Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 827

In the countryside where the Tylers lived, not having kids after marriage was a topic of ridicule.

Back in the day, three years into their marriage, Aiden's folks hadn't had a child. This became fodder for gossip among some spiteful neighbors who whispered that the couple must have committed sins in their past lives, hence their barrenness.

Aiden's father, known for his temper, blamed his wife for their childlessness, leading to domestic disputes that were far from rare in their household. Eventually, the couple vanished, rumored to have gone to the city in search of medical help.

a child, but a boy at that—and a strikingly handsome one, no less. In their poverty-stricken community where sons were prized over daughters, Aiden

became apparent that Aiden couldn't speak. The same folks who'd been silenced by his birth now

past wrongdoing, hence their child's muteness. In their frustration, they even resorted to violence

living just next door, could hear everything through the thin walls. Mrs. Tyler recounted, tears in her eyes, how they once found Aiden bound and suspended from the ceiling, being whipped by his father

as outsiders, the Tylers

school age but eager to learn, would listen