Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1216

When Winona got home, it wasn't even seven yet.

She stood outside, suitcase in hand, staring at the familiar front door-her heart a tangled mess. After more than a year, she was back.

Back again. She, Winona, was back!

She took a deep breath, steadied her nerves, and reached for the door. The face ID scanner blinked red-access denied.

She tried her fingerprint. No luck.

She keyed in her six-digit passcode. Nope. Wrong again.

Winona stood there in five-inch heels, brows drawn tight. It was obvious: Zane had wiped her info, changed the code, locked her out.

He never thought she'd come back. Not even for a second.

Was she hurt? Of course she was. How could she not be?

Once upon a time, she'd loved him for real. He was her first love, her "once in a lifetime," her husband-on paper, at least.

She'd picked out every tile, every paint swatch, every last throw pillow. She'd obsessed over the kitchen

now? She couldn't

did this marriage ever give

soul, inside and out.

she thought, is a gamble. Draw a good man, you get

Time to end the nightmare. She wasn't going to rot in this graveyard

bam! She pounded on the

still asleep after last night's "haunted house" drama-she'd heard the rumors. Finally, Priscilla shuffled out of the guest

heck is it? You're gonna break the darn door down! If you bust it, you're paying for it-my son spent a fortune

swung open. Priscilla

little witch? My Zane's divorcing you, and the Livingston family is done with you! Get lost!

finish, Winona smacked

staggered and fell,

knew she was no match for Winona, She started wailing. "Zane! That witch is back! She hit your mama again! Get out here and

her. "You're the ones who need to leave. This house isn't

shrieked, “What are

us? Over my

lunged for Winona's leg. Winona kicked her