Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1234

Just as Elysia was about to answer, a sharp female voice echoed from the hallway outside.

“I told you, you can’t see him, and that’s final! Cry all you want, it won’t change anything. Those are the rules!”

“I’ve never dealt with such unreasonable family members. I said he’s just in quarantine, not dead already! What’s there to cry about?”

“If you waste any more of our time, and we don’t find a cure because of it, it’ll be on you!”

Another woman’s voice broke in, shaky and pleading.

“Today is my child’s birthday. She just wants to see her dad, even if it’s just from behind the glass. Can’t you let us do that?”

“No! How many times do I have to say it—no means no! If you keep pestering me, I’ll have security throw you out! God, you’re exhausting!”

Suddenly the woman snapped, and the little girl burst into loud sobs.

Elysia frowned and stepped out into the hallway.

There were three people: two women and a child.

One of the women was in her twenties, dressed in a white lab coat—clearly medical staff.

The other, about forty, was clutching a five- or six-year-old girl to her chest—a mother and daughter, clearly.

The younger woman spotted Elysia coming out of the room and immediately shot her a suspicious glare, looking her up and down.

“Who are you? Why are you in the records room?!”

Elysia didn’t have the chance to answer before the older woman hurried over, still holding her crying child.

“You’re with the doctors working on the virus, right?” she begged, tears streaming down her face. “Please, have a heart. Let us see her dad, just for a moment. It’s her birthday—she doesn’t want presents, she just wants to see her father…”

“I know the virus is contagious, we’d stay behind the glass! We just want to see him, please. We’re so worried about him. I’m begging you.”

The little girl, dressed in a frilly princess dress, clung to her mother’s neck, her eyes red and puffy.

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