Such a Rude and Noisy Woman novel Chapter 116

"Carl! No!"

Rachel cried out and stretched out her hands to grab Carl, but it had happened too fast. Carl was slipping downward quickly out of their sight. It was impossible for her to catch him.

Hiram let go of her hand right away. Then, touching her shoulder in hesitation, he told Chad and Daniel, who were a few steps ahead of them, "Take care of her for me please!"

"What are you doing, Hiram?" Rachel cried out nervously. She already knew what he was going to do, but she asked anyway. She watched him walk towards the spot where Carl had slipped. She felt so scared that she would lose him that she was following him without even realizing.

Chad grabbed Rachel's hand and shouted at her, "Don't worry! Calm down! My cousin is good with his hands. He'll manage it and come back safe and sound with Carl. Don't do silly things! Come with me."

Chad was Hiram's cousin too. Even though he always tried to avoid getting too close to Hiram in public places so that people would see his talent and not his relation with Hiram, at this moment, he forgot all of that. All he cared about was Hiram's safety. He tried to assure Rachel and, of course, himself.

If all lives had different values, Hiram's life would be the most expensive one among all of theirs.

Now, he was risking his life to go after Carl, shocking the whole group. They all admired his courage. All they could think about was what a nice person he was and that he treated them like friends, not subordinates.

"No, I can't. Carl must be safe, Hiram must be safe. Let's do something, okay?" Rachel said. Then, turning to Murphy, she shouted, "Murphy, come here!" She pulled her hand out of Chad's grip.

"Listen, Murphy. You must go find Hiram and Carl with the four of them, please! Time waits for no man, " she cried out. She couldn't wait. The slope Carl had slipped down was very steep. It looked dozens of meters high. It was impossible for Hiram to bring Carl back alone. She had to do something.

"I don't think..." Murphy started with a reluctant expression on his face.

Daniel stepped forward and cut him off. "She's right, you know. If something happens to them, none of us will be at peace. Chad, Gary and I will stay here with Rachel waiting for you. You and the four veterans go and find them. I believe you can make it with your good skills!"

Seeing all of them agree with Rachel's decision, Murphy nodded his head and said to the four veterans, "Okay, no problem. Let's move!"

They went after Hiram as fast as they could.

The rain went on and on without any sign of stopping. Turning to Daniel and Rachel, Chad said, "We'd better find a place to shelter ourselves. Gary and I will go find something to make a shelter for us. We'll go crazy if we keep standing under this heavy rain."

Daniel nodded to him. He walked up to Rachel and grabbed her arm to make sure that she wouldn't slip down.

"Relax! All our good hands are searching for them. They will return safe and sound. Believe me, " Daniel said, trying to comfort her. Her face was as pale as a ghost. He took off his raincoat and covered her head with it.

Biting her lips tightly, Rachel kept her eyes fixed on the place where Hiram had disappeared. Lightning flashed and thunder tumbled. The rain seemed like it would last forever.

A long time passed, but no one returned. Rachel became more and more worried. She felt like she couldn't breathe anymore.

"No, I can't wait any longer. I have to go find them, " she said anxiously.

"No, forget it! Murphy has already gone to find them. We can't afford any other accidents. Look, what if they come back with Hiram, but can't find us? Let's just stay here and wait, " Daniel said.

Rachel couldn't tell it was tears or raindrops falling down her face. Cliff Mountain had a difficult terrain. Carl had fallen from such a height, what if he had broken his bones? She couldn't even begin to imagine.

Could Hiram find him? What would happen if Hiram had gone in a different direction from where Carl was?

"Stop imagining things! Hiram is much stronger than you think, " Daniel said, patted her on the shoulder to calm her down. It was useless to worry about things that would never happen.

They were waiting at the highway of Cliff Mountain. He believed Murphy would search from here to the foot of the mountain. It would take some time for them to find each other.

Although Daniel had put his raincoat on her head, it couldn't stop raindrops falling on her face in such a heavy rain. Rachel shook her head heavily in guilt. Tears continued to spill down her face. "It's all my fault. You don't know. I shouldn't have come here. Hiram didn't agree to bring me here, but I begged and begged until he said yes. It's all my fault!

If I wasn't here, Hiram would have had time to catch Carl. Then Carl wouldn't have fallen down and Hiram wouldn't have needed to go and find him. It's all my fault! Why did I insist on coming? Look at the trouble I've caused!"

If she hadn't come here, Hiram wouldn't have focused his full attention on her. This accident might have never happened.

Why had she insisted on coming with him?

Why hadn't she listened to Hiram and gone back to H City? Or she could have stayed in XH Village with Fannie.

It was all because she wanted to have fun!

"Stop being silly! Rachel, listen to me. Accidents will happen whether you like it or not. Could you have stopped the raining?" Daniel sighed and tried to calm her down. Seeing her guilty face and her bleeding lips made him feel very tense, and he didn't know why.

Rachel couldn't stop the tears running down her face. She wiped them off and stepped forward decidedly. "I need to go and find him. If something happens to him, what's the point of me being alive? I need to go!"

She tried to calm down, but she was out of control now. She couldn't help herself.

The worry filled her mind. It felt like thousands of worms were crawling inside her. She couldn't stay calm anymore.

But Rachel had hardly taken a step when Daniel embraced her tightly from behind. He held her closely in his arms and shouted, "Stop doing silly things! If I let you go, what should I say when Hiram comes back? Where would we find you? Stop it!"

Rachel struggled in his arms. She knew she had lost her mind, But she couldn't control her body. She couldn't stay here.

"I've some bad news to tell you. Don't you want to know?"

Daniel said to her suddenly. His voice was so faint she could barely hear it. Chad and Gary, who were some distance away from them, were oblivious to what he was saying.

But Rachel was momentarily distracted by his words. She turned around to look at him.

"I realized that I've fallen in love with you. Do you know that?"

Daniel put his hands around her waist. It was an awkward gesture, but nobody watching would realize what his true intentions were. They would think he was just trying to stop her from leaving.

"Hey, Rachel! I said I like you. I know you might think that I'm a jerk. But I've to tell you the truth. I pretended that Jill was you. I wouldn't have been able to sleep with her if I hadn't, you know."

He rested his face against Rachel's. It felt cold, thanks to the rain. Rachel had no idea what he was talking about. Since she couldn't see his face, she couldn't tell whether he was being serious or not.

"But you're Hiram's girl. If you weren't, I'd do my best to win you over. But I can never betray Hiram as long as I live. That's a promise!"

Rachel assumed he was just joking about the whole thing and that he was trying to distract her from going after Hiram. So, she didn't take him seriously. Instead, she said, "Then shall we go and find him together, Daniel?"

"Rachel, what should I do? Should I break my word? Should I steal you from him? Tell me!" Daniel continued, holding her tightly.

"Okay, you win! I give up. I won't go!" Rachel shouted at him as she struggled against his arms with all her strength.

Daniel finally let her go. He glanced at Chad and Gary and found that the shelter was almost done. He chucked and said, "Thank God you agreed! But, if you want to hear some more, I don't mind making the story a little longer."

Rachel jabbed him with her elbow and walked away. She walked to Chad and thought to herself, 'Such a crazy person! You think you can joke about everything. I don't understand.'

Daniel stood rooted to the spot. Raindrops were falling from his cold face, but he still kept smiling.

He could still feel the warmth of her in his arms. He knew he probably wouldn't get the chance to hold her in his arms again for the rest of his life, so he cherished that warmth for as long as he could.

The rain didn't stop until dawn. The four of them waited for three or four hours until they finally saw somebody approaching.

"You people should come with me. Hurry up! We've found Hiram and Carl. They're waiting for you at the foot of the mountain." It was Murphy, and he had brought good news with him. Everyone relaxed.

They had been worrying about Carl and Hiram all night long. Now they finally knew that the two of them were safe and sound.

With Murphy guiding them, all of them reached the foot of the mountain. They couldn't wait to meet Hiram and Carl.

At the foot of the mountain, Rachel felt like her heart would burst out of happiness when she saw Hiram standing there safe and sound. She looked up and down at him from a distance.

She was exhausted from the rough night, but she felt alive again after seeing him. She couldn't help but run up to him as fast as she could.

"Hiram, here you are! Do you know how much I worried about you all night? I was so scared!"

Seeing her run up to him, Hiram opened his arms wide. He couldn't hide his smile as he said, "Sorry, sorry for making you worry! Honey, I love you!"

Rachel clung on to him tightly. She had never felt so scared in her life. She never wanted to feel that way again.

She didn't even care about what the others would think. All she wanted to do was hold him tight. Feeling his warm body against hers made her sure that he was real and not a figment of her imagination.

Despite all the people watching them, Hiram bent down to kiss her deeply again and again. "I promise it won't happen again. I promise. See, I'm standing right in front of you, safe and sound, " he said between the kisses.

"Are you alright, Carl?" Rachel asked, finally detaching herself from Hiram and wiping off her tears. She wondered whether Carl was injured.

Carl was being held up by two of the others. One of his ankles was injured and cut up in many places. He shook his head and said to Rachel, "I'm fine. I'm fine. Don't worry, Rachel. I'm sorry for making you worry about me."

Daniel coughed, taking his eyes away from the scene in front of him. He spotted the cars that were approaching and shouted at everybody there, "Come on. Let's get into the cars. It's going to rain again!"