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

discuss with Elysia in the dead of night to

cigarette, Tarquin said in a deep

need to step up

startled

Thorne is the same one who

strong possibility. Let's find this

mysterious and

secrets involved him, Elijah, or maybe even

figure emerged from the

looking up at the floor where

Elysia's happy, my lil' Elysia, heh

ding-dong." The

Blossom went to answer the door, only to

spoke softly,

curious, "I didn't order

address? Aren't you

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

thanks

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

in the kitchen

this?