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.”

I’ll wait at home

“Good boy, Emmett.”

and

behind, worried about potential dangers since they were retrieving something so valuable. They

masked and wearing baseball caps, made their

spot Elliot had agreed on

there were a few people in the small plaza near the entrance.

deeper they went, the

Evan whispered to Elliot, ‘Elliot,

Elliot frowned.

“Just one.”

the area after instructing Gideon to leave the item there. He was sure

be following

don’t worry, with me here, no one can hurt us.” Evan said

to conclusions; it could just be someone out for a walk,” Elliot replied softly.

for the item but

trail them, making it unclear whether they were being followed or if it

Evan whispered again, “Elliot, let

“Be careful!”

couldn’t keep this up indefinitely, Evan decided to confront the