The old Mrs. Lawson was waiting for Sophia to explain, but she remained silent. After a while, The old Mrs. Lawson said, "Cathy, stand up."
"No, I won't stand up, Grandma. If I go to jail again, who knows when I'll die in there."
The old Mrs. Lawson became angry and said sternly, "Enough, Cathy! Do you think you haven't caused enough trouble? If it weren't for your mistake, Sophia wouldn't have done this."
Cathy was dumbfounded and stared at the old Mrs. Lawson for a long time without reacting.
Impatiently the old Mrs. Lawson asked Drake,"You tell us what happened?"
It was clear that the old Mrs. Lawson believed Sophia and let Drake speak because no one dared interrupt him.
Drake briefly explained what had happened before everyone looked at Cathy in shock.
Cathy had never felt so many terrifying eyes on her before; she couldn't even breathe properly under the pressure.
"Slap!" A slap landed on her face.
Cathy looked incredulously at the old Mrs. Lawson as she held the spot where she'd been hit and asked,"Grandma, why did you hit me?"
"Why? Don't you know?"
Cathy had never seen such a scary side of the old Mrs. Lawson before; it seemed like she wanted to eat her alive!
"Sophia is your cousin! Although you don't share the same parents your surnames are both Lawson; your father is from the same family as hers! Your relationship with each other is no different from sisters by blood but look at what have you done!"
"You teamed up with others to kidnap her just to get money out of her! And not only that but also tried to kill her too! If it weren't for her vigilance, she would have died then!"
Although Cathy seemed dissatisfied. Yet when noticing the old Mrs. Lawson's expression, she didn't dare say anything more.
The old Mrs. Lawson closed her eyes; obviously unable to accept this kind of thing.
After some time passed, she opened them again and said, "Although my heart hurts, I cannot allow someone who has committed such an outrageous act like yours. This time around, you've done something so terrible. Next time, you might kill or dismember Sophia. I absolutely cannot allow such things happen. So, you should turn yourself into the police!"
Cathy shook her head in fear. "No, Grandma, I don't want to. I would rather die."
The old Mrs. Lawson became angrier. "What do you mean by 'rather die'? When you were thinking about letting your cousin die, did you think about this?"
"I..."
Cathy suddenly didn't know what to say.
"Now I'll give you two options: either I take you to the police station myself or you go there on your own. You have only a few minutes to decide."
It was clear that the old Mrs. Lawson made such a decision with difficulty, but she couldn't indulge Cathy like before.
Cathy bit her lip tightly and lowered her head; everyone could feel her reluctance.
Drake instinctively stood next to Sophia, afraid that Cathy might do something again.
Similarly, Abbott stood next to Laura and Baron instinctively stood next to Emma.
Emma looked at Baron strangely and he explained with his eyes; he was worried too.
Emma really didn't know what he had to worry about.
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