Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1296

When Elysia came back with her basket full of wild herbs, she spotted Tracey and Baby, the oldest and the youngest of the family, making a pinky promise on the porch.

Grinning, Elysia called out, “Hey, what are you two up to?”

Baby’s eyes sparkled with excitement. “Mommy, Mommy! I’m gonna be a nurse when I grow up!”

“Oh yeah?” Elysia raised an eyebrow, amused.

“Great-grandma says she’s gonna teach me everything she knows!” Baby announced, bouncing on her toes.

Tracey chuckled, her eyes crinkling with delight. “Elysia, I think this little one has a real future in medicine!”

“She’s just a kid, and yet she can already tell the difference between all these herbs! She’s a natural. I’d love to start teaching her some medical basics, if you’re okay with it?”

Elysia didn’t hesitate. “Of course! Baby, do you want to learn?”

As far as Elysia was concerned, you could never know too much. It was always a good idea to pick up more skills if you had the chance. She wasn’t a doctor herself, but she’d learned first aid and some medical know-how from her own grandmother. It had come in handy more times than she could count.

If she hadn’t understood both psychology and some basic medicine, she probably never would’ve been able to help Elijah. And Tarquin’s insomnia—if she’d known nothing, she’d have just been left worrying and helpless. But now, she could mix up treatments, try a little acupuncture, adjust his remedies on the fly—and not panic when things changed.

Besides, medicine wasn’t just any skill. It was something that could help everyone, everywhere. Learning medicine meant you could help yourself and the people you cared about. That was a win-win in her book.

So if Baby was interested, Elysia was all in. And if not? That was fine too. She’d never force her daughter to do something she didn’t love. After all, passion was the best teacher—when you enjoyed something, you learned faster and had more fun.

Baby hopped around in pure joy. “I love it, I love it! When I become a nurse, I can take care of Daddy, Mommy, and my brothers, too!”

Elysia ruffled her daughter’s hair, her heart melting. “If you love it, that’s all that matters. Mommy’s got your back!”

Then she turned to Tracey with a grateful smile. “Thank you, Grandma. I know it’s a lot of work.”

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