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?"

only one who can save Ridley, trying to push

not to

and Dr. Benjamin seem really on edge.

clue about the other infected kid. Nobody else did-word about the new virus hadn't reached the

Tarquin could answer, Elysia's eyes widened. "Wait-are you lying

quick and

are you so tense?" She studied

not infected. But someone else

caught off

don't know. And a few doctors and

how? Is

working with someone. Right now, Zane's got both the poison

sell them the medicine? That's evil. But can't Dr. Benjamin fix

head. "The virus mutates too fast.

antidote is the only

only works on the original strain. If Zane actually spreads this thing, and it mutates again,

for a moment, taking

and Benjamin looked so stressed this could threaten