Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1426

"She's never flirted with any man except Kendrick!"

"She's never done a single thing to betray Kendrick! She's been loyal to him from the very start-not once has she ever strayed!"

"So who the hell are you all to insult her? To curse her? To slander her?!"

Soren's voice shot up, practically echoing off the hillside. He was beyond furious

now.

"If we weren't living in a country of laws, I'd have put a bullet in you all myself!"

“Elizabeth doesn't deserve a spot in the Bradford family cemetery? Go ahead, drag out every Bradford ancestor you've got. Besides Kendrick, which of them can hold a candle to her honor?"

"She's a hero-she sacrificed everything for her country. Which of your precious ancestors ever did something that selfless?"

"Elizabeth joining your family's cemetery? That's your ancestors' privilege, not hers!"

Soren's shout thundered through the foot of the hill, the echoes ringing for ages.

If there really were such things as ghosts, you could bet every last Bradford ancestor was hearing him loud and clear.

pent-up rage and frustration burst out all at once. He'd said more in

racing back toward Jindale City, he'd barely spoken. Even last night, holding vigil for Elizabeth at the old

finally saw Tarquin and the others this morning, he'd

slandering a woman as

pack of bitter, selfish women, sniveling and shouting at someone who'd given everything for others-it was

outburst. She'd never seen him this angry, and

Just the title

her composure, Allegra snapped back, "Hero? Elizabeth, a hero of

someone who just seduces men? What's she actually done for anyone? All I've ever seen her

be some kind of saint because you've got a

corruption! Isn't it

stories about Elizabeth

sort of woman Elizabeth is. If she's a hero, I'll personally have her name erased from the Bradford family

all nodded in agreement, chiming in, "We'll take our

Force

until now, finally

you slander a national hero and a military

s

only reason you don't know what she's done is because some things are classified—national security

because it can't be made public doesn't mean her sacrifices didn't

grizzled Army officer stepped forward, eyes blazing. "Commander Tan risked his life every single day