Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 48

Emmett felt that his brother was right. He wiped his tears, his voice soft as he asked, “He won’t give Mommy a divorce because he likes her, right?”

“No way, if he really liked Mommy, he would never have hurt her in the first place! He doesn’t care about our mom.”

Evan bristled with anger at the remark, “And Mommy doesn’t need his affection! Mommy is beautiful and kind; she deserves a much better man! That Tarquin is not good enough. for our mom!”

Sniffling, Emmett pressed on, “So, is he our dad, then?”

“It doesn’t matter if he is or not. I don’t want him!” Evan declared with a scowl.

Emmett nodded vigorously in agreement, “Me neither!”

Elliot stared at a photograph of Tarquin. The man bore so much resemblance with them and he was also their mother’s husband, after all–ninety percent chance he was their

dad.

But…

So what?

didn’t care

him. We grew up without

Evan chorused in

out Tarquin might be their dad, their eyes lit with hope. But when they

continued, “Let’s just cool down. If Mommy doesn’t want to talk about what happened back then, we won’t ask. We’ll act like we know nothing. Mommy knows Tarquin

“Yeah!”

still refuses to divorce

“Then we’ll make him.”

Right!

down. They pretended to be oblivious and Jung themselves into

just looked down at them with a face full of maternal love. Seeing them, she understood why she’d felt such a strong connection to that boy named Elijah in the

get everything sorted out today?” Emmett asked about

shrugged helplessly,

frowned,