Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 527

Tarquin felt cornered, but to put Elysia completely at ease, he pulled out his phone and dialed Josiah, keeping it brief, "Some folks are spinning yarns about me breaking out of the precinct on my own. Mind clearing the air, Josiah?"

As soon as Elysia heard it was a call from the police, she straightened up, "Hello, Josiah."

Josiah, ever the smooth operator, quickly caught on and reassured with a chuckle, "Ms. Thorne, no need to worry. We've wrapped up the investigation. The deceased jumped on his own; it wasn't your boyfriend who pushed him, nor did he coerce the jump. Your boyfriend's in the clear, and we'll be making a formal announcement shortly."

With every mention of 'your boyfriend,' Elysia seemed to grow accustomed to the reference, "Okay, thank you so much."

After hanging up, Tarquin asked, "Believe me now?"

Elysia nodded, "Yes."

Just as Tarquin was about to change the subject, Elysia suddenly burst into tears again.

"You believe me,

said, "When they showed up today, it nearly scared me to death. They said you were going to die, and they wanted to take Elijah away... They brought so many people, looking so menacing. I was terrified, sob

Elysia wept bitterly. She seemed like a girl who'd just survived a life-or-death ordeal, overwhelmed by

so distressed, he pulled her into his embrace, offering

she cried all the way to the hospital. The car had already pulled into the

plentiful than wisdom." And another, "Women are made of water." Hesitating for a moment, he gently patted her head, trying to soothe her like one would a child, "Stop

girls. But this approach seemed ineffective on Elysia; she

the car had stopped, Tarquin, out of options, said, "Let's hold off on

mention of money, Elysia quickly wiped her tears and sat up straight to ask, "Since they're

his temple, realizing yet again that money was indeed a powerful motivator

contact them! Make them pay up! But... you hurt some of them too. Could they turn this around