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Chapter 39
Guess whose name he called out before he died?
She understood Sophie’s lip reading!
Blood rushed to her head as she lost control, running toward Sophie.
“It was you!” Rachel charged through the crowd, her knuckles connecting with Sophie’s cheekbone with a
dull thud.
Sophie had been facing away and turned too late, taking the full force of the punch. She stumbled backward onto a cushion, tears streaming down her face. “Sister, what are you saying?”
The hallway fell deadly silent.
Joanne was beside Sophie, startled by Rachel’s appearance. Her face paled as she tried to reach for Rachel’s hand to ask what was wrong, but seeing Sophie tearfully sitting on the ground, she immediately rushed to help her up instead.
Like a mother hen protecting her chick, Joanne shielded Sophie behind her, glaring coldly at Rachel. “What’s wrong with you?”
Rachel felt the metallic taste of blood rise in her throat. Her whole body trembled, even her eyelashes shaking uncontrollably.
She stared at Sophie like she was looking at a dead person, asking word by word: “Grandpa was murdered by you, wasn’t he?”
“No… ah!”
Before Sophie could finish, Rachel’s hands were around her throat.
Rachel’s grip was so tight it could have snapped Sophie’s neck. Sophie felt the air in her chest diminishing, her eyes rolling back involuntarily.
Rachel… she really intended to strangle her!
For the first time, Sophie felt genuine fear.
“No… help me, Jet… let go…”
She clawed desperately at Rachel’s hands, trying to pry them off, but it was futile.
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“Rachel, let go!” Joanne tried to pull Rachel’s hands away, but she was completely beyond reason, her grip unrelenting.
Just as Sophie was about to pass out completely, Arthur suddenly arrived.
He’d been consulting with doctors about the situation and returned to find Rachel having another
breakdown!
“Let go!”
His defined hands gripped Rachel’s wrists, twisting sharply until she was forced to release her hold, then he
shoved her aside roughly.
Rachel staggered back against the wall, her forehead hitting the corner with a dull thud.
“What’s wrong with you?” Arthur shielded Sophie behind him, his black obsidian tie clip reflecting Rachel’s pale face. “Grandpa’s body isn’t even cold yet, and you want to commit murder here?”
Rachel slowly straightened against the wall, her violent movements having popped two buttons on her shirt.
She stared at Sophie, protected by them, and suddenly laughed: “Murder? I’m just making her pay for Grandpa’s life!”
Her voice rose at the end, becoming somewhat hoarse.
Sophie lay on the ground coughing violently. When Rachel had finally released her grip, the rush of air back into her lungs gave her a feeling of rebirth.
“Arthur…” she looked up, the strangulation marks on her neck clearly visible like a twisted centipede. “I’m
fine, don’t blame sister…”
Her voice was weak and breathless, making Arthur’s heart ache.
“She killed Grandpa! And you’re still protecting her?”
“Where’s your evidence?” Arthur glanced at her coldly.
Evidence…
Yes, she had no evidence.
Her so-called “evidence” was just something Sophie had mouthed to her when they were alone.
No one would believe it.
Seeing her silence, Arthur sneered. “Keep your baseless accusations to yourself. I don’t want to send you to
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prison twice.”
Rachel’s whole body shuddered, then she asked, “If I find evidence, will you send Sophie to prison?”
She looked into Arthur’s eyes, trying to find an answer in them, but Arthur just avoided her gaze and replied:
“You’re tired. You should go rest.”
“I’m asking you-if I find evidence, will you send the real killer to prison!”
Rachel asked him again.
She desperately wanted to know the answer.
Even with tears spinning wildly in her eyes, she kept her head up looking at him, not letting a single tear fall.
After a long moment, Arthur finally gave her his answer:
How long are you going to keep this up? Sophie feels bad about killing even an ant-how could she do something so heinous? Don’t force me to take action against you!”
Rachel suddenly felt all her strength drain away, her body involuntarily falling backward.
But the expected pain didn’t come-she fell into warm arms.
A mocking voice sounded in her ear, not loud but extremely commanding.
How is it that every time I step away, your son wants to send your daughter to prison again?”
t was Nicolas.
He was addressing Joanne.
oanne’s face immediately turned ashen.
He was saying she was a poor parent with no control, making the family a laughingstock!
Lawyer Leroiz makes a good point-everything requires evidence. Rachel, you were indeed too impulsive,” Nicolas said softly in Rachel’s ear.
But then his tone shifted. “However, Lawyer Leroix just threatened to send his own sister to prison without evidence either. Isn’t that unprofessional?”
Arthur was stunned.
His earlier words were just meant to scare Rachel-he’d never actually considered sending her to prison.
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“Lawyer Leroix is famously ‘righteous’ in the industry. You should be more careful with your words in the future, so people can’t use them against you.”
Nicolas didn’t want to get further entangled with them. After saying this, he looked thoughtfully at Sophie.
Sophie felt panicked under his gaze.
What did that look mean?
‘Matt, help Miss Leroix.”
Matt immediately helped Rachel up from Nicolas’s arms and began walking toward the exit.
Rachel’s body was stiff after such emotional extremes, her bodily functions struggling to keep up.
After Matt helped her walk a few steps, she suddenly stopped and turned back, looking deeply at the group
of them.
You’ll get what’s coming to you.”
She squeezed these words through gritted teeth, the metallic sweetness finally spilling over her lips.
After Rachel’s figure completely disappeared, Sophie suddenly broke free from Joanne’s embrace, sat on the
round holding her head and sobbing, her nails digging deep into her palms.
‘Don’t be afraid, Sophie. Rachel’s gone-she won’t have another breakdown.”
oanne thought she was scared of Rachel and quickly comforted her.
But Sophie just shook her head. After crying for a long time, she finally spoke:
‘I just saw sister’s condition and thought of myself back then… When my father, who I depended on, died, I
was so helpless, I wanted to break down like sister, but I didn’t have the right to break down. I had to bear
all the pain and exhaustion alone… I really envy sister.”
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