The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 70

Chapter 70

Rachel was confused because she had never met those people whose names Janice had just mentioned. While Rachel never thought that she had anything to do with them, she couldn’t explain why everything seemed to revolve around the prescription.

“Despite the lack of evidence to prove the connection between your return to the Hudson Family and those people’s deaths, I can’t help but think these two matters are somehow related, if we consider the timeline.” Janice then asked in a hushed tone, “Did Grandma talk to you about the prescription?”

Upon hearing Janice’s question, Rachel was stunned. When her grandma was still in the hospital, she had mentioned the prescription to Rachel, but her explanation was interrupted by other matters at that time,

No. Rachel gestured as a sign of denial.

Janice appeared to be disappointed. “It’s alright. Let’s not talk about it then. Anyway, I’ll definitely help you to leave Riverdale. At the same time, you can be rest assured to know that I’ll take care of the rest of the matters.”

Thank you.

“You‘re welcome. Anyway, I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll make a move first.”

Rachel nodded as she watched Janice entering a jeep through the café window. Deep down in her heart, she felt sorry for lying to Janice although she didn’t have a choice. After all, Rachel’s grandma used to educate her about how words were capable of misleading people. Thus, she decided not to discuss something she wasn’t sure about until she understood what was going on.

As soon as Rachel returned to the library, her colleague had informed her, “Rachel, Miss Patterson came earlier. She wants you to deliver these files to the person in charge of the engineering department in Burton Group.”

Rachel was taken aback as she was reminded of her casual encounter with Tina at the meeting the day before. Alright, thank you.

It was later in the afternoon when Rachel arrived at Burton Group’s lobby where she typed a few words on her phone to show it to a lady at the front desk. ‘Hi, I’d like to meet Director Roland of the engineering department!

The receptionist gave her a strange look. “Do you have an appointment?”

‘I’m from the City Council Library. I’m here to discuss the library’s architectural history with Director Roland!

“Please give me a moment. I’ll make a call right now to confirm your appointment.”

Rachel nodded and stood aside to wait.

“Hello, Sandy. Someone from the City Council Library is here and it looks like she has an appointment with Director Roland… Oh, sure, I’ll let her in then.” Upon hanging up the call, the receptionist turned to Rachel and said, “Alright, I’ve just confirmed your appointment. Please give me a moment.”

‘Thank you!

A few moments later, the elevator gave a short ring before someone in a pair of high heels walked out. “Nice to meet you. I’m Director Roland’s secretary, Sandy Patterson. You must be Miss Hudson, right?”

Rachel responded with an affirmative gesture. Yes.

“Director Roland is still at the construction site and I’m just about to head there. Perhaps I could take you there with me?”

Rachel was stunned. If you‘re too busy, I can come another day.

“We’re always busy in our line of work. Are you scared of going to the construction site?” Sandy knitted her eyebrows and elaborated, “Because I just received a phone call and was told that Director Roland has something rather urgent to talk to you about.”

Okay then, is it far from here?

“Nope. It’s not that far from here, actually. I’ll drive.” Sandy seemed like a nice person as she asked Rachel about the City Council Library while riding the elevator with her to the underground car park.

Soon, they hit the road as every single object outside the car window looked like they were traveling in the opposite direction at high speed. As the tall buildings in Riverdale City slowly disappeared from sight, the city view was then replaced by greenery and nature.

she realized it was already 4 PM. We still haven’t arrived there yet?

“We’re almost there. This project site is the closest one to our company, in fact. The last project took us half a day for a round trip.”

Upon hearing that, Rachel set her sights outside the window and wondered, We’re about to arrive at the border between Riverdale and Southville. If we keep going, we’ll soon find ourselves on the East Coast. After another thirty minutes of driving, she leaned against her seat and yawned just when the car finally pulled over.

She exited the vehicle and followed Sandy when she heard the sound of tidal waves a close distance away. Oh my god! I can’t believe we’re now on the East Coast.

Thank you. Rachel gestured to express her gratitude and wrapped herself in her sweater before she made her way to the beach. Soon, upon the sight of a lady standing by the seaside, she froze in her tracks, as if her legs were rooted into the ground.

“We meet again, Rachel” Tina wore a dress in the color of light beige while the bodyguard who held the umbrella above their heads acknowledged Rachel with a smile. At the sight of them, Rachel suddenly had a bad feeling and subconsciously backed away.

Rachel was left alone with Tina and her two bodyguards at that moment. Therefore, she gestured in a panicky manner and asked, What do you want?

seaside and live with me there so that he could watch the sunrise every morning. It was because of this that proposed the project of building a seaside resort. This piece of land that we‘re currently standing on will soon become that resort… Do you think there is a chance Henry can still see it?”