Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Clayton was livid, his anger boiling over.

"All those lessons your folks drummed into you, might as well have been told to a brick wall! You good-for-nothing!"

Carl's face darkened with rage.

"You had the whole highway to yourself, but no, you chose the tightrope. Go ahead, be that way. I've said my piece. I've done my duty as a brother. Just don't come crying to me for help later on! My conscience is clear, and I'm out!"

With a scoff, Carl stood up and left.

The rest followed suit, their egos inflated, eyes filled with resentment and scorn.

"Fine, if you'd rather face the music than enjoy the feast, see you at the shareholders' meeting in three days!"

They seemed to forget, who had been footing their bills all these years?

And who was it that single-handedly founded Hawkins Sea-freight?

They were living off Clayton's hard work, yet now they dared to lord over him!

Greedy and cold-hearted!

wolves

pressed thin, his facial

wanted to offer some words of comfort

loyal

wife lost to her own mind, betrayed by

nurtured the Hawkins family for years,

the farmer

around now was for his

could she? It

Clayton sent his assistant away and

down by the bed, next

treated them like family, and they treat me

about the money, but losing Hawkins Sea-freight means it'll be even harder to find our daughter. If we

be? I've searched so many places, why

dark! Every time I think of her alone and

else care for her as we do? What if she

she still okay? Is she still alive? I...

overflowed as he spoke, a grown man

His heart was shattered.