Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Watching Grandma with those puppy dog eyes, Evan's heart was breaking.

He desperately wanted to tell her the truth, to reveal that mom was alive, and she was right in Oceanopolis! But the bigger picture demanded his silence. He had to bear it for now!

All he could do was silently whisper to Pamela in his heart:

Hang in there, Grandma. Mom's back, she might even be on her way right now. You'll see her real soon.

Evan sniffled, about to go upstairs to comfort Pamela, when a maid came in with a bowl of soup,

"Sir, your wife's soup is ready."

Evan's brows furrowed. This must be the infamous poisoned soup, huh?

Larry came over too, noticing Pamela's tears and feigned concern,

"What's the matter with Ms. Patel? Did she fall?"

He was about to head upstairs when Evan, with a dark look, subtly stuck out his foot, and 'thump'! Larry went tumbling down, face-first into the dirt!

He fell, dragging the maid down with him, the soup from her hands splashing right onto his head!

from the fall and the

had tripped him, he turned a fierce glare on the boy, but before he could

Handsome is so scary, waaaah, he wants to hit me, he's a bad

welcome gift. The

on the stairs, scowled. Such a small kid and already playing the victim

wild child

Evan, "Don't worry, he's one of mine. Larry, did you

his anger, got up and replied, "I'm

his gaze darkening. They had specially

Such a waste!

of this

Larry looked up at Evan, "Mr. Hawkins, since when did we have an extra kid in

"Just wandered in unexpectedly."

focus shifting back to

crying and was

excitedly pointed at Evan's eyes,

"Irene, Clayton, Irene..."

excited, responding, "Yeah, the kid's

over, smiling warmly at the little boy, clearly

Clayton was pleasantly surprised!

the docks before dawn. If