My Mute Bride Chapter 115
“Is this why you quit your former job and went to work at the Burton Group?” Janice looked at Rachel.
“Did Justin ask you to look into it?”
Rachel averted her eyes in the face of Janice’s questioning. I have something else to attend to, so I’ll
be leaving first.
“Hey!” Since she was unable to stop Rachel, Janice could only watch as her car drove off into the
distance.
When Rachel reached Nancy’s ce, she pressed the doorbell several times, but nobody answered
the door. Just then, the door of the opposite house suddenly opened, and a middle-aged woman poked
her head out. “Are you Madam Tiller’s granddaughter?” She looked Rachel up and down with a look of
puzzlement. “Madam Tiller has been sent to the hospital. Don’t you know that?”
Immediately, Rachel’s expression changed upon hearing the woman’s words.
When Rachel arrived at Tran-Q’s emergency department in a hurry, she nearly bumped into a nurse
holding some medicine. She gesticted at the medical staff at the nurses’ station for a long time, but
no one understood what she meant.
Just then, a familiar male voice sounded from behind. “Rachel?”
Hi, Julian. Rachel turned around to see Julian. After she exined the situation to him, Julian asked
the staff at the nurses’ station. Upon learning that Nancy was receiving emergency treatment, he
hurriedly took Rachel there.
“Hi, Madam Tiller.”
“Hey.” Nancy, who was lying on the sickbed, was startled for a moment when she saw Julian and
Rachel. “Why are you here, Rachel?”
Rachel’s eyes were red with worry. How are you, Grandma?
“Oh, I’m fine. I just took a tumble and grazed my skin; it will heal once I go home and apply some
cream to it. But Victor was worried, and he insisted on sending me to the hospital.”
Rachel followed Nancy’s gaze and saw the young man standing nearby. It’s you?
The young man’s blond hair was particrly obtrusive in the white-painted emergency department.
Isn’t he the young man who had a fit of epilepsy in the neighborhood that day? Rachel thought to
herself.
At the sight of Rachel, the young man scratched his head with a look of embarrassment. He exined
awkwardly. “Madam Tiller is old, and I was worried that it would be bad if she had a sprain or bone
fracture, so I brought her here. I have probably overreacted.”
Rachel shook her head. Thank you.
After that, Nancy took Rachel’s hand. “I have to thank Victor for helping me catch the thief. Didn’t you
say that you wereing over for dinner? I thought of going out to buy some fish, and I ended up
having my handbag snatched. I went after the thief, but I fell while doing so.”
How could you go after a thief at such an old age? You shouldn’t have done that. Rachel was
exasperated. What should I do if anything happens to you?
Julianforted her at one side by saying, “It’s fine as long as Madam Tiller is okay. I have asked the
doctor who applied medicine to her wound-it’s only a superficial wound, so she doesn’t need to be
hospitalized.”
Only then did Rachel breathe a sigh of relief. Still, her heart ached a lot when she saw the gauze
bandage on
Nancy’s knee.
Victor then carried Nancy piggyback to Rachel’s car, whereas Julian went out after them and handed
the medicine to Rachel. “The dosage and directions for use have been written inside. I’ll find time to
visit Madam
Tiller over the next few days, so you don’t have to be too worried.”
Thank you.
“Don’t mention it.” Julian took a nce at Rachel’s car. Then, he asked with a frown, “Do you know that
young man?”
I guess so. We met once before.
“One should always be mindful of guarding against harm from others, Rachel. This young man seems-”
I know that. I’ll ask about it. Rachel also felt strange as Nancy seemed to be quite familiar with this
young man. Besides, she felt somewhat disturbed upon recalling how he had previously stalked her in
the neighborhood.
Following that, Rachel drove Nancy back to thetter’s ce. After opening the door, she pointed
toward the bedroom and signaled for the young man to help her grandmother inside. Please get some
rest first, Grandma. I’ll go and prepare dinner.
“Oh, sure. Why don’t you stay for dinner as well, Victor? I have to thank you for what happened today.”
Victor immediately waved his hand, but Rachel nodded. I got it.
After leaving Nancy’s bedroom, Rachel poured the young man a cup of tea. Then, she keyed in a
sentence on her phone’s screen and showed it to him. Thank you for what happened today!
The young man immediately shook his head. “It’s nothing-that’s what I should do. You saved my life
before, and this is nothingpared to it. By the way…” He produced an envelope from his pocket.
“This is for you.”
Rachel took the envelope and opened it to see a stack of banknotes contained inside. It was a thick
stack consisting of banknotes in small denominations, including banknotes of 100, 50, 20, and even
five bucks. Victor then exined, “This is for covering my medical expensesst time. I haven’t
collected enough money yet, so I can only give you this much for the time being. I’ll work to return the
rest of the money to you bit by
bit.”
Rachel was startled for a moment before she pushed the envelope back to him. ‘It’s not necessary.’
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“No, you have to keep it,” the young man said stubbornly. “I never owe anyone favors.”
Rachel had no choice but to drop the subject for the time being. So you’ve been helping Grandma by
her side these days?’ She had heard from Nancy several times that a young man often helped her
around and scrambled to help with all the dirty and heavy work. At first, Rachel thought the young man
was a volunteer serving the elderly in themunity.
The young man nodded his head somewhat uneasily.
‘You were stalking mest time, weren’t you?’
Seeing what Rachel’s gestures meant, the young man suddenly turned pale. He looked like he wanted
to exin, but he didn’t know where to start.
Rachel studied him closely for a long time and was helpless when she noticed that he was sweating
profusely. ‘What’s your name?’
Only then did the young mane to his senses and suddenly stand up as straight as a ramrod. “I’m
Victor Wade; it’s spelled as V-I-C-T-O-R. You may call me Victor.”
Rachel nodded. ‘It’s not a big deal, so you don’t have to overthink it. Since you’ve paid the money back
to me, you no longer owe me anything.’ When she noticed that Victor’s expression was still somewhat
strained, she offered him to stay. ‘Please stay around for dinnerter!
Only then did Victor’s expression ease, and he immediately helped to carry the vegetables into the
kitchen. “I’ll help you. Usually, I’m the one helping Madam Tiller to pluck the vegetables. ording to
your grandmother, the vegetables i pluck are very clean.”
Rachel smiled and nodded.
Victor appeared to be in his early twenties. Normally, a person at his age should still be a student, but
he seemed to have entered the workforce for a while.
Later on, Rachel left after having dinner with Nancy. She asked Victor, ‘Where do you live? I’ll drive you
home!
“It’s not necessary.” Victor immediately shook his head. “I live nearby, so I’ll go home on foot. Please go
ahead with your affairs.”
Seeing how fast Victor had run away, Rachel failed to stop him, and her outstretched hand froze mid-
air for a long time before she retracted it. She then drove her car around the neighborhood. When she
saw from a distance that Victor had gotten on a bus, she followed him. Julian is right; one should
always be mindful of guarding against harm from others, she thought to herself.
The night was dark, and Rachel drove for half an hour and waited until Victor got off the bus at the stop
before the final stop. When she looked at her surroundings, she was surprised to find herself in the old
district. The tailor’s shop owned by Janice’s family was nearby, and she had been there in the
afternoon. The walls around her were marked with the words ‘To be demolished.’ Furthermore, Victor
lived in a remote valley with low houses.
Since Rachel couldn’t drive her car into the alley, she could only get out of the car and follow him at a
distance. After tailing him for a while, she suddenly lost sight of him.
“Have you been following me?” A male voice was heard from the darkness behind.