Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 1430

That night, the realization finally hit him.

Survival of the fittest, he thought. If you're not strong enough, you have to learn when to back down.

At his age, keeping his head down was just part of staying alive.

So that night, clutching the puzzle box in his small hands, he knelt in front of Gideon for the first time and called him, "Grandpa."

He begged Gideon to let him bury the puzzle with his father.

Gideon, dressed in a sharp suit and sipping his Earl Grey in the armchair, looked down at him for a long, icy second before finally snapping,

"Fine. You can put it in. But from now on, you do as I say.

If the press ever interviews you, you do not show any resentment toward me or the Bradford family.

And tomorrow at your father's funeral, you will not mention your mother-not just tomorrow, but ever. No matter where you are, you keep her name out of your mouth. Wipe her from your memory.

Remember this: you're a Bradford now. You have nothing to do with that woman Elizabeth."

As a child, he was powerless against Gideon's authority.

He shook with hatred, but in the end, he had no choice but to obey.

Only then did Gideon finally allow the puzzle to be placed into the coffin, to rest with his father.

he found himself remembering every detail of his

back to

right before his father

plenty of toys growing up, but that was

not to

his parents had really left any clues about the virus, it had to be in

long breath and

puzzle in front of everyone. Instead, he quietly set it aside

kept clearing

was empty,

the minister's instruct

ashes from Elysia,

et to Kendricks

s

side, eyes all around the

was respect for

awe

twenty

lives hadn't been perfect. Maybe there were

had found its

life, together in death-never

of the priests, the coffin was sealed, and new earth

their most

name added and a photo

and Elizabeth, the