Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 846

Tarquin furrowed his brows, his intuition about Gideon being a classic wrong 'un was too sharp to ignore. The mess with the Inkster family? It reeked of Gideon's handiwork.

Gideon, that scumbag, wouldn't think twice about throwing his own flesh and blood under the bus, so why spare a thought for strangers?

Keith had been plotting for years, all to settle a score with the Bradford clan!

Tarquin caught himself nervously biting the inside of his cheek. Born into the Bradford family and entangled with Gideon-it felt like a curse from a past life!

"What was Gideon doing in Border City back then?"

Lowell replied, "He was launching new housing developments. Bought several plots in Border City and took a keen interest in the projects there, even overseeing them in person for a while."

"Did he have any dealings with the Inkster family during that time?"

"Nothing turned up. The Inkster's neighbors said they never heard them mention the Bradford family, nor seen anyone from the Bradfords visiting. Even the Inkster's relatives and friends claim there was no connection between the two families. The Inksters were true-blue Border City folks. Phineas and his wife were both educators, one an art teacher and the other a preschool teacher. They lived a modest but comfortable life, far from the Bradford's league of wealth. Plus, the land Gideon bought was miles away from the Inkster's place, not even remotely linked to any demolition

concerns.

ever since Gideon left Border City, the Inkster family just vanished

thought they'd gone on a trip, but

frown deepened. "Didn't their

whereabouts became a mystery, and their relatives feared the worst. Then, out of the blue, over a decade later, both the Inkster and the Blackwood elders received a hefty sum of

work for the nation, unable to

was the letter

saw the letter, but the Inkster elders were convinced it was

Was Phineas still alive?

asked, "Any word from Phineas

Now, there's all sorts of rumors about the Inksters-most believe Phineas had some unique talent that

his

he been in touch with the

hasn't even been