Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1428

Let them all see, then. Let everyone witness how Elizabeth entered the cemetery, how she was laid to rest, and how everyone finally accepted that she truly was Kendrick's wife.

At the top of the hill, the group gathered before Kendrick's gravestone.

Soren led the mourners, bowing his head in salute to Kendrick. Like Elizabeth, he was a hero.

Tarquin cradled Elizabeth's urn in his arms, staring at the photo of the handsome man on the headstone. He spoke softly, his voice low and steady, but with a tremor that betrayed his emotion.

"Dad, I brought Mom home."

A gentle breeze swept through the crowd, drying the tears from their eyes. There wasn't a dry eye to be found.

After all their struggles, these two star-crossed lovers were finally reunited.

At exactly ten in the morning-the appointed hour-it was time.

Open the casket.

Kendrick had died young, and had a traditional burial.

His grave wasn't one of those tiny plots you see nowadays. The coffin was old- fashioned, big enough to fit a full-grown man.

up that morning, and the solid oak coffin lay

the casket. The lid creaked as it came

women in the family broke down in

an urn containing Kendrick's ashes, along with a

Elizabeth had died overseas. Their

old burial

and the rest of the space was packed full-but no sign of Elizabeth.

had

Elizabeth. They'd tried to keep the lovers apart

they tried

from Kendrick's story.

belongs to s

while scrubbing out any trace

far as to perform rituals to keep her spirit away from

stood aside, his brow furrowed and his eyes

the priest, he handed Elizabeth's urn to

in a final prayer for

sleeves and began clearing out the

everything in there with things that belonged to both Kendrick and Elizabeth-a wedding photo, the

day, their

handwritten notes so many tokens of

was a memory,

he couldn't help but notice small things-signs