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!

but wolves

his lips pressed thin,

some words of comfort but couldn't

integrity, loyal and true-hearted. Yet,

lost to her own mind, betrayed

nurtured the Hawkins family for years,

of the farmer

hope to turn things around now was for his

could she? It seemed a

while, Clayton sent his assistant away and went back

sat down by the bed, next to Pamela, his tears

these heartless people... I treated them like family, and they treat me

even harder to find our daughter. If we don't look for her, who

I've searched so

afraid of the dark! Every time I think of her

as we do? What if she

okay? Is she still

pain overflowed as he spoke, a grown man of

His heart was shattered.