Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1316

Chapter 1316

Elliot, Emmett, and Elijah all caught it-they glanced at Tarquin, brows furrowed, waiting for him to explain.

Tarquin was quiet for a few seconds before he finally spoke up.

"It was an animal carcass. A bit gory. I didn't want you or Baby to get scared, so we kept you back."

All three kids instantly widened their eyes-yeah, right!

Tarquin shot them a look: Let it go. White lie.

The trio pursed their lips and looked down, deciding not to call him out.

Elysia squinted at him, suspicious. "An animal carcass?"

"Yeah."

"What kind of animal?"

"I couldn't tell, honestly. Looked like it got attacked by something bigger, half- eaten. Bit of a mess."

Elysia frowned. "So... are there other predators around? Is Evan in danger?" "He's fine. White and Bernard's apprentice are with him."

sigh, buying the story. "Jeez, the way you guys acted, I thought you'd seen a freaking ghost

"Me too! I

pulled her close. "Don't worry, honey. Nature's tough. It's normal for animals to get attacked

don't

not, sweetie. I mean, I'm a surgeon, remember? I've seen way worse than a dead animal. If I'd known it was just that, I wouldn't have been

"Mommy, you're amazing!"

be even braver than me

the mother and daughter chatted away, Tarquin and the boys listened quietly. Honestly, those two were

bit, then found a clean patch of ground to stop and wait for Evan and

kept sneaking glances at Tarquin, clearly itching to talk about what they'd really seen, but with Elysia

up,

the boys looked him over, hoping for some sign of what really happened, but

no one wanted

by Evan's calm though, it couldn't

run into any wild animals,

first, "Your mom knows we found a half-eaten animal. She was just worried

wasn't telling the whole truth and jumped in, "We didn't see anything else. Even if

I am

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