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?”

going on with

now. The baby is also doing okay. However, her condition isn’t stable. The first three months of pregnancy is the time when you should

that, Justin let

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 was Justin, and her

still unwell? I know that

moment of silence,

did you do

face darkened slightly at the mention of the elder

him go. Take all of it out on me-whether it’s your resentment toward me or the Hudsons. Don’t hurt anyone who’s innocent! Now that Hans is in your sight, is that not

verge of a breakdown, her eyes completely bloodshot as though they would burst the next moment. Her gaze was

just because he’s

grew. She ended up letting out a chuckle as she looked at

trafficker? In that

impatient. “Think what you want, but I must have

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

him were the true culprits-none of them had better think of

if the police could find proof, the statute of limitations on the case had already

when he got a phone call. After glancing at Rachel, he left the room with his phone in

door shut with a bang,

tightly, her

“Yes?”

speakers. “I’ve gotten hold of some news. The man recently came to Riverdale. He said that he went

acquaintance,

a frown. He recalled that Jefferey had razed the forest around Somerset Mountain back then; Hudson Pharmaceuticals had seemingly bought that forest

else did he

destroyed as well. We

Justin’s voice was eerily cold, and

20 years back. It had been swelteringly hot, and the loathsome old man who had locked him up cracked open a

would let

to see

him back then,

we do with him now, Mr.