyke was throwing a fit and howling at onlookers

a piece of his mind, he turned on himself, smacking his own face

but the kid was all fists and teeth

feel right.

who was so angry and furious. The father’s face

level with the boy and opened her arms in a gesture of peace, “Hey there, champ. No need to