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!

moment she jumped, the rat scurried

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

equally grossed out,

on Helen, climbing up to her head

at herself, trying to

cat leaped into the fray, swiping at the

deep scratch across Helen's face

from her cheek to

before she could react, the cat went at it

between the cat and the rat, Helen was the unfortunate playground. The rat

catch the rat, Helen ended up covered in

her body scored

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

water, and this one was no exception. It clung to Helen, its claws sinking deep into

excruciating pain, crying out for help, "Get off me, you beast!

swim, she flailed

in pure terror, she shrieked hysterically,

the water, were now panicking, "Madam! Someone help, the madam has fallen into the water!" Before