Uncovering My Wife's Secrets

Chapter 87 A Brush With The Truth

Abigail Barton was very reluctant to go to the countryside where Annalise lived.

She went along when they picked up Annalise last year. The countryside environment was simply unimaginable.

There were mud pits everywhere, and the stench of cow dung was disgusting.

She had no intention of going there a second time for the rest of her life after her first visit.

However, she relented and agreed when she saw Alexander’s unyielding look.

“Take your car!” said Alexander.

Abigail was speechless.

She cursed in her heart. It would take more than three hours of driving to reach the destination. There would be rugged mountain roads and rural trails after leaving the suburbs. It demanded driving skills and patience. The thought of that annoyed her.

“Alexander, why don’t I arrange for a driver?” Abigail suggested.

It was not as if the Barton family did not have a driver to spare. Why should she suffer?

“I don’t want anyone to know what we’re going to do,” Alexander replied.

“Okay then,” Abigail said.

She had no choice but to agree.

Then she went to get the car.

Abigail had planned to chat with Alexander along the way. First of all, she wanted to improve their relationship. Secondly, she wanted to show off her talent.

Unexpectedly, Alexander closed his eyes the moment he got into the car. He did not open them throughout the trip.

Abigail was extremely frustrated.

She had never suffered like this in her life!

The roads in the city were relatively flat in the beginning. Then they had to take a winding mountain road after passing through the suburbs. It was amazingly frightening. Abigail did not dare to be distracted for a second, fearing they would fall into the ravine.

Alexander was displeased whenever Abigail took a wider turn on the road. “What’s with your driving?”

did not dare to blame it on the road. Instead, she admitted it was her

more than three hours of torture, they finally reached Pond

could no longer command her limbs.

than three hours and did not even dare to breathe deeply. Her hands were so stiff

hoped that Alexander would give her a hand but stopped short of asking when she saw

to have treated the doctors to a

relative’s house first,” he

Abigail immediately made

ahead, and her distant relatives were waiting at

them warmly when they arrived and served tea and fruit

chat with Abigail’s distant relatives and asked about Annalise’s

Zabel, who was the great-granddaughter of Kent Barton. It was beyond three generations, and she could not even be considered a

sent her over to ask for Lilian’s support, the two families would not

asking about Annalise Barton, she immediately turned her gaze to Abigail. *Just tell the truth,”

Lilian answered every one of Alexander’s

good idea about Annalise’s childhood, he continued. “Annalise didn’t go to school.

know.” Lilian thought for a moment and replied. She did not reveal that Annalise did not, in fact, live with her for long.

not even mention the

given her a sum of money to raise Annalise

Lilian could make her work, even torture

when Annalise was sent over at the tender age of six, Lilian did not treat her as

following year, an older man came looking for Lilian and discussed buying Annalise to help him

she had sold

here whom

know about that. I don’t think so, though. Annalise lived in my house.

someone else when farming was idle,” Abigail

good. I’ll walk around and

the two-story building to walk in the field.

pond and someone fishing. He took a look around the pond and wondered if

older men picked up their fishing rods and buckets. They teased each other, “Hey, old fool, it’s time to collect the rods

food doesn’t

name Anna mentioned, he immediately thought

that Anna

a step forward and greeted the older men politely, “Gentlemen, may I ask if Anna

at Alexander and then

“What did you mean? The Anna I’m talking about is