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!

she jumped, the rat scurried up her

"Where

out, scrambled around,

climbing up to her head as she screamed

at herself, trying to

cat leaped into the

deep scratch across Helen's face

mark stretched from her

was in agony, but before she could react, the cat went at

the unfortunate playground. The rat burrowed into her clothes, with the cat enthusiastically clawing

the rat, Helen ended up

face was marred, her body scored with

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

to Helen, its claws sinking deep into her flesh as

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

to swim, she flailed in the

her eyes widened in pure terror, she shrieked hysterically, "Ah-Help! There's something in the water... Help

what was in the water, were now panicking, "Madam! Someone help, the madam has fallen into the water!" Before the bodyguards could react, Evan was there first, holding a litter box