In Love, Never Say Never (Ashton Fuller and Scarlett Stovall) novel Chapter 334

Rebecca’s eyes darted around agitatedly. “Aunt Sally was there, she witnessed it too. She can testify for me.”

Nervous, her fingers quickly dialed Sally’s number. Then, a phone rang immediately from the corridor outside.

It turned out that Sally had already been in the hospital since earlier, but was sat in the lobby waiting. She paced towards them after receiving Rebecca’s call.

A frown creased on Sally’s face as she looked at everyone inside the ward.

Seeing this, Rebecca burned a bright red and called out emotionally, “Aunt Sally! Tell these policemen that Scarlett stabbed me. She was going to kill me, you saw it too! Tell the policemen what you saw, okay?”

Sally’s attention turned towards Ashton. His features dulled. Although his gaze was intense, there were no emotions on his face.

Sally struck a sideways glance at me. Her eyebrows knitted together as she uttered a simple response, “I was in the bedroom at the time. I don’t know what exactly transpired, but when I came out, Ashton had already carried you up to the ambulance.”

Shock stuck like lightning onto Rebecca’s face. “Aunt Sally! You definitely saw the whole thing, why aren’t you telling them?”

The police shuffled uncomfortably. Their ears turned slightly red from being in an awkward situation. They were clueless as to what was going on, nor did they know what to do next.

Rebecca tugged at Ashton’s arm, her teary eyes pierced like nails onto him. “Ash, you saw it! You witnessed it with your own eyes. Tell them that Scarlett was trying to murder me, you have to tell them!”

But Ashton said nothing. His lips remained shut whilst his ominous eyes stared at me, they darkened to a chilling pitch-black.

When Ashton didn’t respond, a thick smog of awkwardness spread throughout the ward. It especially bothered the two policemen who said nothing out of respect for the famous figures in the room.

After a long pause, one of the policemen turned to me and said, “Miss. Come with us so we can record your statement. We’ll need to investigate more into the matter before determining the best course of action.”

I nodded. Standing in front of me, Mrs. Eriksen darted frantically to stop the policemen. “You can’t take Madam away without a shred of evidence. How can you solve the case by just relying on her testimony? Is this how you handle things?”

A touched sigh escaped my lips. Mrs. Eriksen was only worried that I would end up with a criminal record, that this tainted record would affect my life negatively.

I assured her that everything was fine, saying that I would just be giving a simple statement.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be okay.” I reminded her one last time before exiting the ward. There’s no escaping this. I knew this from the very moment I plunged that knife into Rebecca.

As my foot stepped across the ward’s threshold, Ashton finally spoke up. “It wasn’t her!”