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?”

me, Madam Tiller? I’m

stunned momentarily when she heard the familiar man’s voice. She cleaned her hands and rushed out from the kitchen,

“Mrs. Burton.”

a daze, Frankie had the men behind him start moving

some time ago, so he decided

even finished using the things

take it too seriously. Do you mind stepping aside, Madam

a massage chair into the

once, Rachel went to move the furniture in the living room to prevent any

interrogated Frankie. “It’s been so long

right downstairs. There are still

Downstairs?

could feel her heart thumping, and she immediately stopped her grandmother from

I’ll go down

yelled as the latter was walking out the door, “Tell Justin

His hands were tucked in the pockets of his slacks as he observed

here? There was nothing

then queried, “Did you like

having

wolf that was showing its teeth to predators when it

in Justin’s eyes vanished. “I’m just sending some

so? Is it as simple

hastily as she

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

joyous mood disappeared into thin air.

he immediately pulled open the car door,

and was about

“Rae!”

as he walked over to her with a bright smile on his face. “Fresh fish from the market. I heard you

perplexed emotions. Then, she nodded her

conversing with Rachel the moment he shut the door. At one

with Grandpa Irwin, they bumped into

it. I can

he made eye contact with Grandpa Irwin on the narrow staircase, Frankie’s eyes instantaneously

she realized it, Grandpa Irwin screamed as two