CHAPTER 64: CHAPTER 64: SOPHIE WAKES UP AND TELLS ALL—THE TRUTH REVEALED?

Damien Lancaster seemed to hear someone calling him.

The voice sounded like a child’s.

He turned around but saw no one.

Damien hesitated for a moment, could it have been a mistake?

Nathan covered Leo’s mouth, pulling him into the crowd to hide.

Leo’s little face was full of anger, pushing Nathan’s hand away, "Brother, don’t stop me, I need to ask him, is he blind? Why does he always protect that wicked woman who hurts Mommy, she’s ugly and awful, what’s so good about her."

Nathan calmly looked at Leo, "I know you’re angry, I’m angry too, but doing that won’t solve anything and will just cause more trouble for Mommy, calm down first."

Leo couldn’t calm down at all, clenching his small fists, tilting his head forward like an angry Jerry.

Nathan watched him, standing by without stopping him, just seriously saying, "If you want to be taken away by the bad Daddy and make Mommy sad, then go ahead."

Hearing these words, Leo froze as if he was paused, wilting down to huddle in the corner.

Nathan squatted in front of Leo, raising his small hand to pat his shoulder, "Okay, come back with me, Mommy and Uncle Noah will figure something out."

"So now we do nothing? Just watch that wicked woman be arrogant?"

"She won’t be for long."

"Really?"

"Mm." Nathan answered confidently.

It took quite some time to persuade Leo to come back.

In Rachel Shaw’s hospital room, Rachel’s fainting was just an act, and as soon as Damien walked away, she called the Shaw Family.

Two out of the three people were caught, and faced with police interrogation, she feared they’d give her up, she had to find a way to deal with them immediately, or she’d be doomed.

Sophie only woke up the next morning, and when she did, Ivy Summers, Ella Morgan, Nathan, and Leo were all by her side.

Seeing familiar faces, Sophie began to sob quietly.

Ivy Summers, who had fallen asleep beside Sophie’s hospital bed, heard her gentle sobbing and immediately raised her head to see Sophie crying softly.

Ivy immediately stood up, bending over to look at Sophie, "Sophie, you’re awake, what’s wrong? Is your wound hurting? Don’t cry, Mommy’s here..."

Seeing Sophie cry, Ivy felt a pang of heartbreak.

Ella, Nathan, and Leo also rose at the sound, gathering around Sophie.

"Sophie."

"Sister."

"Mommy, brother, Godmother..." Sophie sobbed, tears of grievance and fear falling continuously.

Ivy quickly responded to her, "Sophie, Mommy is here."

"Mommy, Sophie... Sophie thought she’d never see Mommy again."

Hearing this, Ivy’s heart broke even more.

Sophie cried very sorrowfully.

Ivy moved forward and gently hugged Sophie, "Silly child, how could that be, it will never happen, it’s all over now, Sophie will get better, and no one will hurt Sophie again."

Ella called the doctor in, who quickly came forward to check on Sophie.

Ivy, worried Sophie might be scared, stood by holding her small hand tightly.

Sophie sobbed, but she didn’t resist the examination, obediently cooperating with the doctor, who couldn’t help but praise her.

"Doctor, how’s my child?"

The doctor said, "Don’t worry, now that she’s awake there’s nothing major, just stay a few more days for observation."

Hearing this, Ivy finally felt relieved.

Sophie lay on the hospital bed, watching everyone cry for her.

She raised her chubby little hand, touched her cheek, trying to be the brave one who doesn’t cry, but found the bandaged wound on her forehead.

It hurt so much.

Really wanted to cry.

Sophie wiped away her tears, but they kept coming.

She wiped her tears again, touching the wound on her forehead.

Very painful.

Really wanted to cry again.

Repeated a few times, Sophie cried even louder.

It hurts so much, waaah...

"Sister, does it hurt a lot, let brother blow on it for you."

Leo climbed onto Sophie’s hospital bed, blowing on her forehead.

Sophie cried with tears streaming down, a crystal pendant hanging from her nose, saying, "It doesn’t hurt, really doesn’t hurt..."

Nathan took a candy from his pocket, unwrapped it and put it in Sophie’s mouth, "Sophie, don’t cry, eat the sweet candy, and it won’t hurt anymore."

Sophie held the candy in her mouth, her little brows furrowed, tears still falling.

In the past when Sophie cried, giving her candy made it better.

Nathan saw Sophie still crying despite the candy and got even more anxious.

After eating the candy for a while, Sophie looked at Nathan’s hand.

"Is there more?"

Nathan was stunned, then dug in his pockets forcefully, finally stuffing all the candies he had into Sophie’s hand.

Sophie blinked her eyes.

Nathan turned his pockets inside out, almost taking off his pants to shake them out.

"Really no more."

Eating the candy, Sophie smiled with her small mouth, "Thank you, brother."

Holding a handful of candies, Sophie peeled one open and handed it to Nathan, then another for Leo, followed by Ivy Summers, and finally Ella Morgan.

Still sniffling, Sophie said sensibly, "After eating the sweet candies, we won’t cry anymore."

Ivy Summers looked at Sophie, her cheeks puffed up, a small smile on her face. Her eyes stung, and she took a deep breath to hold back her tears before hugging Sophie again, "Alright, nobody’s crying anymore, our Sophie will get better."

"Then Mommy, smile."

Ivy Summers forced a smile, but with so many unresolved issues and Sophie having just come out of danger, her smile was somewhat strained.

Though Sophie seemed joyful eating the candy, her wound still hurt a lot.

...

The best swimmer among the three kidnappers got away, but with the other two captured, there’s no fear of not catching the real culprit.

Now the police are interrogating them, and upon hearing that Sophie has awoken, two officers came to investigate.

The investigation required asking about the scene at the time. The police worried the child would be scared, but to their surprise, Sophie wasn’t frightened. Her big eyes blinked at the officers, cooperating earnestly and recalling the event.

Ivy Summers stood aside, watching Sophie with concern.

When asked if Sophie heard or saw anything during the kidnapping.

Sophie suddenly said, "Sophie heard something."

The police immediately picked up a notebook, "What did Sophie hear?"

"Sophie..."

Sophie seemed to be lost in thought.

"Sophie, what did you hear?"

Now, what Sophie had to say was crucial to the police.

Sophie touched her head, "I can’t remember, I was so dizzy at that time, I couldn’t open my eyes. It seemed like a very familiar voice, but I just can’t recall who it was."

Sophie’s eyes innocently looked at the police and Ivy Summers, with some apology.

"It’s okay, Sophie can think about it carefully. This information is very important to us. If you remember, please be sure to tell us."

"Mm-hmm." Sophie nodded.

The police didn’t get any useful information, but Sophie had just woken up, and it wasn’t good to question her for too long, so the police had to leave first.

Ivy Summers escorted the police to the doorway of the hospital room. Just as the police left, she saw someone approaching from afar.

Damien Lancaster.

Ivy Summers’ face turned cold.

Damien Lancaster’s voice was low, "You’re really concerned about this child."

Ivy Summers wasn’t afraid of him and retorted, "Aren’t you too? Moreover, if she got hurt because of what I suspected, don’t you think I should be more concerned?"

Damien Lancaster didn’t argue with her.

He walked inside straight away, and Ivy didn’t stop him. Now it was just her and Sophie, as Ella Morgan took Nathan and Leo home.

Sophie had just cooperated with the police and was rewarded with two candies, seemly enjoying them happily when Damien Lancaster came in.

Sophie seemed to see her biggest enemy; her previously joyful chubby face instantly stopped smiling.

Because Sophie overheard her mommy talking with her godmother that a bad woman wanted to harm her, and the bad daddy was still protecting that bad woman.

To think Sophie previously thought the bad daddy was a good person.

Now Sophie withdrew her assessment of him.

He’s a bad person.

An absolute villain.

A child’s thoughts are simple: anyone Mommy doesn’t like is an absolute villain.

He also threw Mommy into the sea.

He’s the absolute, absolute, absolute, absolute villain!

Sophie pulled up the blanket to cover herself, refusing to see Damien Lancaster.

"Go away, Sophie doesn’t want to see you."

Sophie’s angry voice floated out from under the blanket.

Damien Lancaster suddenly felt a pang of discomfort in his heart, "Why doesn’t Sophie want to see me?"

Hiding under the blanket, Sophie had a look of surprise that he actually had the nerve to ask that.

"Go away! Even though you saved Sophie, you hurt Auntie and protected the bad Auntie. Sophie never wants to see you again."

Hearing Sophie say she never wanted to see him again.

Damien Lancaster felt even more pained in his heart.

Obviously, this was just a child he accidentally encountered and took home, having nothing to do with him, yet her attitude at this moment made him feel very downcast.

Damien Lancaster didn’t know why he felt this way.

But quickly, he classified this feeling as having once considered her his own child.

"You should leave; Sophie doesn’t want to see you. Sophie just woke up this morning, and the doctor said she needs quiet rest."

Damien Lancaster had brought Sophie her favorite candies, raised his hand to put them aside, pressed his lips together, cast his gaze down, and walked out without a word, looking somewhat like a pitiful person despised by his own child.

In those years in Yrador, the children often asked her what kind of person Damien Lancaster was. Although Damien Lancaster treated her poorly, she never spoke ill of him in front of the children, so the three kids still held a sliver of fantasy about this father.

That’s all done now.

Damien Lancaster ruined it all by himself.

Ivy Summers shook her head.

Silently said two words in her heart:

You deserve it.

...

In the afternoon, Ivy Summers suddenly received a call from the police.

The police explained the situation to Ivy Summers, causing her to stand up anxiously, "Did you find out?"