CHAPTER 144: CHAPTER 144: RACHEL SHAW IS THE MURDERER WHO KILLED SOPHIE

Everyone immediately stepped forward, "How is it, doctor? How is my son?"

The doctor shook his head.

"The situation is not good."

Seraphina Kennedy’s legs went weak, and Zachary Lancaster supported her firmly.

"It was really dangerous. The knife was only a few centimeters away from the heart. If it had been a little more accurate, he would be gone."

"Fortunately, you brought him in relatively quickly. His life is saved, but he’s not out of danger yet. Your family needs to be mentally prepared."

Being mentally prepared means he might die.

Her son was going to die!

Seraphina Kennedy couldn’t hold back and started to cry, "Damien... Damien..."

Zachary Lancaster’s expression froze on his face, completely unprepared for how serious it had become.

Damien Lancaster was quickly taken to the intensive care unit, and when Ivy Summers arrived at the emergency room, there was no one there.

Family members aren’t allowed in the intensive care unit, so The Lancaster Family could only stand outside.

...

Rachel Shaw hurriedly rushed over.

She had been suddenly brought back to the country by Julian Jacobs.

Julian Jacobs didn’t tell her the reason for bringing her back and didn’t show any flaws, so Rachel Shaw still didn’t know that what she had done had already been found out by Damien Lancaster.

After returning, she spent a restless day at home, not getting any word from Damien Lancaster, so she called Seraphina Kennedy to try and gauge the situation, only to learn that Damien Lancaster was in the emergency room.

"Uncle Lancaster, Aunt Lancaster, Grandpa Lancaster, how is Damien? How did he get hurt so badly?"

"It’s all that bitch Ivy Summers, she not only killed my granddaughter but now wants to kill Damien too."

"Ivy Summers?" Rachel Shaw frowned slightly, asking, "Aunt Lancaster, what do you mean killed your granddaughter? What happened?"

Seraphina Kennedy went and grabbed Rachel Shaw’s hand, "Rachel, I should have believed you earlier, Sophie was our Lancaster family’s child, and now she’s... she’s... gone..."

Seraphina Kennedy cried so hard she couldn’t speak, and she didn’t notice the hint of a smile on Rachel Shaw’s lips.

Rachel Shaw comforted Seraphina Kennedy, "Aunt Lancaster, although I don’t know what exactly has happened these days, please don’t be too sad and take care of yourself. How is Damien?"

"The doctor said it’s life-threatening."

Rachel Shaw’s pupils shrank, "What? Life-threatening? How could Ivy Summers... how dare she?"

"That bitch stabbed Damien."

Seraphina Kennedy sobbed breathlessly, and Rachel Shaw was stunned, her heart racing.

So Damien Lancaster could die?

Rachel Shaw felt a wave of discomfort; no matter how Damien Lancaster treated her, she truly had feelings for him.

How could that bitch Ivy Summers dare, how could she dare try to kill Damien Lancaster?

Was she insane?

"So where is Ivy Summers now? Aunt Lancaster, have the police arrested her? This is attempted murder; it must be reported to the police! What are you waiting for?"

As she spoke, Rachel Shaw pulled out her phone, intending to help call the police.

"I’d like to see who dares to try calling the police!" Old Master Lancaster’s voice snapped coldly.

Rachel Shaw paused in fright immediately, "Grandpa Lancaster, Ivy Summers has put Damien in this state, and you’re not planning to call the police to arrest her?"

"This is a Lancaster family matter; it’s not for you to interfere."

Rachel Shaw gritted her teeth, "I am only thinking of the Lancaster family. Grandpa Lancaster, you can’t keep shielding Ivy Summers."

"Speaking of calling the police, when we, The Lancaster Family, sent the child away to the kidnappers without the mother’s permission, were we in the right?" Old Master Lancaster questioned loudly.

Seraphina Kennedy retorted, "It was Ivy Summers who deliberately hid the child’s paternity. If she hadn’t, would we have done it? Would we have been willing to do it?"

Old Master Lancaster was so angered by her words that he clutched his chest, coughing incessantly.

Seeing Old Master Lancaster pale and about to collapse from anger, Seraphina Kennedy dared not continue and called the housekeeper to help Old Master Lancaster back to his room to rest.

"I’m old; I won’t be able to manage you all for much longer, so do as you like." Old Master Lancaster waved his hand, leaving disappointed.

Rachel Shaw bit her lip, "Aunt Lancaster, where is Ivy Summers? She is guilty and should come to atone for her crimes."

"I’m here."

As soon as Rachel Shaw finished speaking, Ivy Summers’s voice came from behind.

Seeing Ivy Summers, Seraphina Kennedy, full of hatred, walked forward, "You have the nerve to come! How dare you come!"

Ivy Summers ignored her, stepped forward, and peered through the window.

Inside, the man who was once high and mighty, domineering and dictatorial, now lay quietly. He was hooked up to numerous tubes, with many instruments around him. Ivy Summers was not a doctor, but she understood one thing, that was the heart monitor.

The monitor’s lines fluctuated weakly, as if they might flatten at any moment.

Zachary Lancaster stood by, watching Ivy Summers’s indifferent face. He felt a surge of anger and spoke, "Your knife was only centimeters from his heart. The doctor said if it had been slightly off, he wouldn’t be in the ICU today; he’d be in the morgue."

Ivy Summers quietly watched, her eyes slightly red, but the words that came out of her mouth were exceptionally cold, "What a pity, it wasn’t in the morgue that I saw him."

Upon hearing this, Zachary Lancaster was even more furious, "I believe with my brother’s abilities, if he didn’t want you to hurt him, you absolutely wouldn’t be able to. He allowed you to hurt him!"

Zachary Lancaster thought Damien Lancaster was truly foolish.

Just standing there, letting her inch by inch stab that knife into his body.

And this woman didn’t show the slightest bit of mercy; if the knife had been any longer, it could have pierced straight through Damien Lancaster’s chest!

"Do you know my brother had already been beaten by Grandpa Lancaster before this? He said he was wrong, he said he failed you, as a man, he didn’t protect you well. Then he went everywhere looking for Sophie, and still investigating the truth. Before he left, he was afraid you’d do something rash, so he had me come to watch over you..."

Ivy Summers’s red eyes looked at Zachary Lancaster, trembling lips asked, "And then? Are you telling me this to prove what? That he realizes his mistakes and can change? Or do you want me to feel sorry for him, regret what I did?"

Zachary Lancaster was angered by Ivy Summers’s words, he gave her a pull, suppressing his voice as he said, "Sister-in-law! My brother almost died, I thought you’d at least care a bit when you came over, but no... heh, I thought too much. You’re truly a heartless woman."

Ivy Summers looked at the people inside, calmly listening to Zachary Lancaster’s words, her expressionless face unruffled.

Truly as if she had no heart.

But upon closer look, you could see her clenched hands trembling slightly, you could see the pain hidden beneath her cool indifference.

Rachel Shaw stepped forward, grabbed Ivy Summers by the shoulder, and delivered a slap to her face.

Ivy Summers had just woken up, her body weak, her reactions dulled, and she’d just lost her focus.

When the slap landed on her face, the numbing pain brought her back to her senses.

Rachel Shaw lifted her head, gritting her teeth, an expression filled with extreme anger, "Ivy Summers, you’ve done so much wrong, harming Sophie and Damien, causing the entire Lancaster Family to drown in pain, and you’re here making sarcastic remarks. This slap is on behalf of the Lancaster Family."

Ivy Summers turned her face, looking at Rachel Shaw, this woman who caused her daughter’s death.

She should fight back, but for some reason, all her strength seemed to have been spent stabbing Damien Lancaster.

At this moment, even her fingers felt numb, lacking the strength to lift her hand.

Rachel Shaw, having recuperated abroad for these few days, was in a good mood, taking care of herself well, the cast on her leg removed, her injuries mostly healed, appeared especially imposing.

Having given Ivy Summers a slap, she felt even more satisfied inside.

The next second, "slap," a firm slap left Rachel Shaw dazed, dizzy and disoriented.

Ella Morgan shook her hand, "It really hurts to hit someone with such thick skin."

"You!" Rachel Shaw raised her head, glaring fiercely at Ella Morgan, "What right do you have to hit me?"

"What right do you have to hit Ivy Summers?"

Rachel Shaw lifted her chin, "Because she deserved it, she caused the deaths of so many, made Uncle and Aunt Lancaster, Grandpa Lancaster all heartbroken, I’m representing the Lancaster Family to teach her a lesson, what’s the problem?"

Ella Morgan truly felt like tearing off Rachel Shaw’s disgusting face.

"Not to mention where you got the word ’caused’ from, talking about representing the Lancaster Family, as if you were part of it, shameless."

"I..." Rachel Shaw opened her mouth, rendered speechless by the retort.

"She is indeed part of the Lancaster Family, she’s my future daughter-in-law, fully qualified to represent the Lancaster Family." Gregory Lancaster spoke.

Rachel Shaw held her breath for a moment, eyes widening as she looked at Gregory Lancaster, "Uncle Lancaster?"

Gregory Lancaster walked to Rachel Shaw’s side, "I now officially announce, Rachel is Damien’s fiancée, and will be his wife in the future."

Rachel Shaw was so excited she forgot to breathe, yet tried to act modest, "Uncle, Damien hasn’t divorced her yet."

"They’re divorced, they got divorced yesterday."

Rachel Shaw, hearing this, was even more delighted, Damien Lancaster and Ivy Summers had actually divorced!

It seems her plan this time was successful, the two of them had truly severed ties completely, and Sophie was dead too. As long as she got rid of Ivy Summers, from now on, she’d have no obstacles.

If it weren’t for the occasion, Rachel Shaw could hardly suppress her smile.

"Dad, this kind of thing should be decided by my brother himself when he wakes up."

"There’s no need, he’s currently in a coma, I’m his father, I made the decision for him." Gregory Lancaster’s gaze shifted to Ivy Summers.

"And you, who caused my Lancaster Family’s child to die, stabbed Damien, we will never let you off."

Rachel Shaw coldly chuckled inwardly.

Ivy Summers, you’re finished.

At this moment, Julian Jacobs came over, hearing these words, as Damien Lancaster’s special assistant, he couldn’t stand by watching this happen, and immediately spoke up, "Miss Shaw can’t become the gentleman’s fiancée, the gentleman would never agree to it."

Rachel Shaw immediately looked at Julian Jacobs, thinking how a mere assistant dared to challenge her, she bit her lip, "Special Assistant Jacobs, you have no place to speak here."

Julian Jacobs wore a cold expression.

If it weren’t for Damien Lancaster being unconscious now, Rachel Shaw wouldn’t have the chance to be prancing around here.

"Miss Shaw, aren’t you aware of what you’ve done? To become the gentleman’s wife, do you think you deserve it?"

Julian Jacobs was angered, his usual adherence to rules giving way to bolder speech.

Rachel Shaw shot back a glare, "What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? Weren’t you curious why the gentleman brought you back from abroad? Did you think it was because of your great behavior overseas? It was because the gentleman found out, you’re the murderer responsible for Miss Sophie’s death."