Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Roger's eyes suddenly widened as he had an epiphany.

"Goodness, Clayton! You're protecting the Thorne family, mother and son alike. Don't tell me it's because that woman looks a bit like Irene, and you've started seeing her as your own daughter?!"

Roger burst into laughter, "Give it up, man! If she were your daughter, I'd be calling you grandpa! I'd take the Hawkins name!"

Clayton gritted his teeth, "The Hawkins family doesn't need a grandson like you!"

"Hmph! Just so you know, your daughter's long gone. Stop holding onto any fantasies!"

"I didn't ask for your opinion on my daughter!"

Clayton, refusing to discuss his daughter any further, shifted the topic.

"Larry, now there's a rare find. You better announce him as your son-in-law to the world, Roger, before someone else snatches him away!"

"I'll make the announcement today. Let everyone know that the child Clayton raised now calls me 'dad"!"

tapped his cane. "Will

had never been fond of

Larry's good looks, high education, and sharp wit, which allowed him to comfortably navigate around Clayton, he was still an orphan. He had no powerful family background, no significant social status, no wealth, and no power - hardly

relationship

Larry, and given Clayton's affection for Larry,

having soured to this extent, with Clayton detesting Larry, there was no chance of

Clayton, Larry was nothing but an

a fool like Roger would take an

of the Murphy family now would make them the laughingstock of

allow his granddaughter

was only because the

by Clayton's father for years, and later by Clayton himself. He couldn't outdo the old nor the

family's turn to have a moment of triumph. Of course, he wanted to make a

people with me today. If you oppose, don't

does the Murphy

cold voice

sound, and the family upstairs

by three tall, well-built men