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Chapter 177 - 177: I Don't Care

Ivy's eyes narrowed, a dangerous glint settling in them. "Well, I don't want Ruby in this family anymore. You're going to have to choose, Mother. It's either her… or me."

Regina stared at her, stunned. "What?"

"I'm serious. I'm not going to stand by and watch you protect her. Either she's out of this family for good—permanently—or I am."

Regina's voice rose. "Have you lost your mind? You're asking me to choose between my daughters? Do you know what that even means?"

"Why are you acting like you care now?" Ivy snapped. "Have you ever supported Ruby in anything? It's always been me! You've always been on my side!"

"Yes, I have," Regina said tightly. "But that doesn't mean I want one of my children dead."

"Well maybe you don't have a choice anymore," Ivy said darkly.

Regina's voice dropped, her words sharp with disbelief. "You really are out of your mind."

Without another word, Ivy spun on her heel and stormed into the kitchen.

Regina, alarmed, followed quickly, calling after her. "Ivy—what are you doing?"

Ivy didn't answer. She reached for the knife block by the marble counter and pulled out a long, glinting blade. Her hand trembled—not from fear, but fury. Her chest heaved, eyes wild.

"I won't let her ruin us," she hissed, turning to face her mother.

Regina's face went pale. "Put that down. Ivy—enough of this madness. Don't do something you'll regret."

"You're the one who's going to regret it if you keep defending her!" Ivy shouted. "Why can't we kill her?"

Regina stepped forward, hand outstretched. "Give me the knife," she said, ignoring Ivy's outburst.

"No. I'm not. You have to choose between watching me die or letting me kill her. She's nothing to you so why not just let me finish her off and repay Stefan and his stupid mother for all the humiliation they caused me?"

"Ivy," Regina called, closing the gap between them.

No matter what Ivy said, she wouldn't let I y kill Ruby and she definitely wouldn't stand here and watch Ivy kill herself.

and make sure you don't see her ever again but

DON'T CARE!"

snatch the knife from her

Regina lunged forward to grab her hand, a sudden struggle erupted. The knife clattered between their hands, slipping—and in one swift, horrifying moment, the blade slashed across

stomach. Blood soaked through her blouse

her breath

the floor with a moan, her hand now

whispered,

or her mom. She'd only wanted to threaten her and get her to change her

on the ground, her hand covering her mouth.

The maid, Abeni, who had been tending the garden outside and had overheard their noises

"Madam!"

a phone or shout again, Ivy bolted—tearing out of the kitchen, her

all Ruby's fault. If she was going to get arrested for

gone. Gone while trying to protect Ruby. Ruby would have to

thought as she drove

the Quinn's estate opened swiftly to admit the blaring ambulance, its red and blue lights slicing through

peered from behind their blinds, startled by the sudden noise in their

panic just outside the kitchen door,

the front door, guided by Abeni's frantic gestures and her trembling voice. "She's inside the

the cold marble floor, her once pristine blouse soaked in deep crimson. Her eyes were closed, her lips parted slightly, and her chest barely moved. One of the medics knelt beside her, checking for a pulse. The other started prepping the stretcher

got a deep abdominal laceration," the first medic muttered to his partner. "Rapid blood loss. We need to move

strapped over her mouth. Abeni

toward the hospital, there was a crowd gathering outside—neighbors, security men, even passersby who had caught a glimpse

the fluids, the paddles, the desperate, shouted commands from doctors—Regina was declared dead on arrival.

unable to hold back her shock, whispered the news to a friend. That friend told

arrived within twenty minutes of the ambulance reaching the hospital, sirens off, their cars pulling up silently but with unmistakable urgency. Uniformed officers stepped out, greeted by a growing crowd of reporters

the hospital's waiting area still in shock of everything that had happened in just a few minutes. She was still wearing her apron which was stained with Regina's

his badge to the hospital's receptionist

Peterson?" he

lips quivering.