My Mute Bride

Blood spread through Rachel’s skirt as a stabbing pain came from her abdomen. She pressed a hand to it, her face pale.

My child, my child.

Justin shoved Frankie aside and scooped Rachel up. “What are you standing around for? Get driving to the hospital!”

It was then that Frankie snapped out of it, and the car sped down the streets of Riverdale while running several red lights.

After making it to the emergency room, Julian stepped out once Rachel had been checked over.

“How is she?”

Julian confirmed that the door had been shut tight before he allowed his expression to fall. At the same time, he stopped Justin from going in.

“Are you concerned about her?”

“Stop asking me things like that. What happened to her?”

“She’s pregnant!” Julian raised his voice, his low tones reverberating through the corridor, shocking the few medical staff nearby until they had looks of bewilderment on their faces.

Why was the usually even-tempered Dr. Peters so furious?

Instantly, Justin’s head was filled with a buzzing sound. “What did you say?”

“I said that she’s pregnant. She’s already more than two months along.” Julian’s expression was dark. “I wanted to tell you about it a few days ago, but you were busy taking care of Gloria. Not only that, you never asked once about Rachel. So, I thought that there was no difference whether I told you at all.”

Justin was still stunned. He stared dumbly at the door to the ward, seeming as though he hadn’t heard Julian.

Rachel was pregnant all along? Am I going to become a father?

“Justin Burton!”

At the thought of Rachel’s condition, Justin quickly snapped back to reality. “How is she now?”

“You’re only asking this now? What were you doing before you thought of that?”

exactly is going

The baby is also doing okay. However, her condition isn’t stable. The first three months of pregnancy is

heard that, Justin let

against the headboard of her bed inside the ward. She was already awake, and her mind was wandering as she stared out the window. Just then, the door behind her opened up. She could tell from the sound of the footsteps that it

still unwell? I know

of silence,

you do

at the mention of the elder man. “That is none of

it’s your resentment toward

her eyes completely bloodshot as though they would burst the next moment.

that he should avoid punishment just because he’s in

grew. She ended up letting out a

make up a convincing excuse. Grandpa Irwin, a human trafficker? In that case, why didn’t you hand him over

“Think what you want, but I

of the incident from 20 years ago, he couldn’t wait to chop all of those involved

and the gaggle of traffickers who sold him were the true culprits-none of them had better

20 years had passed since then. Even if the police could find proof, the statute

call. After glancing at Rachel, he left

with a bang, the room descended into

the bed sheets tightly, her face as

“Yes?”

came to Riverdale. He said

old acquaintance,

Pharmaceuticals had seemingly bought that forest for development. Hence, it was reasonable for the people who lived there to know

did he

long since been destroyed as well. We won’t be able to dig up anything from them.” Frankie’s tone was troubled. “Mr. Burton, it’s been 20 years. Could you have been mistaken about the people

and

loathsome old man who had locked him up cracked open a corner

him, he would let the boy starve to

had been dark and damp, and he hadn’t been able to see anything. All he could smell was the stench

saved him back then, he would have died down

we do with him