Hearing Sophie''s calm response, Bea immediately lost her temper. "Sophie! How dare you tantly lie! There are so many eyes on us. It was clear you pushed her down the stairs! You were jealous she was about to take your ce as Mrs. Burke! How could you have the audacity to say she fell down by herself? Have you no shame?


    "Sophie, you must give me an exnation for today''s incident! Or, I will use all my connections to make sure you end up behind bars!"


    Mr. Briggs, having just witnessed his daughter falling down the stairs and lying in a pool of blood, was extremely emotional. Tricia was worried Mr. Briggs might do something rash to Sophie, and quickly said, "Please, Mr. Briggs, let''s be reasonable! Ms. Sophie was just exining the facts!"


    "Exining the facts? Do you mean to say, my daughter fell down the stairs by herself? Was she not thinking about her life?"


    Mr. Briggs''s emotions were running high, and Officer Derick was also feeling the pressure.


    Meanwhile, Marian sensed something was amiss and sneaked off to secretly call James.


    At that moment, James was in his car. After seeing Marian''s caller ID, he paused for a moment before answering, "Hello?"


    "Sir! You need toe back immediately! Mrs. Burke is in trouble!"


    James clenched his phone, asking instinctively, "What happened to her?"


    "Ms. Nichole fell down the stairs and the child... I''m afraid is gone. She was pushed by... Mrs. Burke!"


    James immediately hung up and said to his driver, Colt, "To the mansion!"


    "But Mr. Burke..."


    "Now!"


    "Yes, sir."


    Colt didn''t waste any time and immediately turned the car around.


    The guests had gathered, all watching the night''s drama unfold. Bea sneered and said, "Everyone in Devonport knows how much Sophie loved my grandson! Now that they are getting a divorce, she naturally doesn''t want to lose her title as Mrs. Burke. So she pushed my future granddaughter-inw down the stairs! Despicable!"


    "I heard that Sophie chased after Mr. Burke. It really might be jealousy that drove her..."


    "I also thought I saw Ms. Sophie pushing her down. Tsk, how ruthless."


    "Who would joke about their own child? I think it was Sophie who pushed her down!"


    "Her family is bankrupt, and now Mr. Burke''s child is gone, and it''s all her fault. The Burke and the Cloude families won''t let her off easily. It seems she is done for!"


    Whispers were rising all around.


    Then, Ricardo''s phone rang. After a moment, he hung up and said gravely, "The child... is gone."


    Hearing that Nichole''s unborn child was gone, Bea stepped back, and nearly fainted.


    Mr. Briggs was overwhelmed. "Murderer! Sophie, you are a murderer!"


    Under pressure, Officer Derick went up to Sophie and asked, "Ms. Sophie, do you have any evidence to prove it wasn''t you?"


    Hearing Officer Derick''s words, Bea immediately retorted, "Officer Derick! What do you mean by that? Are you trying to shield Sophie?"


    "My daughter has now miscarried


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    witnesses, how can you ask such a


    question? Are you implying my daughter is framing Sophie?"


    Mr. Briggs was furious, and so was Bea. Officer Derick, with great difficulty, said, "Both of you must calm down. That''s not what I mean. We need to rify this case. We can''t wrongfully use anyone. If this was a misunderstanding..."


    "Misunderstanding? Sophie killed my great-grandchild! What''s there to misunderstand?" Bea said coldly, "You must arrest this murderer today! She killed my


    great-grandchild and must face justice! I''ll make sure the police


    station will no longer have ce


    a


    moment of peace!"


    "Bea, aren''t you too eager to convict me?" Sophie said with a smile, "I never said I didn''t have evidence."


    When Sophie mentioned she had evidence, Ricardo frowned.


    Bea sneered, "Evidence? What evidence could you possibly have!"


    "Bea, you made such a grand invitation for me to attend the Burke family''s banquet. Of course, I came prepared."


    Bea was slightly confused, "What are you trying to say? What evidence do you have?"


    Sophie took out a voice recorder, which clearly yed a conversation between Nichole and Sophie.


    "Sophie..."


    "I thought I was supposed to meet James. Ms. Rowena, you called me here in James'' name. What exactly do you want to discuss?"


    "Sophie, I know I stole James from you, and you''re unhappy with me. I called you here because I wanted to say..."


    "I wanted to say, go to hell!"


    Nichole''s voice was clear, and herst sentence was particrly chilling.