My Mute Bride

“Is this why you quit your former job and went to work at the Burton Group?” Janice looked at Rachel. “Did Justin ask you to look into it?”

Rachel averted her eyes in the face of Janice’s questioning. I have something else to attend to, so I’ll be leaving first.

“Hey!” Since she was unable to stop Rachel, Janice could only watch as her car drove off into the distance.

When Rachel reached Nancy’s place, she pressed the doorbell several times, but nobody answered the door. Just then, the door of the opposite house suddenly opened, and a middle-aged woman poked her head out. “Are you Madam Tiller’s granddaughter?” She looked Rachel up and down with a look of puzzlement. “Madam Tiller has been sent to the hospital. Don’t you know that?”

Immediately, Rachel’s expression changed upon hearing the woman’s words.

When Rachel arrived at Tran-Q’s emergency department in a hurry, she nearly bumped into a nurse holding some medicine. She gesticulated at the medical staff at the nurses’ station for a long time, but no one understood what she meant.

Just then, a familiar male voice sounded from behind. “Rachel?”

Hi, Julian. Rachel turned around to see Julian. After she explained the situation to him, Julian asked the staff at the nurses’ station. Upon learning that Nancy was receiving emergency treatment, he hurriedly took Rachel there.

“Hi, Madam Tiller.”

“Hey.” Nancy, who was lying on the sickbed, was startled for a moment when she saw Julian and Rachel. “Why are you here, Rachel?”

Rachel’s eyes were red with worry. How are you, Grandma?

“Oh, I’m fine. I just took a tumble and grazed my skin; it will heal once I go home and apply some cream to it. But Victor was worried, and he insisted on sending me to the hospital.”

Rachel followed Nancy’s gaze and saw the young man standing nearby. It’s you?

The young man’s blond hair was particularly obtrusive in the white-painted emergency department. Isn’t he the young man who had a fit of epilepsy in the neighborhood that day? Rachel thought to herself.

young man scratched his head with a look of embarrassment. He explained awkwardly. “Madam Tiller is old, and I was worried that it would be bad if she had a sprain or bone fracture, so I

her head.

the thief. Didn’t you say that you were coming over for dinner? I thought of going out to buy some fish, and I ended up having my handbag snatched.

at such an old age? You shouldn’t have done that. Rachel was exasperated. What

at one side by saying, “It’s fine as long as Madam Tiller is okay. I have asked the doctor who applied medicine to her wound-it’s only a superficial wound, so she doesn’t need to be

of relief. Still, her heart ached

Nancy’s knee.

Nancy piggyback to Rachel’s car, whereas Julian went out after them and handed the medicine to Rachel. “The dosage and directions for use have been written inside. I’ll find time to

next few days, so you don’t have to

Thank you.

car. Then, he asked with a frown, “Do you know that

We

always be mindful of guarding against

seemed to be quite familiar with this young man. Besides, she felt

that, Rachel drove Nancy back to the latter’s place. After opening the door, she pointed toward the bedroom and signaled for the young man to help her grandmother inside. Please get

dinner as well, Victor? I

waved his hand, but Rachel nodded. I got

young man a cup of tea. Then, she keyed in a sentence on her phone’s screen and showed it to him. Thank

shook his head. “It’s nothing-that’s what I should do. You saved my life before, and this is nothing compared to it. By the way…” He produced an envelope from his pocket. “This is for

a thick stack consisting of banknotes in small denominations, including banknotes of 100, 50, 20, and even five bucks. Victor then explained, “This is for covering my medical expenses last time.

bit.”

startled for a moment before she pushed the envelope back to

to keep it,” the young man said stubbornly. “I never

by her side these days?’ She had heard from Nancy several times that a young man often helped her around and scrambled to help with all the dirty and heavy work. At first, Rachel thought the young man