Chapter 144 Returning to Her Side
"Help! Can anyone save us? My son and his family are on flight 2891!"
Ashton stood there, observing the increasingly chaotic crowd. The buzzing sound in her ears and her weakening limbs overwhelmed her.
"2891... 2891..." she trembled and pulled out her phone, opening her chat history with Fiona.
"KMHS2891, arriving at 4:37 PM," it read.
Ashton thought she must have read it wrong and looked at it again several times. Suddenly, her surroundings spun around her.
When Darwin received the call, he had just put Lilian to sleep. He walked over to the window and listened toJackie crying on the other end, his brows furrowing. "Whose plane crashed?"
"KMHS2891, the flight from Asia to Bay City. Mr. Solomon!! Secretary Woods is on board!"
Darwin still couldn't comprehend what was happening. "Have you been drinking at noon? Don't talk nonsense!" Darwin angrily lowered his voice.
"Mr. Solomon... it's true..."Jackie seemed to have started crying.
Darwin abruptly hung up, feeling irritated. He immediately opened his phone. In reality, he didn't need to search for information about the crash. The top headlines of all major news websites were about the crash of KMHS2891. Videos capturing the moment of the plane crash went viral on these websites.
As Darwin watched those videos, he called Fiona, but all he heard was a cold mechanical voice saying, "The number you've dialed is out of service."
Darwin grew more anxious and panicked. He sent Fiona a WeChat message.
Online, Fiona replied, "I've boarded the flight and turned off my phone."
"Wife, have you landed? Call me back quickly," Darwin typed with his hands trembling violently.
Unable to find Fiona, Darwin thought of Ashton. He called her. This time, someone finally answered the phone.
"Miss Ashton, this is Darwin. Can you reach Fiona? I can't reach her by phone, and she hasn't replied to my WeChat messages!"
There was a commotion on the other end. Darwin vaguely heard some crying. His scalp tingled with fear.
"The plane crashed," Ashton's voice was dry.
Darwin trembled even harder. "I know. Fiona isn't on that plane, right?"
Ashton didn't say anything. Cries of despair could be heard from the other end of the phone. Darwin stood motionless.
At this moment, Lilian seemed to have been awakened by the commotion. She sat up and looked at Darwin, bewildered. "Darwin, you look pale. What happened?"
Darwin glanced at Lilian without saying a word. He grabbed his coat and walked straight out of the hospital room.
Mia, who had been guarding the door, saw Darwin suddenly leaving and immediately stood up, frowning. "Are you leaving again?"
Darwin acted as if he hadn't seen Mia and walk straight out.
Lilian also chased after him, crying out, "Darwin!" With a tearful voice, she shouted at Darwin.
Darwin heard it, and his silhouette visibly stiffened for a moment, but his footsteps did not pause.
Darwin, you should be in Asia City, you should be by your wife's side, why are you here? Why are you here!
Go back! Go back immediately! Go back to Fiona’s side!
These words filled Darwin's mind.
"What happened to him?" Mia asked Lilian in confusion.
Lilian furrowed her brow, seemingly very dissatisfied with Darwin's attitude. "I don't know, it seems to be related to Fiona. I just heard him mention something about a plane."
"A plane?" Mia widened her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Lilian impatiently looked at Mia's surprise.
Miao took out her phone and opened a headline news: "Look at this, there was a plane flying from Asia City to Bay City that crashed not long ago. Isn't Fiona still in Asia City? Could she be on that plane?"
Honestly speaking, during the years in Europe, Lilian always knew about Darwin's every move. He woke up, took over Solomons powerfully, and his own Solomon thrived as well. He even found a doppelgänger who looked very much like her, which always pleased Lilian. She believed that Darwin always loved herself the most. As long as she returned, he would give up everything for her.
It was not until her marriage fell apart and news emerged that Darwin was about to marry into the Ross family that she started to panic. What was funny was that Hathaway somehow found out about Darwin's deep feelings for herself and actively approached her, begging for her help to bring Darwin down. She did indeed help a lot.
For example, the videos in Darwin's possession had come from her. Originally, Lilian thought that after obtaining those videos, Darwin would abandon the idea of marriage alliance. Because as far as Lilian understood, Darwin had a strong possessive nature and a cleanliness obsession.
Who knew... he changed from his teenage years. After receiving those videos, he acted as if nothing had happened, and the engagement with the Ross family was still under consideration. It was also at that time that she released news of her husband's infidelity and herself being a victim of domestic violence. As expected, Darwin came. All of Lilian's worries were dispelled after seeing him. She was extremely certain that he still loved her.
It wasn't until he broke off the engagement and she returned that Lilian realized that earth-shattering changes had occurred. Darwin was unwaveringly determined to marry his doppelgänger.
That doppelgänger was even pregnant. When Lilian learned of this from Hathaway, she was so furious that she wanted to kill Fiona on the spot. But she held back, borrowed this knife from Hathaway, and took advantage of Darwin's suspicion, making him personally abort the child in Fiona's belly.
Knowing Fiona's strong personality, Lilian knew that they would break up. The relationship was bound to be destroyed because of this matter. She had already prepared herself for a protracted battle.
If, at this moment, Fiona dies… Lilian watched the news and couldn't help but laugh so hard that her shoulders trembled. If she dies, it means even the heavens are helping her. The heavens hope that she and Darwin can be together as a couple in the end.
On that evening, the Civil Aviation Administration sadly announced the devastating news of Flight 2891's confirmed crash. What followed was seven days of continuous and uninterrupted search and rescue efforts. Due to the fact that the plane crashed in a deep-sea area and encountered extreme weather conditions at sea, it caused great difficulties for the search and rescue operation.
Furthermore, from the very beginning, everyone knew that there would be no survivors on board the plane, based on the manner in which Flight 2891 crashed.
After seven days, aside from some wreckage of the aircraft and fragments of belongings belonging to the victims, no bodies were found. Subsequently, the Civil Aviation Administration released a list of 137 victims, including the crew members. Fiona's name was prominently displayed on it.
In fact, immediately after the accident, someone leaked the information that Fiona was also on the plane.
This was because early in the morning, Darwin's private flight record from Asia to Bay City was revealed. At first, most netizens didn't believe it. The whistleblower even released Fiona's boarding record. Despite this, there were still very few believers. However, when the list was released, the entire internet was shocked, and Fiona's name instantly skyrocketed to the top of trending searches worldwide.
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