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?”

Tiller?

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

“Mrs. Burton.”

was still in a daze, Frankie had the

that Madam Tiller was injured some time ago, so he decided to provide some self care products to

need for this. I haven’t even finished

take it too seriously. Do you mind stepping aside, Madam Tiller? We don’t want

four men carrying a massage chair into

Rachel went to move the furniture in the living room

master, then?” Nancy interrogated Frankie. “It’s been so long since he’s married Rae, yet I’ve never

There are still things left to move

Downstairs?

feel her heart thumping, and she immediately stopped

go down for a

and she yelled as the latter was walking out the

of the car. His hands were tucked in the pockets of his

There was nothing on

unit, Justin then queried, “Did you like the things

remember having crossed your

this moment, Rachel behaved like a wary wolf that was showing

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

Is it as simple as

as she was

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 not to do

disappeared into thin air.

open the car door, seeming like he was about

leaving, Rachel heaved a sigh and was about

“Rae!”

with a bright smile on his face. “Fresh fish from the market. I heard you wanted to make some fish soup,

perplexed emotions. Then, she nodded her

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

with Grandpa Irwin, they bumped into Frankie who

it. I can

Irwin on the narrow staircase, Frankie’s eyes instantaneously turned darker as he signaled two of

she realized it, Grandpa Irwin screamed as