Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1865

Gale's head was pounding just as hard. "Is there any way we can cancel this?"

Keaton replied, "Nope! Gotta go, I'm spending time with my wife, my kid, and my mother-in-law. Bye!"

Booker and Gale went dead silent.

Could they just have one peaceful holiday for once?

Today, five little munchkins show up just to deliver some well wishes, and they ended up kneeling in the chapel all afternoon on New Year's Eve.

If they all got together tomorrow, their parents would have to stare at those adorable little lucky charms while listening to Richard Huber gloat for hours. Wouldn't their parents just die of jealousy?

Chances were, by New Year's night, both of them would be sentenced to kneel in the chapel until sunrise!

The more the dynamic duo thought about it, the bleaker their future looked. Booker said,

"Why don't we come up with a plan to run away right after New Year's Eve dinner? We'll just skip tomorrow."

Gale sighed. "I wouldn't dare. My dad would literally break my legs."

Booker was equally terrified of his dad crying in front of him. He sighed heavily. "So what do we do?"

Gale thought for a moment.

"Tomorrow, let's just sit at the kids' table with Elliot and Evan so we don't have to listen to their nagging."

Booker pointed out, "That won't work either. Won't we still get punished once it's over?"

Gale thought a little harder. "Then we just drink ourselves into oblivion tomorrow! A good drunk cures a thousand sorrows!"

By early evening, before it was even time for the New Year's Eve dinner, Keaton was already flooding his social media.

He didn't post photos of some lavish feast. He symbolically posted a single plate of dumplings, and then...

A chessboard. Pregnancy and baby books. Carnations meant for a mother—specifically, two bouquets!

He also posted a picture of six sets of tableware, with the caption:

[Thirty years of life, and this is the happiest New Year's Eve dinner yet!]

He didn't explicitly mention the Newsom family in a single word, but every single photo screamed it.

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