Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 57:

Shirley forcefully pulled Kallie toward her car and shoved her inside without a hint of gentleness. Kallie, though fully capable of resisting, chose not to. She assumed Gilbert, the driver Jake had hired, must have witnessed the scene from nearby and would probably leave since there was nothing he could do. Kallie remained silent with her thoughts.

Before long, Shirley and Kallie reached the Reeves family mansion. Shirley impatiently waited for a servant to open her car door. Once outside, she carried herself with an air of arrogance, raising her chin high and pointing sternly at Kallie. “Bring her to the hall! Make her kneel! And she will stay kneeling until I say otherwise!”

This mansion had seen Kallie punished by Shirley many times before. Whether it was for inadequately caring for Jake during his sickness or failing to keep the mansion spotless, Shirley always found a pretext to chastise and torment Kallie.

Now alone, Kallie knelt silently in the hall, feeling the cold seeping into her bones. The room was chilly and musty, stripped of any cushions by Shirley’s cruel design, forcing Kallie to endure the hard, cold marble beneath her. Her knees were bound to throb for a long time even after she left this place.

As dusk settled in, Kallie had been rigidly kneeling for several hours. She shifted slightly to ease her aching back just as someone opened the hall door. “What are you up to?” Shirley snapped upon noticing Kallie’s movement. “Were you just loafing around, waiting for someone to see you kneeling?”

Kallie faced Shirley and shook her head, but Shirley paid her no attention, signaling to a servant. “Fetch the cane. I’ll show this bitch a lesson for messing around!” A chill of dread swept through Kallie. Shirley was preparing to strike her.

In the past five years, Shirley had resorted to physical punishment only once, a beating so severe that Kallie had feared for her life. It had taken Kallie over a month to heal from that ordeal, and now history seemed poised to repeat itself.

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resigned to her fate. Her inability to speak due to her damaged vocal cords, coupled with the lack of any child in the picture, meant she would never truly be embraced by the Reeves family.

to follow. However, a cry rang out, and the cane clattered to the ground and snapped in two. Kallie’s eyes flew open, and she was met with the sight of Jake

demanded, his voice tinged with

me! I’m just teaching her a lesson!” Shirley retorted, her tone dripping with

heart sink deeper. Jake’s trust in her had always been shaky, and now with Shirley’s groundless accusations, she was scared he might truly turn against her. But to her amazement, Jake said, “Brent was merely inquiring about her response

at Jake, wide-eyed with surprise. How did he know that? She hadn’t told Jake about the job offer from the Hayes family, but it wouldn’t have been difficult for him to find out. Moreover, Jake was aware that Brent

remained lost in her thoughts, Jake’s gaze landed on her. “Aren’t you

long, her entire body felt

Jake wasn’t around!” Shirley

happened before?” Jake

step back. “If I don’t discipline her, how will

swiftly changed the subject. “You’re home early today. Why

remained silent, his expression darkening. Kallie leaned against Jake for support, gradually regaining her strength. Just as she was about to step away from him, he drew her in closer, embracing her tightly. “Can you walk? Or do you

mother. Thus, she had suffered in silence many times before, never once