Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1229

Stuck. Right in his throat, like a lump of unchewed steak-couldn't swallow it down, couldn't cough it up. It felt awful.

...

That night, as soon as he stepped through the front door, Elysia noticed. She barely glanced up from the kitchen, but her nose wrinkled.

"You've been smoking. And the hospital-again? What happened? Did something go down?"

Elysia had the nose of a bloodhound, especially when it came to cigarettes or anything medicinal.

Tarquin froze for a second. Elysia pressed on, her voice gentle but firm, "Just tell me the truth, okay? If you keep me in the dark, I'll only worry more."

He caved. "I went to see Benjamin. At the hospital."

"About that antidote?" she guessed.

He nodded, unable to meet her eyes.

She stepped closer, concern written all over her face. "Did something go wrong with it? Winona called me today, asking about the antidote and the virus. Zane got in touch with her."

Tarquin's brow creased. "What did Zane want?"

Ridley, trying to push Winona so he could get

to play his

Benjamin seem really on edge. Ridley's

the other infected kid. Nobody else did-word about the new virus hadn't reached the public yet. The government

Elysia's eyes widened. "Wait-are you lying

shook his head, quick and

tense?" She studied him, her gaze

then said quietly, "Ridley's not infected. But

blinked, caught

you don't know. And a few doctors and nurses,

how? Is this Zane's

out the part about the mystery man. "He's working with someone. Right now, Zane's got both the poison and the antidote. think he wants to unleash the

the medicine? That's evil. But

too

is

the original strain. If Zane actually spreads this thing, and

for a moment,

Benjamin looked