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.

been dug up that morning, and the

casket. The lid creaked as it came

family broke down

body-just an urn containing Kendrick's ashes, along with a

had died overseas. Their bodies

following the old burial

set at the head of the coffin, and the rest of the space was packed full-but no sign of Elizabeth. Every memento was

Bradfords had refused

They'd tried to keep the lovers

in death they tried to erase

from Kendrick's story.

belongs to s

buried Kendrick while scrubbing out

to perform rituals to keep her spirit away

aside, his brow furrowed

of the priest, he handed Elizabeth's urn to

the group in a final prayer for

up his sleeves and began clearing

replace everything in there with things that belonged to both

theading day, their

many

a memory,

couldn't help but notice