One Night Bride: Master Blackwood's Substitute Wife-Chapter 800: The Scapegoat’s Path

The voice of a young officer rang in his ears, and he immediately looked up but found it was just a middle-aged woman he didn’t recognize.

Though he didn’t know her, her expression was strange, as if she was investigating something.

"Go and ask."

Frank Spence tilted his chin, and the young officer immediately ran over, "Hello, is there anything I can help you with?"

Mrs. Xie’s nervous expression became even more uneasy when she saw the officer in uniform.

"Ah, I... I’m fine..."

Though she said she was fine, her expression was clearly flustered.

Frank Spence walked over, "Are you looking for someone?"

Mrs. Xie had been following Ivy Kensington’s case recently, and as soon as she saw Frank Spence, she knew he was the main person in charge of the case.

She opened her mouth, finally seeming to make a decision, and said, "I... I just want to see Ivy Kensington..."

Ivy Kensington?

Frank Spence squinted his eyes, "What’s your relationship with her?"

"I’m her brother’s adoptive mother,"

Mrs. Xie said truthfully.

Hearing this, Frank Spence nodded, "Then wait here, she’ll be out soon."

Not long after, Ivy Kensington, under the watch of an officer, stepped out from the cemetery entrance.

"Ivy!"

Mrs. Xie’s eyes were sharp, seeing Ivy Kensington immediately, she quickly waved to her and the next second, ran towards her.

Ivy Kensington’s face, like dead ashes, flickered for a moment the instant she saw Mrs. Xie.

This slight reaction, falling into Frank Spence’s line of sight, he squinted his eyes unimpressed.

Logically speaking, it was just her brother’s adoptive mother; meeting her shouldn’t provoke such a strong response amidst this grief...

Frank Spence stayed silent, continuing to watch.

Mrs. Xie hurried over and grasped Ivy Kensington’s arm, choking a little as she whispered, "I’m sorry, it’s Auntie’s fault, but Auntie had no choice. Leo will be bedridden for life, and your Uncle Xie’s condition isn’t good either, probably not much time left..."

"I’m suffering too, wanting to confess the crime, but... but thinking about those two, I can’t bring myself to! If it were just me living, I’d gladly spend my life in prison, but Leo is my child, even though he’s adopted, after so many years, I’ve long seen him as my son, I can’t let him be on his own, if I go to prison, who would take care of him? No one would want to take care of a vegetative person for a lifetime!"

Mrs. Xie leaned on Ivy Kensington’s shoulder, unable to stop crying.

"Child, I’m sorry, forgive my selfishness..."

Her voice was only audible to Ivy Kensington, who closed her eyes tightly, and upon opening them, was left only with numbness and coldness.

She knew, the moment she erased her fingerprints from the knife handle for Mrs. Xie, there was no turning back.

This road of bearing the blame, she could only grit her teeth and continue.

But she was a mother too, if she went in, what would happen to her Ginny, Cody, and little one...

Pain started to pierce Ivy Kensington’s heart, and under the massive emotional upheaval, she finally couldn’t hold on anymore, and fainted.

"Ivy!"

"Ivy!"

The last sound she heard was everyone calling her name.

"Ivy Kensington."

Suddenly, another voice came through, magnetic, deep and slightly hoarse.

It was Sebastian Blackwood.

Ivy Kensington’s soul seemed to tremble for a moment, she saw herself climbing out of bed, disregarding everything, following the voice.

"Sebastian Blackwood! Sebastian Blackwood! It’s you, isn’t it!"