Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1290

Tarquin was calm as ever. "Killing people's illegal. I don't kill."

"...So you're just gonna let them walk down the mountain?"

He shrugged. "No one's stopping them. If they make it out alive, well-that's up to fate."

Bernard shot him an approving look.

That's how a real man does it-tough when he needs to be, but never crossing the line.

"As long as you don't break the law, we're good."

"But what if someone actually makes it down? How can you be sure they won't blab?"

"I can."

"Oh yeah? How? Those guys were scared stiff, but you can't count on them to forget everything."

Tarquin shot back, "How did Gerald manage to stay in touch with the outside world?"

No cell service up here in the mountains. Phones were useless.

Howard's custom wristbands worked like walkie-talkies, but only inside the mountain. No contact with anyone offsite.

And yet, Gerald somehow kept supplies coming and always knew what was happening back home. That meant he had some way of getting messages out.

Bernard asked, "You need to reach someone on the outside?"

"Yeah, I do."

didn't hide it. "You'll want the signal tower. It's got reception

"...Where's the signal tower?"

over, not

"Can we go now?"

take

Tarquin hadn't been great, but once Tarquin set foot here, they'd counted him as one

Elysia and the kids had brought him, he

through the woods. Pretty soon, Bernard started griping. "Can

Tarquin just blinked.

Bernard, he moved like a lumbering

"You're

on this mountain. Tarquin hadn't. Evan

few pointers. "Here, watch me. Step

followed along, eager to

coached by the guy who'd once kicked seven

this to Elysia and Evan, no

the two of them made their way toward the signal tower, Bernard teaching as

roaring waterfall. The water thundered

the

gave him a look. "What,

efine

just solid rock. Where

TV had made it

river. You scared?" Bernard

head. "Not at