Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 399

"Ms. Thorne got spooked?"

Tarquin's voice was ice-cold.

"All this talk of hauntings, as if! Even if there were such things, they wouldn't dare cause trouble on my turf! It's gotta be someone playing tricks! Did anyone check the lip-reading expert on that video?"

"Yeah, but the footage was too blurry. They couldn't make out what Ms. Thorne was saying."

Tarquin stared at the video, lost in thought for a moment.

"Look around, see if there's any hidden gadgets or something!"

He tossed his phone to Lowell and lit up a cigarette.

Over the years, he'd seen his fair share of bizarre incidents. Apart from unexplainable phenomena that might occur in old ruins, in populated living areas, specters simply didn't make the cut!

It was always people pulling stunts!

And frankly, people are far scarier than any ghost!

If it had been a ghost chatting with Elysia that night, he wouldn't be worried. But the thought of someone masquerading as a ghost to communicate with her? That was troubling.

What sane person goes around pretending to be a ghost?

rocker would do

Elysia in the dead of night

few drags of his cigarette, Tarquin said in a deep

step up the

startled

played ghost with Ms. Thorne is the

possibility. Let's find this

sensed this individual was mysterious and

these secrets involved him, Elijah, or maybe even something

left, a shadowy figure emerged from the

at the floor where Elysia was, his eyes

happy, my lil' Elysia, heh

ding-dong." The

ingredients when Blossom went to answer the door,

softly, "Your

was even more curious, "I didn't order any

address? Aren't

at the order, indeed it had Elysia's name,

thanks a

Blossom brought the cake inside, "Elysia, did you order a cake?

the kitchen julienning

you? Then who ordered this? It's got