The Silent Wife

“Mr. Wade!” Charlotte and Samuel immediately hopped off the swings.

The teacher held their hands, one on each side. “I knew that the two of you would be here. I’ve told you two multiple times that you have to return to the classroom right away after the outdoor activity session ends. Also, why didn’t the two of you finish your homework properly in the last two days?”

Charlotte had never attended elementary school before this, while Samuel had been raised abroad. Thus, they were unlike most children who grew up in this country where respect for teachers formed part of the culture. On top of that, because of their wayward personality, they didn’t take any criticism to heart.

Upon seeing their unfazed attitude, the good-tempered teacher added resignedly, “Forget it. I’ll speak to your parents during the parent-child activity next week.”

Meanwhile at the Burton Group, Rachel received a call from the nanny of the Burton Family as soon as she finished the task at hand. “Miss Chris, I have something to attend to at my hometown tonight, so I would like to take leave today. Can I trouble you to go and pick Charlotte up from school?”

“Of course, no worries.”

After Rachel hung up the call, she realized that she forgot to ask which school Charlotte attended but when she called the nanny again, all she heard was the busy tone.

As it was almost the dismissal time of elementary schools, she decided that she couldn’t afford to wait any longer, so she gave Justin a call.

“Hello?” Justin’s cold and indifferent voice was heard from the other end of the line. “What’s the matter?”

“Which school does Charlotte go to?”

“Why are you asking this question?”

“Martha has gone back to her hometown to tend to some business, so she asked me to go and pick Charlotte up from school. If you are free now, would you like to go instead?”

After a brief moment, he simply uttered, “The Bilingual Elementary.”

The Bilingual Elementary? Stunned, Rachel squeezed the phone in her hand. “The Bilingual Elementary located on Sunnysouth Road?”

“What’s wrong?”

Rachel was shocked when he confirmed his reply. This is such a coincidence; Samuel was transferred to that school as well.

…

It was time for the school to be dismissed when both Rachel and Justin arrived.

On their way there, Justin asked with a livid expression, “Why did that brat happen to study in that elementary school? Aren’t you going to give me a reasonable explanation?”

I wanted to ask you. Samuel’s transfer

tell me that the two kids colluded on

look and replied indifferently, “You don’t know Charlotte well, do you? It’s not at all surprising if

and Samuel was no better. There was nothing the two of them couldn’t pull off when an imaginative kid and a daredevil joined forces, let

dismissed,” Frankie reminded them before Justin and Rachel alighted

classes and exited the main gate of the school. The

“Samuel’s mother?”

Samuel, Rachel reflexively

his head and saw Rachel but the very

The male teacher suddenly dashed out from the crowd and stared at her in a daze

moment as well. Although a name popped up in her head, it seemed to not belong to this man with a refreshing

she could respond, she was taken into

back! I

Samuel and

tugged Rachel out of the teacher’s embrace and pulled her behind him, pushing the male teacher away in the course. He

soon as he saw the other man and he immediately grabbed him by his collar. “Why are you still

them anxiously, while the crowd raised their phones to record them. It

the name ‘Wade’,

had been replaced by refreshing, dark hair that accentuated his clean and gentle features, which made him look much

he still pestering you

minute Justin said that, he was greeted by a whooshing punch to the

“You b*stard!”

pain on his face that made him cover his eye as he fell onto the

that Victor was about to land another hit, Charlotte rushed up to him. “Stop hitting

stopped Victor, for fear that

that point, someone from the crowd shouted, “The police

to the

with me to the police

of Justin’s eyes was swollen due to the impact, and the bruise that

guys fight?” The policeman asked as he took

there were security cameras at the entrance of the elementary school, the footage clearly revealed that

the right. “I didn’t start the fight. Isn’t it a normal reaction to pull