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?

off their rocker would do such

with Elysia in the dead of night to scare her like

his cigarette, Tarquin said in a

to step up the

looked startled and

person who played ghost with Ms. Thorne is the same one

a strong possibility. Let's find this person

was mysterious and dangerous, hiding some

Elijah, or maybe even something

a shadowy figure emerged from the corner, chuckling

up at the floor where Elysia

my lil' Elysia,

ding-dong." The

was still prepping ingredients when Blossom went to answer the door, only to find a

guy spoke softly, "Your cake

curious, "I didn't

this the address? Aren't you

indeed it had Elysia's

ours, thanks a

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

in the kitchen

ordered this? It's