Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 20:

“I… I…” Sarah faltered, her complexion ghostly as terror gripped her. Her hands shook violently as she clung to her phone, words failing her.

Jake, stunned, quickly took Sarah’s phone from her trembling hands and answered it.

“Hello?” Jake asked, his voice echoing through the phone in Linsey’s grip.

“You sent someone to kill Kallie!” Linsey yelled, her finger jabbing in Sarah’s direction. “I’ve already called the cops! We have undeniable evidence! You’ve orchestrated a murder, and there’s no escaping jail now!”

Linsey’s glare at Jake was intense.

“I really don’t know anything about this…” Sarah’s voice broke into sobs, her distress palpable.

“The evidence is here, plain as day! What can you possibly say to that?” Linsey barked.

Just then, the man sprawled on the floor stirred and cried out, “I’ll confess everything! Just please, don’t let me end up in jail!”

“Alright, speak up. If you’re honest, I might just let you walk away,” Linsey replied, ready to agree if it meant tarnishing Sarah’s reputation in Jake’s eyes. After all, involving the police wasn’t necessary if she could leverage the Brooks family’s clout to handle the man quietly later.

Tears streamed down the man’s face as he spoke. “I feared Kallie would reveal the truth, so I attempted to kill her. She was constantly demanding money, and I simply couldn’t afford it…”

not willing to speak the

last phone conversation. Listen to it yourself!” the man exclaimed,

call recording. The

for you to hand over to Kallie. Just don’t do anything rash, okay?” Sarah’s

woman will only come back for more! How am I supposed to keep up?” the man replied,

Jake’s wife! We’re talking about life and death here! You can’t treat this

information she provided fetched only two hundred thousand, but she’s blackmailed me for a million! She’s threatening to tell Jake and have him take

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to death by her, I’d rather not go down alone. Don’t worry about me! Go on, tell Jake if you must. See if he spares me!” With those final words, the man ended the call, and

have more evidence!” the man on the floor shouted again. “Kallie’s texts are all on my phone. I’ve kept

do such a thing!” Linsey was in disbelief,

thousand. Tonight is the final deadline. Bring it to the fifteenth floor of Grace Hospital. I’ve sent Linsey away

to come up with five hundred thousand, or I’ll tell Jake about the documents you stole. I’m

last five hundred thousand you paid isn’t enough.

rapidly. At the top, a photo caught his eye. He clicked on it. It

out. He owned only one gold pen, using it exclusively in his home study and never taking it elsewhere. Kallie

approached Kallie and handed her the phone, saying,

read the message. By the time she finished, she was so shaken that

never