Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 37

The following morning, Elysia woke up with the first light of dawn, blissfully unaware that she had already caught someone’s attention.

Barely opening her eyes, she reached for her phone and called the Royal Community to check if Tarquin had returned. When she got a negative response, a headache started to form.

“When will this marriage ever end?” she thought, feeling hopeless and frustrated.

With a deep sigh, Elysia lay back on her bed and began scrolling through her phone, hoping to catch a glimpse of Tarquin’s whereabouts. Instead, her feed was filled with the Denton family’s missing person notice.

Unable to find her, the Denton family had reluctantly turned to the internet to issue an appeal. Every major media outlet and TV channel broadcasted their plea as if desperate to ensure she would see it. Fortunately, the notice didn’t include a photo or her name, just a concise recount of the previous day’s events. If she saw it, she would know they were searching for her.

Elysia sat up, staring at the notice, lost in thought. She had no real connection to the Denton family and didn’t want to get involved, She had come back to divorce Tarquin and had no desire to entangle herself with others.

she thought of the troubled child, and a wave

but the fear of self–harm loomed large. She knew all too well that many children with severe

up in a single–parent family, she immersed herself in books

to the hospital. She had children of her own and couldn’t bear to stand by without helping it could

her own

shower and leaving a note, she headed out the door. But

guilt

blocked her

coincidence we meet again,” he said with a smug

Elysia, Gage’s hormones seemed to go into

avoid trouble, replied politely, “I’m here to see a friend, and I’m in a hurry, so if