Ruth didn't expect Ryan’s guess to come true so quickly.
She remembered that Ryan had warned her to keep a low profile during the funeral. He also told her that if she didn't do so, she would attract attention. If someone came and caused a scene, Sawyer would be in turmoil even after he died.
At that time, although she felt that Ryan's words were reasonable and she had tacitly agreed to the idea of a low-key funeral, they still couldn't escape this disaster!
In the beginning, the family members of the victim had first insulted her and Ryan, and then rushed over, wanting to destroy Sawyer's corpse to vent their hatred!
It was a good thing that Ryan had summoned the servants at home last night, so he hadn't let them succeed for the time being.
Ruth was also in the line of resistance.
Behind her was her son's body. She couldn't retreat no matter what. She couldn't save his life. If she couldn't even protect his body, she might as well die.
She didn't know how many hands were tugging at her, but everyone had already guessed that she and Ryan were Sawyer's parents. All of them were trying their best to vent their anger on them, asking them to pay for the lives of their loved ones!
Finally, Ruth couldn't stand it anymore!
After using all of her strength to push the woman in front of her away, she cried out in a devastated voice, "Enough! Sawyer is already gone! What else do you want us to do?"
After hearing Ruth's words, the leader stopped waving his fist and shouted loudly, "Hand over Sawyer's body, and we won't make things difficult for you!"
With tears streaming down her face, Ruth said, "Among the people present, some of them are like me, as parents. If it were you, how could you bear to hand over your son's body?"
One of them snorted and said, "Why can't I bear it? If I had such a son, I would have killed him long ago! How can I let such a b*stard continue to live in the world?"
"That's right! How dare you ask us to stop after you've taught your son like this? Why? Ah! Our relatives, loved ones, and children, do they deserve to die in vain?"
The woman who had been pushed away by Ruth, at this time, covered her belly with both hands and said full of resentment, "Do you want me to bring my husband's body to you to have a look? He was just like usual, ready to go home after work.
But he was shot in the head on the way and died on the spot! He had just become a father, and I didn't even have time to tell him this good news. But he died just like that, and there are only me and the baby in my belly in the future..."
No one could bear such pain. Even Ruth's conscience was strongly condemned.
But even so, protecting her son's body was still the only thing Ruth needed to do now.
She sympathized with these people and was willing to compensate them, but it was impossible for her to compromise!
"Sawyer is already dead... Even if you destroy his body, what's the use of it?"
Ruth's words were tantamount to adding fuel to the fire to the families of the victims.
"Who says it's useless! At least we can give our dead relatives an explanation! We can't let him go just because he's a corpse, can we?"
"Yes! That's it!"
Ruth took a deep breath and said, "If you want compensation, no matter how much it is, the Home of Quartley will compensate you. But if you want to trample on Sawyer's body, I'm sorry. Unless I die, you can step over my body and go there!"
"Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you have money. Who the f*ck cares about your stinky money!"
"You want to attack me, don't you?" Ruth looked straight into his eyes. "I read it from your eyes. You want to fight me for your daughter, don't you?"
Some of the family members found that they had internal conflicts, so they took the opportunity to push Ruth hard.
Ruth was pushed to the ground, and the Home of Quartley could only pay attention to check her situation. As a result, the family members broke through the line of defense.
At this time, it was too late for the Home of Quartley to stop them from getting close to Sawyer's body!
"No-"
The family members completely ignored the shouts of the Home of Quartley and surrounded Sawyer to destroy his body!
Right at this moment...
"All of you, stop!" With an order, the scene paused for a moment.
Taking advantage of this pause, Owen led several policemen into the mourning hall quickly. Safa, who was brought along by them, followed them with a dusty face. When she saw Sawyer's body with her own eyes, she was so sad that she almost fainted again.
When they saw the people coming in in police uniforms, a family member rushed to the outside of the mourning hall with grief and indignation. He shouted at the staff of the funeral house who were still watching and recording the video, "Who asked you to call the police over? Do you have sympathy? We can't take revenge in our own way!"
"Yes!" Another family member said indignantly, "But let me tell you! No matter who you call today, it's useless! We have to ask for an explanation for the dead!"
Seeing this, Owen had no choice but to take out his certificate. After opening it, he said to everyone present, "Please listen to me. I killed Sawyer. My name is Owen."

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