Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 470:

For a moment, Ruth stood frozen in place, but then determination surged within her. She knew she couldn’t let this chance slip by.

With a burst of resolve, Ruth hurried after Kallie, her awkward gait betraying her disability, but she didn’t care. She knew Kallie was her last hope.

“Miss Nixon!” Ruth called out, her voice cracking.

Kallie turned just in time to see Ruth drop to her knees. Shocked, Kallie rushed to help Ruth up. “What are you doing? If you have something to say, just say it.” Ruth wiped away her tears, her vulnerability laid bare for the first time in years.

“You’re right. I’ve lost my ambition, and I’ve been stuck in this rut for so long. But I’m unwilling to give up. I didn’t plagiarize! How could they force me to take the blame for something I didn’t do? Why should I bear the pain?”

She finally understood what Ruth had been through. There was a deeper reason behind Ruth’s actions; the truth was that

unknowingly caught in a web of deception. When Ruth’s mother met Jenny’s father, Barth Patterson, she had no idea he was

no part

Ruth’s mother go; he threatened to take his own life and even vowed to publicly shame her as a mistress if she left him. The threat was terrifying. If word got

year passed, Ruth was born, and the

and manipulation, Ruth’s mother finally decided to escape with her daughter, leaving Barth

Jenny and Ruth ended up at the same university. The past that Ruth’s mother had tried so hard to leave behind resurfaced when Barth spotted Ruth on campus. He recognized her

once more. Her mother, already in poor health, was unable to recover with

Patterson family directly. She went

to cope with the shocking revelation, jumped from the building, ending her life.