The Silent Wife

Chapter 222

Somerset Mountain was a poor and remote mountainous area. Few people really lived on the mountain except for a gang of human traffickers, so Rachel hadn’t had any friends since she was little. Then, she met Justin, who was abducted and trafficked to Somerset Mountain. The days since then had been one of the few times in her childhood that she felt truly happy in the company of someone around her age.

“My home is on fire, Justin! I have to go back!”

“You mustn’t go back, Katie!”

“You should leave first, Justin.”

“Katie!”

In the burning courtyard, a man with a scar on the corner of his eye stood at the door of the house and threw the emptied can of kerosene aside. After looking around, he came out and stared at the burning fire as the flames spread out of the courtyard.

“My mom is still inside!”

“Keep quiet!”

The teenage boy covered little Rachel’s mouth, and he wouldn’t let go of her no matter how she cried and shouted. He kept waiting until the man with a scar on the corner of his eye left, whereas Rachel cried so hard that she nearly passed out.

However, the fire was too big. Before the two kids could run down the mountain slope, the thatched cottage collapsed in an instant, turning the courtyard into a sea of flames as the fire kept spreading toward the peak of the mountain.

“Run, Katie! Run!”

“Mommy! Mommy!”

When Rachel suddenly heard a child’s voice, she woke up from her nightmare in a daze and noticed the tiny figure standing beside her bed. Her eyelids felt so heavy that she could hardly open her eyes, and her voice was very weak. “Why are you here, Samuel?”

“Today’s the weekend. What’s wrong with you, Mommy?”

ill. Can you order some food by

“Okay.”

obedient voice reverberated in her ears, Rachel soon closed her eyes and fell back into

ice packs in a towel and put them on Rachel’s forehead to help her cool down her body temperature. After doing all that, he stood beside the bed for a while, and his face scrunched up when he saw how uncomfortable Rachel looked. It’ll be bad if her temperature doesn’t come down. As the thought occurred to him,

a bad mood all day because of Rachel. Even though he recognized every word in the magazine, he couldn’t concentrate on reading at all. Instead, he couldn’t stop himself from darting a look at the door from time to time as he read

sound of the doorbell ringing could be heard

he didn’t see the person he was expecting when he opened the door. Instead, he saw a cute little boy standing behind the carved iron

the gate with his tiny hands as he demanded in

stepped out of the house. “Did

the door for

head with his hand and refused him entry. “I’m not letting you in. Tell me first-what are you

his hand off in displeasure. “I’m here to see

“Go with you? Why?”

Come to my house with

Not only was she as fit as a fiddle, she

the truth. I’m

I’m busy. If she wants to see me, tell her to come here in person instead of using her kid to make

not lying to you. Hurry up and come with me!” As Samuel got anxious, he grabbed Justin’s arm and tried to pull

became even more impatient right now. Since he wasn’t careful with his strength while swinging his arm, he directly flung Samuel out of the way, causing the latter to

moaned in pain as he fell

moment, but he adopted a stern countenance soon afterward. “It’s your fault for insisting on pulling me. I’m telling you again if your mother wants to see me, tell her to come in

tears. With an aggrieved look, he then yelled at Justin, “You pushed me! My mom said that adults who hit kids are bad people. I hate you, and I don’t want you to be my dad

Samuel’s words. “I’m not your dad in the first place.” After finishing his sentence, he immediately closed the gate and went back

few seconds before he left in a fury. I don’t want to see Justin ever again, nor do I want this person to be my dad anymore. Mr. Peters is 10,000