Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

These guys were clearly trouble, but before doing anything rash, they needed to figure out exactly who these people were and why they'd shown up here in the

first place.

One of the men, clearly rattled, was already waving his shotgun at them. "Who the hell are you?!"

"Hey! Over here! There's someone down here!"

He shouted up the hill to his buddies.

A group of men, seeing the look on his face and realizing he wasn't kidding, scrambled down the muddy slope.

When they spotted Tarquin and the others, they all froze in shock-then immediately raised their rifles, aiming at the family.

Baby, never having experienced anything like this before, burst into tears on the spot.

She clung to Elysia, burying her face in her mother's chest. "Mommy, I'm scared... I'm scared..."

Elysia hugged her daughter tightly, her own heart pounding in her chest. "Shh, it's okay. It's okay. Don't be scared."

Tarquin stepped in front, shielding Elysia and the kids behind him.

The man in charge barked, "Alright, talk. What the hell are you doing here?"

missing a beat. "Summer vacation. Just took the kids out for a

brought kids out here? Into

"Yeah. They love exploring."

are a million safer places to take

"Not really. We got

group seven people, kids and women, clearly a family. After a moment, he

his gaze lingered on Elysia, running up and down her figure. He cleared his throat and snapped, “Alright, up the hill. You're coming with us. Try

down, keeping his cool. He turned back to Elysia and the kids. "Do as they say. Just follow

family trudged ahead, with the armed men in camo trailing behind, guns at the

today! This is better than bagging a grizzly," one of the men

love us, huh? Just what we needed,

she's a

mid-laugh when he suddenly shrieked and went

fall, he managed to knock down the guys

another got his cheek

with you?! That

It was about to

rolled their

broad daylight-what snake? I

you're just looking for trouble, man! You

off, irritated. "Save it.