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.

not

night breeze rustled through the leaves, creating a

on his flashlight,

jumped off his shoulder,

passed through an archway

the courtyard's four corners stood a temple, each housing a fierce,

courtyard was a well, its mouth

cover and the stone were engraved

well, returning to Evan's

squinted, "A dried-up well? This has got to be

voice

right beneath

in the forbidden area. It's definitely in there, but the well cover is chained. Can I

Evan to stealthily retrieve the

assured them he could identify his

thought, if Tarquin could confirm it, then it was all the reason needed to give Gideon a

then he'd continue to deceive