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 in

lips pressed thin, his facial

assistant wanted to offer some words of comfort but couldn't

courage and integrity, loyal and

her own mind, betrayed by

Hawkins family for years,

of the farmer

only hope to turn things around

It seemed a

a while, Clayton sent his assistant

down by the bed, next to Pamela, his tears

like family, and they treat me

even harder to find our daughter. If

be? I've searched so many

been so timid, afraid of the dark! Every time I think of her alone and scared in the dark, my

else's. Will anyone else care for her as we do? What if she encounters someone bad? Without us to protect

okay?

pain overflowed as he spoke, a grown man

His heart was shattered.