The incident at the church had been put to a pause. Without minding how the media would report it, The Hopper Family had their attention all focused on Patrick's injury at the moment.
"How is Patrick?" Owen, who accompanied Gramps Hopper to the hospital, asked the members outside the operating room.
Florence, who had yet to recover from the shock, answered,"... Patrick's left chest was stabbed. But he dodged in time fortunately, so his heart was not hurt. Now the doctor is taking out the scalpel for him. It should be like this, right Nora?"
She looked a little dazed as she asked Nora beside her.
Nora nodded as she heard this. "The doctor said that Patrick's injury is not life-threatening and we shall not worry too much."
Granny Hopper, who had been staring at the operating room, turned around at this time with her eyes red. "Owen, what is going on? How could Amelia do such a thing?!"
"Granny, calm down first. The incident may sound a little beyond your imagination. But in fact, the woman standing beside Patrick is not Amelia, but someone deliberately pretending to be her."
"What?!" Granny Hopper, Howard, Nora and Florence all shouted in surprise.
"I know your doubts so I'll explain everything to you one by one. Regarding the incident, I shall start with Mom. She made a deal with Sawyer in private. She brought a fake 'Amelia' into the church, and then exchange the two in the lounge while managing to hide it from the security guards. Of course, they succeeded since no one would doubt that the 'Amelia' they saw was fake, including us. Meanwhile, the real Amelia was already sent out of the church through emergency access by Mom and was taken away by Sawyer."
"She actually collaborated with Sawyer to separate Patrick and Amelia?!" Florence felt it absolutely ridiculous and absurd!
The most ridiculous thing was that she had asked Amelia and Patrick to give Eve another chance. Since Amelia had been in the hands of the enemy, she wondered if...
She suddenly felt a mental breakdown. It made her want to immediately confront with Eve. "Owen, where's Mom?!"
"I detained her in the police station." Owen answered.
"Phew!" Florence let out a heavy sigh. It was not because Eve had been detained, but because she was unable to accept the truth.
So Eve's reconciliation with her that day was totally a foundation for the final conspiracy?
The feeling of being taken advantage of in a cruel way made her both sick and sad. She swore that she would never believe any of Eve's words again!
Nora asked in a more rational manner, "Honey, what else did Mom say? Did she talk about where Sawyer has taken Amelia to?"
Owen replied truthfully, "Mom said that she doesn't know about it. She had only wanted Sawyer to destroy Patrick's wedding and secretly kill Amelia. Other than that, she seemed not to show concern."
Howard frowned and said, "If that's the case, Amelia should be in danger now! Owen, you must immediately lock down Northville and send all men to search for Amelia. You should not spare Sawyer any chance to escape!"
Owen nodded and said, "Dad, don't worry. I've already given the orders. Once there's any result, my men will inform me immediately."
During the conversation, the operating room door was opened.
Everyone immediately fell silent and nervously watched the doctor and nurse push Patrick out.
"The surgery was successful, but the patient is still under anesthesia. We're going to take him to the ward and let him have a good rest." said the attending doctor.
The Hopper Family had no objection regarding that.
Patrick did not sleep well. He dreamed about himself and Amelia in the church. When he was about to put the wedding ring on Amelia, her hands began to become transparent, followed by her arms, her body, and finally her face...
"Whoosh!"
Patrick suddenly sat up from the hospital bed. He accidentally dragged the drip stand to fall to the ground, attracting the attention of others.
After Owen picked up the stand from the ground, he saw Patrick's haggard face and felt a little distressed.
"I have sent men to look for Amelia everywhere. Once I receive the news, I will tell you immediately, alright?"
Patrick asked in a hoarse voice, "Who is the woman who pretends to be Amy?" "She was sent by Sawyer..." Owen told Patrick about the deal between Eve and Sawyer.
Patrick appeared to be indifferent after learning about it. "Her target is Amelia, while Sawyer's target is me. Her self-righteousness almost took my life once again."
Owen could only sigh. Eve had really gone too far this time. Not only they could not forgive her, even Howard who was usually gentle, was exasperated and proposed to divorce her.
"By the way, Owen, where is my phone?" Patrick was wearing a hospital gown, and all his belongings had long been gone.
"It's in the drawer." Owen opened the drawer beside and took out Patrick's phone. He asked worriedly, "Why are you asking for it?"
Patrick took the phone and turned it on. "I want to contact Kaiden."
Owen was taken aback. "Kaiden?"
When the screen lit up as the phone was turned on, Patrick saw numerous missed calls. He deleted the calls without even looking while explaining to Owen, "Kaiden has worked together with Amy in the Apex Construction Corporation and is the cousin of Sawyer. So it's best to have him contact Sawyer. There's Ryan as well. If he finds out that Sawyer has caused all the mess, he'd surely be furious."
While speaking, Patrick dialed Kaiden's number. He actually picked it up in an instant, as if he was waiting for him in advance.
Although Kaiden did not attend Patrick and Amelia's wedding in person, he had paid much attention to the progress. So when he saw Amelia stabbing the scalpel into Patrick's chest through the live broadcast, he really had an absurd feeling like celebrating Halloween.
But the joke... was not funny at all.
Through the phone, Patrick could hear Ruth nervously shouting, "Take the medicine!"
"Whew... Whew..." Ryan seemed to feel better after taking the medicine. "That b*stard... How dare he kidnap Amelia!"
Patrick was speechless as Gramps Hopper had really not cared about Sawyer sending man to kill him at all.
Patrick pursed his lips and said, "Now that Amy's whereabouts are uncertain, do you have any way to contact Sawyer?"
"I..." Ryan seemed to have choked for a moment, but he quickly added, "I'll try my best!"
"All right."
They did not talk about other unnecessary things.
At the Home of Quartley.
Looking at Ryan's livid face, Ruth knew that something bad had happened. "... Did the Sawyer get into trouble again?"
"It's not only a trouble! It's a disaster!" Ryan frowned and dialed Sawyer's phone number, only to hear-
"Sorry, the number you dialed is unattended. Please try again later."
Not only him, but Kaiden had also received the same response.
Meanwhile, the person they were looking for had already left Northville with Amelia in a helicopter.
When his phone rang again, Sawyer lowered his head and looked at the screen. He found that Kaiden's name was still flashing on it. Similar to the previous calls, he ignored it again.
Then, he turned to look ambiguously at the unconscious Amelia on his shoulder. "You're concerned by many. Seems that you are really a woman favored by God."
To tell the truth, even he did not want to bring any harm to her. He had taken her with him just to threaten Patrick.
However, she would definitely fight with him once she gained conscious. He did not want to quarrel with her, nor to hurt her accidentally and ruin his bargaining chip to threaten Patrick.
So, what should he do?
Sawyer suddenly realized that he might have brought a trouble with him.

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