Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 1173:

Thankfully, the doctor arrived at just the right moment, stepping in to stabilize Elma’s condition.

“Ma’am,” the doctor said with a kind smile, “your daughter’s surgery went better than we could have hoped. With proper care, she’ll recover fully. She’ll be perfectly fine in no time.”

For the first time in what felt like ages, Kallie felt a weight lift off her chest. The heavy worry that had haunted her finally began to ease. She let out a long, unsteady sigh, her relief almost overwhelming.

After speaking further with the doctor, Kallie learned that Elma’s earliest discharge would be a week away. It wasn’t exactly the news she wanted to hear—being separated from Calvin and Sophie for that long made her head throb. Elma might have been her daughter, but Calvin and Sophie were also her children.

Kallie wished she could sprout wings and fly home to check on Sophie’s situation. She knew Sophie and Calvin hadn’t reached out to her about their troubles because they were trying to spare her from worrying.

Slipping into a quiet corner, Kallie dialed Sophie’s number.

The line rang for a moment before Sophie finally picked up.

Sophie’s voice sounded light and cheerful—almost too cheerful.

up? Did Elma’s surgery go

The words hovered on her tongue, but she held them back. Softening her

was unmistakable, her

amazing! I’m so glad

concern as she reminded Kallie to take care

. com brings magic

okay?” Sophie added that since school had finished, she and Calvin were spending most

next. She fully expected him to ignore her call—or worse, hang up the moment he saw her

want?” Jake drawled, his tone tinged with lazy

said, “Jake Reeves, I know we

the moment he picked up. Still,

he said, his

you think I’d stoop low

asleep. A bitter laugh escaped her lips, low and sharp. The audacity of him to ask such a thing. Did he

heard her cold laughter. His tone hardened, turning