The Silent Wife

Chapter 222

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?”

a little ill. Can

“Okay.”

and obedient voice reverberated in her ears, Rachel soon closed

got some ice packs from the fridge. Then, he wrapped the ice packs in a towel and put them on Rachel’s forehead to help her cool down her body temperature. After

had been in 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 the

Just then, the sound of the doorbell

but 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 gate across the

 

the gate with his tiny hands as he demanded in a forceful manner and said, “Open the door for

stepped out of

the door

pressed Samuel’s head with his hand and refused him entry. “I’m not letting you

off in displeasure. “I’m here to see you.

“Go with you? Why?”

ill. Come to my house

out a cold sneer. “You’re only a child, yet you’re already lying without thinking. I just saw her yesterday. Not only was she as fit as a fiddle, she even plotted against an old fox with her friend. How dare you tell me

telling the truth.

she wants to see me, tell her to come here in person instead of using her kid

to you. Hurry up and come with me!” As Samuel got anxious, he grabbed Justin’s

of me!” Justin was already in a bad mood in the first place, so he became even more impatient right now. Since he wasn’t careful with his strength while swinging his arm, he directly flung Samuel out of

moaned in pain as he fell to the

“It’s your fault for insisting on pulling me. I’m

me! My mom said that adults who hit kids are bad people.

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

from the ground and stood angrily outside the gate for a few seconds before he left in a fury. I don’t want to see Justin ever again, nor do I want this person to

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