Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1293

"Well, about that..."

Walter looked conflicted. Fireworks and explosives, after all, work on the same principle—once they go off, they're bound to make a bang.

Elysia was kneading some dough at the kitchen counter. She couldn't help but laugh when she saw Walter's face, caught between not wanting to say "no" and clearly out of options.

"Fireworks are always loud," she said, "but we can watch them from far away. Mommy can cover Baby's ears, and if your ears are covered, there's nothing to be afraid of."

"Yeah, Walter, I really want to see fireworks!" Baby chimed in eagerly.

Walter snapped out of his thoughts. "Alright then, in a bit, Walter will get everything ready. We'll throw a special fireworks show just for our Baby! I'll try to make them as quiet as I can."

"Thank you, Walter!" Baby beamed.

Walter grinned so wide his cheeks almost hurt. "No need to thank me! What kind of fireworks does Baby want?"

"Bunnies! I love bunnies the most."

"Bunnies? No problem! Walter will make a whole bunch of little bunny fireworks for you."

two of them-one grown, one little-chattered away, excitedly planning the night's

Walter scooped Baby up and went to round up the rest of the

who were still out and

Quincy and Emmett arrived, followed by Elijah and Elliot. Everyone squeezed around the makeshift wooden table, digging into steaming hot breakfast -scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, golden pancakes, and a pitcher of

clearly distracted, fidgeting in his seat, glancing at Elliot

well, smirked. Elijah was dying to get back to tinkering with

security system!

eat breakfast, Elijah would've skipped the

Howard's room yesterday, Elijah had been completely obsessed. Only in that room, surrounded by wires, monitors,

he

brothers, Evan

arts and weapons

tech, but

making money. But Elijah? He was absolutely nuts

Howard's handiwork, it blew his mind. He'd always thought his mentor was the best in the world. Now he finally understood the saying: there's always a bigger fish in the

there's no

never have believed someone so genius with computers existed. Now, all he wanted was to worship at Howard's feet and learn everything he could, even if it meant skipping meals