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

me

furrowed in thought. He was silent

exhaled heavily. "Let's talk about

didn't know who the killer was, but he was certain it had

foreign fighters.

around, he might get

younger generation

on living a good life with Elysia. Raise those kids

of trouble as much as

Evan. "Now you know why

you're out there. If

but don't draw too much

up his little nose, frowning. He felt bad

scarred man whose life had been

think Bernard

And he understood

pain. If anyone

he wouldn't

else but

between these two old men wasn't their fault. The ones

blame were the killers.

didn't say

he made a promise to

the old man

the case

he'd take over. He'd

never stop, not

found the truth.

Tarquin was thinking similar

said nothing.

looked at Bernard and

been

Because of

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