My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 257

Rachel didn't know how to react. When she finally calmed down, she remembered that Holley had taken her to look for a lost child.

That day, Holley said that she had learned the location of that kid's house.

While looking around, they lingered near the house that later collapsed on Rachel. It was made of bricks and had a roof held up by thick beams.

There were two floors. The upper one was made of wooden frames that had broken down, soaked in the rain.

The cracked walls looked as if they might collapse at any time under the continuously pouring rain.

Rachel and Holley were just passing by that house when the former heard a child crying, but only for a second.

She suspected that she had just imagined that sound,

but she still told Holley about it just in case.

To her surprise, Holley replied that she had also heard a child crying. The two of them walked around the house, but found no trace of the child. The rain intensified, making it harder for them to keep their eyes open, let alone find what they were looking for.

Rachel was about to suggest that they leave when Holley suddenly said,

"Do you hear that?"

Rachel turned around and asked with puzzlement, "Hear what?"

Holley pointed at the shabby room. "I heard some noise from inside."

"Really?" Rachel furrowed her eyebrows.

"Yes!" Holley exclaimed seriously. But as she hurried forward, she tripped and fell with a scream.

Rachel quickly walked over and helped her up. As Holley got up, her face turned pale and twisted in pain.

While waving her hand at Rachel, she said, "I'm fine. But I really think I heard a noise from there..."

Rachel squinted as she tried to pick up on the noise, but she couldn't hear anything over the booming sound of the rain.

After hesitating for a while, she said, "Wait here. I'll go in and have a look."

"Okay. Be careful," Holley said. Now, recalling that scene, Rachel was sure that Holley hadn't known that the room would collapse.

And yet, there was something strange that she couldn't understand. Why had Holley stood there indifferently after seeing the house collapse on her?

Jack noticed that something seemed to be bothering Rachel after Vicky's visit, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

In the end, he asked her what Vicky and she had been talking about.

However, Rachel avoided the topic, making it obvious that she didn't want to discuss it with him.

Jack had his own suspicions, so he stopped asking. Since Rachel didn't want to say anything to him, he would not pester her about it.

At noon, he was the one to feed her, since it was hard for her to eat on her own.

Meanwhile, Tracy decided to give up her intention to take care of Rachel.

It would be a joke if she couldn't take good care of Rachel, or worse, ended up making her feel upset.

In consideration of Rachel's condition, the father and son decided to take her back to Ninwell City the next day. The medical professionals and facilities there were much better than the ones here.

The only reason they had waited for the past few days was because Rachel had been too weak to travel until now.

After some discussion, Jonathan and Tracy left to make the necessary arrangements,

leaving Jack alone with Rachel.

Rachel actually didn't find her temporary blindness that inconvenient.

After going for the inspection in the morning, she had talked to Vicky while waiting for the results to arrive.

When it was time for lunch, the smell of food wafted over to Rachel's nose, but she couldn't see anything.

Soon, her small hands were gently pushed away by a pair of larger ones.

"Sit properly," Jack said softly.

Rachel curiously tilted her head to one side, and her eyes jumped around in front of her as she tried to figure out where exactly he was standing.

She straightened up on her bed as obediently as a primary school student and asked, "How can I eat?" After all the panic and fright she had felt in the beginning, she had gradually calmed down.

She was not nearly as scared as she had been before. She had even begun to adapt to the dark world.

After inquiring some friends about the food here, Jack had ordered various dishes from the most popular restaurant in this city.

In fact, there was too much food for the two of them to finish.

He sat down in front of her with a bowl and a spoon, as if he was about to feed a child.

"I'll feed you," he answered in a matter-of-fact tone.

"I can't even see where the spoon is..."

As Jack scooped up some food with the spoon, he said, "Just open your mouth when you feel the spoon touch your lips."

Rachel smiled.