Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 218

“So, she didn’t accuse Ms. Thome’s son. She accused Ms. Thorne herself. Even though we didn’t find Ms. Thorne’s fingerprints, we did find her son’s. That makes Ms. Thome very suspicious. We’re still digging into the details.”

“Let’s hurry over. Don’t let the cops take anyone away!”

“Got it!”

At that moment, Elliot was simmering with frustration but remained politely firm as he explained to the police, “I was the one who made the 911 call last night. My brother and I sneaked out to the park while our mom was away, and we stumbled upon her unconscious, so I called for help.”

The officer was taken aback. “You made the call?”

“Yeah, you can check if you don’t believe me.”

“Then why didn’t we see you when we arrived?”

“Well, my brother and I had sneaked out, and we were afraid of getting scolded by mom, so we hid behind some bushes. We only after the officers arrived.”

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One of the officers came over and whispered, “We just checked, the emergency call was indeed made from this kid’s smartwatch, and Ms. Thorne was sick last night, with alibis to prove she couldn’t have committed the crime.”

The officers exchanged looks and reluctantly decided to leave for now.

told them, the evidence spoke louder, and

to take someone into custody today without solid proof, and it got out, they’d be

a panic after receiving a call from the police this morning. After hearing Elliot’s explanation,

And as she opened it, Tarquin’s

just arrived.

beat, her anxiety peaking

quickly shut the door, standing guard as if facing an intruder, eyeing Tarquin warily.

Evan were inside, Tarquin was outside, separated

father and sons had ever

sons out there, especially not right behind

frightened of him, Tarquin frowned

F F

Elliot and Evan, they could tell Tarquin was

intimidated, quickly explained, “Sorry for the intrusion. We were just doing our routine

and explained, “I’m not his wife! And

“Oh? They’re not?”

“No!”

so