Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1279

"I had no choice," Bernard sighed, "so I told him: the day you can finally beat me,

I'll tell you who killed my wife. I even promised to help him get revenge."

"He took it to heart," Bernard continued, his eyes distant. "He threw himself into

training, worked harder than ever. For a while, it looked like he finally had

something to live for. But..."

Bernard's gaze drifted off to the horizon, and he let out a long, weary breath.

"The truth is, I still have no idea who the killer is. I've been trying to figure it out for

years, but they covered their tracks too well. There's not a single clue left behind."

"If I can't get to the bottom of it, there's no way my brother could."

"So all I could do was keep my distance. I didn't want to see him."

"Nothing good comes from us meeting. Only pain."

"If I don't know the murderer's name, I can't let him win. But if he loses, he gets

angry and desperate. It's a lose-lose situation..."

Tarquin and Evan listened quietly, neither of them interrupting. After a while,

Tarquin spoke up:

"You know, since you've been hiding out here, it's not exactly easy for you to

investigate. But if you trust me, I can give it a shot. I can't make any promises, but

I've got contacts overseas—old friends, people who owe me favors. It might be

for me to

furrowed in thought. He was

then exhaled heavily. "Let's talk about it

know who the killer was, but he

foreign fighters.

poking around, he might get

generation getting tangled up

life with Elysia. Raise those kids

trouble as much as you

eyes softened as he looked at Evan.

low profile when you're out there. If you need to teach someone

draw too

up his little nose, frowning. He

scarred man whose life had been

didn't think

And he

pain.

he wouldn't care

else but revenge,

end, the grudge between these two old men wasn't their fault. The ones

blame were the killers.

didn't say

made a promise to

the old man

the case before they

take over.

He'd never stop, not until

found the truth.

Tarquin was thinking similar

said

Bernard and

been hiding

years? Because

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