CHAPTER 79: CHAPTER 79: THE TRUTH AND RACHEL SHAW’S LIES

The police stopped him, and he watched as Ivy Summers slowly walked away.

As Ivy Summers left the hospital, a car stopped in front of her. A man, full of hostility, got out of the car and saw Ivy looking like a ghost.

His arm muscles tensed, and he clenched his fist, ready to walk into the hospital.

Ivy’s face showed no emotion as she pulled him back, "Let’s go home first, I’m tired."

The man glanced at her, then gave in and took her back.

Back at the hotel, Ivy was afraid to scare Nathan and Leo with her appearance, so she didn’t go to their room but returned to her own.

On the sofa, she sat quietly for a while, enduring great discomfort in her heart, but tears just wouldn’t fall.

Reaching out to touch her phone, Ivy suddenly remembered she lost it at the Ferris wheel.

There were important things on the phone, especially that recording.

Ivy was not willing to accept what happened tonight; being falsely accused felt terrible.

Closing her eyes, Ivy tried to recall when her phone might have fallen. She didn’t remember seeing the phone drop out of the capsule.

Thinking it through, maybe the phone was still in the capsule. Ivy got up and went back to look for it.

Damien Lancaster was brought back by the police, but he was released shortly after. Such matters couldn’t harm him at all.

As Damien walked out of the police station, his dark expression was intimidating enough that Julian Jacobs didn’t dare to look at him, silently following behind instead.

"Did you find out anything from what I asked you to investigate?" Damien suddenly stopped to ask.

Julian, nervous and apprehensive, stepped forward, "There was a surveillance camera nearby, but it was broken, so we didn’t find anything. But sir, someone who went along tonight said they saw Miss Shaw forcibly pull Miss Summers into the Ferris wheel."

"Ivy didn’t go up on her own?"

"No, it was Miss Shaw who pulled Miss Summers up."

Damien remained silent for a moment, as if he had thought of something, "To the hospital."

Julian thought that, after Ivy got Damien into the police station, Damien would first think of settling scores with Ivy. Unexpectedly, he was going to the hospital to find Rachel Shaw.

Julian said, "Sir, it’s very late now."

"We’ll go anyway."

He had to get to the bottom of tonight’s incident.

"Yes, sir."

At the hospital.

Rachel Shaw hadn’t slept yet. Phillip Shaw had gone back first, and Penelope Page stayed to accompany her.

Seeing Damien come in, Rachel’s face stiffened slightly before reacting and sitting up straight, "Damien, why are you back? Where’s Ivy, is she okay?"

Damien’s eyes harbored a hint of anger, "I have something to ask you."

Rachel noticed the emotion in Damien’s eyes, and she was a bit flustered, but didn’t show it, "What’s the matter? Is it about what happened tonight?"

"Yes."

Rachel lifted her bright eyes and said, "Damien, tonight’s incident was too scary, I don’t want to talk about it anymore."

"You must talk." Damien’s tone was firm.

Penelope advised, "Damien, Rachel just got injured, let her rest first."

"We’ll rest after this is spoken of."

Damien’s dark eyes looked straight at her, the intense pressure making Rachel swallow nervously, "Mom, why don’t you go out for a bit, I’ll talk to Damien."

Only Damien and Rachel were left in the ward.

Rachel lightly pressed her lips, "Damien, have a seat."

"What exactly happened tonight, did Ivy Summers really push you?"

Rachel’s hand, placed on the thin quilt, anxiously clutched it tighter, looking at Damien in confusion, "Damien, why are you asking like that? Of course she did, otherwise how could I have fallen out of the capsule."

"My people saw you dragging Ivy Summers into the capsule."

Rachel’s body stiffened even more, and she explained, "That’s because there were some things I wanted to ask Ivy privately."

"You had to go on the Ferris wheel to ask?"

Rachel knew that Damien’s questioning suggested doubt.

She bit her lip, her eyes turning red, "Damien, are you doubting me? You know, I was in a bad mood at the time, I..."

"Ivy Summers’ injuries were caused by a violent impact, you two got into a fight." Damien didn’t want to see her crying, he said directly.

Rachel admitted, "Yes, she wanted to push me off, I had to fight back, so we got into a fight."

"Tell me the details."

It seemed Damien had no intention of letting her off tonight.

His attitude scared Rachel.

After a brief silence, Rachel wiped her tears and started recounting what happened on the Ferris wheel.

Of course, it was all lies.

She blamed everything on Ivy Summers.

She described how Ivy doubted her, how she bore a grudge against her because of Sophie, and finally how they fought, and how she desperately resisted.

But Damien immediately identified the problem.

"Rachel Shaw, are you joking with me?"

"Huh?" Rachel didn’t know where she went wrong.

"You said Ivy Summers bore a grudge against you because of Sophie, so she wanted to kill you? Do you think she would commit murder for a child she just met a few days ago? Does that even make sense?"

"That’s because..."

Rachel paused, biting her lip.

She couldn’t reveal that Sophie was Ivy Summers’ daughter.

"Because of what?" Damien narrowed his eyes.

"Because..."

Rachel couldn’t say it, "Because she still hates me, Damien, she hates me for taking you away."

"Rachel Shaw, you’re lying."

Damien didn’t believe that Ivy Summers would commit murder for a child unrelated to her.

Just like he didn’t believe Rachel Shaw would harm a child unrelated to her.

Of course, he also knew Ivy’s attitude towards him now; she wanted a divorce, how could she try to kill Rachel Shaw for him?

Rachel’s tears fell, "Damien, don’t you believe me?"

"Your words make it hard for me to believe you."

"But that’s how it is, you forgot how she hung me up and bullied me? She hates me, is there anything she wouldn’t do?"

Rachel seemed to be in great pain from Damien’s disbelief, "Damien, why don’t you trust me, you know I never lie."

Damien wasn’t buying it from her now.

"Her arm was injured, severely dislocated to the point she couldn’t lift a hand even in danger, and on the Ferris wheel, she still desperately held onto you, Rachel Shaw, you tell me, was she trying to kill you?"