Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Helen pondered for a moment, then made her choice.

"Let's go with the one named Evan! Of all the kids, only he got nabbed by kidnappers, which means he's the easiest to handle. Clearly, the slowest sheep in the flock!"

"Right!" Her confidant immediately got on the phone to make arrangements.

Leaning back in her chair, Helen closed her eyes to relax, feeling a bit peckish. She reached out for a snack, expecting something crisp or perhaps a bit juicy.

But what she touched was unexpectedly squishy.

What on earth?

Opening her eyes, Helen was met with a pair of tiny eyes staring right back at her.

For a brief moment, time stood still. Then, Helen screamed in horror, leaping up from her chair, "Ah!"

A rat, the size of a dinner plate, had somehow made its way onto the fruit tray, scaring the daylights out of her!

rat

and terrified, stumbled backward, shrieking, "Where did this

grossed out,

had its sights set on Helen, climbing up to her

herself, trying to dislodge the rat, to no

large black cat leaped into the fray, swiping at

a deep scratch

long, painful mark stretched from her cheek to her

agony, but before she could react, the cat went at it again,

playground. The rat burrowed into her clothes, with the cat enthusiastically clawing at it through the

the rat, Helen ended up

marred, her body scored with

brink, Helen stumbled and fell into the lake with a splash, the rat

was no exception. It clung to Helen, its claws sinking deep

crying out for help, "Get off me, you beast! Help, someone, please

flailed

she shrieked hysterically,

maids, unable to see what was in the water, were now panicking, "Madam! Someone help, the madam has fallen