Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

"Cut you some slack, for your sake," he said with a smirk that was all too confident.

"What the heck did you do?!" I was flabbergasted.

The boss, wearing a smug grin, boasted, "Torturing folks? I'm leagues ahead of you in that game!"

Evan, puzzled, asked, "Why are you helping me?"

"Consider it a welcome gift from your new mentor!"

"What?!"

"Kid, you know the saying: 'Bite off more than you can chew, and you'll be eating out of someone's hand.' I helped you out, so now you owe me."

Evan blinked in disbelief. Owe him? What was this, some kind of trap?

"Hold up, I never asked for your help!"

But before Evan could further protest, his knees buckled suddenly, and before he knew it, he was kneeling on the ground with a thud.

The boss quickly pushed his head forward in a mock bow.

Evan shoved him away, hopping back to his feet, "What are you doing?!"

boss was

initiation's complete. From now on, you're my apprentice! Forget about that old geezer. You're

you

won't save you. If you won't give me my revenge,

loss for words. Steal, as in...

call me 'Master'! You're gonna learn all my tricks! At least two hours

you, I don't accept

or not, it's not

moved swiftly,

and unfamiliar, leaving Evan no choice but to defend

in the shadows, White watched from behind a tree,

but this odd

wind of the

handful with a penchant for trouble, he had assigned a highly

match for Evan, but tracking the young rascal

Forcing Evan into mentorship?!

of contemplation, Tarquin decided to

man is forcing Evan into mentorship. Do you

caught off-guard, replied,

aware of the weird old man but knew nothing

the news. Is

pondered, realizing why the old man had been so keen on winning Evan over - it

a strange situation, but he wouldn't harm Evan by