The Silent Wife

Chapter 156

Chapter 156

Amber answered, “Somerset Mountain. Why?”

“Hudson Pharmaceuticals has funded children from Somerset Mountain?”

“Yes, we have been doing it for more than 20 years.”

“How could it be? I remember there wasn’t anyone left after the fire.”

“The fire?” She was slightly stunned. “Justin, how did you know there was a fire in Somerset Mountain?”

A frown came to Justin’s face as he feigned indifference. “It was on the news. I happened to watch it.”

Amber nodded. “Yes, it was exactly because of the fire that the whole mountain was reduced to ashes. I heard someone almost died too. My dad said that there was a hidden village in Somerset Mountain and it was home to some human traffickers. They were trying to escape security checks, so when the fire happened, they couldn’t be rescued on time.”

Justin clenched his fists tighter. “That’s what your father told you?”

“Yes, those traffickers hid in a ditch and the firemen didn’t even know there were people there. They managed to find them in the end, but a little girl almost died in the process.”

“Almost died?”

His expression changed.

“She was burned badly, but she managed to survive. My dad did everything he could to save her by sending her to hospitals all over the country. In the end, she was even sent abroad to receive treatment.”

Amber didn’t manage to finish her words before Justin grabbed her hand to interrogate her, “Where is she now?”

“She… she’s still out of the country.”

“What’s her name?”

“Justin, what came over you?”

“What’s her name?” he repeated.

“Katherine Cooper.” Amber’s features were distorted in pain. “Justin, let me go! What happened to you?”

Justin’s cold face was stiff as he struggled to believe his ears.

Katherine…

Katie…

to the Burton Family after the fire twenty years ago. He didn’t have the ability to investigate the matter at first and when he

people to search all over Somerset Mountain, but he never

she was

in the fire to save him,

see her.” Justin grabbed Amber’s arm, his cold eyes burning with

“She will be attending the charity event this Saturday. If… if you want to see her,

while for him to

you.”

the other side of the car window, signaling that night had fallen over Riverdale

her hand and she looked down at the bruise on

that she had made the absolute right

seen in more than 20 years was enough to shake him

knew that Rachel was that very girl from all those years ago,

in Amber’s cold eyes was reflected in the

at the investigation bureau, a conversation was

“Officer Hawkins.”

my position, so

temporary and

on it. Beneath her short haircut, her features were bright and

taken from the case files concerning Somerset Mountain. If I were one second late, they would’ve been destroyed since

box of files

the box had already yellowed and it reeked of

are you going to

“To save someone.”

but her eyes

the confidentiality period, she would’ve given those files to Rachel long ago. Perhaps if she had done

Amber had taken Justin away from the hospital, he never appeared

though she had gone out for walks, Jennifer

occasions, but

door and

the tray was

“Miss Jennifer.”

rang down the

Peters, it’s not that I refuse to help you. It’s just that Mr. Burton has warned me before; if I allow you to meet

don’t

“Then…”

is she these

alright. She doesn’t eat as much as she used to, but it’s way better than when she refused to

a folder in Miss Jennifer’s hands. “Please pass this

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