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

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

“Mrs. Burton.”

a daze, Frankie had the men behind him start moving things

some time ago,

need for this. I haven’t even finished using the things you gave me last

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

carrying a massage chair into

to move the furniture in the living room to

“It’s been so long since he’s

right downstairs. There are still things left

Downstairs?

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

I’ll go down

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

hands were tucked in the pockets of his slacks as

are you here? There was nothing

glancing at Nancy’s unit, Justin then queried, “Did you like the things

remember having

moment, Rachel behaved like a wary wolf that was showing

“I’m just sending

it as simple as that?

as

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 anything rash or

into thin air.

he immediately pulled open the car door, seeming like he

leaving, Rachel heaved a sigh and was about to go back upstairs. However, she was stopped by

“Rae!”

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

her perplexed emotions. Then, she nodded her head and

Justin saw the old man conversing with Rachel the moment he shut the door.

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

Got it. I

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

it, Grandpa Irwin screamed as