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?”

Madam Tiller? I’m Frankie.

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

“Mrs. Burton.”

was still in a daze, Frankie had the men behind

Madam Tiller was injured some time ago, so he decided to provide some

finished using the things you gave

There’s no need to take it too seriously. Do you mind stepping aside,

Frankie were four men carrying a massage chair

the furniture in the

interrogated Frankie. “It’s been so long since he’s married Rae, yet I’ve

There are still things left to

Downstairs?

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

I’ll go

she yelled as the latter was walking out the door, “Tell Justin to come up and

of the car. His hands were tucked in the pockets of his slacks as he observed the neighborhood’s

are you here? There was nothing on

unit, Justin then queried, “Did you like

remember having crossed your

moment, Rachel behaved like a wary wolf that was

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

is that so? Is it as simple as

signed rather hastily as she was

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

Justin’s joyous mood disappeared into thin air. “You’re overthinking it,

that, he immediately pulled open the car door, seeming like he was about to enter

sigh and was about to go back upstairs. However, she was stopped by a shout

“Rae!”

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

emotions. Then, she

the car, Justin saw the old man conversing with Rachel the moment he shut the door. At one glance, his eyes narrowed and

Grandpa Irwin, they bumped into Frankie who was talking

I

on the narrow staircase, Frankie’s eyes instantaneously

Grandpa Irwin screamed as two