After a pause, David continues, "Mr. Daniel shot himself...."
"What?" Lily is so shocked that she almost loses her voice.
Her mouth trembles, and it takes her a long time to ask again, "Why did he shoot himself? Did ... did he die?"
"Mr. Daniel lost control, so Officer Lou scolded him. Officer Lou stressed that he's Mr. Daniel's father. He gave Daniel a good life, so he would not allow Daniel to fight against him and his wife for a woman."
"Mr. Smith was with Mr. Daniel at that time. Mr. Smith rushed to him in time, so the bullet missed...."
David couldn't continue to describe the scene. "So, we've sent Mr. Daniel to the hospital. The doctor said it depends on himself if he could wake up."
Lily is astonished for a while.
"He's unconscious. What about Chandler?" Lily asks in a trembling voice, "He's still waiting for Stella and Daniel. What should I say to him?"
"This...." David could only sigh.
He tries to comfort Lily, "Keep it as secret for some time. Mr. Justin has brought his best friend over. They will be fine."
"Right, Justin has many friends. He must have a way." Lily calms down.
There are people taking care of Stella and Daniel. She doesn't need to worry about them.
She needs to deal with other things.
Lily asks David calmly, "Did your boss tell you this, or...?"
"Kay told me," David replies, "He went there before Mr. Daniel, and he is still there."
"Let him investigate and find where Mrs. Lou and Sophia are."
David knows what Lily is going to do. He hesitates. "Ms. Lily, you'd better stay out of this. You know Mrs. Lou plays dirty. She might aim at you."
Lily retorts, "Then what do you want me to do? Just wait and see Sophia give birth and Mrs. Lou get satisfied?"
"Ms. Lily, you're not afraid of her?"
"I am. But this is not helping." Lily says gloomily, "If I don't do it now, Mrs. Lou and Mr. Scott might work together to aim at me one day. To help Stella is to help myself."
David still wants to stop her. "I think you should leave it to Mr. Smith...."
"No, I'll do it myself!" Lily interrupts him. She doesn't want to hear Louis’ name.
"I'm busy. Let me know after you find where Mrs. Lou is."
Before David could say anything, she hangs up the phone.
...
Three days later, Lily receives a message from David: Mrs. Lou puts Sophia at the Lou's.
Lily can't get in touch with Coffey, so she calls Kay.
She asks Kay if he has any good friends in the country, who are good at fighting. Kay gives her many numbers. Lily calls them and asks them to keep an eye on the Lou's and Mrs. Lou 24 hours a day.
After finding out about Mrs. Lou's daily routine, Lily has someone break into the Lou's and bring Sophia to the car when Mrs. Lou goes to the beauty salon.
"You, what are you doing?" Sophia is thrown into the car and begins to struggle. "How dare you break into the house? My mom will...."
Her face is so small that Lily could easily grab it with one hand.
Lily looks at Sophia's exquisite face and feels her tender skin. It seems that Sophia is in her early twenties.
She's so beautiful, tender, and energetic.
"You haven't married Daniel, but you're calling Mrs. Lou mom?" Lily gives Sophia's belly an icy glare.
Sophia notices it and curls up on the seat.
She wants to slap Lily's hand away.
However, Lily tightens her grip, making Sophia to frown in pain.
"You stole Stella's husband and got pregnant in such a despicable way. Are you proud of it?" Lily asks, "If Daniel finds out you're pregnant, he'll shoot you."
"Yes!"
They go back to the operating room.
Mrs. Lou sees it and walks faster. She is almost rushing to the operating room.
But Lily stops her.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" Mrs. Lou scolds Lily, "How dare you kidnap my daughter-in-law? You even brought her here for an abortion! You're crazy!"
"Your daughter-in-law?" Lily smiles and looks at Mrs. Lou. "Did Daniel agree? Mrs. Lou, your son is unconscious in the hospital in Country SL. And that's all your fault!"
Mrs. Lou is very worried about Sophia in the operating room, so she pushes Lily. "Get out of the way!"
But Lily grabs her hand and pushes her away instead.
Mrs. Lou staggers and almost falls. Her face darkens terribly. "Lily, what's wrong with you? You want to fight me?"
"Mrs. Lou, I'm not a pushover." Lily looks at her coldly. "I brought Sophia here, and I'm not afraid of you!"
"Damn! Damn it!" Mrs. Lou is choked on Lily's words and trembles from head to toe.
Suddenly, Sophia's screams come from the operating room.
Mrs. Lou is getting more anxious. She throws away her bag and pounces towards Lily to fight with her.
They pull each other's hair in a sort of cat fight.
Suddenly, Lily feels someone grabbing her and pulling her back.
She staggers back and smells a familiar scent. Then, she finds it is Louis.
The man who follows Louis also pulls Mrs. Lou away.
Before Lily could figure out what is going on, she sees two men kicking the door of the operating room, as if they are about to get in.
"No!" Lily screams and says to Louis, "Stop your men. Sophia is in there. Just wait for a few more minutes."
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