The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 156

Chapter 156

Amber answered, “Somerset Mountain. Why?”

“Hudson Pharmaceuticals has funded children from Somerset Mountain?”

“Yes, we have been doing it for more than 20 years.”

“How could it be? I remember there wasn’t anyone left after the fire.”

“The fire?” She was slightly stunned. “Justin, how did you know there was a fire in Somerset Mountain?”

A frown came to Justin’s face as he feigned indifference. “It was on the news. I happened to watch it.”

Amber nodded. “Yes, it was exactly because of the fire that the whole mountain was reduced to ashes. I heard someone almost died too. My dad said that there was a hidden village in Somerset Mountain and it was home to some human traffickers. They were trying to escape security checks, so when the fire happened, they couldn’t be rescued on time.”

Justin clenched his fists tighter. “That’s what your father told you?”

“Yes, those traffickers hid in a ditch and the firemen didn’t even know there were people there. They managed to find them in the end, but a little girl almost died in the process.”

“Almost died?”

His expression changed.

“She was burned badly, but she managed to survive. My dad did everything he could to save her by sending her to hospitals all over the country. In the end, she was even sent abroad to receive treatment.”

Amber didn’t manage to finish her words before Justin grabbed her hand to interrogate her, “Where is she now?”

“She… she’s still out of the country.”

“What’s her name?”

“Justin, what came over you?”

“What’s her name?” he repeated.

“Katherine Cooper.” Amber’s features were distorted in pain. “Justin, let me go! What happened to you?”

Justin’s cold face was stiff as he struggled to believe his ears.

Katherine…

Katie…

He was taken back to the Burton Family after the fire twenty years ago. He didn’t have the ability to investigate the matter at first and when he finally rose to position as the president of Burton Group, the landscape had already changed beyond recognition.

All these years, he had sent people to search all over Somerset Mountain, but he never succeeded in finding even a scrap of information about the girl.

He thought she was dead.

He even thought she died in the fire to save him, but she was alive!

“I want to see her.” Justin grabbed Amber’s arm, his cold eyes burning with determination. “Where is she?”

Amber looked shocked. “She will be attending the charity event this Saturday. If… if you want to see her, you can attend with me this Saturday. However, Justin, what’s wrong with you?”

He never answered her as it took a long while for him to calm himself. “I’ll attend the event this Saturday with

you.”

The wind howled on the other side of the car window, signaling that night had fallen over Riverdale like a humongous black cloth that stretched across the entire sky.

Amber carefully retracted her hand and she looked down at the bruise on her wrist-a result of Justin’s tight grip.

She felt that she had made the absolute right choice.

A girl whom Justin hadn’t seen in more than 20 years was enough to shake him to his core.

If he knew that Rachel was that very girl from all those years ago, the consequences would be inconceivable.

The chill in Amber’s cold eyes was reflected in the car window.

Meanwhile, at the investigation bureau, a conversation was occuring.

“Officer Hawkins.”

“Don’t call me that. I’ve been stripped of my position, so just call me by my name.”

“I can’t do that. The position issue is temporary and I’ve already acknowledged you as my only leader.”

“Suit yourself.” Janice pulled up a chair and sat on it. Beneath her short haircut, her features were bright and firm. “Any updates on the case that I asked you to investigate?”

“I was just about to mention that. This is taken from the case files concerning Somerset Mountain. If I were one second late, they would’ve been destroyed since these files had exceeded the 20-year confidentiality period.”

She took the box of files from her subordinate.