Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 49

Elysia hadn’t planned on taking the kids to the zoo. After all, what kind of creature hadn’t they come across during their five years spent deep in the woods?

You could find all kinds of animals in the zoo deep in the woods.

The triplets liked animals, sure, but they weren’t exactly over the moon about them.

However, the mere mention of an outing had them bouncing off the walls with excitement. They threw on their clothes in record time, eager to follow Elysia out the door.

The family of four hailed a cab and headed straight for the water park to check out the ‘Jindale Eye‘.

It was the trio’s first real outing, and the array of attractions had them gawping in

amazement.

They wanted to try everything.

Elysia was on a tight budget, but the kids had never had a chance to experience anything like this. She didn’t want to dampen their spirits, so she splurged on tickets.

If they were out to have fun, she was going to make sure they had the time of their lives, no holding back.

She took them on the Ferris wheel and also the roller coaster.

Evan, the brave one, even dared to take on the giant swing.

Emmett, a little more timid, steered clear of the high–adrenaline rides, so Elysia took him to

feed the fish.

of fish feed, and there was Emmett, grinning like a Cheshire cat as he fed

joy in

phone and capturing these precious moments with

thrown its share of curveballs, but

was more

adorable

a single mom was tough, but it beat settling for some

of abusive partners; that was real suffering.

having fun, and before

2006

conked out on the bed without even washing up, off

and were now

at her little ones with eyes

South to settle in a little town with balmy weather all year

as she stayed diligent and worked hard, she knew she

Drifting off, her thoughts

Elysia was up with the

checked her phone – no word from Tarquin yet. But she was still

office to confirm the afternoon appointment for the divorce proceedings.

reply was that Tarquin was occupied in the morning, so the divorce was delayed

the afternoon.