The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 380

Chapter 380 Declaration of Death

‘Julian, you have to tell me the truth. Jason wants to go to the hospital to see Old Mr. Burton, but I stopped him. He can’t show his face unless he really has to.’

Looking at the texts from Sue, Julian was about to reply when a hand held him on the shoulder. Janice’s voice sounded from beside him. “Don’t reply.”

A moment later, the office phone suddenly rang.

Janice glanced at it and motioned to her subordinates to pick it up. A female staff member next to her immediately pressed the answer button. “Hello, this is Tran-Q, Director Peters’ office.”

The phone was on speaker, and Sue’s anxious voice came from the other end. “I need to talk to Dr. Peters, please. I’m his mother and I have some urgent business with him.”

“Ma’am, Dr. Peters is currently in an operation, so he can’t come to the phone at the moment.”

“Operation? May I know what kind of operation it is?”

“It’s an emergency operation for a patient with cerebral infarction. After Dr. Peters is done, I will immediately tell him that you have called.”

The other end was silent for a long time before she hung up.

As soon as the call ended, the female staff looked at Janice. “Officer Hawkins.”

Janice nodded slightly, and dropped her hand from Julian’s shoulder. “You are in an operation now, so you can’t return your mother’s call.”

“I understand.” Julian breathed in deeply before he slowly said, “Janice, can I ask you for a favor?”

“Go ahead.”

“Once everything is over, please don’t tell Rachel about him and my mother. I don’t want too many people to know.”

“I understand. We’ll keep it strictly confidential.” Janice agreed, “Thank you for telling us about this. It will be really helpful for our search operation.”

Before that, Robin was the only person that the investigation bureau could confirm was able to contact Jason, but even he could not pinpoint Jason’s location accurately. Julian cooperated with her actively and let her know the relationship between Sue and Jason, which made things much easier.

Janice said into the intercom, “Everyone, be on high alert. Focus on monitoring the hospital and all surrounding networks. We will capture Jason tonight.”

In the middle of the night, darkness completely enveloped Riverdale, but Rachel was still in the office and hadn’t left. She stood in front of the window and looked out quietly. Once she felt that the time was almost up, she took her car keys and went downstairs. With a roar of the engine, she drove onto the streets and toward the direction of the hospital.

As it was autumn, the night wind was strong, blowing the fallen leaves wildly. Right after she had parked her car, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.

“President Hudson?”

Rachel jolted in surprise and looked back, only to see Frankie. Immediately afterward, she saw Justin who had just got out of the car. Why did he come back?

When he saw Rachel, Justin was taken aback as well, his expression turning astonished.

“Weren’t you away on a business trip? Is everything settled?” Rachel blurted.

Frankie replied, “Of course not. We still have to continue negotiations early tomorrow morning, but we suddenly got a notice of critical illness from the hospital, so President Burton rushed back. President Hudson, you’re also here because of this, right? See, President Burton? I told you that she’s also concerned about Old Mr. Burton’s illness.”

Justin’s expression was tense right now, and he wasted no time talking. “We can talk about this later. I have to go to the hospital first.”

“Wait—” Rachel couldn’t stop him, and she watched as his figure rushed past her hurriedly.

Frankie hurriedly said, “President Hudson, please forgive President Burton. He was raised by Old Mr. Burton, so he feels the same as you do to your grandmother. He had been in pain for a long time when Old Mr. Burton fell ill, and he hasn’t been well recently. He just had to see Old Mr. Burton one last time… Anyway, I’ll be taking my leave now.”

Saying that, Frankie hurriedly caught up with Justin’s figure, leaving Rachel standing alone. Her hands that were dangling by her sides tightened slightly as her mind was inundated with mixed feelings.