Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem



Blossom was in the dark about a lot of things, always believing that Tarquin's grudge against Keith stemmed from that one 'test' incident.

In her eyes, Keith had shown no romantic interest in Elysia whatsoever.

Since Elysia and Tarquin became an item, Keith hadn't seen Elysia alone, and he seemed to be leading a pretty stable life, showing no signs of a broken heart.

Blossom added, "Misunderstandings always clear up eventually. Just give it some more time."

Keith sighed in resignation, "It's like Mercury is in retrograde for me this year. He's still on my case, even after losing his job."

Blossom was taken aback, "Your resignation was because of him?"

"Yeah, he pressured the school board, and they got cold feet about keeping me on."

Blossom was speechless.

As they exited the elevator, Keith mentioned, "Oh, and when you see Ms. Thorne, could you tell her I don't know what's been going on with them recently, but it's got nothing to do with me. Ask her to talk to her boyfriend; he needs to stop obsessing over me."

Blossom nodded awkwardly.

Elysia was in the kitchen preparing dinner when she saw Blossom come in and greeted her, "Finally home, huh? Go wash up; dinner's almost ready." Blossom changed into her slippers and walked into the kitchen, "How are the kids?"

"They're in their room."

She whispered, "They haven't noticed anything, right?"Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Elysia shook her head, whispering back, "I'm in good spirits, no injuries; they really think I've been out having fun."

Blossom chuckled, "Kids are so easy to fool."

She then relayed to Elysia what she had seen in the elevator and what Keith had said.

Elysia frowned and spoke about Tarquin, "He wouldn't go after Keith without a good reason. There must be something off with Keith. You should keep your distance from him too."

Blossom was surprised, "I thought you'd think your man was being unreasonable."

Elysia scoffed, "My man is never unreasonable."

Blossom laughed, "Are you blinded by love?"

"Not at all! I might not know Keith well, but I know my man. If he says Keith is bad news, then Keith is bad news!"

Blossom teased, “I'm full already, full of lovey-dovey stuff."

Elysia playfully slapped her, telling her to keep an eye on the soup while she went to the bedroom to call Tarquin. Tarquin had just arrived at his mansion when he saw Elysia's call, a softness flashing in his eyes, "Hello?"

Elysia queried, "You almost got into a fight with Keith?"

Tarquin frowned, "He talked to you?"

"No, Blossom told me..."

After Elysia repeated Blossom's words, Tarquin explained, "I did mess up his job, and yeah, we almost came to blows today, but I...”

"You're hurt?" Elysia cut him off before he could finish.

Tarquin paused before answering, "No."

"That's good. Are you coming home for dinner?"

"...No."

"Oh, then we won't wait up. We're going to eat."

"Alright."

As Elysia was about to hang up, Tarquin asked, "You're not going to grill me?"

"Why would I?"

"My run-in with Keith..."

Elysia understood, "Grill you for what? I was just worried you might be hurt and wanted to know if you were coming home for dinner."

She mumbled, "You're my boyfriend; he's nothing to me. If anyone's giving you trouble, I'd stand up for you."

Her mindset had certainly become more pragmatic. Now that she and Tarquin were together, she was decidedly in his corner.

If Keith decided to stir trouble by exposing their family secrets, so be it. She was ready to face the music!