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.

area was pitch-black, not a

breeze rustled through the

Evan wasn't scared. Turning on his flashlight, he

off his

an

each of the courtyard's four corners stood a temple, each housing a fierce, wide-eyed statue brandishing weapons, as if guarding the

mouth wide, covered with a large stone slab secured by

and the stone were engraved

returning to Evan's side,

squinted, "A dried-up well? This has

then, Elliot's voice came through

right beneath

well cover is chained. Can I just break the lock?" "No, we

stealthily retrieve the

ashes, Tarquin assured them he could identify his mother's remains.

then it was all the reason needed to give Gideon

continue to deceive Gideon as 'Alpha