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

remained seated, his lips pressed thin,

of comfort but couldn't find

was a man of courage and integrity, loyal and true-hearted. Yet, look where

wife lost to her own mind,

for years, only for them

of the farmer and the

to turn things around now was

she? It

Clayton sent his assistant away and went back to

down by the bed, next

like family, and they treat me like dirt! They're nothing

harder to find our daughter. If we

I've searched so many places, why can't I

dark! Every time I think of her alone and scared in

not someone else's. Will anyone else care for her as we do? What if she encounters someone bad? Without us to protect her, can she grow

okay? Is

overflowed as he spoke, a

His heart was shattered.