The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 301

Chapter 301

“Are you fine?”

Justin, who was still in a daze, heard Rachel questioning him. He had a blurry vision in front of him; it felt like she had multiplied herself and wiggled in front of him.

He uncontrollably grabbed her hand hard and asked, “What’s going on between you and Julian?”

A stunned Rachel’s expression immediately changed.

At that moment, his gaze was exactly like it had been five years ago, causing her to shake his hand off reflexively. Stumbling backward, she even bumped into a chair.

With a loud bang, the chair fell down.

Standing up, Justin wanted to hold onto Rachel. However, the instant that he rose to his feet, he was so dizzy as he held his head, feeling as if something was going to burst from his brain as a result of the splitting headache.

As she leaned against a wall, Rachel looked at him from a safe distance. She merely looked at him motionlessly on the floor for a period of time after he had collapsed.

“Justin?”

Rachel called out in a trembling voice.

She had only proceeded to walk over with caution after he didn’t respond to her. Then, she called out again and patted his shoulder. “Justin?”

Seeing Justin’s pale face made her realize that something was off, so she immediately called the ambulance.

It was late at night when Gloria rushed to the hospital not long after Rachel, who was in the ambulance, arrived.

“How’s Justin?”

“He’s still inside. The doctor is still checking on him.” Peering through the curtains, Rachel continued, “For some reason, he collapsed just like that.”

“Collapsed? Suddenly?”

“Yup.”

Gloria’s reaction made Rachel think that she knew something about all this. Just as Rachel was going to

question her about it, the curtains behind her were drawn open to reveal the doctor coming out.

“Who here is a family member of Justin Burton?”

“I am.” Gloria immediately stepped up.

The doctor then asked, “The patient has suffered from brain trauma before and we suspect that it’s the effect from an old wound. We’ll need to conduct a CT scan of his brain to determine the cause. Has he also fainted or exhibit such symptoms like this before? Or, did he have other illnesses?”

“I just came back from abroad a few days ago, so I’m not entirely sure of his body condition, actually.” Gloria was saying this as she glanced at Rachel.

Shaking her head, Rachel replied, “I’m not too sure either. This is my first time witnessing such a thing.”

The doctor pondered deeply before he said, “I’ll run a check on him first. In the meantime, you two don’t have to be so worried.”

The CT scan showed no abnormalities in his brain, but since Justin was still in a coma, he could only continue to stay in the hospital as they waited for the attending physician to conduct a full body scan on him.

After registering the documents for his hospitalization, Rachel saw Gloria at the entrance to the ward on her way back

“Are you not entering?”

“Hey, Rachel.” Raising her head, Gloria felt a bit more relieved upon the sight of Rachel.

It was the same five years ago as Justin was on the hospital bed, just like now. Besides Justin, she had no other friends in Riverdale and didn’t know which path to take in her future or who to trust.

As both of them entered the room, Rachel comforted Gloria, “Don’t worry too much. Didn’t they say that there were no problems after checking on him? Maybe it was just fatigue that caught up to him and he would be alright after a good long sleep.”

“I’m only scared, Rachel.”