Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 427:

“Did Kallie tell you I took her to the bar? That’s bullshit! I can’t stand her, but I wasn’t trying to cause problems for you. She was the one hounding about you, and I just let her go. I didn’t give a damn. I wasn’t the one who brought her there.”

Edgar clenched his fists. God, he wanted to punch Lenny right in the face.

“You might not have dragged her there yourself,” he growled, “but you told her where to go and didn’t even send someone to watch her back! What if something happened to her? Plus, she’s barely recovered. How the hell was she supposed to find her way there? She could barely string a sentence together.”

“Bullshit!” Lenny snapped back. “I’ve been taking good care of her since she got back. The drug might’ve messed with her head, but she can talk just fine. How else would I know she was looking for Jake, huh?” Lenny scoffed. “She acts like she can’t hear anyone but Jake. It’s all an act. It pisses me off, her faking it like that.”

Jake and Edgar exchanged surprised glances.

“Wait. You’re saying she can think for herself now?” Edgar interrupted.

not back to normal, still a bit foggy,

turned on his heel and strode out of

stopped, turning back to the defiant Lenny. “I’m telling you the truth. It was me who figured out you were behind this. Kallie was almost bullied at that bar.

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Jack. If you really care about Miss, stop pushing her on him. On the way back, I asked Kallie why she came. She didn’t say a word. I thought she

frustration and sadness crept into his voice. “Edgar, I don’t want to leave Jake’s side,” he

Jake’s bottom line, his only one. Your flight’s booked. I’m sending you back to Yoeloth tonight.

with tears, but he blinked them back and

in her room, reading in her nightgown. Sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating her. She looked like a goddess, ethereal

her. “Reading in direct sunlight isn’t good for

talking to a child. Kallie didn’t reply and just shook the book