Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

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Chapter 76

She was telling him that she would stake her life on every word she said, claiming responsibility with the utmost sincerity.

Could it be that he had misunderstood her all along?

But how could he explain away the accusations of bullying a young lady? Who else had he bullied, if not her?

Tarquin’s expression darkened as he contemplated. He hadn’t mistreated her. He had his reasons for detaining her, and he conducted himself with integrity.

“What’s on your mind now?” Keaton nudged him.

Tarquin snapped out of his reverie, took a hard drag on his cigarette, and fell silent.

“Keaton, where did you and Tarquin run off to? Come on back, everyone’s here. We’re just waiting on you two,” Booker called out to summon them.

“Okay,” Keaton replied, “we’ll be there in a sec.”

up, he turned to Tarquin and said, “Let’s go. Stop overthinking for now. The birthday boy is

stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, and followed

plan on doing anything to her in the future, you’d better be discreet, or my sister will make

all the guts you have, huh?”

a sister. You have no idea how

and continued back to the

birthday

have a toast.”

their glasses to honor Booker’s

clinked his glass on the table and knocked back

supposed to be a

downing of glasses.

aim for Tarquin? Go toast with Booker. It’s his birthday, and you guys should be getting him hammered and throwing him into the arms of a lovely lady to celebrate

from more drinks and noting his sour mood,

that they would see Booker’s bachelorhood ended that