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

discuss with Elysia in the dead of night to scare her

of his cigarette, Tarquin said in a deep

need to step up the investigation,

startled and

Thorne is the

strong possibility. Let's find this person

mysterious and dangerous,

Elijah, or maybe even something

a shadowy figure emerged from

where

my

The

door, only to find a delivery guy

spoke softly, "Your cake

was even more curious, "I didn't

address? Aren't you

order, indeed it had Elysia's name, phone number, and their

thanks a

inside, "Elysia, did you order a cake? Is

kitchen julienning

this? It's got your name and