The Silent Wife

Chapter 290

Because of how excited she was that she would soon see Gloria again, Rachel didn’t realize what Jolly was thinking. After all, Gloria ranked among the rare few who were nice to her all those years ago.

Very soon, Saturday arrived.

The performance was being held at the Jubilee Theater.

“What’s she up to? Surely she must have returned beforehand if she was going to hold a performance here. Why hasn’t she gotten in contact with you before?” Jolly complained on the way there.

“Maybe she feels pressured,” Rachel answered. “There are many things to get ready before a performance. Keeping calm is more important.”

“And you even got her flowers,” Jolly grumbled as she glanced at Rachel’s hands. “/’ve never received any flowers from you.”

“Have you lost your memory?” Rachel rolled her eyes. “Didn’t I give you flowers when you graduated?”

“They weren’t as pretty as this!” Jolly muttered with dissatisfaction. Upon finding her path down the row of seats blocked by two legs, she snapped, “Excuse me, can’t you see that someone wants to pass? Do you think you bought the whole row?”

“Godmother!”

Taken aback to hear the familiar voice, Jolly looked up to see two small figures sitting two seats over.

Charlotte and Samuel?

Does that mean the person blocking my path is…

As she glanced out of the corner of her eye, she was met with a cold face.

At this juncture, Justin pulled his legs back. Indeed, he hadn’t meant to block her path. His legs were simply too long. However, because the space between the rows of seats was too narrow, he gave up and stood. Instantly, he towered over Jolly by a head.

Unwilling to admit defeat, Jolly looked up at him. “Are you haunting Rachel? Why are you here?”

Using her own words on her, he replied, “Do you think you bought the whole place?”

The moment Justin said that, Samuel put his hand to his forehead, feeling speechless.

No matter who Justin offended, he wasn’t to offend the best friend of the woman he was interested in. Best friends were only a smidgen below future mothers-in-law. Didn’t Justin know that? There was truly no helping him.

mad when Rachel urged from behind, “There

past Justin to find her own seat three places away

down, only

sat in between Charlotte and Jolly. She

up to no good. What would this be if I wasn’t here? A family outing? Even if she wanted to matchmake, she

Meanwhile, Rachel stayed silent.

to help Rachel escape Riverdale all those years ago, which meant she didn’t necessarily want

together.

the performance started and Jolly

unique thing about Gloria’s solo performance, which was that she had no host. Right before the curtains rose, she began playing, and the crowd gradually quietened as the piano music filled the theater. Once

evening gown of dark green fabric. From the side, her long, delicate neck happened to be exposed, and seated in front of the grand piano, she no longer looked like the

five years, she had grown

head to look at Rachel. When he saw her fixated

best of his ability, he tried to recall the past interaction between Gloria and Rachel. From his own speculation, he would have guessed that they

is not because of you,” Frankie said. “In private, they’ve always had a good relationship. When President

go

President Hudson’s

then did he reluctantly admit that

never once brought Rachel up to him during

confused. Perhaps Julian never brought Rachel up to him because they were both interested

this moment, the piece ended and

Gloria said, “The last piece is dedicated to someone in the audience who came to see me perform today. I hope she

the performance, Gloria rarely spoke, and this was one of the rare times when she

reporters went crazy with their

piece

some things were universal. There were some melodies that, when paired with the right instrument, could touch the soul and leave the listener unable to

years ago. Despite the difficulties the latter had endured, the rare moments of sunlight that had made their way

you crying?” Charlotte asked timidly as she

evaded Charlotte’s calculating stare and turned

her a tissue paper, Jolly sneered internally, How capable this Gloria

ended, Rachel