Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 86

Blossom was baffled, her brow furrowed in thought. “You passed out after work, and normally, if someone was to rescue you, they’d take you straight to the hospital, not drop you off in the middle of nowhere. But if you ran into some bad news, well, they didn’t hurt you or the babies. They just left you in the wilderness. It’s like they wanted you to fend for yourself, but that doesn’t quite add up either. If someone wanted to harm you, they wouldn’t bother letting you give birth, let alone perform a C–section and stitch you up afterward.”

It had slipped out during their daily walk that Elysia and the children lived in the woods. But Elysia had skirted around the details of her saviors and life in the wilds, mentioning only a quaint village at the foot of the mountains.

Elysia was just as puzzled, this enigma nagging at her.

The person who took her to the wilderness didn’t seem to want to harm her, but didn’t exactly seem to be helping her either. It was just… weird.

“Didn’t they leave any clues behind?” Blossom asked.

Elysia shook her head. “None.”

“And they never showed up again?”

“Not once.”

shrugged. “Oh well, why rack your brains over

things went; you could think until your head hurt and get nowhere. But the moment you stopped

lightning bolt.

you

about me and the kids. I want to hear about you and Winona these past years,” Elysia urged.

it’s my mom

driving me up the wall with her matchmaking shenanigans! Can you believe it? A woman of her intellect, turned matchmaker! She’s relentless! Between her and my aunt, it’s like they’re

can’t picture Hollis getting into the matchmaking

Not only does she want me hitched, but she’s aiming for blue blood!

have to

and she didn’t stop there.

by now. They used to lament about how two positives made a negative. If they weren’t so caught up in their careers and getting on in years, they’d probably try for a do–over with a new kid. Once I got a job, she