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.

that morning, and the solid oak

casket. The lid creaked as

in the family broke down

containing Kendrick's ashes, along with a few

Kendrick and Elizabeth had died overseas. Their bodies had been cremated abroad and brought back

the Bradford family insisted on following the old burial customs, almost as

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

Bradfords had refused

keep the lovers apart in life,

in death they tried to

from Kendrick's story.

belongs to s

had buried Kendrick while scrubbing out any trace

to perform rituals to keep her spirit

stood aside, his brow furrowed and

priest, he handed Elizabeth's urn to

the group in a final

he rolled up his sleeves and began clearing out

everything in there with things that belonged to both Kendrick and Elizabeth-a

day,

many tokens

a memory, a piece of their

Tarquin worked, he couldn't help but notice small things-signs that