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!

the fall and the sting of the hot

fierce glare on the boy, but before

he wants to hit me,

this a welcome gift. The real present is yet to come,

on the stairs, scowled. Such a small kid

did this wild child come

he's one of mine. Larry, did you

up and replied, "I'm fine, just a

darkening. They had specially

Such a waste!

because of this

inside, Larry looked up at Evan, "Mr. Hawkins, since when did

"Just wandered in unexpectedly."

focus

noticed Pamela had suddenly stopped crying and was staring intently at the

excitedly pointed at Evan's

"Irene, Clayton, Irene..."

knew what got her excited, responding, "Yeah, the kid's eyes

warmly at the little boy, clearly taken with

Clayton was pleasantly surprised!

going to the docks before dawn. If