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.”

hanging up, he turned to Tarquin and said, “Let’s go. Stop overthinking

out his cigarette in

need to tell you in advance. My sister has taken quite a shine to that girl. If you plan on doing anything to her in the future, you’d better be discreet, or my sister will make a scene. She

smirked. “That’s all the guts you have,

easy for you to say. You don’t have a sister. You have no idea how devastating an older sister can

eyes and continued

greeted them cheerfully, “The prodigal sons return! Now that we’re all here, as today’s birthday guy,

have a toast.”

glasses to honor Booker’s

head of the table, Tarquin didn’t stand up. He simply clinked his glass on the table and knocked back his drink in one

taken aback, followed suit. What was supposed to be

downing of glasses.

for Tarquin? Go toast with Booker. It’s his birthday, and you guys should be getting him hammered and throwing him into the

drinks and noting his sour mood, turned their attention to Booker instead.

they would see Booker’s bachelorhood ended that night, accompanied by raucous laughter