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.

wedding gift. She'd picked out every tile, every paint swatch, every last throw pillow. She'd obsessed over the kitchen backsplash, the hardwood floors, the farmhouse sink. She'd poured her heart, her hopes, her future

couldn't even get

did this marriage ever give

scars-body and soul, inside and out. No

Draw a good man, you get happiness. Draw a bad one, you

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

bam! She pounded on the

Priscilla, were probably still asleep after last night's "haunted house" drama-she'd heard the rumors. Finally, Priscilla

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

open. Priscilla blinked-then

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

finish, Winona

fell,

She started wailing. "Zane! That witch is back! She hit your mama again! Get out here and teach her

"You're the ones who need to leave. This house isn't Livingston property-it's

“What are

about? This is my son's house! Trying to steal it from us?

leg. Winona kicked her off,