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 in

pressed thin, his facial muscles trembling

wanted to offer some words of comfort

and integrity, loyal and true-hearted.

her own mind,

years,

of the farmer and

things around now was for

It seemed a

his assistant away and went back

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

and they treat me like

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

could she be? I've searched so many places,

She's always been so timid, afraid of the dark! Every time I think of her alone and scared in the dark, my heart

we do? What if she encounters someone bad? Without us to protect her, can she grow up

she still okay?

overflowed as he spoke, a grown

His heart was shattered.