The Silent Wife

Chapter 89

Justin’s face strode toward the door. “Shouldn’t you leave for work soon, Julian? You should mind your own business,” he uttered just before he stepped out of the door.

*Caring for patients is my business,” Jullan replied. Justin tightened his grip around the doorknob as his gaze dimmed. Bang! The whole house seemed to shake the moment he slammed the door shut.

Rachel’s body jolted with shock, and she flinched as Justin shut the door. “Don’t worry.” Justin

comforted her by patting her gently, but his gaze seemed to turn serious as he did so.

“Breakfast is ready, Young Master Justin. Would you like to drink coffee or—”The maid greet the moment he got down to the living room, but he interrupted her before she could finish her sentence. “I don’t want anything.” Justin shot his maid a hostile glare. “You have a lot of free time, huh? You don’t need to come in for work anymore. We don’t need you since we have to get our own food anyway!”

Justin didn’t come back for a whole week after that. In the meantime, Rachel’s injuries were recovering well, and a new batch of maids had arrived to replace the previous batch. One morning, Mrs. Duncan was preparing joss papers in the backyard; she intended to burn them at the cemetery the next day. Rachel was standing by the window on the second floor, and she realized that Ancestors’ Day was coming soon when she saw what Mrs. Duncan was doing. She tightened her fists when Janice’s words rang in her mind all of a sudden.

That night, Julian placed some vegetables onto Rachel’s plate while they all had dinner together. Sue happened to notice this, and she questioned Julian in a rather puzzled tone. “Your brother has been away for nearly a week now, and we haven’t heard any news from him. Did you contact him in the past few days?”

“No. I’ve been busy in the hospital. I don’t have the time to fuss over his matters,” Julian replied.

“What about you?” Sue shifted her gaze toward Rachel. “Do you know where Justin went? When is he coming back?”

Rachel froze for a moment before she shook her head. Ever since Justin left home a week ago, they hadn’t contacted each other at all. “You don’t even know where your own husband is. How impressive! You don’t even work, and all you do is stay home and laze around. I don’t even know what you’re doing,” Sue mumbled.

talking, Mom,” Julian

house. Why can’t I talk? I’m not the

eating. After excusing herself from the table, Rachel walked off while

fell, a black MPV sped down the highway that led toward Riverdale’s airport. The driver asked, “Where are you headed, Mr. Burton? Home,

Gloria back to the hotel, and then I’ll go back to the office,” Justin replied in a calm

worried if you stay out so late?” A woman’s crisp voice came from beside Justin. The reflection on the car window revealed a pretty young lady in her twenties. She didn’t have the most stunning facial features,

Justin

he simply turned to glance out the window, and neon lights illuminated his skin, leaving spots of light on his face. There seemed to be a hint of loneliness beneath his

house on her own. She waited nearby the Hudson Residence, and she finally spotted Jefferey’s car leaving the house during noontime. Without any hesitation, she started her engine and trailed

began to drizzle when he arrived, and black umbrellas could be seen moving around the burial grounds. Rachel put on her raincoat before she covered her face with a mask and sunglasses. Then, she continued to follow the man into the cemetery. There used to be a piece of private land in the West Magnolia Cemetery that was used as the Hudson Family’s ancestral grave. Later on, the government decided to expand

Cemetery. Why would my mother’s grave be in the Hudson Family’s private burial grounds? Rachel felt her heart sinking as she watched Jefferey halting his footsteps in front of a tombstone. “I’m here to see you,” he said as he lowered his body and placed some daisies on the ground. “I brought your favorite

hear everything that he said, for the sound

the tombstone for a long while, where he spoke to himself

time next year,”

wouldn’t be as lonely that way. We’ll all be reunited over here, and we’ll be together even a hundred years later,

had walked off into the distance. That was when she carefully made her way over to the tombstone. The cemetery looked especially gloomy due to the cloudy weather. She glanced at the fresh daisies as she arrived at the tombstone. Fear seized her as she thought about pushing the daisies aside, for she expected to see her mother’s name engraved on the tombstone once she

a long while, Rachel finally reached her hand toward the flowers. Her pupils narrowed the moment she saw the name on the tombstone, and her expression faltered immediately. At that very moment, a black shadow towered over her head. Before she had the chance to respond, she felt a strong blow against the back of her head. She let out a groan before she collapsed head-first onto the ground. Just before she collapsed, she caught sight of the picture on the tombstone. It was the exact same picture as the one that she had seen in the darkroom, and it was the same one that Nancy

checked his phone to find an unread message. I’m in a bad mood, and I had a few drinks. Can you come and

frowned. ‘Where are

‘Highland Hotel, Room 2318.