Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Tarquin flashed a doting smile and ventured, "Have you ever thought about finding your biological parents?"

Elysia sighed deeply.

"When I was a kid, sure, every time I felt slighted by the Thorne family, I'd think about them. I even considered running away to find them!

But I didn't know if I was abandoned or just lost. Too scared to seek them out.

If they had abandoned me, even if I found them, they wouldn't love me.

As I grew up, I stopped thinking about it, especially after having my kids. My life was filled with joy and contentment, my focus shifted to them entirely."

"And if... just if, you got news about them someday, would you consider looking for them?"

Elysia paused for a moment.

"It would depend, really. If they abandoned me, then there's no point in reuniting. I wouldn't bother holding any grudge; just live my life without crossing paths.

But if I was kidnapped, or lost by accident, and they wanted to find me too, then I'd be willing to meet them. After all, I owe my life to them." Who doesn't want to know their origins?

birth parents? But such matters

and fulfilling life and had a relaxed perspective on

eyes, unnoticed by Elysia,

emerged moments

"Verity's dead?"

a moment to check

news

accident on the road, hit and killed

with the driver

called that evening, finding no leads, leaving

find it hard to stage a perfect traffic

trail gone cold, they would wait. The mastermind

focus, for now, was

origins were far

lamented Verity's death,

is. But she didn't die in vain;

"What about her son?"

come

gone, shouldn't