Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 1771

Relocating a grave was a massive undertaking, and since the plot was located inside the Gould Family Cemetery, it wasn't Caroline's place to step forward.

Mr. Gould refused to get involved, leaving the responsibility squarely on Shane's shoulders.

As Jade Gresham's biological son, Shane had every right to move her grave, and no one else had any grounds to object.

But knowing the utter lack of morals among the Gould family relatives, this was never going to be easy.

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The next day, the sun was already high in the sky by the time they reached their destination.

Shane's hometown was a rural farming community just outside Haverbrook City. It was entirely flat plains, dominated by endless stretches of vibrant green wheat fields.

The wheat was still short this time of year, leaving the scattered headstones across the fields clearly visible.

There were no large-scale municipal cemeteries out here; people were simply laid to rest on their own agricultural land.

Even with the recent shifts toward cremation, the urns were still placed inside caskets and buried traditionally beneath the soil.

The Gould Family Cemetery sat at the far edge of a field, meaning anyone trying to reach it had to cross straight through the crops.

Unfortunately, that specific wheat field belonged to Shane's paternal cousin.

Pulling their cars over on the shoulder of the dirt road, they could immediately see several figures in the distance, violently digging into the cemetery dirt with shovels.

Caroline's heart leaped into her throat. "Are those animals already digging her up?!"

They had received word late last night that the Gould relatives planned to excavate Jade's grave today, even threatening to throw her remains to the feral dogs.

That was exactly why they had driven through the night to get here!

Frowning deeply, the group piled out of their vehicles and marched toward the cemetery.

The moment they reached the edge of the field, a middle-aged woman in drab clothes stomped over with a shovel, shouting at the top of her lungs.

"What do you think you're doing? I'm warning you, don't step foot on my property!"

The woman screaming at them was Penny Gould, the wife of Shane's cousin.

She might have looked like a simple, hardworking farmer on the outside, but she was rotten to the core.

Threatening to dig up the grave had been entirely her idea. The holidays were approaching, and she wanted to extort a valuable city property from them so she could use it to find a wife for her son.

Caroline had dealt with this woman before. She glared at her.

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