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?”

this now? What were you doing before you thought

is going on with

isn’t stable. The first three months of pregnancy is

that, Justin

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

still unwell? I know that you’re

long moment of silence, Rachel finally turned

do to Grandpa

the elder man. “That is

an old man. Just think of it as 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

on the verge of a breakdown, her eyes completely bloodshot as though they would burst the next moment. Her gaze was fixed right

just because he’s in his twilight years? He’s a

She ended up letting out a chuckle

excuse. Grandpa Irwin, a human trafficker? In that case, why

“Think what you want, but

ago, he

and the gaggle of traffickers who sold him were the true culprits-none of them had

the police could find proof, the statute

a phone call. After

with a bang, the room descended

sheets tightly, her face

“Yes?”

voice rang out over the phone’s speakers. “I’ve gotten hold of some news. The man recently came to Riverdale. He said that

old acquaintance,

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

did

boy for traffickers. The documents at the 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 20 years. Could you have been mistaken about

cold, and one could

man who had locked him

let the boy starve to death

had been dark and damp, and he hadn’t been able to see anything. All

him back then,

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