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 scurried up

backward, shrieking, "Where did this rat come from?

equally grossed out, scrambled around,

sights set on Helen, climbing up to her head as

to dislodge the rat, to

black cat leaped into the fray, swiping

a deep scratch across

long, painful mark stretched from her cheek

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

dance between the cat and the rat, Helen was the unfortunate playground. The rat burrowed into her clothes, with the cat enthusiastically clawing at it through the

rat, Helen ended up

her body scored

with a

It clung to Helen, its claws

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

swim, she flailed in

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

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