The Silent Wife

Chapter 34

Chapter 34

Shaking her head, Rachel gave her grandma a blank look.

She couldn’t remember most of the things that had happened when she was young. All this while, she suspected she learned the ability to recollect memories a little later than other children since she couldn’t remember much. Besides that, she only remembered a little of the time before she arrived at Riverdale.

Seeing her reaction, Nancy reached out her frail, bony hand to brush several strands of Rachel’s fringe behind her ear, revealing her neat, beautiful face.

As if she was talking to herself, she murmured, “It seems that you don’t remember. If you did, you wouldn’t have followed Jefferey here.”

Hearing that, she was dumbfounded. Why? Didn’t Dad bring us over to Riverdale because he thought that our old place wasn’t safe?

When Rachel was young, she lived in the mountains with her grandma and mother. After a huge forest fire happened which resulted in her mother’s death, Jefferey brought her and her grandma over to Riverdale. “Of course not, that old dog, he did it because…”

Because of what?

After the accident was brought up, Nancy looked uneasy. Sadness seemed to have emanated from her clouded eyes.

At this moment, Rachel tugged on her grandma’s sleeve. Grandma, are you okay?

All of a sudden, Nancy snapped out of the trance before she replied, “Yeah.”

She then gently patted the back of Rachel’s hand as she said, “Rae, you must live a happy life. We just have to be honest and true to ourselves. That suffices. Your mom who’s looking over you from above will want you to be safe and sound.”

Upon hearing that, Rachel nodded obediently.

“Right, Rae, do you still keep the box that your mom left for you?”

Yes. She nodded once again.

“You must keep it well.”

Grandma, what’s inside the box?

her to keep the box well. However, the box was square like a cube, and there was no opening to it. It looked like a piece of

to that as a

day, when you

still confused. She couldn’t help but feel that her grandma was

early morning, Rachel could only catch a

would be the lead surgeon for

was on while she waited alone. At the break of dawn, the operation was finally done and the door of the operation room was pushed open, revealing Julian who

operation was successful. Your grandma is fine.” With his gaze fixed on her, he told her

only then that Rachel could heave a sigh of relief as she

he quickly reached out, making a

then shook her

it. It’s my job as a doctor. You should go catch some sleep since you didn’t rest very well last night. Your grandma’s still on anesthesia and she won’t

that, she nodded without shifting

she could relax, her legs felt so weak that

that, Julian felt his heart ache. “Let me help

him off. ‘I’ll rest here for a

from him. He was about to ask her something, but he held it back when he saw how weak she seemed. After debating with himself, he didn’t speak up

you some food

already

was alone in the empty

the operation was over, she now had to face the things that she dreaded. She

morning, at the

easy on the caffeine.

placed a cup of fruit juice in front of him before taking a glance in the direction of the second room. “Rachel didn’t come back for the past two days. I wonder what

Justin read the newspaper, he said disdainfully, “She’s taking care of her grandma

really necessary for her to be there 24/7? Julian hasn’t come home for these past two days too. Every time I called him, he said

up from behind the newspaper with a

sympathy for the mute, but the Burton Family isn’t doing charity. We don’t just take in anyone. Not only is the mute not behaving herself, she even goes out to

more agitated as she went on. “Julian’s always helping her, and he doesn’t even listen to his mother now. You remember how

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