The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 306

Chapter 306

“Put me down at this instance!”

“Until we arrive at the entrance of Bucky’s house, I will not do that.”

To Justin, who stood at a frame of six feet three inches, carrying Rachel was as easy as handling a cat. As he crushed the stones with his leather shoes along the way, they quickly traversed the alley.

Meanwhile, Rachel’s heart was racing.

“Is it over there?”

She heard a man’s voice from above her, which brought her back to reality..

As Rachel looked at the spot faraway, it was the only house that had windows sealed with old newspaper. On the door were a few ropes with two tattered towels attached to it.

“Looks like it.”

When she investigated Bucky’s background earlier, she found out that he had an old home here, but it was a place most of the residents had moved out from. His unit was the only exception. He only had one sister, who stayed in the school dorm and occasionally returned during the winter and summer breaks.

Since Bucky was recently released, it wasn’t that he couldn’t freely move out. However, since his sister was already staying here, the possibility of him returning to the village was exceptionally great.

“Put me down.”

When they arrived at the entrance, Rachel started to struggle as she wanted to be on her feet. After setting her down, Justin proceeded to knock on the door.

“Is anyone home?”

His voice echoed in the alley.

No response came from the other side.

“No one’s home.”

Rachel frowned because she saw the dripping wet towel at the entrance and said in confusion, “That can’t be possible.”

She stumbled ahead.

He was ready to hold her with a gesture. “Be careful!”

While ignoring him, Rachel reached out and slammed the door.

Just a tap was enough to make the old door creak before it collapsed.

The moment that it fell down, she screamed as she turned around and subconsciously hugged Justin.

“What’s wrong?”

A confused Justin focused his gaze over Rachel’s shoulder and into the house. Upon seeing the scene inside, his pupils contracted.

There was a man on the old sofa at a corner in the dimly lit house. With a wide stare and fierce gaze, he stared at them with a terrifying expression. What was even more frightening was that a knife had been stabbed into his chest whereas the area below his stab wound was drenched in blood.

Hugging the woman in his embrace tightly, Justin could feel her trembling and her heart racing for dear life.

At that moment, he felt that it was out of sheer luck that he accompanied her. If Rachel had witnessed this on her own, or even worse, met the killer face to face…

He did not dare to imagine the consequences.

After half an hour, the perimeter of Bucky’s house was surrounded by yellow tape.

Janice arrived at the scene as she personally led people from the Riverdale Investigation Bureau. After photographing the crime scene, the forensic personnel bagged the body and brought it back to perform an autopsy on it.

Sitting in the car, Rachel could not calm down even after a long time.

“Drink some water.” Justin’s voice came from the side.

As she returned to her senses, she was still pale as she shook her head. “I don’t want it.”

Whenever she closed her eyes, all she recalled was the vivid scene of Bucky’s death.

“Rachel.” A familiar woman’s voice came from outside the car.

It was Janice.

Justin gently pressed Rachel’s shoulders with a frown before he exited the car.

“Is there anything we can help you with, Officer Hawkins?”