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Chapter 23 - Unjust retribution

With a crowd growing Sophia and Lucus watched as the paramedics worked on Aurora's leg and putting her on the stretcher. Aurora pointed at Sophia harshly as she spit accusations out left and right.

"Sophia Alder you stabbed me! I know you were jealous of me but...!" Tears started rolling down Aurora cheeks as she hicked, covering her face to look pitiful. "I know you don't want me around Lucus but please I think of him as my older brother! But stabbing me thats too far!"

Aurora cries harder then hiss as a paramedic cleaned around the knife wound. Sophia frowned as she watched this drama unfolded but her mood changed when Joey pointed towards her with two officers.

"There she is officer! That's the woman who hurt my younger sister!" Joey yelled out furiously as the police approach Sophia.

"I never did anything wrong to your sister! There are servants that witnesses everything in the hall that saw everything!" Sophia rebuttled back as she try to claim her innocence.

"Stop stalling Sophia, just admit you don't like Aurora!" Joey bellowed through the crowd as people gossip.

"She did try to seduce Lucus earlier, I guess Sophia couldn't stand her."

"Of course, who wouldn't like the woman who tried to seduce her fiance?"

Lucus face twisted into a nasty glare as he walked up to Joey intimidating Joey. Joey felt a bit of fear but quickly turned his head to Aurora as she looked curiously on from the stretcher. As the Paramedics closed the door causing her to protest.

"Your sister is a demon in disguise, she disgust me. You know Aurora is mentally unstable yet you believe what she says!" Lucus jested toward Joey as he grabbed his collar. "I should beat you right here, right now for accusing my Fiancee!"

Sophia put her hand on Lucus shoulder as she shook her head. Lucus backs off and Sophia stepped forward.

"I agree to co-operate." As Sophia walked towards them she is handcuffed rough and startled by the sudden agressiveness. As she looked back, Lucus noticed her lips moved.

"Find. Evidence. Please."

As Lucus looked over at Joey who smirked and watched Sophia get taken away with satisfaction. As Lucus frowned at Joey he turn on his heels and entered the manor. Everything was a blur he felt dizzy and felt sick. The two people he grew up with in his time in Italy would go so far to ruin someone else's life. He needed to find Sophia and keep her safe. A jail cell is not a place he wants her to be.

"Sophia wait for me, I'll spend all night on finding evidence to clear your name!" Lucus walked into the halls to see the detective staring into the room.

"Mr.Carter. Are you familar witht he terms "Even when no one around, someone is watching?" The dective knew something was wrong as he walked up to the desk. "The way this played out...Was way different then what Miss Gale said."

"Part of Sophia's hair is on the floor with her cheek still bleeding at the angle it was cut she couldn't have done it herself. I also doubt her fingerprints are on the knife we are sending people to the hospital to recover the knife." The dective goes on as he surveyed the room which the camera caught his eye. Lucus was puzzled by the detective's speech. "Lucus spoke

"Oh. OH!" Stated Lucus as he quickly walked up to it taking it from the shelf with a smirk. "With this we can prove her innocence. Lucus pulled out his phone to bring up the footage.

"So she framed and attempted to murder your fiancee just like that." The Detective looked at Lucus with concern. "We have to go to the Police station!"

[Meanwhile in the Police station]

A female detective walks in and her face displays confidence as she walked up to Sophia. The Detective had on some caked up makeup none or less she was pretty. But the one things that made Sophia frown was the unprofessional attire a detective would wear. Her cleavage was exposed and a pencil skirt that was too hiked up, almost like a mini skirt. Sophia grimaced catching the female detective's attention.

'Looking more like a whore then a professional at work.' Sophia glanced away as her focus is drawn back to the woman.

"I'm Detective Lyra Kenny" The detective flashed a smile as she opened a file. "Ms.Alder, young and sucessful yet all evidence points to you." As the detective pointed at the fingerprints and evidence photos from the hospital.

As Sophia glanced over towards the file the nails of the detective looked familar.

'These nails. I-'

Sophia stayed silent as her eyes widdened, the height the makeup and the nails she knew she was in danger but she still pretended to play dumb. Most likely this woman is wearing a wig as well.

"How could it all point to me?!"

Sophia grew nervous as she glanced up at the woman in front of her.

"It's a shame, you were once on a pedistol and now degraded to this. So you admit your guilt?!"

"Wait, what?!"

"Just admit it!" Cried the woman as she pushed Sophia to falsely confess a crime she didn't do.

"Detective Kenny, how can I lie or fake an injury when Aurora was the one who attacked me!"

"That's not what the knife placement" as Sophia shifted uncomfortably to the woman's words but she felt more uncomfortable that she knew who this woman was.

"That's attempted murder, Ms.Alder. Would you like to claim your innocence? Or...I can finish what Aurora started...or you can come with me but leave Lucus for Joey...Choose your poison.. " The sound of a gun reloads as Sophia looks up to the sound. Regina remembered what Joey told her thr time he passed the gun with the chloroform to her. "Do whatever it takes to ruin Lucus" those words are engraved in her mind.

"Regina...I knew it was you...Should have known Joey bribed the police. I should have also known he brought you for a reason."

"You are quite clever Sophia, you should have let your miserable little brother die. Should have never got involved in my business! Now I think of it I should kill you and Lucas for ruining my life!"