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?”

only asking this now? What were

going on

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

that, Justin let out

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

you still unwell? I know

long moment of

you do to Grandpa

the mention of the elder man.

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 is in your sight, is

verge of a breakdown, her eyes completely bloodshot as though they would burst the next moment.

just because

hearing that, Rachel’s despair grew. She ended up letting out a chuckle as she looked

Grandpa Irwin, a human trafficker? In that case, why didn’t you hand him over to the

want, but I must

ago, he couldn’t wait to chop all of those involved into little

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

find proof, the statute of limitations on the case had already been

tirade when he got a phone call.

a bang, the room descended

tightly, her face as gray as

“Yes?”

out over the phone’s speakers. “I’ve gotten hold of some news. The man recently came to Riverdale. He said that he went to a friend for shelter, and

acquaintance,

frown. He recalled that Jefferey had razed the forest around Somerset Mountain back then; Hudson Pharmaceuticals

did

errand 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

impossible!” Justin’s voice was eerily cold, and one could sense the iciness from

had been swelteringly hot, and the loathsome old man who had locked him up cracked open a corner of the cellar and warned

obey him, he would let the

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

Katie hadn’t saved him back then, he would have died

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