He Gave Me Hearing, Then Taught Me What Silence Really Means novel Chapter 45

Beatrice was uneducated, having only finished elementary school. She couldn't fully comprehend the weight of that question.

She was just frantic, her face flushing with panic. "How are you supposed to get married now? What do you expect me to do? How am I supposed to face anyone?"

Juniper gave a hollow smile, pulled her collar tight against her neck, and walked straight toward the building entrance.

"Juniper! Juniper! June!"

Toward the end, Beatrice's voice softened into a desperate plea. "At least take the food inside."

Juniper didn't hear her, and her footsteps never paused.

Beatrice stood alone in the courtyard. Night fell, and eventually, Yara happened to walk by. Seeing the figure sitting by the curb, she thought her eyes were playing tricks on her.

"Mrs. Lane?"

Beatrice's arms and legs were covered in mosquito bites. Seeing Yara, she let out a breath of relief. "I brought some things for June. Could you take them up for her?"

Yara was from the same hometown, so she nodded. "Of course. Do you want to come up and sit for a bit?"

"No, she doesn't want to see me."

She placed the bag of wild mushrooms on top of the sack of rice. "You have to eat the mushrooms while they're fresh, or they'll go bad."

She patted the sack of rice, her voice dropping to a confused mumble. "Yara, I didn't get much schooling. Just now, June asked me if pain was the only thing our umbilical cord ever transmitted. What did she mean by that?"

The surroundings instantly fell dead silent. Even the buzzing of the mosquitoes seemed to vanish.

Yara swallowed hard, looking at Beatrice's incredibly earnest expression.

She forced a polite smile. "It's probably just a random saying. It doesn't mean anything. Well, Mrs. Lane, I'm going to head upstairs now."

A relieved smile instantly bloomed on Beatrice's face, and she wiped at her eyes. "That's good. Go on up, then. The rice is a bit heavy, so take your time."

Yara struggled to lug the heavy sack of rice and the mushrooms all the way up to their apartment. When she opened the door, the living room was dark. Was Juniper already asleep?

She closed the front door, shoved the mushrooms into the fridge, and then walked over to knock on Juniper's bedroom door.

"I ran into Mrs. Lane downstairs just now. She asked me to bring up the rice and mushrooms. She probably took a bus back by now. This rice is so heavy, I have no idea how she carried it all by herself."

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