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?”

Ruth had been through. There was a deeper reason behind Ruth’s actions; the truth was that Ruth and Jenny were

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

mother wanted no part in ruining the family. She tried

refused to let 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 out, it would ruin her family’s

promise of divorce. A year passed, Ruth was born, and the promised divorce never

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

fate played a cruel trick when 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

mother, already in poor health, was unable to recover with the turmoil

family directly. She went to their home, ready to reveal the truth to everyone, including Jenny’s

with the shocking revelation, jumped from the building, ending her life. Jenny and Ruth were both present, witnesses to the