My Mute Bride

After seeing his client, Justin hurried to the hospital.

Upon entering the ward, he saw Gloria sitting on the bed while having her meal. “You’re early today. Have you eaten? Want to share?”

“I’m good. I had lunch with a client just now.”

“I see. If you had come even earlier, you would’ve met Rachel. Look, she made some chicken soup for me. It was fish soup yesterday. Though fish soup helps with recovery, she said it’s better to switch to other flavors

at times.”

Justin was baffled by this, and he promptly asked, “She’s been coming every day?”

“Yeah. Ever since I got hospitalized, she visited me every single day with various kinds of meals. She even insists on preparing them herself because takeaways are too greasy and it’s best I avoid them.”

“Why have I never seen her?”

“Perhaps she’s avoiding the time that you would come.”

Gloria looked into his eyes and continued, “You truly went overboard last time. If I were in her shoes, it would’ve been hard for me as well. Why don’t you take the chance to talk about it with her?”

“There’s nothing to talk about.”

“Justin, you’re always holding back your thoughts and behaving like you’re the coldest man in the world.”

“Eat up. I’ll go get some fruit.”

Having said that, Justin exited the ward.

Upon his exit, Gloria turned to the piling baskets of fruit and snorted.

Get some fruits? Does he think I’m a child?

On the other hand, Rachel was cleaning the vegetables in the kitchen while Nancy was watching TV in the living room.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

“Victor! He’s always forgetting his keys!”

Nancy nagged as she walked to the door.

Since she feared that her grandmother would fall victim to more accidents, Rachel had given Victor a duplicate house key.

“Excuse me?”

remember me, Madam Tiller?

Rachel was stunned momentarily when she heard the familiar man’s voice. She cleaned her hands and rushed out from the kitchen, only to see Frankie standing by the door with several bags in his

“Mrs. Burton.”

still in a daze, Frankie had the men behind

some time ago, so he decided to provide some self

need for this. I haven’t even finished using the

token of appreciation. There’s no need to take it too seriously. Do you mind

four men carrying a

to move the furniture in the living room

then?” Nancy interrogated Frankie. “It’s been so long since he’s

responded, “He’s right downstairs. There are

Downstairs?

heart thumping, and she immediately stopped her grandmother from exiting

go down

yelled as the latter was walking

reached downstairs, Rachel saw Justin just getting out of the car. His hands were tucked

are you here? There was nothing on Rachel’s face but

queried,

don’t remember having crossed your boundaries

like a wary wolf that was showing its teeth to predators when it

Justin’s eyes vanished. “I’m just sending some gifts to your grandmother. What’s

it as simple as

hastily as

of the fact that Justin knew about her weaknesses. After losing Hans, the person that she cared about most in the entire Riverdale would be her grandmother. Thus, rather than ‘sending gifts’, it felt more like he was hinting at her

into thin air. “You’re

car door, seeming

and was about to go

“Rae!”

over to her with a bright smile on his face. “Fresh fish from the market. I heard you wanted to make some fish soup, so I got it for

emotions. Then, she nodded

the car, Justin saw the old man conversing with Rachel the moment he shut

Rachel was walking up the stairs with Grandpa Irwin, they bumped into Frankie who was talking

it. I can see

he made eye contact with Grandpa Irwin on the narrow staircase, Frankie’s eyes instantaneously turned darker as he signaled two of his henchmen.

Grandpa Irwin screamed as two men