Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 953

White nudged him with its little head, sensing his gloom, trying to offer comfort.

Evan said, "White, you don't want him to be sad, do you?"

White flicked its forked tongue out at him in response.

Evan chuckled, "Good boy, White! Let's head back, and I'll treat you to a feast! We've got to nail this mission to keep him from being down in the dumps. Let's go, off to find Grandma!"

Finding Grandma's ashes without him knowing was the plan. If he didn't know where they were, it wouldn't break his heart.

Evan leaped gracefully to the top of the garden wall and then jumped down into the yard.

Following the route he had scoped out earlier, he quietly moved several hundred meters forward until he reached the forbidden area's gate.

The red-brown wooden gate was securely locked. No getting through that.

Evan decided to scale the wall to get inside.

forbidden area was pitch-black, not a single

the leaves, creating a spine-chilling

on his flashlight,

jumped off his shoulder, leading the

passed through an archway into a

corners stood a temple, each housing a fierce, wide-eyed statue brandishing weapons, as if guarding the

mouth wide, covered with

stone were engraved with cryptic runes that were

returning to Evan's

well? This has got to be

Elliot's voice came through the

are right

"We've found a dried-up well in the forbidden area. It's definitely in there, but the well cover is chained. Can I just break

plan was for Evan to stealthily

learned that Gideon had Grandma's ashes, Tarquin assured them he could identify his mother's

was all the reason needed to give Gideon a

ashes, then he'd continue to deceive Gideon