As soon as Mr. Edward received the call from Maurice, he rushed to the hospital. Then he was surrounded by a group of news reporters at the entrance.
“Excuse me, Mr. Edward. How’s Chapman Lewis doing now? Is his life in danger?”
“Mr. Edward, if Mr. Lewis would be paralyzed in bed because of the stroke, would he serve a sentence out of prison?”
“Can we go in and take a look at Mr. Lewis?”
“What are your opinions on the ten-year sentence that Mr. Chapman Lewis has received?”
So on and so forth.
Everyone was questioning him. To protect Mr. Edward, Maurice was pushed in the middle of the crowd by them.
Beside them, the onlookers and common people were still yelling with dissatisfaction on their faces, “You are a famous attorney. You should take the side of the law and punish those bad people. You can’t let him at large!”
“He knows the law but breaks it. How many innocent people have been killed by him? How many wrongful convictions has he done? We can’t bear it and we’ll never forgive him!”
“He’d better die in the hospital, so he wouldn’t continue harming others after coming out from the jail.”
The scene was quite chaotic. Although Mr. Edward was calm enough, he still needed to pacify people in the crowd one after another.
Even the security guards of the hospital rushed over to maintain the order. However, some people who had lost their minds because of anger still managed to break into the hospital in the chaos.
Chapman was truly involved in corruption and accepting bribes when he was in service. He indeed had done something awful, so a lot of people had been offended. Those people always found it difficult to meet him in person. Now they thanked God for providing them with such an opportunity.
At the same time, the driver of the Shawn family also drove the car to the hospital. It took them a while to get the exact location.
Sitting in the car, Krista caught a glimpse of the chaotic scene and the reporters and cameramen with TV logos. She was taken aback, but she didn’t get off immediately.
“What’s going on?”
Sabrina had also seen the scene. However, besides feeling surprised, she couldn’t help clapping hands and cheering inwardly. She had planned to do such a thing, and unexpectedly someone else moved faster than she could.
“Obviously, they’ve known that Mr. Lewis is in this hospital. They all came here for the headlines.”
Sure enough, the street rat was always the public enemy. Once her identity was exposed, Rachel could never get rid of the reputation as the daughter of a corrupted official. At the thought of it, Sabrina wondered how could Rachel compete with her after Rachel’s reputation was ruined.
Krista’s expression immediately changed. “It can’t keep on like this. I’ll never let those reporters go into the hospital.”
As soon as she finished her words, she immediately said to the driver, “Mason, call the police, reporting the violence of hospital.”
Upon Hearing it, Sabrina was startled. She couldn’t remain smiling any longer. With a stiffened face, she asked, “Aunt Krista, what are you doing...”
Didn’t she hate that woman a lot? Why was she helping her?
The driver answered and pulled his phone to make a call immediately.
Krista gazed at the scene outside the window, her eyes flashed with anxiety. She said gloomily, “Rachel Lewis is still there. If those reporters exposed her and found out about the three-year marriage between her and Ken, how could Ken maintain his reputation in the business world? Our Shawn family would be humiliated as well.”
Although she hated that woman, Krista still maintained her reason. She couldn’t let it negatively impact the Shawn family. If that marriage would be exposed finally, it should be after her son had remarried. Until then, there shouldn’t be so many people noticing it.
Sabrina choked. In an instant, she felt so upset as if she had swallowed a fly. She had thought this old woman would directly rush into the hospital and find Rachel. She had never expected that Krista would have so many concerns.
‘What a waste of my energy!’ thought Sabrina to herself.
She didn’t care if the Shawn family would be humiliated or not. She just wanted that woman’s reputation to be ruined right now, making this old woman hate that woman to the core. Then, Kenneth would completely give up on that woman and cut off his thoughts.
Krista answered nasally. Wearing the sunglasses, she voided the crowd and walked from the side door.
Maurice, who was protecting Mr. Edward and surrounded by the crowd, caught a glimpse of those two women in the corner of his eyes. He recognized Sabrina at a glance, and his expression changed instantly.
“Excuse me, Mr. Edward. Please be careful. I have to deal with something,” said Maurice. Pushing a security guard in front of Mr. Edward, Maurice squeezed out from the crowd. As he walked, he pulled out the phone and made a call.
“Hello, Mr. Shawn. Your mother and Miss Torres are going into the hospital now.”
...
Meanwhile, Rachel, Theresa, and Lillian were still waiting for the news in the ward, wondering how things were going at the entrance of the hospital.
Lillian couldn’t wait any longer. She said, “How about I go out and have a look? After all, nobody knows me.”
Rachel looked over at her. Before she uttered a word, the door was smashed open from the outside.
“Bang!”
It was like an earthquake. The whole room shook.
The three women were startled at the same time. Rachel was the first one coming back to her senses. She immediately stood up and walked in front of Lillian and Theresa. With an alert, she looked at the three strong young men who suddenly showed up at the door.
“You... Who are you? What are you doing?”
The men took a glance at the women, and then looked at Chapman, who was lying on the bed unconsciously. And if they had confirmed something, they said, “That’s him.”
Rachel’s eyes instantly widened, blood draining from her face. She rushed to the bedside quickly to block their gaze and snapped, “Do you know you are in a hospital? If you dare to do anything, think about the consequences. The police could be here instantly.”
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