The Silent Wife

Chapter 122

Chapter 122

Blood spread through Rachel’s skirt as a stabbing pain came from her abdomen. She pressed a hand to it, her face pale.

My child, my child.

Justin shoved Frankie aside and scooped Rachel up. “What are you standing around for? Get driving to the hospital!”

It was then that Frankie snapped out of it, and the car sped down the streets of Riverdale while running several red lights.

After making it to the emergency room, Julian stepped out once Rachel had been checked over.

“How is she?”

Julian confirmed that the door had been shut tight before he allowed his expression to fall. At the same time, he stopped Justin from going in.

“Are you concerned about her?”

“Stop asking me things like that. What happened to her?”

“She’s pregnant!” Julian raised his voice, his low tones reverberating through the corridor, shocking the few medical staff nearby until they had looks of bewilderment on their faces.

Why was the usually even-tempered Dr. Peters so furious?

Instantly, Justin’s head was filled with a buzzing sound. “What did you say?”

“I said that she’s pregnant. She’s already more than two months along.” Julian’s expression was dark. “I wanted to tell you about it a few days ago, but you were busy taking care of Gloria. Not only that, you never asked once about Rachel. So, I thought that there was no difference whether I told you at all.”

Justin was still stunned. He stared dumbly at the door to the ward, seeming as though he hadn’t heard Julian.

Rachel was pregnant all along? Am I going to become a father?

“Justin Burton!”

At the thought of Rachel’s condition, Justin quickly snapped back to reality. “How is she now?”

asking this now? What were you doing before you thought of

going on

is also doing okay. However, her condition isn’t stable. The first three

that, Justin let

Rachel leaned against the headboard of her bed inside the ward. She was already awake, and her mind was wandering as she stared out the window. Just then, the door behind her opened up. She could tell from the sound of the footsteps that it was Justin, and her back stiffened

you still unwell? I

a long moment of silence, Rachel finally turned

did you do

the mention of the elder man.

my plea to you, so please let him go. Take all of it out on me-whether it’s your resentment toward me or the Hudsons. Don’t hurt anyone who’s innocent! Now that Hans

though they would burst

he should avoid punishment just because

ended up letting out a

excuse. Grandpa Irwin, a human trafficker? In that case, why didn’t

what you want, but I

the incident from 20 years ago, he couldn’t wait to chop

sold him were the true culprits-none of them

proof, the statute of limitations on the

of his tirade when he got a phone call. After glancing at Rachel, he left the room with his

the door shut with a bang, the room

clutched the bed sheets tightly, her

“Yes?”

“I’ve gotten hold of some news. The man recently came to Riverdale. He said that he

acquaintance, you

tightened into a frown. He recalled that Jefferey had razed the forest around Somerset Mountain back then; Hudson Pharmaceuticals had seemingly bought that forest for development. Hence, it was reasonable for the people who lived there to know Rachel’s

did

police station have long since been destroyed as well. We won’t be able to dig up anything from them.” Frankie’s tone was troubled. “Mr. Burton, it’s been

was eerily cold, and

back. It had been swelteringly hot, and the loathsome old man who had locked him up cracked

he would let the boy starve to death

been able to see anything. All he

him back then, he

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