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.

was about to get mad when Rachel urged from behind, “There are people behind

find her own seat

sat down, only to turn

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 didn’t have to be so obvious about it, did

Meanwhile, Rachel stayed silent.

in quite a bit of effort to help Rachel escape Riverdale all those years ago, which meant she didn’t necessarily want to see

together.

the performance started and Jolly

curtains rose, she began playing, and the crowd gradually quietened as the piano music filled the

and seated in front of the grand piano, she no longer looked like the boisterous young woman from all those years ago who

five years, she

this moment, Justin turned his head to look at Rachel. When he saw her fixated on the stage, he could not help it when his

guessed that they had the relationship of sisters-in-law, because Rachel

not because of you,” Frankie said. “In private, they’ve always

she go with

met President

did he reluctantly admit that Gloria had a good relationship not just with people like Janice, but even people

Gloria never once brought Rachel up to him during the past five

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

moment, the piece ended and

to someone in the audience who came to see me perform today. I hope she likes it, and I hope

spoke, and this was one of

reporters went crazy with

piece

well-learned at music, some things were universal. There were some melodies that, when paired with the right instrument, could touch the soul and leave the

that, Gloria’s piece transported Rachel back to the summer five years ago. Despite the difficulties the latter had endured, the rare moments

asked timidly as she clutched

evaded Charlotte’s calculating stare

a tissue paper, Jolly sneered

Rachel