Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 45

Tarquin sat rigidly beside Elijah’s hospital bed, his fingers tightly Interlacing the small, fragile hand of his son.

Benjamin, trying to offer some solace, said, “Don’t worry too much; he’s stable for now, at least.”

Tarquin’s Adam’s apple bobbed, his gaze scanning the room for another presence. “Where’s she? Elysia?”

“She had to leave. Some urgent matter,” Benjamin replied.

“Leave? Just like that?” Tarquin’s eyes flashed with disbelief.

“Yeah, said it was something she had to take care of.*

Tarquin’s brow furrowed, a storm brewing in his thoughts..

here against her will. Besides, we need her help. If we imprison her and upset her now, can you honestly trust her with Elijah?” Benjamin

would have shrugged it off without a second thought. But now, with doubts swirling about Elysia’s role in Elijah’s life and her ability to help him overcome. his traumas,

his way out of the hospital room. Benjamin

glue, was walking away–even if it was just for a cigarette. Something had indeed

taxi and sped towards the upscale neighborhood of Royal Community. Once settled in the backseat, she composed herself and texted a

she dialed one of Tarquin’s men. “Don’t lie to me. I

on the other end was

divorce papers. If he’s not there, I’ll start my ‘nuisance campaign‘. And tell him I just want a clean break, nothing more. I won’t take a dime from him, and once it’s done, I’ll vanish from his life for good.”

20:05

brows knitting together. He had lied to her, and that stung more than dared to

hospital, Tarquin received the news while standing in the smoking area, a storm of

her I’m still in Jindale City?”

campaign‘. She insists on