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The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 405

 

After Jolly left, Justin was left alone in the yard, and he had completely sobered up. The next day, everyone didn’t get up until noon because of the drinking. It was time to pack up and go back to Riverdale by then.

 

“I have a terrible headache. I must’ve drank some fake beer last night.” As soon as she woke up, Jolly complained, “Whoever bought the beer must’ve bought fake ones.”

Leroy was helpless. “You didn’t just drink beer. You drank white wine too.” “White wine?” Following Leroy’s gaze toward the yard, Jolly suddenly remembered something..

 

“Jolly, Leroy, come have breakfast.” Julian brought buns and fritters from the kitchen and waited for the others to join for breakfast. Jolly’s lips twitched awkwardly, and she felt somewhat guilty.

“Cough, cough.” She let out a couple of dry. coughs. “I’m coming. You guys start without me. I’ll wash up first.”

“Go ahead.” At this moment, Charlotte ran out of Justin’s room. “Why isn’t Daddy here?” “He’s not here?” Rachel glanced at Justin’s room. She saw that there was no one on the bed from the door, and even the sheets and bedding were neatly arranged.

Gloria said, “Oh, I forgot to tell you. He left earlier in the morning. No one was awake yet, so he didn’t want to bother anyone, but he sent me a message and asked me to tell everyone.”

Charlotte immediately pouted. “Why is Daddy like this?!” Gloria advised her, “Oh, Charlotte. You can see your daddy when you go back to Riverdale. So it’s understandable that he suddenly has something to go back to deal with, right?”

“It’s understandable.” Charlotte shot Rachel a glance. Her eyes were a little plaintive as she said in her babyish voice, “Daddy must be very sad.” Her voice wasn’t loud, but Rachel still heard it. She deliberately pretended not to hear it, lest the little girl had something to say about the topic again.

During the meal, Julian said, “After we’re done with this meal, we’ll go straight back to Riverdale. You guys can start thinking about seating arrangements.”

Jolly was the most careless as she still hadn’t noticed the tension between Gloria and Victor. “We can follow the same arrangement as when we came here. Chris and I will sit in your car, and we have to take Leroy too. Since the firefighters towed his car away.”

“No way!” Gloria’s face hardened. “I don’t want to be in the same car with him.” “Him?” Jolly was surprised and finally realized that she meant Victor and said, “Oh, why? What’s the matter?”

Rachel was very aware of what was going on and was about to advise them, but Victor’s temper flared again. “I won’t sit in the same car as you either. Do you think you’re the only one with a car? I’ll just sit in Dr. Peters’ car!”

Rachel felt helpless as she saw the beginnings of another fight between the two. “Why don’t we do this? Julian, you fetch Jolly, Leroy, and Victor. I’ll follow Gloria, and I can also bring the two children home.”

Julian hesitated for a moment, but now, it seemed that this was the only way. Jolly shook her head and looked at Gloria and Victor. “You guys are really something. Are you two primary school students in a relationship.. quarreling and creating trouble every day whenever you’re free? They’ve just started dating, yet you two are breaking them apart.”

“That’s enough.” Leroy tugged on her under the table. Jolly’s demeanor after imbibing in liquor was truly something else. She persuaded Justin to get Rachel back last night, but she didn’t remember anything after sobering up, and now she was even taking jabs at Gloria.

After the meal, the two cars left the old town according to Rachel’s arrangement. Gloria was driving fast along the mountain roads, and in the blink of an eye, she was far ahead of Julian’s car.

“Slow down.” Rachel grabbed the handle on the top of her head in anxiety. “Are you a racer?

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