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 to

to Tarquin, his brow furrowed in thought. He

heavily. "Let's talk about it

but he was certain it had something to do

foreign fighters.

Tarquin started poking around, he might get himself

the younger generation getting tangled up

on living a good life with Elysia. Raise those

of trouble as much as you

as he looked at Evan. "Now you know why I

when you're out there. If you need to teach

fine, but don't draw too much

scrunched up his little nose, frowning. He felt bad for Bernard. He

the old scarred man whose

think Bernard

And he understood

pain.

he

but

the end, the grudge between these two

blame were the killers.

say anything

made a

and the

the case before

he'd take over. He'd

stop, not until

found the truth.

Tarquin was thinking similar

but said nothing.

Bernard

you've been

years? Because

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