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?”

dare to blame

than three hours of torture, they

that she could no longer command

steering wheel tightly for more than three hours and did not even dare to breathe deeply. Her hands were so stiff that blood seemed

give her a hand but stopped short of asking when she saw a distant look

vain to have treated the doctors to a meal today. Alexander was

go to your distant relative’s house first,”

Abigail immediately made

she had called ahead, and her distant relatives were waiting at

warmly when they arrived and served tea and fruit platters.

Abigail’s distant relatives and

was a distant relative named Lilian Zabel, who was the great-granddaughter of Kent Barton. It was beyond three generations, and she could not even be considered a cousin. Therefore, there was not much emotional link to Abigail’s generation.

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

Alexander asking about Annalise Barton, she immediately turned her gaze to

answered every

“Annalise didn’t go to school. Did someone in the

a moment and replied. She did not reveal that Annalise did not, in fact, live with her for long. The latter was sold as

mention the matter to

all, Kent had given her a sum of money to raise Annalise

not to send Annalise to school. Lilian could make her work, even torture her, but

did not treat her as a human. The little girl was

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

Barton family that she had

there any older men here whom Annalise respects?” Alexander asked.

then. However, she shook her head and replied, “Uh, I don’t know about that. I don’t think so, though. Annalise lived in my house. In other words, she ate whatever we ate. She usually went to the

farming was idle,” Abigail said. “Yes, yes!” Lilian agreed without hesitation.

walk around and take

two-story

look around the pond and wondered if

rods and buckets. They teased each other,

food doesn’t taste

Anna mentioned, he immediately

be that Anna was Annalise Barton?

greeted the older men politely, “Gentlemen,

Alexander and then at Abigail.

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