Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1417

Time flew by, and before they knew it, the end of the month had arrived.

Because the priest at the local church had changed the date twice, the final exhumation was set for 10 a.m. on September 26th.

It was only a few days before Tarquin's birthday, which fell on September 29th.

The night before the exhumation, Elysia went over the checklist for the next day, reading it again and again.

After she'd memorized every detail, she double-checked all the things they'd need, determined not to let a single thing slip through the cracks.

She genuinely admired Kendrick and Elizabeth, her late parents-in-law, from the bottom of her heart.

Elysia never quite knew how to express the love she felt for them as a daughter- in-law. All she could do was make sure tomorrow's reburial ceremony would go perfectly her own way of showing respect.

By the time she finished, it was already 11 p.m.

The kids were fast asleep, so Elysia headed to the study to find Tarquin.

He was sitting at his desk, smoking, but quickly stubbed it out when he saw her. Elysia walked over, picked up his lighter, and lit a new cigarette for him herself.

"If you're stressed, just smoke," she said softly.

Tarquin put out the cigarette again, then pulled her into his arms.

"No matter how bad I'm feeling, I just need to see you. You're better than any cigarette, you know that?"

down on his lap, arms around his neck without

through the checklist again," she said. "Everything's set for tomorrow. No mistakes. First thing in

"Thank you, babe."

tighter. "It's already eleven. Shouldn't you

was kept in the family chapel

had asked Tarquin to spend the night there, joining in prayers with the monks to prepare for the reburial

anything that brought peace of

"Yeah, I should get going. You get some rest. I'll be back early

too sad, okay? I

"I won't be sad, you're right We should be

be together again. It's a

we're happy, they'll be happy

rested her cheek on his shoulder: "Even if they can't

have me and

be with you, no matter

was touched. He ran his hand gently through

Tarquin's phone rang-Lowell was calling, reminding him it

out a deep breath and climbed off his lap. "Alright, go on. You've got important things

get

"I will."

time and

bed, tucked the blanket around her, and kissed her forehead

couldn't help but look