My Mute Bride

Shutting the door, Nancy gripped Rachel’s arm.

“Why would you find him a job?”

Rachel, however, was dazed. Grandpa Irwin is our neighbor and he is always good to me. If he were to move in, you could take care of each other! Besides, you don’t know a lot of people in Riverdale, so it’s a win!

Seemingly anxious, Nancy frowned and mumbled, “You don’t have to worry about me.”

What’s wrong, Grandma?

“Irwin… However, Nancy stopped after muttering his name. “Nevermind. I’m sure it’s hard for him as well, being so old and living without his children. We’ll go as you wish, then. Plus, he gave us a lot of help back then.”

Revealing a smile, Rachel grabbed Nancy’s hand.

I know what you’re worried about, Grandma. Often, those who approach us come with ill intent, but not all people are evil, are they?

Besides, seeing Grandpa Irwin today reminded me of many fond memories from my childhood.

“Really?” Nancy asked, her eyes shimmering.

Yes.

Rachel sternly nodded her head.

At the sight of Grandpa Irwin, Rachel was able to piece together many fragments of her memory, including the one when he bought her a cotton candy from town and it was her mother that opened the door for him.

“Cotton Candy for Rae! Do you like it?”

“Say your thanks, Rae.”

Her mother whispered into her ears. The scene was rather unreal. After all, this was the first time Rachel had recalled it after twenty years.

Pondering on it, Nancy expressed, “Must have been fate. Some things are meant for you to remember.”

Very soon, Victor returned with the chives and Nancy promptly started making the dumplings.

Meanwhile, Rachel contacted the management team about the security post, which the administration kindly agreed to.

‘Where do you live, Grandpa Irwin? I’ll help you move to the workers’ hostel tomorrow’

rejected, “It’s fine. I don’t have much to transport. I’ll go home later and return tomorrow. You just carry on as usual, Rae. Now, I can easily take care of

was visibly annoyed as she

main dish on

Tiller and Rachel. I shall

interjected, “Join us,

grandma’s waiting for me to have dinner with her and

that, Rachel caught his arm. ‘Let me

need for

giving her grandmother a signal, she grabbed her bag and put on her shoes, thereafter walking out the

uttered,

behind Rachel was Victor, who scratched his head and was forced to follow her

doorstep, Rachel gave him a box of pierogi

taken aback by this, and he

hands, she pulled an envelope from her bag and placed it on his

opened the envelope and saw a neat stack of hundreds. He was utterly stupefied by this and asked, “What’s

she showed him

school. Take up classes that you’re interested in so you can take care of your grandma even better and let her be rest

peered at Rachel dumbfoundedly and hastily turned

could hear choking voices from the

see his weeping face. It was not until he was far away that

driving

had left the alley, Victor was

“What are you doing?”

“Grab him!”

restrained by two big men and his face was pushed against the unpainted concrete wall. Eventually, he started bleeding as a

pierogi and envelope

dark, a woman in a pair of heels appeared and bent down to pick up the envelope. “And I

“Give my stuff back!”

her and patted his face with the envelope. With a vile expression on her face, she pressed his head down and sneered, “So this is what you’ve been doing for

agreed to help you, anyway? You begged for a favor, and it’s solely up to me whether to fulfill it or

woman grew infuriated as she thundered, “Sick

have the balls

woman took a

young man let out screams of pain as

woman stepped on Victor with her heels as she looked down on him. Then, she grabbed the money