Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 281

Tarquin was frozen, "Yes, we did."

"We did?"

"Yeah, you went too. You were with me, don't you remember?"

Elijah frowned, "...I only remember being asleep the whole time."

Tarquin's brow furrowed in surprise, looking at Elijah incredulously.

Elijah pressed on, "Besides you and Ms. Thorne, who else has been to my room?"

"No one else, what's up?"

Elijah eyed him suspiciously, then turned and left without another word.

Tarquin was visibly anxious. He watched the direction of the door for a moment, then grabbed his phone to call Elysia.

At that moment, Elysia was chatting with Evan about White, "Evan, can you tell if White is a boy or a girl?"

"Of course, it's just like me, a bright and handsome boy."

"Is it time to find a girlfriend then?"

Evan's cheeks flushed with shyness, "Mommy, I'm still a little kid. Didn't you say kids have to grow up before they can have girlfriends?"

Elysia laughed helplessly, "I was talking about White, not you."

"Oh, White can't have a girlfriend yet. It's still too little. Besides, its kind are deep in the forests, if we were to find it a girlfriend, we'd need to go back to the forest. Didn't you say we're not going back anytime soon?"

"That's true, we're not going back..." Elysia sounded a bit dejected.

White was too young for a girlfriend. To find its kind, they'd need to venture into the deep forests.

Well, she couldn't make that money after all!

Just as she was feeling regretful, her phone suddenly rang. She glanced at the caller ID with a puzzled frown.

What's he calling for so late?

Elysia moved aside to answer. Before she could speak, Tarquin's anxious voice burst through, "Something's happened to Elijah; come over quick!"

Benjamin Lawson was there too. They greeted each other with grave expressions.

Tarquin's brow was furrowed, "Elijah has no recollection of today's family gathering. He says all he remembers is being asleep."

Elysia caught her breath, "You, you brought up the family gathering again?"

"He came to me about it."

Elysia was terrified, her heart racing.

Was this going to blow their cover?

As she was at a loss for words, Tarquin suddenly said, "I suspect he has dissociative identity disorder."

Elysia's eyelids twitched and blinked rapidly in confusion.

Benjamin frowned, "That's a possibility! Dissociative identity disorder is a psychological condition. When a person's inner turmoil reaches a certain threshold, another personality may emerge, with the primary personality stepping back. This alternate persona can take over, altering preferences and behaviors so much that to outsiders, it seems like they've become a completely different person."

Tarquin's expression was solemn, "I noticed it today during the gathering. One moment he was poised and articulate, the next he was exuberant and impulsive, and then he became aloof upon returning. He might have three distinct personalities!"