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?”

little ill. Can

“Okay.”

in her ears, Rachel soon closed

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

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

dong! Just then, the sound of the doorbell

was expecting when he opened the

 

on his back. The boy was pushing the gate with his tiny hands as

Justin stepped out of the house. “Did you come

the door

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

“I’m here to see

“Go with you? Why?”

ill. Come to my

I just saw her yesterday. Not only was she

truth. I’m not

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

to you. Hurry up and come with me!” As Samuel got anxious,

place, so he became even more impatient right now. Since he wasn’t careful with his strength while swinging his

in pain as he fell

stern countenance soon afterward. “It’s your fault for insisting on pulling me. I’m telling you again if

his big eyes-which looked like black grapes-instantly misted over with tears. With an aggrieved look, he then yelled at Justin, “You pushed me! My mom said

his expression changed the instant he heard Samuel’s words. “I’m not your dad in

got up 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 be my dad anymore. Mr. Peters is 10,000

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