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.

appearance, a gesture

now was not the time for judgments. Everyone came together to

deeply to Claire in gratitude for her contributions to the Gibson family, leaving behind good

was the arrival

Claire's cousins also showed up, their arrival filling the chapel with genuine sorrow. Their

they turned to

grateful for what you're doing for Claire, especially after all the trouble she caused. It means the world to us," they said, their voices thick with

stories, Elysia learned of Claire's troubling journey. Claire had fallen hard for Cecil, a charming bad boy,

him relentlessly, from high school crush to open courtship, for nearly a decade before

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

and his friends turned their backs, leaving only Claire by his side, tirelessly working

a successfulocal business, had welcomed Cecil with open arms, treating him as their own. But Cecil saw this not as a gesture of acceptance but an

exploit.