Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 215

The boys didn’t give it much thought and, amid a chorus of reminders, they left school for the day.

The girls, persistent as ever, kept nudging them.

Every day after school, they’d remind them over and over, telling them not to forget to nudge their parents about having a baby brother, nine of them if possible!

Following Blossom’s instructions, the teacher made sure the kids were safely home before she left.

Once the teacher was gone, Elliot announced, “Mom’s not home today, perfect. After dark, Evan, you’re coming with me to pick something up.”

“What’s that?” Evan asked, intrigued.

Elliot squinted and said, “Something that’ll make Tarquin obediently divorce Mom!*

“Really?”

“Yeah!*

Emmett, ever curious, asked, “What is it, Elliot?”

“You’ll see when we get it, Emmett. Just wait at home for us while I go out with Evan. Don’t run outside, don’t open the door for strangers, and call me immediately if anything happens. We won’t be far, just around the neighborhood.”

home for you guys.

“Good boy, Emmett.”

Elliot and Evan

so valuable. They couldn’t be sure if Gideon would play

made their way towards the nearby park.

had

crowded, though there were a few people in the small plaza near the

deeper they went, the fewer people they encountered.

whispered to Elliot, ‘Elliot, we’re being

Elliot

“Just one.”

item there. He was sure no one had noticed it and that Gideon’s men had left before he and Evan arrived to retrieve

could be following them?

with me here, no one can hurt us.” Evan said

just be someone

for the item but instead meandered through the

they were being followed or if it was

again, “Elliot, let me handle this.”

“Be careful!”

this up indefinitely, Evan decided to confront