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

been

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

approval of their relationship was

left for Larry, and given Clayton's

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

Larry was nothing but an unwanted

Roger would take an

as the prospective son-in-law of the Murphy family now would make them the laughingstock of the

never allow his

the

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

was down on his luck, it was the Murphy family's turn to have a moment of triumph.

take these three people with me today. If you

what exactly does the Murphy family plan

rich, cold voice

the sound, and the family upstairs craned their necks to

by three tall, well-built men with