Chapter 257 The Truth

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,

Seeing that Rachel's left hand was bruised, Tracy gently touched it and said, "I can massage this hand for you. Is it okay for you?"

The truth was, Tracy could end up doing more damage if she pressed too hard. However, Rachel didn't want to disappoint her by turning down her offer, so she gently said, "You don't need to massage it. The bruises will heal on their own. But you can just press them slightly."

Seeing the polite and careful way Rachel was talking to her, Tracy smiled in approval. Then, she took Rachel's hand in hers and gently pressed it. She suddenly remembered the first time Rachel had arrived at the Fu family's house.

"You've really grown up now. The first time I saw you, your hand was half as big as mine," she said with a sigh.

Even though they had known each other for such a long time, they were not familiar with each other at all.

The whole time Rachel had grown up in their house, Tracy had not reached out to her or tried to talk to her at all. What would Rachel think of her reminiscing about the past now?

Just when she was starting to feel embarrassed, Rachel smiled and said, "Mom, there's one thing I remember clearly."

"What is it? What do you remember?" Tracy asked, thankful for the change of topic.

Rachel's eyes had been blurred and unfocused all this while, but when they turned to look at her, Tracy found that they were bright and clear, as if something had just occurred to Rachel. There was even a faint smile reflected in her eyes.