Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

"They're Tarquin and my kids too. This is Baby, and this is Elijah. BabyElijah, say hi to your great-grandma."

The two little ones obediently greeted Tracey together,

"Hello, Great-grandma!"

Tracey was absolutely delighted.

"Oh my goodness, look at you two! Why are there two little ones? Elijah looks just like Elliot and Evan! And Baby's the spitting image of Elysia!"

Elysia laughed as she explained,

"Back then, both of them were taken away, so when Grandpa and Grandma found us, it was just me, Elliot, Evan, and Emmett."

"Elijah grew up with Tarquin, and Baby was raised by someone else..."

"Grandma, I'll fill you in on all the details about the kids later. For now, tell us about you and Grandpa."

"Why is it only you and Bernard back? Where are the other grandpas?"

"What happened last night? Why wasn't anyone home? There was always someone around before."

"And how did those hunters get so close without you knowing?"

Tracey let out a long breath and glanced at the hunters knocked out cold on the floor, frowning a little.

had to go down to town, and he took

Bernard, Quincy,

to go out and paint-he found this spot when Bernard took him exploring as a kid, said it was

bored and curious,

old guys gone, it

Walter left,

found a bunch of young whooping cranes nesting over there, and we were worried those scoundrels

thousand whooping cranes left worldwide-barely over a thousand in

"And

martens, and all kinds

out east.

it's a step

one,

raised since he was a pup. He's got

happened to Pippin,

couldn't just let those jerks have their way, so Bernard and I locked

went to teach them a lesson, and I went

would find this place-especially not so many at

we got your message, it was almost too late. We hurried home as fast as we could, only just

Elysia was speechless.

house was empty-what a

Grandma and Grandpa had already become the guardians

loved the

on the animals' home, it was their duty