Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1147

In the morning, after visiting Maria at the hospital, Elysia and Tarquin took Emmett for a somber trip to the funeral home to arrange the details for Claire's funeral the

next day.

Elysia even let Emmett personally select a plot for Claire's final resting place.

On the third day, it was time for Claire's funeral.

Emmett attended as her son, deeply feeling the weight of the moment.

Elysia and Tarquin were there as friends, their presence a silent support.

Pamela and a few of the younger kids came along too.

Hollis made their appearance, a gesture of respect

was not the time for judgments. Everyone came together to pay their respects, acknowledging the dead's dignity and thanking

to Claire in gratitude for her contributions to the

expect was the arrival of Claire's

their arrival filling the chapel with genuine sorrow.

to Elysia and

deeply grateful for what you're doing for Claire, especially after all the trouble she caused. It means the world to us,"

was essentially a good person who just fell in with the wrong crowd, especially Cecil, that good-for-nothing," they lamented, their sorrow palpable. Through their stories, Elysia learned of Claire's troubling journey. Claire had fallen hard for Cecil, a charming bad

school crush to open courtship, for nearly

not born of love but of convenience. Cecil's family had fallen into disgrace and debt, turning him into

adored him disappeared, and his friends turned their backs, leaving only Claire by his

arms, treating him as their own. But Cecil saw this not as a gesture

exploit.