The Silent Wife

Chapter 281

“Dad!”

Rachel didn’t even need to spare an iota of brainpower to figure out who it was.

The hurried clacking of high heels sounded through the mortuary. Then, Amber stood by the door of the mortuary, still unable to accept reality even after she had caught her breath. “Dad…”

Rachel couldn’t recall a time when Amber was this panicked. Regardless of how cruel Amber was, she was still Jefferey’s daughter who he had raised since she was a young girl. Jefferey was her greatest pillar. Now that he was gone, the blow to her was significant.

Amber stumbled inside. Her fingers touched the white cloth draped over the corpse before they were shakily retracted. All of a sudden, she yelled at the head jailer. “This isn’t my father! You’ve got it all wrong!”

“You’re grieving, miss.”

“Grieving? I told you, this isn’t my father! Where are you hiding my dad? Where is he?” At that, Amber’s hand moved toward the head jailer. Her fingers were a stark pale compared to the brightness of her red nails. In the darkness of the room, they were an eerie sight.

The head jailer didn’t manage to back away in time and was caught by the collar.

“Calm yourself, miss.”

“Where on earth are you hiding my father? He’s a healthy man. How can he just be dead?”

“Amber!” Rachel couldn’t stop herself from rebuking Amber. “This isn’t a place for you to show your temper. He passed away due to a sudden heart attack. You’re a doctor, if you don’t believe them, you can examine him.”

“Rachel?” Amber whipped her head around at the sound of Rachel’s voice, seemingly only having just noticed her presence. At that moment, her red eyes made her look very much like a devil from hell. “How dare you come here? What right do you have to be here? You’re the one behind his imprisonment!”

Amber lunged at Rachel. Rachel backed away as she already anticipated this and grabbed her arm. “Have you gone mad? Death is already a kindness for him. The greatest punishment would have been rotting away in jail until old age. Even if I had the nerve to do it, I wouldn’t.”

With that, Rachel shoved Amber away roughly.

As a result, Amber stumbled backward and fell over. Fortunately for her, a large figure had entered the room, and he reflexively caught her.

stiffened at the

saw the person who

It was Justin, indeed.

up getting into a huge fight with him because she and Janice went to visit Hans’ grave.

moment before it landed on the corpse behind her. No one had lifted up the white cloth covering the body

Hudson Pharmaceuticals, yet he

Amber

get someone to arrange his funeral. You… You two don’t have to worry

himself from being petty when he recalled the incident with Hans, opting

of chewing gum that just wouldn’t come off. A look of

Rachel headed straight for

but Amber tried

arm back. At the same

as he pulled some distance between Amber and

hand hung awkwardly in mid-air. A few moments later, she retracted it. “Can you stay with

looked at his watch. “It’s getting late. You should go back. There will be plenty of things that you’ll be

couldn’t stop herself from clenching her fists when she compared how different Justin’s treatment was to

you’ll be able to get back together with that mute if you distance yourself from me? Look at her-she isn’t at all interested in you! She’s constantly using you!

to listen to you ramble. You should calm

you for so many years. Regardless of how I treated others, I’ve always been sincere with you. Don’t tell me that you can’t

the frown on Justin’s eyebrows,

telling you all this. I just have one final request-if you agree, I’ll consider it

“What is it?”

me manage

drove back alone after

sounded through Rachel’s bluetooth earphones. “So, this isn’t something premeditated? He ended up getting his own