The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 281

Chapter 281

“Dad!”

Rachel didn’t even need to spare an iota of brainpower to figure out who it was.

The hurried clacking of high heels sounded through the mortuary. Then, Amber stood by the door of the mortuary, still unable to accept reality even after she had caught her breath. “Dad…”

Rachel couldn’t recall a time when Amber was this panicked. Regardless of how cruel Amber was, she was still Jefferey’s daughter who he had raised since she was a young girl. Jefferey was her greatest pillar. Now that he was gone, the blow to her was significant.

Amber stumbled inside. Her fingers touched the white cloth draped over the corpse before they were shakily retracted. All of a sudden, she yelled at the head jailer. “This isn’t my father! You’ve got it all wrong!”

“You’re grieving, miss.”

“Grieving? I told you, this isn’t my father! Where are you hiding my dad? Where is he?” At that, Amber’s hand moved toward the head jailer. Her fingers were a stark pale compared to the brightness of her red nails. In the darkness of the room, they were an eerie sight.

The head jailer didn’t manage to back away in time and was caught by the collar.

“Calm yourself, miss.”

“Where on earth are you hiding my father? He’s a healthy man. How can he just be dead?”

“Amber!” Rachel couldn’t stop herself from rebuking Amber. “This isn’t a place for you to show your temper. He passed away due to a sudden heart attack. You’re a doctor, if you don’t believe them, you can examine him.”

“Rachel?” Amber whipped her head around at the sound of Rachel’s voice, seemingly only having just noticed her presence. At that moment, her red eyes made her look very much like a devil from hell. “How dare you come here? What right do you have to be here? You’re the one behind his imprisonment!”

Amber lunged at Rachel. Rachel backed away as she already anticipated this and grabbed her arm. “Have you gone mad? Death is already a kindness for him. The greatest punishment would have been rotting away in jail until old age. Even if I had the nerve to do it, I wouldn’t.”

With that, Rachel shoved Amber away roughly.

As a result, Amber stumbled backward and fell over. Fortunately for her, a large figure had entered the room, and he reflexively caught her.

Rachel stiffened at the sight of the newcomer.

Amber teared up when she saw the person who helped her up. “Justin!”

It was Justin, indeed.

A few hours ago, Rachel ended up getting into a huge fight with him because she and Janice went to visit Hans’ grave. He had then stormed out of the house. To suddenly see him here felt like a slap in the face.

Justin released Amber. His gaze lingered on Rachel for a moment before it landed on the corpse behind her. No one had lifted up the white cloth covering the body until now.

Jefferey sacrificed his life for Hudson Pharmaceuticals, yet he died like this.

After they left Riverdale Penitentiary, Amber glued herself beside Justin, sobbing ceaselessly.

“I’ll get someone to arrange his funeral. You… You two don’t have to worry about that,” he said.

Those words were meant for Rachel, but he couldn’t stop himself from being petty when he recalled the incident with Hans, opting to say ‘you two’ instead of ‘you’.

Rachel forced herself to smile. “Thank you.” Having said that, she glanced at Amber, who trailed behind Justin like a wad of chewing gum that just wouldn’t come off. A look of disgust turned up on her face as she continued, “I’ll be going now.”

With that, Rachel headed straight for the parking lot.

Justin wanted to follow her, but Amber tried to grab his arm. “Justin.”

He instinctively drew his arm back. At the same time, his handsome features schooled in their usual chilly